Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-08-17
MAUNIEE CITY EXPRESS.
SATURDAY, AUGUST, IL 1889.

AS several meetings Pu'Poi'"S w w N"lS
Conventions for the county of Lucas have
been holden at different places in this coun-
ty,and as much misunderstanding has arisen,
and no little feeling has been excited by the
manner in which some of them have been
conducted, as well as by the course taken
by the citizens of Toledo generally has be-
come proper that detailed and impartial
statement of the facts in the case should be
given to the public, to the end that the peo-
pie at large may see who 1t is that has de-
stroyed the unity of the Wing party, and
sowed the seeds of political discord among
previously united and harmonious peo-
pie.
1t will be remembered that the Democrats
of this county, held their convention at the
American House in Maumee City, on the
e5th ultimo, and that up to that time, no
move for the political organization Of the
county, by the Wings had taken place, nor
was there any indication or appearance at
the county seat--the place from whence
the people Of the county generally expect
ed such things to proceed, that any spirit
was felt or any action contemplated. Nor
could it be found, on the strictcst inquiry,
that any such body of men as a county CEN
tral committee was in existence, or,that any
had been appointed to act for the current
year. Under these circumstances, the
Wings of many of the townships in the
county bsceme impatient of the delay, and
after using tie most faithful but Intellectual
cxertions to induce some action at the
county seat, held meeting at Maumee
City, at which Doct Horatio Conant ofthis
place, was President, and Philo B. Scott of
Swanton, Secretary, and wlieh was attend
cd by persons from several of the townships
ofthe county. At this meeting it was de-
tcrmined to call meeting of Wing dele
gates from the several townships of Lucas
county on the 9th inst, and the village of
Swanton, from its central position and its
accessibility to the northern and western
townships was pitched upon as the place
where such convention was to be holden.
In pursuance of this determination, notices
were inserted in the papers, and printed
handbllls, containing report of the doings
ofthe meeting at Maumce, and signed with
the name of its secretary, were circulated
in every township in the county, in suffi-
cient time to admit of township organiza-
tions; and the most untring exertions were
made to render the representation as full is
possible.
After the publication of the notice re.
ferred to, handbill was posted In few
in several of the townships, purport.
to be a call for Whig county convcn-
at Toledo, on the 7th inst, the day pre-
VI, to the one fixed upon for the meeting
Swanton. This bill was signed "Cen-
raj Committee" contained the name of no
son, nor any other evidence of having |
mated from source entitled to credit, |
did tive beg our readers to remark
ntion The time in The day at which the
lvention was to be holden, nor was it
lblished in either Of the Wing papers of
he county. Thus. it will be seen, delib-
,rate attempt was made by persons inter
asted at Toledo, to forestal the action ofthe
great body of the people in meeting called
by themselves upon the principle Of giving
every one q voice in the nomination as well
as the election Of his rulers, by calling an
other meeting under circumstances render
ing it impossible that full attendance
should be had, and by an Informal notice
without responsible name or publication
in an accredited paper Of The Wh1g party,
TO the end that the same might be some |
thing or nothing as might best suit their de-
signs for future operations. What those
designs are, may be inferred from the fol
lowing extract from the proceedings of a
meeting holden at Toledo on the 18th of
July aud attended by a large number of
those Of the citizens of Toledo who profess
TO be Wings.
"Resolued, That at the next election in
October, we will, unlnhuoDced by any par
~ politicks, unitedy vote against review
Of the county Site
Resolved, That in voting for County
Commissioner, we will vote for no man who
rs not in favor of the location of the County
Seat within the City of Toledo"
Here is plainly exhibited the dupicity of
the selfstyled Wings of Toledo and its
cause, and we have only to beg our readers
10 remember, for the present purpose, that
1Iezekah ID. Mason and Levi S. Lownsbu-
ny among others, were present and took &C
tive parts in the meeting, and that the
above resolutions were passed unanimously.
Alter the promulgation of the notice for
the county convention at Toledo, the peo-
pie Of this and the northern and western
townships, deprecating a division in the
ranks Of the Wing party, and totally una
ware that all party distinctions had been
merged by the Toledoans in mere To-