The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-09-11
GREAT WHIG MEETlNG-TO-
tai FAILURE-TOM CORWIN
>SICK,AND wHlGGERY DYING.

tai FAILURE-TOM CORWIN
SICK, K,AND WHlGGERY DYING
Many of our subscribers at dislanc.
no doubt, will be anxious to have ut
give them an account Of the Wing NEE
ting 10 this town, on Tuesday last. We
consent to do so most cheerfuily, but Ia
enter into all the mlnutia, would be too
sgreata task; we will therefore be con-
ateut with giving a few general outlines.
The Wings met with almost an en-
tire failure Never did we see set oi
men who appeared more discom6tted &
Greet fallen, than they on that occasion,
For long time they had been drum
ming up for recruits, and every device
their fertile imaginations could divine,
or eontrive, was brought into requisiilou
to allure the Leople from their homes,
AMI their business, to be present on the
occasion.
In the very first commencement ot
stheir Cumming, the. Advocate published
in capitals the hame Of "Thomas Cor
win, the true Dcmoc, attic Republican
Wig candidate for Governor OF Ohio,
as one who would be presen, on the oc-
casion; and flaming bsndbills, presaging
In their appearance the corning Of a
grand caravan Of living animals, were
circulated announcing the same fact.
On the day before The meeting. they
fabricated and circulated report that
Henry Clay was 10 be present, bu. i,
wss all no 90. The people have al
ready been SO much jaded by these Fed
eral humbuggers, tina, they have become
wearied aod psrplexed, and very much
TO the discontinue Of the whige, they
have wisely concluded that they can &
will stake care Of Themselves and 10
doing so, staid at homo.
Two Buckeye Poles were erected in
town, al an enormous expense Of time
and money; two bands Of music had
been secured, land two more expected
for the occasion, aud never did anv Sc,
of men Aatter themselves with brighter
prospects, but when the day arrived, it
brought with il the withering blight OF
disappointment, such we trust, as will
teach them lesson long 10 be remem-
bered. On Tuesday at an early hour
the people Wigs and democrats abou,
an equal number-begau to come iu
from the county, and at about 10
O'Clock, the wings commenced forming
their procession. After considerable
drilling aud scrapiug together their for
ces, not even emitting the boys with
their three by four log CABIN, and hard
cider barrel drawn on hand cart, they
marched considerable distance out Of
.town--back again, aud then through the
principal streets, collecting as they vent
-alliheir scattered forces; their process
sion.1hen numbered. all told, positively
not 10 exceed 80, including the women
and title babies. During the forenoon,
many enquiries we're made for Tom
,Corwin,to all Of which various answers
were returned; no certain information
could be obtained whether he was in
aown or not-lhose who we're in the
eecret, kept dark. At about one o'clock,
4he procession accompanied by tU0
bands of music, proceeded to Deardoff's
Grove, where they,wlth about the same
number of democrats, Mingled together.
forming one heterogeneous mass, with
mouths and ears extended vide, expec-
ting to hear eloqueIce such as had new
,er fallen upon the ear Of the benighted
sons o. Tuscarawas. But wofu dIsap-
poiu.menl; ne Tom COrwln appeared.
1t was announced fiom the Siand that
he bad suddenly taken sick apd conse-
auently had been unable to reach town.
Quite fortunate thought we, for bed he
been at Bower on the present eccasiOn,
the disease might have been much more
malignant. 1t is never best 10 be slow
at taking hint, and Mr. COrwiu no
doubt had the shrewdness to. discover
that the Buckeye boys were no great a.
depiS at swallowing his federal hum
bugs, and under such peculiar indispo-
sition would very naturally get q little
auanlish at the stomach.
As swarm Of Office hunteIs had as
sembled from the neighboring counties,
fuuite common on such occasions) 10
instruct and enlghteI the hardy yeoman
nv, il was at the same time announced
thai they should not go unprOvidsd for a
sneaker. Accordingly Mr. Curtis a law
YER, from Mt. Vernon, and one Of the
log cabin dandies, was then introduced
who, beings Federal whig candidate