Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-31
BEBB MEETING AT STEuBENVILLE.

bbbD mbLllNN Al clEl BENN ilsLf.
Mr.. Bebb, the Wing candidate Tor Cover
nor oi OHIO, was in this city. on MONDAY last,
agreeable to appointment to address the peo-
pie OF Jefferson The meeting convened at
IL, A M. ON the public square, and was or
gonizcd BY calling Col. Collier TO the chair
Mr.. Russell, OF Harrison, thcreupon, at the
earnest solicitation OF the Csnvculion, deliV-
cred the first address, which he did IN very
cretiitabr style anl instructive manner, 10
large aud respectable CpnCourse of our fellow
citizens. IL concluded al thc hour ot - O
clock, noon, when IL was made known that
Nr. Bcbb wonld speak al ] o'clock, L. Nj
The meeting thercupon adjourned over to that
hour when MIR. Btbb. although worn down
from continued SPEAKING aud fatigue, address
e.i the convention Tor some two hours an "a
halt An one OF the most sensible aud arlu-
mentatiye speeches that has ever been deliv-
erep IN Steubenvillc The meeting. by the
hour OF half pist | O'Clock, had swollen To a
quit a large convention, and we must say
that we seldom IT ever seen an audience listen
II any public address with more intense la
tercst. The tact is the people we've surpris-
Ell a. the talents oi Mr. Bebb--cven The OPP
position award him high compliments Tor the
mnsterly manner IN which DE acquitted him
self
Ills speech was chief confined 10 State at
iair,,-in all of which he convinced the peo
pie, Ice wa, thoroughly verscj ami fully com
p tent To govern the great State OF Ohio. Tie
spoke very deliberately on thc revenue system
oi Ohlo-he showed from official reports to-
coioco rcPorts) how and by whom The State
debt was created. lie showed thit in 1886.
when the State passed out OF the control ol
/ the wings aud went into that ol the loColocos,
I the State debt was less than six millions of
dollars, and that since that time, with all her
a..
| the debt of the State up To- OUer ftCcHiy mil
lions Of dollars! lie showed up TO the dis
COMMIT OF the loCoiocos. the leaders of the par
" here, how their political brclhrn-the Ran
SONS aud Bites and Spcnccrs and Dickin-
/ son and Wallis squaudercd aud robbed and
stole the public funds, lie showed how all
this was done by the almiss ons of these
/ men. aud tho testimony of John Brough while
/ A ditor of State. He showed with what i'm
proprity and in Justice the leaders of the lucoio-
/ CO party oppose the Rcycnuc Law, when its ne
ccsslty was brought about by the peoples
moncy being squandcred up, ON worthless
public Improvements and stolen hy political
pariizn,. lie showed the necessity of adopt
ing The law, and the equity OF its operations.
/ Upon this qucs; on he opened the eyes of a
great many people. lie done the cause and
the party a vast deal OF good, and our only re-
grct u that every votct in thu county did not
hear him. lie showed how Banks paid more
tax than the iarmers-how the capitalists
skulhrd taxation under the old law. aud how
they were compelled under this present law
10 pay their just quota. lie done this in such
a truly convincing style, ;hat he carried con-
sicrnatlon into the ranks OF the leader, hcrca-
bouts lie showed clearly the unrightcous.
unequal tendency OF tie Black Laws. aud de-
ci1rcd himself openly, without any reserve.
Tor their TePcR. Upon oh the great questions
which now agitate the country. we Congntu-
late lhc whig party that Mr.. Bcbb is sound
that Ia - thorough that hc is a Statesman
like--and as governor, Ohio may consider
herself honorcd that she has Tie privilege ol
clccling one 50 worthy born aud raiscd IN o |
hio, TO that responsible anddislinguislcd sta
lion.