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COLUMBUS CORRESPONDENCE .
COLUMBUS. Jay. 0. 1913.

fore "lho twilight" Of the canvass, disgraced
and driven from the field. they have again
nailed to the mast of their piralcal ship, the de-
slrucIivc issues of no credit, hard money, the
extension ofsaycry, the violation of the consll.
tuition, and the right Of the President 10 make
and carry on an unjust and unnecessary war;
These things they mOdeSiiy ask the people Of the
State ofOhiO to endorse! To forget sense
Of justice, the love Of mercy, aud the precepls
Of religion, and blndly sustain their party in
every iniqullous measure that corrupt aud i'm.
becile administration may, through lis awkward
ness, plunge the country.
For days the prominent men of the different
factions Of the party, have been in the city,
comparing notes, and giving such directions as
would tend TO advance their designs. The day
arrived, and with il came any quantity of dis.
cordant and combuSibC material each one
ready 10 cXtcrmlnaIe anything that was antago-
nlstlc 10 their individual preferences, A deep
feeling OF hatred was visible in the lhrobbng
bosoms of the anxious individuals representing
the different factions, with an occasional out.
break, that showed the extraordinary effort ne
cesSary to be made in order 10 smother the deep
seated malignily that these brothers bore one to
another. 1t is true, they passed the compli-
ments Of the day; but their salutatons were NJ
cold as Il tomb stone. They exleaded the hand
Of friendship, but it only proqed ihe truth, as
expressed by the poet, that "A man may smile,
and smile, aud boa villain still"
At one time the unsophlSticatcd seemed pre-.
dominants and their leader, in the person Of the
Hon. r. Wood, appeared the designated stand.
ard bearer of the party. Tn, wiro-workers,
however, had not yet set their machinery in
motion. Corruption had not yet spoken. Ru.
NOR, with hor thousand tongues, at once wins.
pcred in the car Of the simple delegates that
Judge Wood was not 10 be trusted; that his asso-
Citations were with the Wings; that while on the
bench, he united with u Wing Judge TO save the
Stale from the ugrurianism Of Byingon, McNuI-
~ u Co.; and thai be was y soft, &C., &c. 1t
was an amusing sight, To see delegates manifest
their diSrust of the Judges fdety--wi,h head
advanced, and eyes prolruded, they uttered " it
wont do" The half SlilleJ sentence was caught
by Medary & Co., aud beam ofjoy o'crspread
the counlcnances Of the clique. Wcller-mcc,
in the political exchange, yQok u decided rise,
and before the organizuian Of the convention
the wise ones Of the party whispered around
that Wood was defeated, and that Weller was
preparing his speech, accepting the domination.
The organization Of the Convention took
place, by calling TO the chair David Robb Esq,
of Logan county. An angry dispute arose as 10
the credentials of delegates, in which R. P,
Spalding Submiued Il motion, calculated to give
an advantage 10 Wood, over Weller. Spading
advocated his proposition with some warmth, but
moi much ability. Few men hcvc been mare
oyerratod than Mr.. Spading. lie has no pow
or as u debater, and is more noted for want Of
principle than ability to sustain one. His mo.
lion was opposed by Mr.. Thermqp, Of Ross, who
is q second edition Of the Chinese Gong,-about
the same in sound, but much better in sense
lie is u ready debaer, condenses well aud usu.
aIIy strikes the popular chord but had he lived
in the days and under the circumstances of
Robbespierrc, he would have Wed with him for
place and power, obtained, perhaps, by the same
means. He proposed an amendment to the or-
ginal, so as 10 give the advantage to the friends
Of Weller. This called out Buffalo Taylor, who
was as restless as ftp in topcr's fingers, anx-
ious to BE- doing something in The convention.
After turning in all directions, to show his H..
miHOHS face, he commenced a something that
none seemed to comprehend. The Buffalo hqs
neither ideas in his head nor expression in his
face, and his attempt at debate reminded me of
that place in geography called "point no point"
Pope was right when he said, " Man must be
measured by his souI The minds the standard
of the man." TEc Buffalo isl large man, but
iflried by Pope's standard, the inevitable con-
clusion would be that the Almighty had created
matter, but not mind. All that can BE- said of
the consu's speech, is that ''lhe Buffalo bawIed,
and was still" Next succeeded to the floor
that paradigm of " lom.looIery," called DR.,
Drake, from GAINESVILLE, who is ono yonr SPAR
row Drained iIlle creatures,-uoI only wanting
in good sense, but is proverbial for bad non
SeASe; who talks a dialect that none can speak
and but few understand; gives vent TO no new
thoughts, but dresses up the thoughts of others
in garb so strange that their real meaning and
force are lost. Allcr slammering away for
some time, amidst the Kisses and ieerS Of the
crowd, he took the gentle inimation and quit
because the expression Of disapprobalion had
become so loud that his own sonOrous voice was
lost in the sound. What pity such dwarls
and ninna-hamm9rs can't "sec themselves as
others see them!" Old GimbIet Eve at this
/ tlme walked out oil MS SumOer, ana III Ills pecu
/ liar nasal trdng, addressed the chair lie re.
minded the convention of its time-honored Gus.
toms, and that it must not innovate upon it,
long established rules. Although the venerable
ex-senator did not himselflook very straight, h
was the guide board of all auti- w ood men, anC
they were overwhelmed III once by vote ou
the proposition. This was iantamounl to
nomination of Weller. After making the ne
cassary arrangements for committees, &c., III
convention took recess. ..u..a..r H..
In the afternoon, Mr.. Spaldng, smaring un
der defeat, moved string of resolutions in fayo
of Mr.. Cass for the Presidency. These me
with no favor, scarcely, from the convention
some hssed, others haIIowed lay them on tn
table, refer them, &c. The mover, however
conlendod for an expression of the convention
on the subject of the Presidency but he wa