The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-09-16
Whiggery in Cuyahoga County.

WhisSety, ia Suydho6a Sounys "a' 6os s"so~
pretty snarl At the late Convention, called for
the purpose Of nominating candidates for the coun-
ty Offices, not single Taylor man was placed up
on the ticket all were for Van Buren. Out ofl2o
delegates the Taylor wings numbered 10! The
Plain Dealer says eTaaa4
We left the Court house at half past
three. There was considerable fever
on the Taylor men then, but no indica-
tions Of row. They were about to
adjourn when bolter, H. M. Addison,
from WarrenvilIe, made motion TO re.
adopt the same resolutions passed in the
whig contention of April last, which
instructed the late Billy Perkins, Dele.
gate to Philadelphia.
Whew! what breeze that motion
did kick up!-Thele was more Stree
soil" moving just then than ever was
snuffed in that Court House before.
Here are the resolutions, as offered,
condensed: -, ..,;,.,f o4T
ReSolved, That the recent encroach.
ments OF the slave power upon the
rights of the free States, have been such
as to produce the 'liveliest alarm in the
minds Of the friends of free government
every where, and TO demand our most
energetic exerlions for the preserva-
ton even of our own liberties.
Resolved, That we regard slavery
both morally and politically, as an evil
Of colossal magnitude, to the extension
of which, to territory now free, wheth
er that territory be already possessed,
or shall be hereafter acquired by the
United States, we are unalterably op-
posed, and that we will support no man
for President or Vice President at the
ensuing election, who is STAKEHOLDER,
or who is not unequivocally and avow-
edly opposed 10 such extremes.
After the reading, scene arose
which beggars description. "Withdraw
them," says one. ga brand" says
another. The Taylor men plead and
threatened; the Van Buren men Kissed
and hurrahed. A call was made for
the Taylor men to withdraw. "Come
out! come out!' was the cry all around
the outside Of the bar. .t.
"Let them go!' shouted the Van
Buren men, I'VE are all boilers now!"
An attempt was made to pass the
resolutions. Some cried "adjourn!'
but "the noise and confusion was so
great" that the chair could not make
himself heard, and in this glorious melee
the convention dissolved into its "ori.
ginal elements" ,..t.
Is it not strange how suddenly whiggery can
change front? But few short months back, and
resolutions could be passed declaring that no man
would be supported for the Presidency by them,
who was stakeholder, and now, rather than such
resolutions should be re.adopted, the convention
breaks up in row! The Plain Dealer further
says:
Thus has whiggery disappeared from
among US in these ancient federal pre-
cinc!s, and what astonlshes every body,
VAN BunENIsM takes its place. That
old Kuyahoga Koon is surely dead.
lfany being, full of errors, generous
impulses and broken promises, can
hope for mercy in his last account, it
must be "this same old COON" In his
untimeiy death we read the feetiag ma
ture OF all earthly objects; that there is
nothing beautiful which our tears can
exempt from the tomb and that all in
its appointed time must pass down un-
der the cloud OF the grave.
No more old Koon on thee no more,
Shall break the day dawn fresh and fair;
No more the purple twilight pour .,. ...,,
Its softness round thy bright gray hair.
But on thy back in ''dirt" must lie, ......
The emblem of a cause forlorn
Thy feet all pointing to the sky,
Until the resurrection morn.