Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-12
The Opposi ion Organs.

organ of their own, must, Of course. look
abroad for paper advocating their political
views. Ii would be unjust 10 suppose tina.
they were entirely without such a paper; for
that would be equivalent TO the superstition
that they acted altogether from prejudice,
which we do mol believe. We know moth.
ing, however, Of the name or number of
Democratic papers taken in Meigs county;
bu, our position giving us an excsllen. op-
por'uni,y Of judging Of the merils and poli..
cal Standing of the leading journals Of both
parties. we propose 70 mention few facts
in connection with the three grea. Demo.
cratic newspapers of Ohio.
The recsn. outbreak among ,he Democ-
Tracy Or Ilamil loti county lias Furnished some
Items Of intelligence. which, ifWue, are
alarming 10 The Wing party. Mr.. Day, for;
mer editor Of the Cincinnati Enquirer has
published 10 the world thai Mr.. Robinson,
the present editor Of that paper, is Wing.
We sincerely regre, this announcement. and
hope Mr.. Day is mistaken, The addition
Of such man TO our ranks al present, would
indeed be serious injury 10 us. In addition
10 the testimony Of Mr.. Day, we have OBJ.
served that for some time past This Mr.. Rob-
inson has had The 'emerily 10 question the
honesty Of the Ohio Statesman. This is
strong evidence. we regret to say, Of the
ruth Of Mr.. Days statement. Il therefore
: becomes our painful duly to warn the De-
mocracy to place no confidence in the Gin.
cnna.i Enquirer.
This same Mr. Day charges the crime OF
Abollionism on the Cleveland Plaindealer.
This is a much more serious charge than
the first, especially a, this critical junclure.
Had he ranked the Plaindealer with Medary,
who is pronounced by Reemelin, "a leader
f OF Hamilton county Democracy the "prince
Of DEVILS" i. nigh, have been borne; bu. TO
pronounce him an A6olitionist. when the
only hope Of the parry is from The supper,
Of The slave interest, uuIy, ".his was the
most unkindess Gu. Of aIl." The injury, We
apprehend, will not be SO severely fell in this
particular locality as elsewhere; bu. in some
sections of this state, The editor of the Plain.
dealer has been considered even more un.
scrupulous than "Cilizen Sammedary" him.
SELF Only think of il. No. more han six
weeks ago, this editor compared Gen. Scot,
: 10 Benedic. Arnold. In 1914. he ex xhaus,ed
The vocabulary Of Bilinesgale in heaping
= epl'heis on Mr.. Clay, and, in fact, "wha,so-
ever things and pure," etc., find no favor
with him. And ye, Timothy Day calls him
an Abolilionis., and Timothy ais an honor.
= able man. and the leader Of the Sawbucks
!. Of Hamilton county. What base ingraliude
S after man has sacrificed his mora charac
: ter. aye. no, even hesi,a,ing 10 outrage com.
\ \ mon decency for the benefit Of his party, ic
a be branded with, 10 him. ,hemosl opprobriou.
n epilhe. in the language. We do not believe
that Mr.. Gray is on Abolnonis,. He is only
}. playing possum' for the good of his party
v When he has succeeded in his object, h,
IS can very easily deny every thing he may
d have said. Blu, this only makes the ingra,
i'uoe Of Mr.. Day the worse. Our citizens
Q perhaps remember The very complimentary
is language Of this paper year ugo in regcrc
n 10 Ihe "benighIed district Of Athens, Gallia
and MeigS," where, he said, The people wer,
e still using wooden pows and the chdrer
y studying Dilworlh's Spelling Book. "Lik,
e their neighbors, the Kentuckians, who Iiv,
;. just acruss The Ohio" says This enlightened
e editor, ''hey are fifty years behind the spri
ID Of the age, ami are poor, miserable block
70 head models for the wide-awake spirit an,
, gs'ahead enterprise which characie,izes .h
. balance Of the state" Poor fellow, he wa
:. in a rage. then. We should forget and for
j. give. And now, in his hour OF persecution
. il would be noble acl TO show at once you
- :. forgiveness and sympathy BY subscribing 70
,e a hundred copies Of the PlaindeaIer for III
= Campaign. We pledge you our word iha
a all The information you gain from il willno
y ,s hurt you. or make you any less likely Il
!. vote for Scott.
S Last, but not least, comes the Ohio States
81 man--the Democratic paper Of the State
Is Sawbucks and Mamis TO the contrary moi
a A wilhs,unding. 'Undaunled by the threats 0
4. political friends or foes, so long as they ar
y at respectful distance, and ever ready L
Ol forgive an insult or make an apology, whe
y he comes 10 close quarters with any one phys
m UalIy his match or superior, Medary sIand
unrvalled--lhe viIlifer Of the age. w
\. hope every Democrat in Meigs county vii
!, BE- furnished with copy of The Sia,ema
n, regularly. |. will do US good. Old Meig
al would roll up such a majority for Scott a
n would assonish every body. Peerless Ne
n. dairy! you are doing an excellen, work 70
!, US. We receive copy Of the S,alesma
. regularly, which is at The disposal of an
Democrat who will promise 10 read. H
can have i, every week without charge. an