The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-10-06
That Great WING Mass Meeting,

Which vas lo have come of in this place
on the 9sth ult lprned out to be poor mis-
cradle failuIs i had been announced by
flaming hapdbills ioF some three weeks that
Hon. ThOnias Ewing .be Peoples Friend. 1--WE
suppose they insns his speculatiOns in Rev
olutiOnary Land Script, Hon. Charles Ans
derson and Gen. E. R. Eekley. besides John
A. Bingham and hosts of other little STUN
pers would be here, and address the wings
of Harrison county. Runners had been seen
through all parts of the county, urging the
faithful to be on hands in order fer the of.
fee seekers of Cadiz to make grand dis
play.
Well the day came. And a beautiful
day it was. Not cloud was to be seem
nothing atall to hinder the people from turn
ing out, had they felt disposed to do SO.
Our town remained perfectly quie. until a
bout 9 O'Clock, whep q little string of some
38 persons from the western portion of the
county might have been seen coming into
town. When they arriyed at the Mansion
House some one tried to raise the yell, but
it would not go. All were then anxiously
looking for that tremendous delegation from
"saucy little Green" but it did not come.
At one O'Clock the Court House bell was
rang, The people did not mind that. 1t
was rang again and again, but still they did
not convene. After labored effort on the
part of the Office holders and Office seekers,
the Court House became tolerably we'll fill
ed with about two-thirds Democrats and
Free Sellers and the remainder cons ted of
boys and few wings.
That general out pouring of wings and
distinguished speakers we're not to be
found, they did not come. All the speakers
that could be trumped up were Mr.. Brewer,
the whig candidate for Congress, and the
would be Governor Eckey, Mr. Brewer
tfsS mounted the stand. lie tried to apol-
pgise, and correct some statements that had
been made about him by distinguished wings
in New Lisbon, the town in WHICH he resi-
des, but he only made the matter worse, and
left the impression very sensibly on the peo-
pies minds that he once did sell negroes and
put the money in his pocket. After he had
gone through with apoogizing he commenc-
ed begging free soil votes. He first coaxed,
and when he saw that it did not make
any improfcssion, he commenced abusing
the Free Soil party. He continued in that
s!Fain for some two hours, when he finally
concluded tha. it was tire to wind up and
quit. We heard several wings remark, du-
ring the delivery of his speech, ."weIl, he
is a great bore" Il thought he knew some
thing by what had heard" and such like
expressions.
Gov. Eekley then mounted the stand
and the way the tariff was handled was sur-
prising to all intelligent people. The tariff
Lundy's Lane, abusing and misrepresenting
the Democratic nominee for Congress, CON
stituted the sum and substance ofhis speech.
Thus ended the great whig mass meeting
that was to have surprised every body, both
on account of uum )ers and talented speak
ers. Such crowd and such speaking, the
people Of Cadiz are accustomed to weekly,
if not oftencr. When the meeting was over
the Office holders and office seekers sneaked
off, and were not seen no more on that day,
so ashamed were they that after hav;ngmade
such blow about what great meeting
they were going to have, that it should have
turned out such complete fzzle.