Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-10-05
The RaIly o + the "Terrified.v .

The sad condit ion of the poor Ravens master.
''whom unmerciful disaster,
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs
one burden bore
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy bur-
den bore s~
OF Never-nevemore.'
Driven to desperation on account of their many
losses in Maine, Vermont, North Carolina, Mis-
souri,, aud Iowa, and the many deSertions from
their ranks in Ohio, and other states, the office
holders, Office hunters, and those who have fat
tened on the spos, are sent forth to rally and
encourage the "forlorn hope" No means, how
ever unfair, however dishonorable must be left
untred. If truth will not answer, fasehood must
be resorted to, If argument is scarce, abuse must
be multiplied No stone must be left unturned
Almost every newspaper we receive from Ohio con-
tains accounts of the labors of these worthless
their outrages upon the intelligence, common
sense, and common decency of the voters of this
State. We have refrained from publishing these
extracts, believing that it would be unfair to make
the Democracy here accountable for the miSdeeds
of their officials in other places, and fearing to
disgust our readers with the recital.
| We let that pass. We will say nothing about
their attempt to divert attention from the busi-
ness OF the Fair, or the poor success which at
tended that effort. We were not present, and
therefore leave that matter to those more directly
interested. As it is a matter between Agricul-
turists and Democrats, we fear the latter will get
the worst of it.
But we have word to say Of the efforts of the
two Colonels at the Court house, in the evening.
Being remarkably fond Of listening TO an able ar
gument on any subject but particularly upon
politics, we were seated in the Court thouse at an
early hour. Mr.. McAboy was called to the chair.
the audience. He appeared in very. poor spirits,
said he was very much "fatigued," etc. The fact
is, the Col. has been travelling over the state q
good deal, and he begins to see how "things is
workn." 1t may be that he was little dis
heartened at the tremendous gathering" at Rock
Spring. We can't say about that AT all events
he was not very enthusiastic. He appeared at a
loss what to talk about, until all at once he rec.
objected what an awful drubbing he received q
short time since from Hon. r. w. Upton. This
| 6NHtNAi"h NV LSiHS PiSoShJ HO iihhOuidtCll
pounced upon his character by calling him
: "renegsde priest" We have yet 10 learn tha
= ministers of the Gospel are considered disrepu
; table. 1t may be so with the Coils party; we art
sure it is not so among Wings Protestant min
listers in this community are not generally called
priests" They may be so termed among those
. with whom the Col. associates. The gentleman
designated as "another fellow by the name o
Lawrence" is generally known here as Hon. Will
: liam Lawrence, or Mr.. Lawrence. His attemp
to discuss the question of Free Trade was th
O most amusing burleSque upon discussion we hav
4 ever listened to. He reminded us very forcbl
/ of character in "Sylvester Sound" called ODE
dah Drant, we believe. His imaginary dialogu
) between MeSsrs. Lawrence, Vinton, and Medill
seemed so much like "Says Harry the Eighth t
Peter the Great, Il say, Pete,'" that Obedia
seemed perfectly represented. He seems to dis
II like the idea that any body should grow rich il
;. this country. He does not object to Engl;shme
:. or Frenchmen growing rich on American labor
i, not at all. But the idea that Abbot Lawrenc
should become wealthy, and then, as if to ad
| iIlou1I w oLOulu puI ClUlHeS, lHlS az
'e gravatcs him wonderfully. He says he is poe
lr man. If so, he must be very extravagant. w
!. have document in our possession which say
\. that "fIon. David Tod, of Ohio, was Minister
Brazil. His salary commenced the first of Ma
1S47, and ended the 18th of September, 1856
" making four years, four months, and fourtee
!" days. He received, for salary, contingencies, e.
'e change &C., FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND THRE
e. HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX DOLLARS AN
se THlRTY-SIX CENTS. Certainly, little ecol
&C omy might enable him to accumulate some pro-
erty. We imagine his poverty is little like
:" chastity of language, His whole effort was tn
T. Of 'bar-room politician (as Col. Benton wou
say to fement jealousies between the rich al
the poor-.between the employer and the emplo
cd. Instead Of endeavoring to elevate the mass
ce to higher position, his effort seemed to be to pl
yd down everybody to his own contemplate lew
u Before closing, his conscience did goad him un
is he related one good sensible anecdote, about |
ch Irish Jenny. This was the only redeeming fe
,ly ture of the address. His allusion DO Mr.. Corw
1T did not reflect much credit upon himself.
all On the whole, the address did no one eth
EN- good or harm, that we are aware of. The q
IN appears to be very clever, companionable 81
of man, and :tanch Dimmecrat. Before co
OF cluding, he introduced the other COL He Sc
er. his friend was Lieut.. Governor, but as he did
ion like to use titles, he would introduce him as S
nd pie Medill.
Ted Col. Medill occupied the attention of the a
len dience for nearly two hours. Never in all O
III life did we listen to such continued successi
ng of stale, wilful, deliberate falSehoodS, witho
T." any mixture of truth. There is but one word
the the language which properly defines this fish
ell and demagogue, and that word we are not disr
sed 10 use in our columns His first effort was
te. charge the Whig. administration with an expe
Of diture of S53 0000 900 more in three years, for
OF same purposes, than the Administration of
es Polk. In the first place, he, carefully conceal
to the fact that there is large Opposition major
ems in both houses of Congress, and that 10 his o
the party is chargable all the extravaganza of
ur' present administration. Millons--yes, millit
in more than the Administration ever asked or
day sired have been appropriated by that Congress
and Locofocos, to reward their favorites, and emb
ION. rass the administration. Take for example tn
to items which happen to be under our eye at
The moment; 100000 for the enlargement of
) OF Capitol; 100000 for some Choctaw Treaty
q ISL Def.iencv BilN. S5OO 000 EXTRA for the {