Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-01-18
From the Ohio State Journal.
The Eighth of january Convention.

The proceedings Of this body have been
laid before The people. The Loco(oco max
i'm is. tha, That Gopernment is best ,ohich
governs least" This is consistently carried
ou, in some respects BY their parry in Ohio.
They do less when in power, in proportion
10 pay, than can we'll be described. Their
nominations are upon the same principle
that the public man is besi who does the
least. So far as we are acquainted with the
nominees, they belong 10 wha, geologs.s
would call the invertebraie cass--poli,ical
molluscs, without much shell and no back
bone a, all; fair representatives Of school
Of politicians who neither originate nor de.
fend any thing, who make their way in poll
ics by balancing up and down around the
edges Of The pools Of opinion. =.
The resolutions Of The Convention are
also invcriebrate. They are destitute Of
backbone. and flourish largely upon undis.
pu.ed generaIi,ics. The only disIinc, ideas
announced, which nre not common TO all
parties, are--hrst, the censure Of The foreign
policy Of The presen, Administration; and,
second, the purpose Of collecting oil taxes
and tolls in coin.
As to the first, ii is part Of political
scheme Of finesse which has long been crop.
ping out, based upon systematic falsehood
! and misrepresen,alio Of the acls Of the Ad.
minislralion, and held out as lure 10 the
Filbuslers. We would sake our head thai
) no, one Of all those gentlemen who resolved
{ TO express "indignan. condemnation" can
, ,, s,ule truly The acIs Of the Administrator
! abou, which they pretend 10 be indignant, OF
if they can. that they will not. The mo
> men, they consent 10 statement Of the trn,l
: they will have collapsed, and their indig
!, nant condemnation will be found 10 hav,
! been approved by the leading men Of lhei
! own party. The good policy Of this proce
i dure now on The eve Of Mr.. Pierce's Admin
: islra,ion, when he must make his own mark
!. may be- doubled, That, however, is lhei
il look Out, nol ours. aia
1 As 10 the resurrection Of the gold and sil
vor clause, we propose 10 pass ]. for u
a present. 50 e. a.
: : These are The only ideas announced i
i the resolutions that are anything more Iha
\ vague eeneralilies. not at all in dispute, an
: which would 6s one party as well as nr
:. other. "a ,sge
i. Among these eeneraliIies expressed VIII
IA such convenient indefinieness as to mea
= nothing, and YET 10 answer the purpose Q
- ,oIling into the pnny such Of the isms Q
!. have not already lound in Z. their nalurI
=, grave. is the resolution in regard 10 the pull
,a lie lands, and the resolutions on the subje,
{. Of slavery; also, their rejection Of The Bali
q more platform. They make In ,hiaway VI
"a necessary mouths and ceremonies. 1T
y isms are all theirs, by birth and adoption
A. and one would think would prefer falling
70 unnoliced, TO being publicly loIled in b
!. baskets OF chaff. These isms are Onlv,is
4 Try boats TO navigate men from one parry
another, and lhe boat will land anyhow, Il
m work Of shaking chsff at them for temps
zion Is mere larcical waste Of exeriion.
is There is also in these resolutions rest,
nd ration Of the recent parry movements
nd Washington, designed 10 claim credit lor \
Ire asserting The Monroe declara,ion--a decl
a ration adopted under the auspices OF Hem
ire Clay and John Quincy Adams, and ev
lis since rigidly adhered 10 BY the Wing pall
.. They have no. in any manner Improved
d. health or iis costume. gey
Ils Ii all yhese National matters ,hers
hs mani(ss., both si WSshInelon and slsewhel
lisIp dirinclipallon 70 leave Mr.. Pl0Ire - q
Ily choice Of. his oen posi,ion. TIE dv'e
p. ImIns'iOp .sesps 70 %. tQhaso the ROlisic