Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-01-18
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county. delegation TO The 9th Of January
Convention hsdsa grand fight q. the Neil
House, abou, midnight, on Friday evening
lasi. Twas ahe FIRST Of the Campaign, and
deserves 10 be duly chronicled.
The Cincinnati delega,ionis is composed Of
abon, So members. They are entitled to
cdsi ~ vo.es. Al a preliminary meeting nf
the delegation, Il was nantes, lha. the Mi.
amis were in the ascendant. Some disputed
cases arose, and every one was decided, in
avesy summary way, against The Sawbucks.
aud ia favor Of The Miamis. wiihou. stop.
ping 10 look into the right or justice Of the
cases. |, was then found that here was a
vacancy IN one Of the townships. The
Sawbucks declared thai she person to be-
appointed should be from The unrepresenied
township. Bul This was disregarded, and q
Miami was pushed in. The steam, by this
time. go, high, and blew off loud. The red.
faced Jew, who Aourished so largely. was
there, as tho special organ Of the Sawbucks.
lie denounced the whole proceedings as
corrupt. Rsemelin, also delegate, remon-
sira.ed. To cap the climax, they proposed
that one from The delegation should be Sc
lec,ed TO cast the entire vote Of the delega-
lion, and thu. majority Of The delegates
should have the power 10 nslruc. how that
vote should be cast This was adding insult
ioinjury. II was annihila.ing the strength
Of the Sawbucks a, blow. l, was no. ,e
be endured Farm, one Of the editors o.
the Enquirer, could moi stand this move
and took vigorous grounds against il. Blu
the Miamis are strong in Hamilton county
and in the State. They uied TO vote ,h'
proposition through, and PROSTATE the Saw
bucks, but failed. Then came iemonssran
ccs and denuncia,ions. From high word
they soon camc 10 blows, Arrsh was mad
upon the Sawbucks, and the red-faced gentle
man was soon mounted, crushed, and ,erribl,
beaten. Faran was attacked. and badl
beaten Reemeln was seen making
sRaigh, shoot for the outside door, and os
capped without damage. Ii was row an
; 6gh, worthy Capt. Ryhders. and The Empir
Club. in the palmy days Of Tammany Hal
Indeed tho Miami Tribe in the West, an
the Empire Club Of the East. are the w
greai props of modern Lccoioco,sm.
,Bu,we digress. When confusion was
It's sheigh,. somebody started after The nigl
watch. Tho rioters swung their fists
perfcc, phrenzy. The cool Democrats I
other counties stepped in and tried 10 puci
the combauan,s. "BoLLy" was remous,r
ted with, and enIrea,ed to preserve the peac
asa row would disgrace the party as well
the men engaged lin Il. lie acceded
every thing lha, was said, and avowed hir
self q peace man--''os soon as he cou
rive Jim Faran add licking"
u Saturday,, the bruised and beaten So
bucks were KEEP. within doors. The FIG
vas victory 10 the Miamis, OF very de-
ded character. |, had all the Ingredients
the ludicrous and The disgracelcl. I.wrt
fair exponent Of Hamilton county LocofoC
ism. A certain Judge Jacob Finn wal
prominent actor. As citizen Of Columb
we respectfully Suggest to these genilem
lheiproprie.y o. doing up their fighting
fore they leave home. We shall csrair
feel il our duty 10 expose them, IL ii
change the venue Of their operations r.
Hamilton TO franklin coun,y.-O. S. 10