The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-08-04
From the o. s. Journal.
PUBLIC OPINION IN OUIO.---
THE VOICE or PRESS.


THE VOICE or FTHEP PRESS.
We have neted the response of the Wbi
press Of Ohio upon the proceedings of til
Peoples Anti.NebraSka Convention of ,h,
18th with some interest, and take great plea
sure in saying, that this response is unaniln
nous and hearty in praise of its acts and re
solves, and in support of IT'S ticket. There
Is not single exception in the State that ha
yet come to our notice. Indeed, the press o
all parties, and of no party, with the excep
ton of the organs ofthe, Slave Democracy i.
united inihe opinion r.tA s,e time has eoa,.
to assert and maintain tae rights ofthe North
In opposition to the arrogance and treachery
OF the Slave power. There is no mistake in
the signs Of the times. The repeal of the
Missouri Compromise has reused feeling
that cannot be allayed till it has made itself
seen and felt. Il is destined to sweep flle
free States The following extracts are but
small portion of the responses we have mark.
ed We shall continue these extracts from
time to time:
From the Cincinnati Gazette,
The Convention sat Columbus was dele.
gate meeting, and was one of the largest OF
the kind held there for many years. Nearly
every county in the State was represent ed
| by delegates fresh from the people. 1t was
none oil your Legislature caucuses or eighth
of January "tinpan' arrangements, controlled
by few wire pullers, and used as a blind to
to mislead the honest yeomanry ofthe State.
1t was what it purported to be, people, 5
| convention, brought together to make nomi-
nations and give utterance to the sentiments
OF The freemen of Ohio, upon one of the gros-
sest wrongs ever perpetrated upon the peo-
pie of the Free States by the United States
Congress.
The nominations, we believe, will meet
with the approval of vast majority of the
voters of Ohio, and will be triumphantly sus-
| tanned in October, next, at the polls. The
candidates are eminently fitted for the respec
tive stations which they have bcen selected to
fill, and they are true representatives of the
anti-Nebraska sentiment, which is SO strong
! ly felt, and so general in the State. OF
course they will be ass allied and the Conven-
ton will be assailed by the office holders and
pens Toned presses Of the mbecle administra-
ton at Washington. The attacks, however
will do no harm. They will only serve to
amuse the masses, and render the overthrow
of the slave extending, compromise breaking
administration more Signal. The gay has
gone by when either the President or Priest
craft, when opposed to popular rights, can
thwart the will of free people.
The signs of the times indicate a grea,
moral reformation in the politics of the couH
try. The people have borne and forborne for
many years the misrule of weak Presidents
and the treachery ofdoughfaces and trcksters
and have resolved to elevate the standard oil
political morals. The mere mandate Of Q
central committee, on the endorsement OF
caucus, will no longer avail There must be
capacity, courage and principle in the cand
date, before he can zbeget their confidence ant
receive their votes
We regard the conventions which have re-
Gently been held in Michigan, Indiana anC
Ohio, as the Legitimate consequences of this
higher phase of political morality, the neet
of which is so strongly felt by all thinking
men. 1t will go on from day to day, gaining
strength, and in the end will rescue the ma
tion from the dominion Of second rate politi
Clans, and place the destinies of the Repub-
lie where they can with safety be reposed, in
the hands of well-tried, experienced, and up
right statesmen.
From the Cincinnati Sun. (Neutral)
THE CONVENTION.
The Ohio State Peoples Convention il
Columbus on Thursday was a remarkable one
1t was composed of the most Heterogeneous
claimants Whtmc hn ranuiraI
Demo Gratis who had striven hard to make
Cass President, Free Soilers who had bea,
both parties in Strategy, by the election oil
Senator Chlse, and lastly, the hard conscien
tious, faithful old Aboitionsts from the Yves
tern Reserve, were all there. What incon
gruity oc element! What variety of idea
And yet, and the fact is a noticeable, we
Eight almost say a prophetic one--thej
agreed! Like every body else we expected to
see strife and upr9ar We supposed every
body would want his "ism" running up ant
other peoples "isms" running down. Bu
no such thing. A solemn feelirg seemed t.
to pervade the vast assembly that slavery hat
now arrived at an issue that must be met by
self-sacrifice, by the conquering of pride o.
opinion, by a stern de:ermination to resis
aggression. How far these sentiments ar,
right or wrong is Cor the reader to Judge, SOM
will applaud, some jeer--we only record wha
we saw.
We expect to see results grow out of TIKI
meeting which the hackr eyed, partisan poll
ticians will not find to their tastes. So mucl
the better.
From the (Chilicotllc) Sciota Gazette.
THE CONVENTION OF TIE 18TH.
The character and conduct of that Ccnveu
ton is matter Of graduation to every pa
triot and freeman. Composed of a pro rata
delegation, Conc to every 4,OQO,) eTery count,
in the State was represented but he0, ant
, their delegates were only prevented from
| being present by missing the public convey
ances. The unity and harmony, and thu
spirit of Cancellation that prevailed were tru'
/ indications of the determined purpose of the
mass OF the people of Ohio. Never before il
D the annals of this State, was convention
held, animated by such pure, and unsefsl
A and unsectonal spirit, The feelings and sen
timents of Southern Ohio were most court