Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-18

MS silly nonsense IN reply TO our arguments,
and finally bis contemplate back-out ii The
last number, has exhibited his incompetent
cy and weakness to sucha degree that we
really feel ashamed Of having ever raised
our pen to demolish him.
And yet he has the. effrontery to ask us
TO- discuss these questions from the stump
with. him, or furnish some one else in our
place. Poor, dear, weak sir, we could not
consent to do SO mean thing; nor do we
know any Republican in this county who
would. When we enter upon public dis
cussion. we want an opponent who can at
least make show OF defending himself
Our rreaders will remember our argument
Of last week., showing conclusively The posi-
ton of the editor and his party with refer
ence to the slavery question, and his duty to
meet the question fairly. The following
baby-talk is all we have in reply:
How OUR CHALLENGER FEELS SINCE THE
FIRST FrRE.-Our challenger, the nomina-
ted editor Of the Telegraph, endeayored to
change pistols, and put into our hands his
blunderbus platform, loaded with wool in
stead Of gun-cotton, asking us to affirm, as
every person well knows, who read his ar.
ticle; not only SO, but proposed to publish
both sides, which we regarded as yaA un-
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published his remarks entire, thereby being
"better than our word" having declined to
publish all his idea on Abolitionism. The
argument. further. was for our neighbor to
publish each week, such portions o. the
platform of the 18th Of July, as he wished
to discuss. But the first round being over,
and the smoke cleared away, we are panied
to announce that our challenger has bitten
the dust. He has not published additional
portions Of the platform under discussion,
neither has he lived up to his terms in pub
fishing our reply or any considerable por-
ton Of it. We consider his last leader a
a mere firing to make noise. He aban
dons ihe issue, and presents new one,
which we clieve is not in the 18th platform
verbatuna, viz: "Shall slavery (negro slav'
ery) be extended over our national terrific.
ries?" We never agreed to affirm on that
proposition, but said last week that we, a:
an Ohioan, would oppose slavery if it were
presented as civil institution in the iuris
diction Of Ohio. But as to the extension o
slavery in the Territories, we do say en-
phatically, and not merely infventiaHy, tha
we have nothing to do with it. We hold
with the Constitution Of the United States
that domestic slavery is one of the existing
rights not expressly delegated by the Con
stitution; therefore it remains with State!
and with the People, and if more people g
to the Territories who are in favor of negro
slavery than those who oppose it, they un
questionably have the right to do SO. SCI
John @. Adams on the Admission of Arkan
sas. p
We are ready for the second fire, if 20,
{ have vitality enough left to pull trigger OF
any Of the remaining principles Of you
platform, but we will not be driven from
our position by such subterfuge as is con
tanned IN your last issue.
i He dare not meet the issue. He dare no
discuss the question, as it is now presented
to the American people; as it was forced up
on the country by the passage Of the Kan
, zas-Nebraska BILL He wishes us to pro
ceed to other portions Of the platform--ev
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identity disliking the agitation Of this ques
ton. We should be pleased to do SO, but W
: wish this question disposed Of first; an,
whenever Bro Fhor, or any other membel
: of his party, shall give us reason to beliey
that they are capable Of reasoning on an.
question, by furnishings logical argumen
in favor of the extension Of negro SLAYER
into national territories, we shall meet ther
on any other question now before the coun
try. Until they do so, we shall take it 70
granted that they know themselves to be i
J error, and have not the moral courage +
attempta defense, or acknowledge thei
error
In the meantime, we shall proceed wit
the discussion of other planks in the Re
publican platform, in our own way, and the.
can do as they please about answering them
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