Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-10-04
TIimble Meeting on Wednesday

Timble Meeting on Wednesday.
According to notice previously given the
mass meeting Of the friends of Trimble
in Belmont Comfy came off on the 26A ut.
The day was met at the threshold and usher.
ed in amid the roar Of canDon-and the
smell os gunpowder About 8 O'Clock
a. a., however, heavy shower of ram com
menced falling, brought on, no doubt, by the
roaring of cannon, or.the burning of gunpow-
der. or Just because t could, or for some other
renson equally cogent. At any rate the rain
fel! which prevented all speaking out of doors.
During the recess of the Court for dinner,
the Courthouse was occupied, and the peo-
Pile then und there assembled were addressed
by Mcssrs. c. L. Poorman, of Bell.Aire city,
and A. Banning Norton. of Columbus. We
did not hear Mr.. p. except for a few minutes
at the close Of his remarks, and we regret
that we did not, for his appearance is prepos-
sessing, and his manner convincing. H.
was followed by the Wellsburg Brsss Band,
which dscoursed some most excellent mu-
sic, after which Mr.. Norton arose ard ad.
dressed the meeting. o. Mr.. Norton's style,
we have to say that I; was pleasant, end If
his matter was truthful, he would make an
effective sumPer, but unfortunately il was
not.
II all our readers were familiar with the
columns of the Locofoco organ of this Coun.
~, it would be unnecessary for us 20 tell
them from what quarter the orator derived
his charges against Mr.. Chase. II was bu,
rei'era'ion o. all the false charges which
have from time to time appeared in the Loco
foco papers in the State, and which have
been, each in turn, reluted. For instance:
he said that Mr. Chase obtained his sea, in
The U. s. Senate through a corrupt bargain
entered into between Messrs. Pugh g. Pierce,
anu the Freesoil members o! the Legislature,
by which bargain the latter were to vote in
favor of the former having their seats in the
Legislature, if they Pugh g. Pierce) would
agree 10 vote for Mr.. Chase for Senator
Mr. Norton charged that Mr.. Chase was prvy
10 TINT contract Now let us see how that
matter stood before Mr.. Norton s speech -
The charge wns made in the Statesman, and
copied in the G1seite; the Statesman ",ook il
buck" and So did the Gaseiie. Mr.. Chase in
his speech here pronounced il entirely with.
out foundation, ana on the same evening, in
public speech in this place. JoHx DAvEr.
FORT, E>q, the President Of III Convention
tha, dominated 1rimbie, said, with m.nli.
ness and mognanimlly thai he never loses
sishi o', and which always does homer TO him
rs man, tina: he believed Mr.. Chase to be
entirely innocent of the charge. Yet not.
.ilhstanding this repeated relu,n,on Of this
vile slauder, here comes Mr.. Norton, an en-.
tire stranger to our people, and endeavors to
cram this ioul libel down our throa,s.
First-The Staiesman denies the charge.
Secoad-The Gazette denies the charge.
1hirt-Mr. Chase, himself, denies the
charge.
Fourih-Mr. Davenport denies the charge.
But Mr.. Norton, in the face os al this,
must stand up before an intelligent audience
and rei,erate this libellous charge. Verify.
he must have an exalted opinion of the intel
ligence OF our people.
IN the course of his remarks the hirsute
orator took occasion to turn his distinguished
attention to IHE BELMONT CHRosIcLE. He
also informed Ne. BY the way, that the editor
oi The CHRONICLE was clever fellows
fact which was not by any means new to his
But as for his sympathy
for tie HKoSicLE and its editor, we inform
him that il 10 entirely uncaI!e for, aud is not
wanted. We are satisfied that our cource
in the present campaign Is the only ons that
could be pursued by a consistent anti.slayery
man, and as such We continue in that course.
The. gentleman may spare hia lsmenta.
tions until he fnds some individual who
stands in need Of them. We can freely for
give his "pi,ching in" to the CHRONICLE, as
We are In an excellent situation to defend