American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-10-04
For m American clInner

ME5SRS. EDlPORS.-M nc lew lleHlS |
from old Clearcreck residence of the
Sag Nicht candidate for the Ohio State
Senate : may not be unintercsting. to your
readers.
1t was dcerhed necessary by the failhfull
of"0ld Fogyism'' here, that Il few of those
extraordinary orators and statesmen from
| your city, be called upon TO enlighten and
warm up the citizens Of this township
1 Accordingly n meeting was appointed to
be held on the 2lst instant, In the nlean.
while, the friends Of Slavery and Popish
superstition were vigorously engaged in
spreading aboutthn news, that there would
bo two speakers on each side of the politi-
cal, questions of the day. The day came,
and brought together some twenty of the
faithful (inclading boys, to hear of those
things which make for the good of our
great Republic. Two speakers came, Sag
Nichls to the core The meeting organic
cd by calling ex, Squire Pussy to the Chair.
: \ certain gcnllcman--name forgotten -
then took the floor, and proceeded toillns-
: trate very cogentythe views of that party.
!. Surely he evinced his lack of knowledge;
and1on closing, we could not see that any
Of the principles of the American party
were a whit worse Of his onslaught. But
an immortal gentlemen Of your city, having
moro beard than brains, soon followed. He
was particularly hard down on Sans boys.
lie as he supposed, proved beyond the
> possibility of n doubt, that the American
platform, in some of its principal features,
s is decidedly unconstitutional IIe thought
. we had nothing at all to do with Slavery
=, nothinrmore than one individual had It
!. do with the private affairs of another. Sag'
\, conclusion, thisl IIo very conelusvely
y denounced the X. Ms as a set of dema
i. gogues, midnight assassins, producers %
riots, &c., tEn. He Thought the time wnS
when necessity compelled men to act So
/, oretS, in caves and dcns of the earth, n
:. the hour Of midHigh ght,--the liberty of ou
;. country demanded it, but that timo hat
n passed. He nearly come to the conclusion
that these secret parties were abominabli
, and unconstilutional--of coutse using th,
|. CROOKED barrelled gun 80 'as to hit chem
Is If they, were Know Nolhings, and miss i
= Sag Nchs!" But his address closed with
4 out cheer or grnnt on the part of til,
n audience, all looking seriously, and pom
~ derng these thingsin their minds. J'r
"a The Hon, ex- Senator Andrew (also pre-
a sent eanAidate,) J then arose and moved
h vote of thanks be rendered the gentleman
!. that had so ably and eloquehtly addresses
i, them on tho occasion. Now, tell you
II this made cx4Sqnire Pussy scratch hi
II ideas 10 know how TO get such q questio
a. as this before the ouse;---howeyer, afte
,o thinking for a short time, Inc succeeded i
No some sort of q way Hon. Andrew the
= arose to enquire into the expediency Of
~ meeting of the committees that had bee
= appointed in tho school-districts withi9tl,
H township; remarktng that he would mai
them. aud IL they thought Unnecessary, j
p would canvass the township with them.--
en- Tie exhorted them to work incessanllysr,
H. marking chat tho democratic (alias Sa
= NiohL) party was worse disorganized an
es disbandcd in Clearcreek township than an
IN where within the county, save in Lanca
i'll tor city 8 .,la1 sjl ~ gtIHH ,pi
m u We will tell hima story. im0etober Oh
~ will carry greater confusion aud conste
"N uaton to lis ears, and those Of his de-
r. party h,o Yours, &o., ypa,t -a't
To- eaJtsai ca7rc ybantG G0llGER