Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-24

leading Hindoo and Wing journals,
which arc very sore.headed because 2
Convention, called on Anti.Slavery prip.
ciples. had tho consistency to nominate
for the Chief Magistracy Of Ohio, tho
man who 10 everywhere recognized IS
The captain Of The Anti.Slavcry forces n
this State. r& Ft k'f
Now, it seems to US that these com.
plants, coming from such quarters, sre
SIMPLY foolish. Yet they have their sig.
nifca,ion /; for they show what were the
true intents and aims OF those who but
yesterday were obstreperouly roaring for
"Anti.Nebraska." In their shame and
rage, they have torn of their masks, and
exhibited all their hypocrisy.
Really, the Wings and Hindoos had
no business in that Convention. They
were not invited 4; ard the principles on
which it was called are rreconcileably
antagonis,ic 10 the National Platforms
of both these parties. Nobody had a
right to expect anything but an out.and.
out Anti.Slavery ticket; and If Aboi.
Zionist veterans had been nominated, so
much the better. Those who wear tho
scars, should wear the laurel, also.
The true cause Of this cursing is found
in the fact, that, while the Wings and
Hindoos were trying to cheat the Free.
Soilers, they got sadly overreached them
selves. Their consequent stamping and
raving is loud warning to party knaves.
After the overwhelming defeat at tho
Presidential election Of 1852, the Wing
party in the North broke ranks and dis.
banded. A resolute attempt, however,
was made, by stout.hearled fellows, to
preserve the identity Of the party by no.
minating an old.fashioned Whig ticket,
headed by Nelson BARRERE. We liked
their bravery and persistent will. But,
at the election Of 1853, this forlorn hope
was annihilated, like the Ole Guard at
Waterloo.
Last year, however, the tactics were
totally changed. The Nebraska Bill
had caused an intense excitement. A
Convention Of Anti.Slavery men was
called at Columbus on the 22d March,
1854, That body met-not TO nominate
candidates for office, but-to express the
sentiments Of the People in regard to
the contemplated outrage. No assembly
within our recollection ever exercised a
greater moral power. This was readily
seen by our crafty adversaries. and they
at once proceeded to organise upon tho
Anti. Slavery basis. The same poli,i.
clans who, few months before, were
Jealous slicklers for EALMoRE and tho
Fugitive Slave Law, now vociferated for
doctrines almost as ultra as GARR,soN
himself could desire.
A nominating Convention assembled
at Columbus on the 18th Of July, 1854
day sacred to Humanity as the ami
versary Of the Ordinance Of 1887. At
that Convention, resistance to the en-
croachments Of slavery was the only
avoweJ principle Of action. Tho issues
Of the old Wing party, and the heresies
Of the Hindoo conspirators were alike
ignored.
The ticket it presented was good
one, and it prevailed by an unprecedent.
ed majority. 1t received the support Of
tens of thousands Of Old Line Demo.
Gratis, who were disguised with the Ad.
ministration. The Wings supported it,
because they had no ticket oftheir own.
And it was supported by the Hindoos,
because that faction, like all upstarts,
wished to rise on the tide Of popular
movement.
The thing succeeded so we'll that, like
Geordie Cochrame's trick at wrestling,
they thought it would do try over again,
but, like Geordie Cochrane's trick, it
could never be tried twice in struggle
with the same foe. The Free. Sellers
claimed all the glory, but the Hindoos
and Wings contested their pretonsions.
Each faction had its own special ends
in view and these, being different, led
to dissension.
The "Republican" Committee called
second Convention, which assembled
on the 18th inst. Thither went Free.
Sellers, Hindoos, and Wings. The Free,
Soil element, contrary 10 all expectation
and all calculation, preponderated.-
They used their advantage; and put in
nomination for Governor man whose
personal and political worth is the pride
Of his adopted State. Everybody knows
that not one Of the sneaking, scheming
politicians, who hoped to control that
body, had the most distant thought Of