Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-03
Tur reoort published in the TINES Of

JuhC sNs Sc'sS''''5 w.
Patches" meeting, held in this place on
the 10Th ult.. has created slight scnsa.
ton in some quarters. The "Ironton
Register" denounces it as "whoesale
misrepresentation" and tries to rivet
this stigma by some of weakest special
pleading we have seen for six weeks
1t is proper to remark at the outset that
the Junior Editor Of this paper, who pre-
pared the article in question for the
press, was not present at the meeting,
his information being derived from the
manuscript notes Of another. Yet after
hearing the personal explanations of Sc.
vcral gentlemen interested, and after
reading what the Register has to offer,
we are at loss to see where any seri.
GUS misrepresentation" has been made.
Admitting that our article conveys a
wrong impression as to the reasons why
Colonel NiGH wished to dec i ne lap.
pointment Of delegate to the 18Th July
Convention admitting that we were
mistaken as TO the precise nature Of Mr..
JonNsoN's objection 10 DR.. Hall, :-ad.
miiing ,hese-slll the most signiic Mt
fact connected with that meeting re-.
mains, inconroverlibly, as stated in our
article. We ailude to the resolution of.
fered by GEO. w. WILLARD to the pur.
port that S. P. CHASE was not the first
choice Of that meeting for Governor.
This is the place where the shoe pinch.
es our "facing both. ways" friends. AS
If conscious that this was mean and
paluy monouvre, and that it laid bare
their hypocrisy, the Register volunteers
the following paltry excuse:
"Also there is Misrepresentation as 10 the
resolutian respecting S p Chase. We know
that a respec table portion Of those present at
the meeting are in favor of S. p. Chase for "
ernor, as their first choice. and that still more
OF those present were not in favor of the reso-
luton, but it was allowed to pass partly from
not being understood, AMI partly through re-
mssnesS.'
All, is that the way in which you fas.
ten the charge of misrepresentation? We
stated the FAcr-it did pass without a
dissenting voice. If there were persons
present who preferred Mr.. CHASE, their
very silence is against their sincerity
We stated the fact-Mr. SrlMsoN q
mere may.be.so-outside of the record
and yet on such nursery twaddle as this,
he bases his sweeping assertions.
eff Mr.. Chase should be the nominee, he
himself will have no occasion TO complain of
the overw helming majority he will receive in
Lawrence County"
Yes, eff" &c. &c. 81 cum purity
near selling my pig to old Hodge, TO-.
day."
"How near did you come, sonny?"
"Why, l asked old Hodge if he would
buy it; lie said, no but if he'd only said
Eyes, how neat I'd had him."
Seriously, does not every man Of ordi.
nary intelligence know that if the 18th
~ vu'y OOuVoutIOu bUOulu uOIulUdte
Mr.. CHAsE,-an event as likely as the
fulflment Of the Millerite prophecies on
that day.-it will be in spite Of the very
men, and the very interests for whose ad.
vantage the Convention has been cal ed.
Mr.. CHASE is an ultra locofoco, differ.
ing from others Of his brethren in bu.
one point. On the question Of the pow.
er of Congress to legislate on Slavery in
the Territories, he adopts the Buffalo
platform in contradistinction to the Whig
and Democratic Baltimore platforms.-
II his aati.slavery opinions are distaste.
ful to some old.lins democrats, they are
just a. much so to the old.line Wings.
To suppose that tho clique Of broken.
down party hacks. yclept the "Repub
lican State Centrsl COMMITTEES" would
suffer such man to be placed at the
head Of their ticket, is to suspect them
Of idiocy. They would be Just a. will.