M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-03

and resolutions Of the Convention o
the 18th inst, and especially in tn,
nomination Of s. p. Chase for Cover,
nor, and the resolution to appoint q
committee TO concert measures with
reference to the Presidency, we discov,
eT a design to more efficiently organize
an aggressive, sectional party, with
which it would be derelict in us Amer.
lean citizens to act or affiliate.
Resolued, That the wants of oul
people imperiously require an efficient
banking system and a radical change
In the taxation laws of the State aHc
to secure these reforms will be one
great object of our political action.
Rssolssd, That we recommend tc
the friends Of the American party in
Ohio, opposed to the candidates fol
Governor how in nomination to meet
in mass convention at Columbus on
the 9th day Of August.
During the reading Of the resolu-
tions, the crowd cheered immensely,
interSpersed with "Good!" "Goodi"
"Thal'sthe talk" 1--WE don't play
second fiddle to AbolitionistsI' That's
the ideap dc.
Judge johnson was then loudly CAL
led for.
The Judge appeared on the stand,
and said it had been long time since
he had addressed crowd in the open
air, and it " ould be long time before
he would do itagain. He had devo.
ted twenty.six years TO politics, but
was now no logger politician. The
Judge said he did not belong to the X.
N. party SO called, He was born
with broad feet, and their platform was
entirely too narrow for him to stand
upon. He then referred 10 the old
Wing party, Of which, he said, he
was a member, and proceeded to de-
fine the old Wing principles. In the
old Wing party he had fought side by
side with Chase as Wing, and tho't
the party treated Chase badly, because
they did not give him an office. The
Judge then proceeded to review the
political transformations Of Chase, and
said he was not opposed to him because
Of his qualifications, but because he
was a man OF stratagem, of bargain
and sale, and who had sold his party
before, and would do it again. He
{ (Chase) was man who drove politi.
cal bargains, and would sell that which
every man of honesty or principle
knew should be the free GIFT OF a peo.
pie. The Judge next referred to the
manner of Chase's nomination, which
he said was the work of Joshua Gid,
dings and old Ned Smith, and a few
other men OF the same kind, who made
war against their own country. Chase
was the candidate of the old school
Old Line Dissolution -of-the- Union
Neck-or>nothing party. The conven-
lou which nominated him was packed,
and humbug-Giddiug figured at
he head and Smith daDgled at the tail.
They came there to get the lions share,
md they accomplished it. He then
demonstrated that Chase was the nomi-
nee Of party who favored the disso>
ution of the Union, and the represen-
ative of men more ultra and bitter in
heir feelings than the nulIifers of the
South. Chase was a man of but one
dea, and he never knew a man of one
dea who was honest. 1t was impos>
iible for a narrow-minded bigot to be
honest. Chase looked all over the
world through a goose quill, and saw
lothing but little niger dangling at
he end of it.
The Judges speech was illustrated
throughout with many happy, witty
md sarcastic anecdotes and compari-
ons, which were heartily received. ii
lie poured a broadside into the AboIi>
ion tactionists, and concluded by an
louncing his determination to support
he greater portion of the regular Dem.
,cratic ticket
Colonel Chambers then offered the
ollowing as a substitute for the reso>
utions presented by the committee:
ResolUed, That this meeting recog>
lizes the Importance of the union OF
be States as paramount to all sectional
n personal interests, and that any ism,
reed or platform that looks to the dis.
olution OF the Union as a remedy for
'ny epl less great than tyranny Of the
Majority over the minority, is fraught
gith incalculable evil TO our country,
nd cannot receive our sanction or sup
ort.
Resolped, That we deem slavery
reat social and political evil, and
'ould regret to see its evil influences
xtend over any further portion of the
lir domain that is now, or may here
fter become the property of the Uni.
I'd States, and we sternly condemn
lie repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
Use, in the passage of the Kansas
nd Nebraska bill OF Senator Douglas,
nd desire the restoration of the com.
lomise line; but, nevertheless, we re.
ognise the principle that it is the
ght OF the people to governthemselves,
nd through their representatives to
'ake and to modify, or annual laws
nd constitutions, either State or na-
onat, the first being always consists