Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-05-22


The FALL CAxPAIoE.- PosIrIos or Par.
rms. PRosrEcrs OF Succkss We prom
ised something on this subject in this weeks
paper.
There Are, ii fact. but two partiesi N Ohio
At present the Administration party. COM
yosea Of ofiice-holders, Office seekers, and
Foreign Catholics; and the Opposition or Re
publican party. composed of the People
che honest, intelligent, yirtuous American
freeman, and Protestant foreigners The
former may be recognized as what is left Of
the once powerful Democratic or Locofoco
party, held together by the adhesive power
ofpublic plumber" and ready to sacrifice
allthe best interests Of the State or Nation
at any moment, if thereby they can secure
the five loayes and two fishes" 1t is the
party which made the abominable "New
Constitution" Of Ohio, and then legislated
20 hbominably under it, as well-nigh to de-
stroy The commercial prosperity Of the state.
Capital has been driven from the state by
their WAT upon banks; the energy and en-
tefprise Of merchants and manufacturers
crippled BY their unjust and odious system
Of taxation; cAime legalized and encouraged
by, their infamous Small Note Law; the
public expenditures greatly increased by
their extravaganza and corruption; the Be-
.nevolens Institutions neglected on account
of their pennywise economy Of biennial
sessions; and SO on to the end Of the chap
ter. The People are heartily tired Of them;
and no wonder-for, like the locusts of
Egypt, they. have well-nigh destroyed every
green thing. They are left almost without
supporters amongthe hard listed, intelligent
yeomanry Of the land. The great mass OF
the people desire their overthrow; and were
the simple question presented to-day, apart
from aii other considerations, Do you wish
such men to make and administer your
laws for two years to come? we believe
four-Gfths of the legal voters Of Ohio would
answer with an emphatic "No." The men
and measures Of the party in power are OBJ
noxious to the people. A great reform in
our State policy is needed, nay, demanded
So far nearly all are agreed.
Again: in the great struggle between
freedom and slavery, the Administrator
party is~ith the South, laboring with might
and main for the extension Of slavery over
territory how free. The great heart Of Ohio
beats high for Freedom, as was evidenced
last fall, by the overwhelming defeat of the
Nebraskals. III
,Sofar then, every thing seems favorable
foran easy victory. What is to be feared ?
We, answer, divisions in the ranks of the
Opposition or Republican party. To effect
such divisions is nov, and will continue to
be the end and aim of all the labors Of the
Administration party; for on this rests their
only hope Of success, which, even under
the worst possible circumstances is very
fain:. Already has this work been com.
meneed, by journals protesting anti.slavery
sentiments, endeaVOring to ALLEVIATE the great
American or X. N. element, and render
necessary the nomination of two or more
Opposition tickets. OF the honesty and
sincerity Of these journals we have the mos
serious doubts, and can only account fol
their singular course by surprising that they
arein the pay fthe Administration. Thes,
papers 1.-THE Columbian and the Cleveland
Lsdaer represent the K. N Is as pro-slavery
TO- tbe core, and charge that this secret Or
der is secretly preparing State ticket, anc
thai this licketyill be forced upon the Re
publican Convention, BY means Of "packec
Delegations" How any man in his righ
mihd can believe that the X. Ms Of Obi
srsPfosslayery IN sentiment and feeling, i
rather more than we can imagine. Wha
issiO make them so9 Look at the record
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