The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18
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The, most spirited meeting Of the season
was held at the Court House on last Tuesday
ssveningg E! Graham, ESQ, was called to
the chair, and on motion, committee of
five wa. appointed to prepare constitution,
and present suitable persons to serve as Off
'Acers Of a Republican club. Said committee
to report on Friday evening next
Rev. Mr.. Shannon, of Defiance, was then
introduced to the audience and made a few
Pertinent remarks, replying to some of the
abuse heaped upon ministers for meddling in
s'poihics.' His remarks were well received,
and ontakig his seat Farmer ,Knk was
-scalleds out, and made one of the best speeches
we, have listened to this campaign. He read
the resolutions adopted at the various Demo-
cratic, meetings and Of State Legislatures,
fully declaring the power of Congress 10 leg
islate upon the subject Of slavery in the ter
ritories. He spoke about one hour and was
frequently interrupted with hearty applause
from his hearers. rt.sl- ls.
~ AT The CONCLUSION Of Mr.. Klinck' remarks,
cloud calls from all parts of the audience ere
made for Palmer, Judge Palmer" &c,
and the Judge took the stand amid the most
vociferous applause. He commenced by re-
marking that he was afdemocrat-an nde-
pendent demoerat-his father and his other
were democrats, and that be had never
found anything in the principles of the demo-
cratic party, hitherto, that was at all ebjec-
tionable to him. That he had ever been
democrat in the strictest sense of the term,
he had never scratched his ticket, and that
was the best test of good democrat, as laid
down BY the Toledo democracy, yet he
would confess that,li 1868, be did cut hole
iii his ticket lie now found himself on the
"anxious seat" or in the happy condition of
certain New York politician, who was al
ways in a state of ''don t-care- a. damnative-
ness" He asked his brother democrats to
tel him what principle hitherto dividing the
two great polidcal parties, now agiLatc the
country. Were they not all silent? Had
they not been disposed of? What is the
question now before The people Upon
this subject he was anxiousy seeking for a
Satisfactory answer, The Republicans claim
that it is the extension, or the non-extcnsion
Of slavery, but the democrats of the north
were not willing to admit that they favored
its extension, and unless something could be
produced going to show that Buchanans
election would favor slavery extension there
was no issue in the campaign but scramble
for Office. He intended to study this ques-
ton closely, and if, after careful examina-
tion of all the testimony, he should find that
the election OF James Buchanan would en-
courage slavery propagandists, his right arm
should wither and fall powerless at his side
before he would cast vote for him. He
then alluded to the democratic candidate for
Congress, Mr.. Edgerton. He said that Mr..
E''was destitute Of all political and moral
honesly-that he had spoken, written, and
voted against slavery, and that he now de-
clared in his speeches over the district that
slavery was divine institution, always being
found in governments where any considera-
BILE degree of civilization existed, and that
1t was the rule and freedom the exception =
While member of Congress Mr.. Edgerton
secured the appointments of favorites TO the
first Office in direct opposition to the expressed
wishes of the people, and that he had sought
to cheat a number of farmers in Putnam
county out of their lands because the record
conveying TO Ohio the power to sell those
lands had been lost. He and other lawyers
had been applied to by the rightful owners
of those lands for advice in the case. 1t
appeared that these farmers had purchased
their lands of Ohio, she claiming to have the !
tltle,in them they had gone on and cleared |
mp their lands, built houses and barns, and
all was going on prosperously. when it was
ascertained that no record could be found
comforting upon Ohio the power to sell the
and. Their title was not good. They were
advised to write to Mr. Edgerton and have |
him get an act passed legalizing the sale, and
theysweuld pay the general government for
the land and look TO Ohio for pay, or the
genersbgoVerDment could take the State for
the debt directly. Edgerton was written to
and the facts explained to him. Instead of
securing the passage of law suited to the
wansslof those farmers, he got an agent in |
New York to enter lands and transfer them
to him, and then he wrote back to the farm
ers that he bad the tide to those lands, and
they would have 10 deal with him now, and
not with the general government. Recently
the record has been discovered in Columbus
and Edgsnton's title and his money are both
gone, but the damning deed remains against
him, and NO honest man can walk up to the
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