Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-04-01
EDITORIAE CORRRsPONDENCE.
ColuMBus, March 94th ,5e.

" "seSShuSu i.S pSoStohos wv iShSth5 ~
ports-one repudiating the. nomination Of
Fillmore, re.enacting the Cleveland plat
form, and endorsing the action Of those who
who withdrew from the Philadelphia Con-
vention the other taking precisely the op-
positc groupd-were in the hands of the
delegates. After considerable discussion,
titwas finally agreed to limit the disputants
to five minutes each. DR.. Wright, aE.'P,
Norton, I, G. Ware, Prof Lippet, and 9th
ers spoke in favor of the minority report,
and were answered by Wm. Gibson, Girls
void, Frey, Rogers, and others, fayoring
the majority report. A resolution was Of
fered by Mr., Mckay to dissolve the State
Council and abandon the organization,
which was voted down. by large majority.
7. G. Ware then offered resolution, de-
claring their Intention to abide by the ac-
ton of the National Council. The yeas and
nays being called, resulted, yeas 46 nays
,I3l. The majority report of the commit
tee was then adopted by large majority.
The minority thereupon withdrew. and
marched to the city hall, where they were
duly organized as separate State Council,
under the jurisdiction of the National Coun-
Gil. A charter, regularly signed and duly
authenticated was produced by I, G. Ware,
who declared the seceders the only simon
pure X. N IS in the State. After these del
egates had Withdrawn, those who remained
had good time generally. They resolved
not to make any nominations, but to await
the action of other parties for the present,
and support such candidates as would be
most likely to advance their political views.
Nominally, there are now two State Coun-
vils in Ohio; but in reality there is but one.
Although our sympathies are with the ma
|jority, or those who repudiate Fillmore's
nomination; yet we cannot help thinking
that their action in adopting the majority re-
port, amounts, virtually, to an abandon.
ment of their organization. We presume
they intend TO keep up show Of organiza.
ton, for political purposes, however, in or
der that those who wish to remain in the
Order may choose for themselves which
side of the slavery question they will take
but we certainly think the Fillmore party
are the only Regulars or National X. Ms
1t would have pleased us much better, hat
the majority Withdrawn entirely, and deliv
cred their charter to the South American:
at once. But perhaps it is impertiuent fol
us 10 meddle in other peoples business.
POLITICAL PROSPECTS.
Judging from the demonstration Of tht
| X. Ms and from conversation with promi
uent politicians from various portions of tho
country, it is our opinion that Fillmore:
prospects are even worse than Trimble's il
Ohio. 1t is doubtful WI ether he can ge
15 900 votes in this State. In most Of 9th
er Northern States it is still worse. He i
! still in Europe; and it is generally supposed
that when he returns and ascertains the po
sition in which he has been placed, he wi
, decline. In that case, if a man is nomina
: ted by the Republicans who is MOI cbnoxlou
| to the charge of Radical Abolitionism, br
4 who is nevertheless true to the North as wei
. as the South-one who will oppose SLAYER
5 extension, and put down Border Rufian
ism, at the same time that he upholds an
/ maintains all the rights Of the Slave States
we feel confident that he will obtain larry
s share Of these South American votes, togeth
er with the unanimous support of the MOI
thern or Anti-Slavery X. MS II, howev
er, an ultraist is brought forward, thes
> South Americans will, to man, cast thei
votes for the Locofoco nominee.
: Our opinion relative to the candidat
: which circumstances seem to indicate as tn
most available, and at the same time bei
v fitted for the Chief Magistraey, isunehanget
n With such a man as JOHN MCLEAN for Pres
dent and FRANK BLAIR, or JOHN BELL, {
Tennessee, for Vice President, it seems to u
that we have all we can ask on the SLAYER
. question, and in point of character, no stror
. ger ticket can be nominated. With such
o ticket we should feel confident of success.
OF the probability that such a ticket wi
r be brought forward, we have many assul
/ ances. A distinguished politician who a
e tended the Pittsburgh Convention informe
US, that many Of the strongest anti-slaver
men in Ohio favored McLean's nominatio
! Judge Spaulding among the number
= We have other assurances Of similar ns
/ ture, We trust that our citizens will cor
n slider the subject cal mly and considerably
e and when the time comes for sending de
! egate to the National Convention, give hil
= such instructions on the subject as may b
it thought advisable. .aa ,laeeE aboft
o BORDER RUFFIANIsM IN OHIO. iar
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