Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-03-11
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Business IS progressing with commenda-
bic activity. Whole number Of bills intro
duced in the House, since the commence
ment of the ses sion / 1l2--Senate about 100.
Probably from 30 to 10 Of these have been
finally disposed Of. and the balance are in
a good state Of forwardness. It's 70 be re-
GREETED, however that wehave 80 many or
ators. Every measure, no matter how tri-
ding. 'mnst be discussed for two or three
days, BY certain gentlemen. who seem 70
think the entire State government is resting
upon their shoulders. Should any measure
be adopted without an hours speech from
each Of these patriotic gentlemen, we pre-
sumo they would consider the country in
evltably ruined, The vanity. of some Of
these gentlemen is becoming insuferable,
and if they persevere in their present course,
they will soon lose all the little influence e
they once possessed. The most prominent
among this class Of patriots is a, gentleman
from Hamilton, who seems to be continually
regretting that the Lord has not seen fit to
create at least one more great man in the
world to keep him company. .s.s,sl
AcxND1DATEIN THE FIELD.
The proceedings Of the Pittsburg an d
Philadelphia Conventions have un doubtedly
reached most Of our readers before this time.
The moderate course pursued at Pittsburgh,
followed by the nomination Of FiLInoR r
and DONALDSON, has taken every body by
SURPRISE Politicians. especially political
editors, know not what course to pursue.
Fillmore is decidedly the strongest candi-
date who could possibly have been brought
forward by the Philadelphia Convention,
and should nothird candidate be brought
out, would undoubtedly be elected. Even
in triangular race, his chances are good,
provided the election is thrown into the
House of Representatives. We have
Itbought considerably on this subject Mr.,
Fillmore in many respects, is our choice, II
we could only satisfy ourself on one point
namely, that the cause Of freedom would be
benefited by his election, more than by the
election Of any other who willbe at al like
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" to be chosen, we should give him . hearty
support. On all other questions--or nearly
all--our views accord with bis. But before
we can yield our support to him. we must
know what course he will pursue with re-
ference to the extension Of slavery We
desire to know whether he will sanction the
course Of Franklin Pierce relative to Kan
sas-Awhether he will use his influence 10
prevent the extension Of slavery in any Of
the territories Of the United States. Our
present impression is that freedom has noth-
ing to hope from him. that his past course
authorizes us to draw this conclusion. Q In
this case. we feel bound to oppose his elec-
ton, however. we may regret to pursue such
a:course. Time must determine our future
action. IndieJ5 " - ,,iooT q oiol
|2c'l4 e WAR WITH ENGLAND. an y .
Considerable excitement has been Imani-
tested invarious quarters relative to difficult
ties existing between the United States and
England the call Of the President for three
millions Of dollars, to increase' the number
ofpuLlic arms. and national defenses. We
have always regarded it as a part Of the
scheme,of the slave extensionists to draw of
the attention ne .ths nubl;c.d from their infa-