Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-01-15
EDITORIAL CORREsPoNDExcE.
CAPITOL HoUsr, CoLuMbrs. OIL
ian. 7ih. 1896.

CAPITOL HoUsE, CoLuMBrs. o.
- Jan. 7th, 1856.
Three days hard staging brought us safely
to this point. From Athens, we enjoyed
the company Of our much esteemed friend,
N. H. Van Worries, the Speaker elect, and
at Lancaster, Mr.. Kreidcr. our daily (?)
mail contractor, joined US. Notwithstand-
ing the intense cold, rough roads. and "hard,
uncertain fare" the trip proved far more
pleasant than We anticipated. - ~, .,...
We found the city full of strangers, A
Convention Of the American Order wasin
session, which'is said to have been the lar
gest ever convened in Ohio. About three
hundred Councils were represented, from
almost every portion oftbe State. Agrapd
fight was anticipated between the Z" Pap
Taylor" faction, and the Republicans; but,
SO great were The odds against the Taylor
ties, that they madea virtue of necessity.
and kept reasonably quiet. The address Of
Thos. Spooner, at the opening Of the Con.
venion, has been published to the world,
ana is one Of the abIest documents we have
met with recently. Spooner is t'eyery inch
man" "'HWe, regret that we 'csnnot say as
much Of Thomas Fl. Ford. This latter
gentleman is at this moment, perhaps, the
most popular man IN Ohio, but il he d, es
not receive a lofty tumble before many
months have passed, we lose our guess -
II will be recolected that at the Conyen-
ton of Northern X. Ms, held recently in
Cincinnati, several of the delegates from
Ohio voted against the majority report,
which was a simple "milk- and water" COM
promise. Spooner made minority report,
embodying what we conceive to be the true
Republican sentiment Of the North. Among
tlose who stood with Spooner, were Thos.
H. Ford, j. Fl. Baker, and others. Well,
one Of the objects Of this late Convention at
Columbus, was to elect Senatorial delegates
to the National Council at Philadelphia, on
the 10Th of February, and also to the nom.
mating Convention of the 22d Of February
Ford and Spooner were triumphantly elect
ed. Ford had very little opposition; but 6
desperate effort was made by the Taylor
faction to defeat Spooner, which, however
was unsuccessful Both gentlemen were
''called out" after the election. Ford wa
received with boisterous applause. Almos
every sentence he uttered was applauded
But in our humble judgment he let himsel
down a long distance. If we are correctly
informed. he pledged himself to support tn,
majority resolutions Of the Cincinnati Con
vention, which cvoted against at the time
said he deeply regretted the action of tn
Americans in uniting with the Republican
in the last canvass; hoped they would neye
do SO again; and used several similarly fool
ish expressions, receding very far from hi
course on the stump during the late cam
paign. Before the Convention adjourned
We learnr he was called upon to explain
which he did in very feeble MANNER
fSpooner, on the other hand, came out open
ly, boldly, and manfully, declaring his de
termination to remain firm in the position
be hadtaken. He is. opposed to the exten
sion of Slavery over another inch of Amer
Iican soil. "@y'''. ''.','''y S'u' = s9'al g
There are but two sides to this great an
troublesome question Of slavery. Men i
prominent places masttake the one or th
otlier-there is no underground. SLAYER
must either be extended over our nationa
territories, or It must not, Spooner has me
the question like a man, He has defnet
hf, position clearly and mequivocally,aan
come what will, he intends to maintain ths
\ position. We regret tbatwe cannot say tn
same Of Others; butt is a lamentable fact
that. Of all the more prominent men Of In
i American Order in Ohio, Speoner seems +
stand alone. The Executive Committee
composed of such men as Griswold, Baker
Ford, .&cy deemed it inerpedient to repor
any resolution on the subject.ssBut tb'
masses are with Spooner, as has been eyin
ced on more than one occasion. ~ Sh'S2ga
The members Of the Legislature are pret
" nearly all here, and have selected thei
Seats For each of the Offices in their gift
the number Of applicants rangedfro six t.
twenty. A caucus was held by 10th hou
ses, which was conducted in proper spir
it, and resulted in the choice Of the follow
ing officers:
Clerk--W. T. Rascom, Of Columbus.
lst Acknowledgements, Of Wooster.
Cd do. Shaw, Of Brown county.
Sefgcant.at Arms-FaKon, of Lorain.
Ist Assistant---Shirley, Of Perry. 81
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