Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-30
.UncIe Phoenix Mars,."


publican friends, announcing that Caleb
Smith would address the friends of
Freedom" Gin a horn) on the Thurs
day evening following, in Eaton. By
some means or other on Thursday NOR
ming these posters were torn down, and
the impression given out in the evening
that old Gale was Sick-fatigued out
worn down in the harness, or something
of that kind, and would not be on hand.
But it being Fair time, and a few of the
people from the country happening to
be in town, the chance for deception and
imposition, by misrepresentation and
talsehood, was entirely too good to be
lost. So about dusk we noticed our
friend "Uncle Phoenix Marsh,' busily
engaged on the sidewalks, telling some
men to go over to the Court House steps.
that a stump speech, etc, etc, would e
delivered. After about % or 80 men
and boys had been collected in the man
ner above stated, who should appear
rE" ShE SkSi 0S Ol8b l u IL SSa
sion but "Uncle Phoenix" himself,
"CIock full of wrath and cnbbagc."
Being now satisfied that the posters
for old Caleb, were a mere cheat, for the
purpose of getting a little crowd for
Uncle Phoenix" we took a seat On the
opposite side ofthe street, for the purpose
of listeninga little to what "Uncle Ph@-
nix" had to say. He commcnccdin his
usual boisterous, stentorian, and terrible
style, calculated to awaken the natives.
His first efforts were directed in the
shape of objections to the policy or plan
upon which the general government is
now being executed. There was moth
ing in his estimation done right, all was
wrong-hc objected to the "hull con
%cern," from beginning to end-hurrah
for "Uncle Ph@nix!" After listening
to a lengthy volley of these cynical OBJ
jections, we were in hopes "Uncle Phe-
nix" would enlighten the "krowd' by
giving them, in detail, has plan for exc
SulluS III SONSI LISAb, u III AhlS w
were sadly mistaken-he never uttered
Il word upon the subject-he had ncvc
thought upon the had no pIan-nc
policy-no nnthing-he stood forth in
all the glory Of his true and Legitimate
charactcr-a bm"c'!c Of ncgatircs-a use
less and impracti able %noncnity. Hi:
business was not to tell how matter:
might be done for the general good o
the entire people, bat to rant how they
mtiyhf'Ht be done. He stood like l.. d
Campbell, on no platform, /. e. on moth
ing! Having no affirmative Politica
principles of his own, he contentcd him
self by making i'll taken objections to
the professcd principles of others. His
issuc was no issue at all" While he was
speaking we could not refrain from
thinking that he would make a good of
! fcer for the circum7ocution oficc-h,
could certainly consume as much time
in telling how not to do any thing, a
any man we ever heard speak. Final,
he "pitchcd into the Supreme Court
on the bred Scott case. Great Gewhil
liker, did nj he dcmolish EN-! If charg
ing corruption, without stating facts
and attempting to cast odium withou
possessing the legal ability to ana
lie the case, constitute an argument
the Supreme Court are totally annihila
ted! We do not think it proper to vast
paper in defending that Court from sucl
ueighty charges AS these. But seriously
Uncle PhGnix,' if you are so dissatif
ed with that decision, you ought by al
means to Inform the Court, for we fee
quite certain that Chief Justice Tanney
would reverse his decision, if ne kuey
you disagreed with him. SO we advis,
you to inform the venerable old Judg
Immediately, for We more than half sus
pect that he don't know that you ar
dissenting. Again, "Unclc henix en-
dcavored to get out and palm off the i'm
preston that the expenses of the gen
eral government for the year 1857 wa
SOL ,0O0, 1000! low strange it is tina
a little blind political zeal will so swerv
IA mans mind from the truth. Ever
man who possesses only a fraction c
common sense, and has read the Rcrol
of the Treasurer of the United States fo
1857, knows that the expenses durin
that tirue. T:rG w, ouo,vvu.vuv. No,
We don't charge that "Unclc Phoenix
willingly misrcpresented the facts in til
case. but we do say candidlv, that Ii
exhibited himself as being most grossl
ignorant of the matter he was speaking
We now take leave of "Uncle Phoenix,
by suggesting that he stands greatly i
need Of Il Cobb"
nsa- Lew Campbell didn't forget t
tell the people bore in his speech, tina
he :'didnt want the nomination., but
was forced upon him. !" How long vii