Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-03-16

pressed free brenk out in maledictions
IF fearful earnestness. These feelings
have been pretty fully expressed in
Iprivate conversations and few pub
lie speeches, but has been kept, as
far as possible. out Of the party papers.
But the conflict has fairly orened in the
Organs" of the party. The Statesman
md enquirer" are fairly in the ring, and
the combat promises TO be one of extermi-
nation. We have given in former Letter rs
extracts from the Statesman" The fol-
lowing is clipped from the Enquirer of
yesterday, giving its estimate of the Doug
las meeting at Cincinnati, ou the night pre-
vious;
1--WE must do Judge Matthews the JUS
tice TO say that his speech was dignitied,
and that he made scarcely any appeal to
the prejudices and feelings Of the Repub-
icans, who constituted SO large portion
OF TIE meeting. Not so with Hon. ii. B,
Payne, WHO succeeded him, who seems to
be standing orator for these Anti-Le-
compton gatherings in all parts of the
country. His speech was the greatest
compound eff egotisms. incoherencies and
rambling statements--of dema gogish ap-
peals, OF passionate malignity and revenge
full feelings, that we ever listened to in the
course of our life There was little in it
that was worthy of the name or could be
dignified with the title of argument.
Take out its oveifowing TRADE ofabuse
upon the Administration-upon the South
and its leading STANDARDIZATION he ac-
cused Of almost everything that was dis
honorable and ungentlemanly, and nothing
remained. He descended to the small
personalities and little side issues of this
Kansas question that Judge Matthews had
deemed unworthy of notice; but they
seemed to fit well his taste and inclina-
tions. AS we sat listening to his assaults
upon the Administration and upon the
slaveholding States, as bitter and maig-
nant as any that were ever uttered by Chase,
Gddings or Garrison, it seemed impossi-
bic to believe that only few months ago,
he was travelling Ohio as tho National
Democratic candidate for Governor, and
made speeches that were then worthy Of
his position and character as party man
What a change! lie was then bitterly de-
nounced by the Black Republicans, but Is
now their favorite speaker, and ;hey ap-
plauded to the echo of his spiteful venom
against the great mass of the National De-
mocracy. Few Democrats could have lis
tened to Mr.. Payne without being satisfied
that it was his purpose, and those with
whom he more particularly acts, to over
, throw the Democracy by means of a great
com bination in the North, in 1860, Of Re
publicans, Know Nothings and disaffected
Democrats.
The tone and spirit of hs remarks could
not be mistaken, and we are satisfied, by
the frequent leaving, that he Disguised
many of the Democratic portion of his
audience. That there were some friends
of the Administration even in that crowd
was evident from the fact that when Mr.
Payne asked if either of the Representa-
, tives Of this county could be sent back, i
they voted for Lecompton, he was an
swered by pretty strong combination o
affirmative voices from the gallery.
Such is the spirit in which that meet
ing and its orators, were greeted by thu
"Enquirer," This morning it returned t.
the charge with increased bitterness. w
have not room to copy all it says. but thu
four following squibs will show the ami
NOSE of that "watchman Of the tower:"
RATHER TOO Sr1FF-While Payne wa
in the midst of his Black Republican
speech, at Smith & Nixon's Hall, a well
: known gentleman Of strong Abolition affin
tiles and noted for the strength of hi
hack bone" left the hall, remarking to
friend as he was going out, "That is to-
t much Abolition for me altogether to-
= sectional" Yet, we saw Democrats OF
+ the platform drink in Payne's abuse of tn
South and her statesmen, as a child doe
, it's mothers milk, who would deem them
selves greatly insulted if they were to b
told that the stomach of the gentleman al
: luded to, strong as it is known to be, wa
not able TO bear the Abolition dose the,
! so greedily swallowed.
EW-Thc most favorable symptom @
the meeting Tuesday night that we hav
}, noticed, is tue curses, quiet but deep, G
= Payne and his Black Republican speech
The sober second thought is working
We hope Payne will make similar speeche
wherever he goes. The only regret W
e have on the subject is, that Democrat
n who participated in the call of the meeting
), and who were present at the meeting, di
- not protest at the time against being mad
responsible for such Black Republican sen
; timents as those uttered by Payne. Be-
h ter, however, that. they should be sick after
i than not at all
? S-Pnyne, in the course of his remarks
n said that the Lecomptonites had made Sal
4 mon p. Chase vote in Kansas, last fal
when no person knew better than he
Payne-that Chase was in Ohio. Ths
. was pretty fair. Payne might have adde
. that he knew it, because he had coDverte
Il him to Black Republicanism. And W
q can add that Payne can now beat Chase
:, and give him the start, in making gen
;. une Abolition speech.