Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-12-21
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The way is being prepared for either a
grand blow-up of the Democracy, or a
grand swindle Of the people.
The southern leaders of the party have
almost unanimously declared for Douglas
as the next Democratic candidate for Pres
:dent. Douglas is now making a tour in
the South, and is everywhere met with a
perfect storm of enthusiasm. The nulli-
fers and disunionists understand their man
perfectly, and all that is wanting is the as
surance that be can carry Two or three
Northern States, to secure him the nomi-
nation at the Charleston Convention
Among these Northern States that must be
carried to insure success, is Pennsylvania.
And here is the trouble. Pennsylvania
has the largest iron interest of any State in
the Union, and is in consequence deeply
imbued with the theory of protection, +"
to that interest, at least. Hence, at every
Presidential election, the earnest profess
sions of the Democracy of that State in ia
vor Of protection" has alone saved the
party from inevitable defeat. True, the
hopes of the iron manufacturers have uni
ormly been blasted by their reliance upon
these hypoclitical professions, which were
never intended to be carried into practice.
The scheme Of another swindle is now
being arranged on a most magnificent
scale. With the votes of all The Southern
States, and Pennsylvania, &c, Douglas
can~be elected. -: But the South, under the
lead of South Carolina, with bold threat
of dissolving the Union, frightened North
ern dough-faces into submission, aud pro-
lection to the free labor of the country was
sacrificed to save the Government from
The disagreeable necessity of hanging tie
leaders IF Me Democracy as traitors.
The Southern leaders now, without a
known exception, again declare that they
will dissolve the Union instantly on the
passage of law granting protection to the
free labor of the country. Every South
ern Democratic paper and politician stands
upon this ground. Douglas, in all of his
speeches, lodges this question. He wholly
ignores everything but "niggers." He
boasts of having made more speeches
within the last six months than any Other
man that ever lived, and if you take the
whole Of them and subtract the "nigger, .
the remainder is nothing. On this plat,
form he will carry the South, ofcourse, bu
on this platform he can't carry Pennsylva
MA. But Pennsylvania must be carried
or the scheme fails.
And here comes in the other part of the
game. A CRUSADE in favor of protective
tariff, it is thought, will win in that State
and hence, Forney and the other Douglas
organs. are out-doing the Wings in thei
palmiest days, in zeal for protective tariff
What does this mean? Is ita deliberately
concocted scheme Of double-dyed hypoc
risy, gotup by political blacklegs to swim
die the people? Or, is Forney and his
friends in Pennsylvania and New Jerse.
in earnest? If in earnest, then the ute
aud inevitable defeat of the party is th,
consequence. If not in earnest, we thinl
the play has commenced too soon. Th,
people will see the deception in time Il
meet it with the robuke it deserves. Il
any event, we think the role OF the dema
gogues is played out