Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-08-31
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On Thursday last, the Democracy OF
Meigs County met in mass meeting, after
the nomination Of County ticket by the
Delegate Convention, which is noticed in
another place. The meeting was respect
able in numbers, the Court House being
pretty well filed with about all equal
number of Democrats and Republicans.
Hon. Geo. +. Pugh, Senator, and G. d.
Martin, Esq, were present as speakers on
the occasion. By the courtesy OF some
body, we were permitted to OCCUPY AN
HOUR AND QUARTER in presenting the Re-
publican side Of the questions at issue, be-
tween the speeches of Messrs. Martin and
Pugh. Of the merits, o. effects, of the
discussion, it does not become us to speak.
We must be permitted to say, however,
that we are very thankful for the opportu-
nifty afforded of presenting what we be-
lieve to be the truth, to an audience, one
half of which we could not otherwise
have reached. In consideration whereof,
we here tender reciprocity of the favor
and if Mr.. Martin will accept the offer, we.
will call series of meetings, and grant
him much more equitable division of
time than we enjoyed.
Senator Pugh, as ell admit. is man of
ability. He sustained the Administration
throughout, and SO far as any other man
could have done, labored hard 10 reconcile
the monstrous doctrines and practices of
Buchanan, to the common sense and per-
ceptions of right, of honest men. We do
not impeach his intellectual power, when
we say lie necessarily failed in accom-
plishing this object. The mere partisan
might applaud, and the Indifferent ad-
mire, the ingenuity with which he at
tempted to hold the Democratic people in
the bonds of the party, by appeals which
we do not care to characterize. His whole
effort showed. beyond concealment, that
he was laboring under the chilling con-
sciousness that the better instincts and un-
perverted sentiments of the people were
against him. Mr.. Pugh, by his subserv-
tent course in the Senate, placed himself
along side of the most ultra and fanatical
Southern extremists, and the effort TO rec
oncile the free and unbought Democracy
of Ohio to his position is task beyond
his genius. He knows this fact, and the
knowledge of it has an unhappy effect
upon his manner. He evidently feels that
he has dug his own political grave, and it
has spoiled his temper.
We knop the more candid portion of the
Democrats were disappointed and deeply
mortified with their candidate for Con-
gress-Mr. Martin. We will NOT permit
ourselves 10 speak disrespeetfully of the
gentleman, but no Democrat will claim
that he is, even among their strong men,
He is simply an out-and out Lecomptonite
Indorses the English Swindle as the wisest
and best of measures, and stands pledged,
by his speech, to refuse the admission of
Kansas rs Free State. under a Consi-
ton of her own choice, until she has a pop-
ulation of 50, 480.
We have not time or room for more ex-
tensive remarks. We sincerely hope he
may visit every portion of the District. 1t
would be the best spent money the Repub-
licans could employ, to send out mission
aries to persuade the people to attend his
meetings. If, after hearing Mr.. Martin,
the people of the 11th Congressional
District want him to succeed V. B. Hor-
ton as their Representative, they ought to
be accommodated. But in all good faith
they ought to vote with their eyes open,
after seeing and hearing him for them
selves. We hope he will circulate.
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