Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-30
The CompbeII Meeting.

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According to previous notice Mr.. l..
D. Campbell addressed a few of his
friends from the Court House steps on
Wednesday evening OF last week. His
appointment was made for this place
upon that day, because our County Fair
was in session, and the superstition was
that there would be a tremendous out
pouring of the masses to hear the indi-
vidual who WAS willing to enter the
ranks of the Black Republican party as
a "private," and make :sany reasonable
sacrifice" in favor of the great princi-
pies of popular sovereignty" But
the people didn't come. Notwithstand-
ing the ringing of the bell and the beat
ing of the drum, not more than 100
in round numbers could be made to feel
the importance of the occasion, about
80 of which were Democrats; and from
that cugust assembly there arose not one
feeble cheer or applause, except from
the "ousted member" who as usual,
pursued the same line of his p, lily and
pusillanimous conduct in the oft re-
pented personal pronoun 1, Lewis D.
Campbsll; Little Lew Butler Pony
and other phrases as equally vain and
absurd. The first half hour of his
speech was devoted to the political his
tory of Lewis D. Campbell, all of which
was new and exceedingly interesting to
his hearers, as they never hear anything
about it except when alluded to by him
self. He then went into an elaborate
history Of the slavery question, and it
really puzzled his most ardent friends
to decide, after he had finished, whether
he was in favor of the institution or OPP
posed to it. One moment he would
laud the Southern members ofCongress
to the skics-the next denounce them
one time the admirer of Senator Doug
lass-the mex second his most bitter
maligncr-now he favored popular SOW
ereignty-then he opposed it-ope mo,
ment an American, and thought the
Constitution ought to be changed so as
to exclude foreigners from the right OF
suflrage-next he couldn't see what the
Know Nothings thought in their perse-
cution of the foreign born citizen, ant
so on for three mortal hours did lie
wind in and out. without letting his au.
dience know for certain what he favor,
ed, or what he opposed. The question
now is, what is Mr.. Campbell? Is he
a Republican or anti Republican, Know
Nothing or ant -Kn Nothing, slavery
or anti-slavery, popular sovereignty OIL
anti-popular sovereignty, or simply OPP
position-horse, mare or gelding-ol
only tho 'sButler Pony" Slavery, i
seems, would not determine his vot.
against the admission of a new State
provided slavery had existed there pre-
%vious to its application! But is thi:
"Republicanism" in the modern party
sense? Will the old Liberty Guard c
this county, whose support Is ezpec'c,
for the opposition candidate, ratify thu
vote of Mr.. Campbell for the admission
of Cuba for Instance" with her seve
raj hundred thousand negro slaves, t.
give strength and preponderance to thu
horrid slave power" Of the South agains
which they have been steadily directin:
their batteries for the last ten years.
How is this?
After a slight allusion to 'that con
test" the "oustcd member left til,
stand without ever a cheer, and We ar
certain, too, without making a singh
convert, or leaving any other impress
sion among his audience, than that h
has been fed too long upon corn and it
distilled juice. which will have 10 9th
err effect than to impede his travel!in:
facilities, so much so, that at the end Q
the race, he will be left far enough be
hind.