Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25
NEIGS COUNTY TELEGRAPH
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\ sfa :
ii the "Statesman" in stullifying Them.
selves by eating the brave words SO re-
gently, aud SO boastfully uttered by them
The "IIocking Sentinel" published at Loa
gan, maintains its nlanhooayet Whether
il illconiinuc, o. eventually back down,
remains to be seen. We will give itcrcdi
forit independence SO far, and if its yir
tue shall tims.ly succumb, like so many Of
rs fellows, we VII! record the fall with re.
gret. tr ...tt
The +" Democratic Central Committee"
Of FairSeld Douuy, have issued set Of
double faced, deceptive and llypocriti-
cal'' resolutions, as platform for tho De-
moer@y Of this Congressional District to
rally under, but il seems the 3" Sentinel"
objects. We give the article entire as we
find it in that paper, and hope our read
ers, especially the Democrats Of Meiss
County, wi ! ponder it.
We think with the ',Seniinel. !" that the
letter of Mcdill's "coanot strengthen Tie
LecomPton .JdctioRia Ills DiStAct. Pro
Dsetheus himself could not steal sufficient
celestial fire to parm into tile slightest ap-
Peoromcs Of -.fe, tie .Jiiyid corpse Of Le-
consOtonism. 1H Lecomptosi cs, or Mosr
,oho agreea with tie President on 6sat mat
tr, are hope essiy denl-politicd rer,r-
recti,n is tlcniedM M. But to the article:
"Ccrtain gentlemen acting as central
committeeman for the Democracy of old
Fairfield, perpetrated few resolves
on the list inst. The first resolve declares
their (Ihe said committemen's) firm anil
unaiteraJie 0dhere,ce TO the principles of
the national Democratic party rs enunciatcd
in the Cincinnati platform. The 2l de-
clales that they 1.-THE said committeeman
July indoese the course an policy ofJames
Buchanan, ESQ, President, &c. Now
we do not altogether like this way ofsaying
things; we take it for granted lhatthe voters
ofall political parties have common sense.
Lecompton is hardly cold in its coffin, and
men have not forgotten that Mr.. Buchanan
in his Kansas policy was not on the line
chalked out by the CINCINNATI Convention
yet these committeeman, who in this
matter assume to speak for thice thousand
cilizens-otherwise their resolves would
deserve no particular notice-approve OF
b ,th the platform and the Presidential
disregard thereof.
The c0mnlitteemen would not have done
much hsrm had they adhered 10 the sim
pie truth by excepting l. c 'mptonism from
the several mat ers an things intended to
he approved by them, rs conforming to the
Cincinnati doctrine. We suppose Col.
Medilrs letter apoloyizing for Lecomptou
to tho people Of Ohio has been read. The
Ex-Gov. cannot Strengthening Lccomptor
faction, if there be such 10 this District
Promctheus himself could not steal suffi.
cicnt celestial fire 10 warm into the sliyl..cs
appearance Of life the frigid corps Of lie.
compton. All Lecomptonites, OF those who
agreed in opinion with the President on
that matter, are hopelessly dcad-politica
resurrection is denied them. Are those
men smitten with Judicial blindness dom
they see the signs in the Cincin and Phil
adelphia elections? The men who vainl,
hoped to be able to justify the Lecomptor
villaiEy have performed wonders in thci
way; they ave been grea architects ofruin
they have been able in few short months
10 aggravate sectional feelings to the high
est degree of soreness--to place the Presi
dent on one side and the people on the other
and have done more than all the fanatic!
Of both sections could do in an age, towart
bringing about a rupture Of the nationa
Union. The north has been patient anc
passive, as ii wholly unconscious Of it,
strength. The people of the north never
were sectional; they always were national
The Lccomptonites reused the mighty
north intoa e;tion; Il ey aie stripped naket
OF all pretensc to 90 party, holding witt
even and exact justice the scales Of equal
iy between slaye-holding and non-slave
holding States. Those m' nought to relir
voluntarily and hide themselves, and neve
more be seen of men--their very shadow
are painful o the sight OF honorable men
they have only seven prnciplcs--the iv
q Q ami two fishes. We do not disap
prove of the policy Of the President saw
in this matter. We regard the Euglisl
bill as a grudging concession, and done St
reanly that ii leaves the bad odor of LIE
compton III all its intensity. We prefer [,
see Democratic cent9l, comrittees le
these matters entirely alone or walk squarl
upio the high water marx Of trath. De
feat in politics with honor is much better
than victory attained BY crawling through
the filthy pullieus Of fllsehcod. The De
mocracy of the north have no cause to blush
their organization is still powerful; full,
able to yindiyate truth and bury in the gray
of the Lecompton constitution every poll
tician who betrayed his constituents b,
supporting this measure.
ToPULAR SovEREIGNTr.-This phrase
the meaning Of which has been SO lons
in dispute---Southern Democrats under
standing it in one way, and their North
les IN another, has ut last been defined
by the united vote Of the party. IL means
according to this authoritative definition
That the people ola Territory may COM