Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-06-28
Judge.

BILE ste W about the Judge of the Supreme
Court. With the certainty of an over
whelming defeat before them, they are
shrieking themselves hoarse over the fall
lne Of the Re- ublican Convention to re-
nominate Judge Swan, and profess I'M
bonded admiration Of, and sympathy for
him in his defeat before that body.
All this is very transparent. knowing
they cannot elect their own candidate over
the accomplished Gholson. their effort is
to play upon the supposed vanity and am
bition Of Judge Swan, and induce him to
sacrifice himself in the vain effort to pun
ish the Republicans for not re-nominatlng
lin. We thiHk, however, that they Will
hardly succeed. The bait is quite too
small to cover the hook, and we have
greatly ove,eslimaled Judge Swan if he
can be used for any such purpose.
When he was nominated by the Repab-
~licans, the Democratic press aud orators
denounced him IN the most unmeasured
terms as a Know Nothing and 81 Abofi-
zionist, and up to the day on which he
failed to secure a denomination, they pur-
sued him with a venom and vindictiveness
almost unknown in political warfare. They
no doubt hale him yet, rs cordially as ever.
But knowing that the Republicans will
carry The State by a urge majority, they
hope 10 accomplish double object by in
duciug Judge Swan to bolt the nom'nn-
ton. Ii they can induce him 10 run
against his friend, Judge Gholson, they
hope to distract the Republican party, and
punish Judge Swan at the same time that
they are using him AS ap instrument for
the accomplishment Of their purposes.
b For this purpose they propose to with
draw their own candidate and run Judge
Swan. The Cincinnati Enquirer" III a
long article, urges this course, and speak
Ing Of Whitman, the Democratic candl'
date, says:
with every Democrat, he feels thai
the Abolition fanatics deserve a severe re-
buke; and, SO far as he is personally con
ccrned, he has no desire TO be in the way
of it's infection; on the contrary, he vii
MD AL IN his power to bring it about.
Such, we are assured, are Judge Whit
mans views, and they justify The ligl
character tie Democracy Of the State haV'
sIva,s had of his manliness, patriotism
snd good sense. He himself wants NJ
office but for the pablo good. That !
his Democracy"
In this article We have the present pla'
of the party, which is indorsed by tn
Democratic press so far as we have seer
It is to withdraw their own candidate, am
then nominate Judge Swan, whom the
have heretofore denounced as an AdoIi
Ho.iyt and hnOm Nothing, with the hop
Of securing votes enough among his he
publican friends, to defeat one OF the cai
didates ON the Republican ticket.
But will Judge Swan permit himself t
DO used AS tool by these crafty polit
clans? We do not believe it. There
no pretense that he has turned Democra
or changed a single sentiment which h
held when eIec,ed by The Republicans
But they go upon the theory that he is s
inye,erate an Office seeker that he will, a
ter going before the Republican CONVEX
ton and on a f.ir vote falling TO recel'
the nomination, now, accept the nomIn
ton of the Democratic party! We hn'
long been an ~lmirer Of Judge Swan, al
would have given him. a cordial supPo
il he had received the nomination. b
Judge Gholsun, a man in all respects
equal, and in most, his superior, havir
been nominated. WI cannot believe tn
Judge Swan will tarnish his weu-earn
t,me by so desperate an effOEt to retain
Sffica which those who conferred it up
him once, close to transfer to anoth'
Nor do we believe that the leaders Of
Democracy are acting in good faith iowa
BIN. Gan il be possible that the ma
Of that party can be made so suddenly
s~tul,ifJ themselves as To vote for Jud
Swan, after what theee same leaders ha
said OF him heretofore? Can it be pos
BILE that any considerable number OF
publicans will be 50 dpped as TO play il
the hands Of their opponents without r
son or motive? We think not; and
Judge Swan is not 5Inded by his lore
flee. which we do not believe. he can
fail TO see that his chance OF success 50
mos, hopeless, and if it were certain
could only be attained. under The oireu
.,ance.. NJ he loss Of his s"Ii-rr@prc''