Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-09-08
Judge Ranney,

Who has been tending series OF meet
ings in Southeastern Ohio, returned home
on a brief visit on Wednesday evening,
and left again on yesterday TO fill another
series, commencing at New Philadelphia
to-day.
The Judge is in the finest spirits, and
speaks in the highest terms of the meet
iDgs he has held, and of the enthusiasm
which prevails among the Democratic mass
es. He is the glorious standard bearer of
glorious Democracy--National Dem.
End.
We are gratifed to learn that the wor-
thy Democratic candidate is still in the
field. He is certainly the most quiet Dem
ocratic stumper that ever stirred up the
party. Neither the Ohio Statesman, the
Democrat or Dealer have given his meet
ings or speeches in Southern Ohio scarce
passing notice, much less the flourish of
superIatives. His efforts have fallen still
born, so far as the leading Democratic
press is concerned, at all events. Why is
it?
There is but one reasonable solution.-
The meetings have been failures, and the
Democratic press is muzzled by the awk-
ward antecedents of their candidate on
the Slavery issue of to-day. His speeches
made in Southern Ohio would not read
well in Northern. He must not get on
the record. Water has 10 be carried on
both shoulders, and might be spilled into
the Lake or River. Therefore keep his
speeches out of the papers is the word /;
and after three weeks speech making not a
sentence Judge Ranney has uttered has ap-
peared in the central or home organs of the
''glorious standard bearer of a glorious
Democracy" Was ever standard bearer
so neglectfully treated!
From the notices of the meetings held
by Judge Ranney and Gen. Geiger which
we have seen, it is apparent that they have
usually been slim indeed. At Chillicothe
Judge R. failed to attend, and SO few came
out to hear those champions of Democra-
cy' that Geiger declined speaking. At
Jackson Judge Ranney, made speech to
an audience the Standard says of about
fifty to seventy-fve persons. The Stand
ard also shows up variety of Judge Ran
ney's Misrepresentation, among which is
the following striking instance:
He stated that he was honestly opposed
and over had been, to all Intervention of
Congress for or against Slavery in the Ter
ritories. 1t is unpleasant to be compelled
TO disbelieye the plain assertions of any
man; and much more so when that man is
candidate for the high office of Govern
or; the Judge compells US to take this at
titude, when he makes the above assertion,
and his avowed opinion in 1913 stands re-
corded as follows-his own language.
81 have no doubt of the power of Con-
gress to erect d Territorial Government,
and TO provide for the prohibition of SIn-
very within the Territories, and ! am in
favor Of and would support such prohibi-
tion."
He spoke at McCennesville on the 18th
ult., and the Herald of that town states
that. according to his own candid admis-
sion, he repudiates some of the chief arti-
cles of the Democratic faith, as j. bad been
authoritatively expouuded by the Demo
cratic State Convention of 1859, the same
body to which be owes his Gubernatorial
nomination, this fact could not have esea-
ped the observation of those who heard
him speak in this place on the 18th inst"
Is it longer marvel why Democratic
journals studiously avoid all reference to
the Ranney meetings, and even the brief
est reports of the speeches which provoke
"the enthusiasm which prevails among the
Democratic masses g-Cleveland Leader.