American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-08-25

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transacted, and we hope every member Of
the Committee will bein attendance,
Read! ReadlI
We clip the following extracts from the
ohio Eagle OfIast week and ask Our. friends
10 give them caudid reading. We TASK
men Of all parties who were present. ifa
more monstrous congloheratiop oil. politi'
c,lliss were ever put togelher9 Was the
meeting the smallest ever assembled in the
county, Did SrANroN attack drectly or
indirectly Clay, Webster,or Mr.. Fillmore's
administration? Did he make any SLAM
dsrous attacks on "oId HickOry?" We
leave these questions with the public. We
will not ATTEMPT to reply to such unmiti-
gated perTersions OF truth. The trouble
lies here.
Mr.. SrANToN's Speech went home to
Mr.. CoNEELI's heart and there revived un-
pleasant recollections. be did not like to
hear Of "bought aud sold," he did not
like 10 hear that the democratic party had
changed it's position since 1855. He did
not like to bstold that in l848 the Demo-
cratic State Convention. had resolved to
''prsvsnt the increase of SLAVERY. to mitigate
and finally eradicate HE eviI." He did
not like to hear that in 1850. Judge RAN
NEY had denounced the fugitive slave law
as odious and unconstitutional. He did
not like to hear the we'll authenticated let
ter Of Judge RANSEY, written September
3oth, l848, where he declares that neither
Congress nor the Territorial Legislature
have the power to establish slavery, what
Congress has the powerto prohibit slavery
in the territories" that it is the duty OF
Congress to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. He did not like the
recollections these things inevitably brought
up--ihat he Mr.. CoNNELI,) in 1854 en-
tertained the same views-tbat he Mr..
CoNNELL, who now edits the Eagle, was
then what he is pleased to term a "stink,
ing whig," that he & Mr.. CoNNELL, who
now so loudly lauds the Nebraska bilb
then made, published and circulated fla
ming sp,e ,ech in Indiana. denouncing that
bill as odious and unjust. He did not like
the unpleasant recollection that he wa;
then speaking his honest sentiments, They
stood out before him like Banquo's Ghost
and he DRIED. "avauntl svsuutll'' in vain
He knew he had sold himself to the devi
and when the speaker talked abou
"bought and sold," Mr.. CoNNELL, though
he was directing his remarks to him. HI
knew that in obedience to Gov. MEDILl
and the miserable clique OF political bloo'
sucking vampires who revolyed about him
lie had abandoned his principles. immola
ted his maphood, for the sake of lhe mis-
cradle picking afforded by the Eagle
This will perhaps account for the Eagle
report. Hear him:
"The meeting was the smallest, we hav
ever seen in this county. There was a.
average attendance of about eighty person
the majority Of whom resided in town, an
at least one hall were democrats,
"The two or three old line Wings VIII
dropped in cut Of curiosity we're disguste
and outraged BY his indirect attacks upo
Clay Webster and the old Wbigs VIII
pissed the Fugitive Slave Law. and M
Fnimore's administration who executed i
Nearly all Of the Black Republicans pres
ent had once been Democrats, and it Gel
tainly must have been pleasant for sheI
to listen to Stantou's .vindictive and slar
derous attacks Upon old Hickory. He r.
iterated many Of the ancient slandel
against the old hero, such as in days gon,
BY many Of his sympathzing hearers wou
have resented as personal insults. j.
"As for poor Stone, we really pitlee
HIM. He is the vainsst and wssKest pol
tieian in Ohio, and even his Black Repul
lican friends could not bear the inflc;ic
Of his DUH, pompous, almost Tidiculo,
speech, Common politeness Kept in Il
house about a ascore OF bored and sleeE
Republicans during the delivery Of b
harangue, which closed tie dismal seen
Gs-on Sunday last was buried, 0,
worthy and much esteemed friend an
fsllow-citizen MAuLAN SMALLEY. M
SMALLEy was buried by the Masons. q
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