Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-08-02
Astounding DEVELOPMENTS.

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---Anow Nothings Outdone ~!
Tie Cleveland "Plaindealer" is tn,
oldest and most extensively circulated
Democratic paper in Northern Ohio
Its editor was Post Master of that city un
til he refused to advocate the Lecomptol
frauds of the Administration, when h'
was removed. He has since been inclinins
more and more to the Douglas wing o
the party, although urging union of al
the foctions for the sake Of the spolls.
But, finding that the Buchanan wing
will not be satisfied with anything less
than absolute submission, and falling tt
heal the split in the party. is now expo
sing The doings of secret organization
instituted for the purpose of controlling
the party, and excluding from all Offices
all who do not bow in the most abjec
submission to the demands of Buchanan
But we will let the "Plaindeaer" speal
for itself. We copy from that paper o
the 10th ult. The article is as follows:
WATCH THE W1REs.--We are enabled
to- day toexpose the perfdy Of those who,
in their midnight Vaccinations and Ja-
Goblin cabals assay to cripple the will Of
the people, and ride down whomsoever is
too manly to put himselfin the market fol
the veriest pitance of patronage. pap and
to do The dirty scorh gf demoro'iging,
proshtuting, prescription policy, inaugura.
ted to pu,aish iiue Democrats for stability Of
principle and fidelity 10 pledges; a policy
wAich seems 10 haze taken possession Of
The fountain head Jut to crhiba itself an,
ternolly, externally, etermally.
Do you ask what this means? Is any
one SO deuded as to suppose the Lecomp,
ton sword has ever touched the scabbard
since it was first drawn, and to doubt that
postmasters and deputy collectors are still
taking the little paltry offices loaded down
with conditions--selling their manhood
and their souls for one-ftth the price asked
for the poor venerial niger John; and
keeping up secret organized dens of fperse-
cution to hurt down every man who even
now refuses to "bend the plant hinges Of
the knee" before the god Lecompton?
The secret record of the doings Of one
of the meetings, in printed pamphlet of
sixteen pages, is before us, and our readers
will get some rich developments from it
soon, an inking of which we will give by
a few extracts.
The "Plain dealer" then copies the pro-
ceedinss Of several of the secret meetings
of the order, with the names of many
prominent persons who we've initiated at
these midnight meetings, and gives the
questions, to which the candidate must give
a solemn affirmative answer before he can
be initiated. These questions are as fol-
lows.
/. Are you willing to support and
abide by the Constitution and Bylaws of
this Club, and be ruled as they direct?
2. Will you at all elections for dele
gates, either for Township. County, Dis
lrict, State or United States Conventions
vote, and strive to elect members, or such
other persons as the majority may direct,
as delegates to such Conventions?
3. Should you be elected as delegate to
any Convention, will you attend in person
and poll your vote as majority of the
members of this Club may direct?
4. VIII you, at all times and under all
circumstances, give your support to the
regularly nominated ticket and vote the
same without any erasu-es?
6. Will you pledge yourself to keep all
discussions and other matters pertaining
to this Club secret, and not to speak of
the association or its dolngs outside of the
Club room, except to members?
6. Will you at all times strive to ad-
vance the interests Of the members of this
Club, politically, to the exclusion of all
others? -5
The candidate answering in the afirma-
tive is then instructed" part Of which
reads as follows ...+5-- ......,,
CuO ODIcIU " ltllo dcooIIdbiOu Will VIC w
assist one another, and it should at all
times be the duty Of the members of this
Club to support for Office members of the
Club; and in order to exert the largest in
iuence upon the welfare of our party, it
becomes necessary that we, as an organi-
zation,, should pay particular attention to
the primary election. The election Of the
right kind Of men as delegates will at all
times give us majorities in conventions,
and through these majorities we should
succeed in nominating our candidates.
Therefore, itnis expected of you that you
will exert yourself to the utmost to elect
such men as delegates as the members Of
this association shall direct. 1t will be
your duty to obey implicitly, all orders is
sued through the SACHEMS to you by
the President of this Club. ;" .sa
We have not room for the full expose
given by the "Plaindealer." That paper
denounces the organization in manly terms,
declares war against it, and promises fur
ther exposures. What the effect Of the
unmaskiug of this secret society Of Demo-
Gratis by a leading Democratic journal
may have upon the party remains to be
seen. The first shot has caused terrible
commotion in the camp, and if Gray wages
the war he has declared, the party will
share the fate of the "Kilkenny Cats"