The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-07-05
Ratified at LAST!
FOUR POWERFUL SPEECHES IN
One Hour and Ten Minutesf

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o For some time after the dissolution o
: the late National Democratic party q
Baltimore, the faithful of this place wer'
very much down in the mouth; in fac
their faces had assumed such an elonga
ted appearance that their most intimate
friends scarcely recognized them. But
after few days they awoke from the stun
; ming effect Of the Baltimore explosion
and on rubbing their eyes and consulting
together, they determined that notwith
standing the Presidential contest with
; them would be an entirely hopeless one
the rank and file must BE- kept together
for county and district purposes. The
Ninth Congressional district is very close,
Wyandot county is exceedingly close. and
all their hopes Of Treasury pap depended
upon their keeping up an organization.
Hence, the Court House rats, and in
Vulnerable would-be- Court rt-House-rats,
determined that they must have grand
ratification meeting. The question then
was which OF the nominations of the
Democratic party they should ratfy-
Breckenridge and Lane, or McDouglas
and FitzJohnson; the "Mucks" being in
the majority, however, they concluded to
'ot-ify the nominations Of the Runp Con-
vention. But, how to get up crowd
was what troubled them. They knew
that their party was disheartened and dis
couraged and that large majority had
made up their minds to let the election
go by default, while quite number had
already expressed their intention to vote
for Honest old Abe Lincoln, and they
were at a loss for some plan by which
they could get up meeting.
They bit upon plan at last:--They
raised some twenty-five or thirty dollars
by subscription, most Of which they in.
vested in fire works and powder: they
sent away out to Marseilles for n fifer
they employed all the musicians in town;
they borrowed an old anvil in which to
burn their powder, and then they notified
all the boys in town of what was going
on and employed them to be on hands to
hollow. Saturday evening came, the bell
rang. the drums beat, the cat-gut squeak.
ed, the blacksmith shop flying artillery
belched forth its Democratic thunder, the
boys yelled, and the county officers and
would'be'county- Officers were seen scam
pering around drumming up the faithful;
but, tor some cause or other, the artificial
blaze Of enthusiasm which they had got.
ten up at such an emo rmous expense did
not seem to penetrate the shirt bosoms o
the people. They thought the fire works
were very pretty, and no doubt were much
obliged for the fine exhibition these hard
times; they were delighted with the mu
sic; and no doubt were much amused by
The rafting Of the glass at each report
from the artillery but they were not around
ratifying and making fuss over the
nomination Of candidate for the Presi.
dency whose chances of an election are
about equal to those of bob tail horse
n fly time. Hence they were compelled
o organize about nine o'clock with the
Court room about half full, and one third
'f those present Lincoln men.
When an organization was effected, which
was done by the appointment of gentle.
man as chairman who has recently dis.
covered that Office seeking is better bus.
ness than farming. some fellow in the
,rowd who no doubt desired to "dry the
hing up" as soon as possible, called for
Mott. This was not in the bils--it was
more than they had bargained for--and
some Of the would-be's declared most
positively that Mr.. Mott was not present;
'ut about that time His Honor was seen
approaching the stand with that slow,
measured tread sopeculiar to himself, and
With an expression upon his countenance,
. regular Jaeksonian expression, which
eemed to say gentlemen. by the eternal
,ou can't choke me off," Just at that
ime q county officer who was sitting near
Is exclaimed soto voes "now we're good
or two hours BORE" and immediately
'egan to search for soft spot in the back
# the seat whsreon to rest bis weary
read. Il
Ruk Our friend was u,iefeLau. thn .;~