The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-05
The ooId snl,.Boi,er, In the Field.

1t is well known that since the
dissolution OF the Wing party in
1854. Ewing has taken no active
part iD political matters. Not iull,
agreeing with the Republicans in
all their distinctive principles, and
disagreeing still more with the De.
mocracy. he has been led to stand
aloof entirely. But the issues Of the
present campaign have constrained
him once moro 10 confer with his
fellow citizens upon their common
interests; and with this view, lao cd.
dressed a large meeting at Chilli.
cothe, Ohio, on the 29th September.
His remarks are reported at length
in the Cincinnati papers, but we can
find space for but small portion OF
them. His exordium and reference
to the Presidential candidates were
asfollows:
my FRIENDS AND FELLOW CTI-
zENs: Il am here to address you by
the invitation Of your Republican
Central Committee. ! belong to no
existing party. ] am attached to
none; but to the Uni1n-the states
their liberties and laws. leone moi
to arouse your enthusiasm in behalf
Of any man or any party, but to
spetk my ow free thoughts; and the
conclusions, Of my own judgment,
as to the condition Of our country,
aud the course-of all that are open
taruss-which is most likely to tend
to it's permanent prosperity and
peace. ! will speak something o!
men, tut moro of principle and
policy. And it may be proper Tor me
to say, in the outset, that | have
made up my mind to vote for Abra
ham Lincoln. I know him person
ally, and am satisfied with him. -
He is a man of unimpeached integ-
rity - sufficiently acquainted with
the recent history OF our country,
and the men and measures which
have made up that history. | am
satisfied with the man, though | do
not pl ace him in advance of all his
/ opponents. John Bell is HE equal
/ in personal qualities. Of larger ex
/ perience, the elder statesman, and il
we could make him our President,
would consider him a very safe
choice. know him much more in.
timatcly than Mr.. Lincoln. | was
in counsel with him daily for many
months in times of trial, and besides
my confidence in the Statesman, |
have for him a warm feeling of per
sohal friendship and regard. But
he cannot get the vote of Ohio. -
His ticket is bnt a disturbing Gle.
nent in the canvass. The contest
in this state ia between Lincoln and
Douglas, and between them cam
not hesitate for a moment, and in.
deed, ] have no vote to throw away
when such is the contest. AS a
Statesman, Douglas has shown him.
self inconsilerate and reckless. -
The extreme agitation Of the country
for the past six years is due to his
restless impotence for notoriety,--
He is politically answerable for all
the terrible atrocities consequent
npon the repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise. They were embodied
in the repeal, and the eye OF States.
man could not have failed to discern
them there. He set a complicated
machine, which he unders TODD moi
in wild and destructive motion. and
his sole merit is, that he attempted,
but knew not how to check or di
rect its movement. Experience Of
the past does not warrant ns in be-
lieving that the Repnllic would he
safe under his guidance. 1t would
be once again Phaeton guilin! the
chariot Of the sun. Mr. Breckin-
ridge | know only as a gentleman
and rs such | esteem him and be-
lieve hm stainless. He has no re-
cord as statesman, at least none
known to me; and he stands rs the
representative Of an extreme section
al party. whose opinions and policy
tend strongly to disunion. Besides,
Lane, the candidate for Vice Piesi.
dent, is. | think, little worthy OF that
honorable position. Ny opinion of
his personal merits will be found at
large in a speech delivered in the
/, Senate of the United States, Janua
ry 7, 1851, on the Bradbury resolu,
tions, which, with accompanying
documents, is in Appendix to Con-
gressional Globe, volume %, pages
81 and IS.
AccIDRsrs.-The Cleveland Lead.
er has the following:
In Pitisfield, Lorain County, on
Monday last, Mr.. Rotha Rawson
was severely, and it is feared fatally
injured IN attempting to raise a
building by means OF jack-screws.- -
Mr. Il. was under the building when
the blocking gave way. His body
was caught nnder a joist and so
cIushed that his life is despaired of.
Mr.. r. s man Of much influence
in Pi.tstield.
At Cuyahoga Falls. on Friday, a
son of Dr. George @. Upson, with
other boys, was playing with some
cars standing on a si1e track, and
WAS so injured internally by being
caught between two while trying to
couple them, that he died the next
day