, 1860-10-19
From ths Wheeling. tTa.) 1ntsll,Re1ceE.
Ocp11 Paxctscr. Woa1 Co.. Pa..l
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Iron tbs Wheeling tTa.) 1ntsllRe1ceE.
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asssss EDITORS within the last three
weeks ~ have h.la scme seven Lincoln meet
ing. in ,lis region Ct Wood county, and could
the whole couasy be caovassed, thete would be
a Republican Tote polled that would ustcEish
The II Ill ~easbers" Of old partiea- As i:is, We
will in this uppsr end Of the county, give
"Honest Abe" such a lift as will cause some
considerable shaking among ths dry bones OF
thfee same Individuals.
In 1856 bu. 8 votes were polled for Fremont
ia Wool county: now, We have the names Of
20 voters on our lists in one precinct @lcne,
xho Ere rie6ssd far Lincoln and H2mlln. 1t
mr. last meeting, held three nights ago At Bar
rnnsri]a, % voters entered the cau1es On tho
Republican roll, among them number Of our
Oldest citizens.
lesde1s Of osher parties to csush out our grow
;n0 nrqanjSstion. To such an e-tsut Is this the
case. that ju some parts our Republican friends
hsye though ht it prudent not AZ Jes 10 organize.
VA douht the propriety Ct kueh q courBe, for
nnu. if there ever was tine ii the history OF
our country, is the very time that esery r.
publican should run tbs hs@ard Of doing his
whole duty-for what mon=ntors Issues hang
| unru til. result Of the coming coutestl
There arc honorable exceptions to these et-
forta. There IRE M1ny who refuse to s:oop to
| such cout.mptible meannesa ~ to prevent any
ci,izeu Of our conrtry from tic free exercise o'
HI, nRn privileges. In our cHu immediate
| ntichborhoot, Ill attempts to stihe the frued2n
If mach hare bean abauco1ed - utterly hope
jess' a-d it il grArely suggested that this in
ftcted scot should be cut ont and stitched OF
the ''Panhandle."
One week ago the citiz=nso Williamatown
in this county, called Z meeting, 10 which tleJ
inyjted the speakers Of the different parties
but before the tiue vi the meeting it VA dis
covered that discussion Of principles Nigh
kpoil tae ca'cuiatious Of thots vino bad thing
I'll .6xtd NJ" S!eace was tie be4t policy
th3uqat they. and so Indeed it wae; but thu
ti:no ths fact was discovered too late, for al
though N effart WAS made to give out the i'm
nrtasio1 that the meeting wa1 AbaIdo7ed. tn
RepubScxns, although having trota eight II
thiTteer nil-s to travel, were 10 the disnay 0
tbeir opponents, en- the ground promptly 1t ,h
1ppointed hour. Col Peterson, \. u. Colson
VI. ES,ev.rton, sand others xere ready to ente
The li,ts LOT LiEcoln. but Alter SC me creas-friog
Bell, Brect. aad Dag: Internationally suffeo
dared, sud the Repur1'c.ns having thus ca?
tured The enemy without nt1aR saoss pfoeeeo
ed to hare rsil meeting on their own accouat
| md \ r6uticg one they had. The Rapublica
nl.tfortn wa re&d, and Lii. Stevenson. At tn
reoutat Of the cii:zens present, explained 1h
rolcy sci forth therein, stated the ttne posltio
Of the Republican party on the hs1ng ques
lions tn BE- srted up3u in the present polltlci
.,rno,'e. exposed she infamous cuurbe Of t.
n.r,r * liar itself dsmocratic, explained ths
i H. Rel orcauiz 4sion, if persere1ed in, coul
reault il no g7od eus might be The neAns I
ore.t irjury W its unratuia! and aneous:s.ei
eombinaii.ns With the di,toinsed and dJin
cemocracJ.