Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-01-24
No. 10.
Republican caacus-United States senn-
tor-Chase's Prospeets-Horton's Pros
pects-A Democratic Speech.


pects-A Democratic Speech.
CoLuMBus, January 70, 1860.
A week ago We gave some account OF
a Republican caucus, with structures upon
some members elected by the Republi-
cans, but who disclaimed the name and
were understood to be disposed to act
with the Democrats in defeating an cleo
ton of an U. S. Senator. The caucus,
as then stated, adjourned for one week
and met again last night. The Senators
were all present, and all the members of
the House except eight, and four of these
were necessarily detained. The session
was long and the interchange of views
perfectly free, and entire good feeling
prevailed throughout, It was clearly
aseertained that if any were disposed to
act factiously, there were not enough of
them to accomplish the purpose of de-
feating an election. To do so required
sie members of the House, and it was
aseertained that that number could not be
obtained for such an object A few,
however, insisted ON postponing the
nomination, and the majority, in defer
ence to their wishes, consented to defer
a nomination until the first day of Feb
ruary. The conference passed off pleas
antly, and all those prescntwho were ex-
pected to make difficulty, gracefully
yielded the point, and agreed to go into
the nomination at the time named, which
will secure the election Of some good Re-
publican.
No vote was taken to indicate the
choice Of the majority, although it is
pretty well understood upon whom that
choice will fall. There will probably
be but one name brought before the eau
Gus, and the nomination will be unani-
nous. This, however, is not certain. If
Gov. Chase is not, on that evening, found
to be the unanimous choice of the entire
caucus, then the names of Corwin, Stan
ton, Sehenek, Delano, Horton, and per
haps others, will be presented, and the
nominee, whoever he may be, will re-
ceive the entire Republican vote in both
Houses IF Gov Chase should be Sc
lected there will be three, and possibly
four, of the members who call them
selves Opposition" who will vote against
him. IF any of the other gentleman
named should receive the nomination, he
will receive the whole Republican vote, of
course. If Gov. Chase is not nominated
we think Hon. v. B.. HORTON stands de-
cidedly the best chance of any other
man in the State. With either of those
gentlemen we think our constituents
would be satisfied
As surmised in our last letter, the
Statesman is down upon Gov. Dennison' s
inaugural address. In the position in
which Northern Democrats are placed by
their necessary subserviency to the
Southern leaders, the slightest reference
to the former action of the Government
on the subject of freedom seems to throw
them into "phobia," as the sight of
water does rabid dog. Dennison re-
fers approvingly to the beneficial effects
of the Jefersonian Ordinance Of 1887
in saving the Northwest Territory from
the evils of large slave population,
with its necessarily depressing influence
upon the growth and prosperity of the
State. This has thrown the Statesman
into "fts." 1t labored through weary
columns to throw ridicule upon the "Or
dinance, and to convice its readers that
it was mere humbug at best, and ut
terly repugnant to every idea of Democ-
racy, and that it never had any good in
fuence upon the growth and prosperity
of the State. 1t is truly pitiable to see
the degradation to which party exigen-
cies will compel otherwise respectable
men to submit to. But the utter incon-
sistency of supporting the party as it is
now controlled, and retaining the slight
est respect tor the Statesmen of our ear
lier and better days, is SO apparent that
there is nothing left for them but to IDIOT
ont of the popular mind, if possible, the