Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-14
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On the 10th instans, Gov. MEDARr In referring
IN our article In the DAILY STATEshAS OF the
7,h, showing how the time for the meeting oi
the Democratic State Convention came to be
changed ,rom the 9Th Of January to later
period In the year, says:
Manypenny In his Canal organ OF Sunday
morning, makes furious per5onai attack upon
n, Sor Wat We have said in reference to holding
an sth of January Convention. His great OBJ
TACT seems to be, TO show that on the YIN Of De-
rswha,- 1856. We, a. Chairman OF the Demo-
ratio Central Committee, voted TO postpone she
State Convention that year until the following
August, II he means anything, ne means this'
shas ne have been Inconsistent
Now We put 10 diree. and uneqdiTocai as
.iaI 10 the charge, and demand his PROOF. ne
has got the files OF our paper OF tnss as'e,
which we have not got, snc he ptetenos 70 nave
anoted the yeas and nays In committee. but
Rives no names.
Nov "a give him until our next Issue TO make
his charges good, or stand convicted OF o false
hood. AZ he has done before, ln controversies OF
faot. Wby a man of his pFetensioDs ~ should
srnoas himself as q deliberate falsi6er, others
nust be the Judge.
Passing by the phrases in ths above, which
ara SO characteristic of MEDARY. We remark
shas in our article Of the 7tn instant, Se did not
ssy inst he "voted to postpone the State Con
yention tina. year until the following August /"
We introduced the proceedings In reference to
the matter as officially reported By Gov. ME-.
DARY, and published in the sTATEsHAH OF Dec
10, 1855, over his signature as Chairman IL
ia no, usual for the Chairman to vote, unless
where the body is tie on the question before 1t,
and as the resolution postponing the Conven-
,ion was adopted by IA to 2, We could not say
that the Chairman had bis vote recorded Oh the
Question. though Il may be 90. The names are
not given, the report only stating that the resO-
lutisn was adopted, yeas IA, nays 7-sevsn
members of the committee voting By letter.
We quoted his comments as editor OF the
sTArEsxAs when be published the proceedings
on the lO,h of December, 1856, showing that
he was gratiled at the "great unsnimlty and
good feeling" which prevailed, and In which he
said "ss to the time set for the meeting of the
Convention, viz: the 9Th Of August next, after
the farmers shall have gathered their hsrvests.
there was NO dissenting voice" Our charge in
the brief comments that followed in our article
of the 7th, was that Il was apparent that ME-
DRY was the controlling spirit in the Commit
tee .hst first made the change" Now Il will
bs observed how adroitly he evades what We
did say, and asserts that our object Was to show
tina. as Chairman Of the Committee he actually |
osst bis vote for the resolution! We said no
such thing; but We did gay, and repaat, that he
was the controlling spirit In the Committee,
and we now add, that he was on advocate for
the change, and used all his influence to bring
a about, and further that ne was In favor OF the
9Th of August as the proper time, albeit he has
recently gone almost into spasms ct the bare
snsges,Iou that our next Convention should be
held early in that month! ~
we have looked into the flea Of the STATES
..u. AZ invited to by Gov. MEDARy, and We find
an the oOlh November, 1855, he introduced an
article from the Cincinnati Enquirer, taking
s,ronr ground In favor of g change, and In
which the We've not only of the EaQuirsr but of
tb. Pio;adsaley were also embodied. He lead
al his article in transferring II to the SrArEs-
zIn, and pIscedit among the editorials. thus,
aecording 70 usage adopting the article, and
added,the following toit;
For several years past thsre has been grow
ipe disposition among our Democratic ffiends
10 uostpone our nominating State Conventions
to 3 later day than the ssh OF January That
SasI,n0 Il aupears from the article above, In
clnding Inc opipiops of both the editors Of the
Rao,dssy and PlaiadealsT is gaining strength,
ana from the opinions of those with whom We
have ccnyersed II would seem also that similar
views are very general In the ranka Of our par
ty. Let the press speak ont upon the subject,
and by Il We may gather public opinion suttici-
sntlv decisive to decide upon the matter. ly
ror,1 on 1--WE MoNTHa Is LONG EHoUoH TO HAVE !
PprsrpynTrAL noMiHRxs aEyoAE THE PUBLIC, We I
May WELL pIsTEnsE WITH NINE MONTHS
NOMINATIONS yoR STATE osslcEaa EoR Ono.
On the 25th of November. 1855, Gov. MEDIA.
M said IN the srATEsNAN, that the DsmOcatic
p,esu Of the stats ''is pretty unanimously 10
favor Of the possponsment until some day later
than that Of the sih Of January" dc then
proceeded to give the names OF q number Of
papers that had pronounced In favor OF II, and
in snuhbing way sdds-"opposed to post D
ponemeni, Ohio Esgk." |,
In the same number Of the eTATEsHAEl I
MrDARY copies an article with appreciation
from The Pittaburg Post, which says: 1--WE OBJ
serve that our friends Of the Cleveland Plain
dealer, Columbus STATESMAN, ,and Cincinnati 3
Eassissf, uaoE THE rpsrfonRmEi'T Of the Ohio
Dsmocsstic Convention from the 9Th Of Janu-