Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-08-27
A PECULIARLY RlCn DISCUSSION.
THE Democratic NEcctiu 8 at YER
million, OhaO,

Thc Democratic Meeting nt 'er-
million, Ohi0,
Hon. s. S. cox Interrupted by
an Abolition Doctor from
Oberlin.
Cox Questions Ilim--A Splendid POlit-
ical Tilt-Pleniy Of Fun.
[Frem the Erie County (Ohio) News. August i3.l
s. s. Coz on tie Reserre-His Specie
at VermiHion-H TN eoith tie Ober
lin Doctor Car les him DoCn and has
Him buried OH tie Lake Shore.
Many of our readers do not know that
quite a number Of Republicans were at the
ID. mocratic meeting at Vermillion on the
7th inst The crowd as we have hereto
fore said, was immense; and in a Yves.
tern Reserve county, only lew miles
from the seat of Aboitonsm, Oberlin, /
it coull not be well otherwise than a
goodly and godly sprinkling OF fanatics
were on hand. Though we do not expect
they would average one to every hundred
in attendance. The Republicans, how /
ever, being astonished at the turn out,
claimed that many Of their party atten
ded the meeting. II this is the lact' we
failed to discover them, as al. with one
exception, cheoed the speakers. and ap-
pealed to be Eat home
when Mr. Penleion spoke, certain,
learned Doctor (Bge'ow, we believe his
name is) Of Oberln, began, as Cox eX.
presses it "to prepeouud interrogation
les He tried some dozen on the Gin
cinnati Congress men, who deity drew
him ont into the admission that hc didn't
want the old Union, with slavery. After
he had beeu lashed into seeming COOL or
der by Mr.. Pc dleton, he again essaycd
to "prepeound" while Mr.. Cox was speak
ing. The surgical operation 10y which
bis hide was taken off and his flesh lacer-
ated, and his bones pounded in a mortar,
has never had parallel in this part OF
Ohio.
We are equestcd as Secretary and re.
porter of the meeting, to give sketch OF
the performance; Int no pen can picture
0 it. Tho immense crowd Of Germans,
e which Mr.. Dressed hal been addressing
o adjourned and helped to swell the main
c meeting: and the assemblage for ~izc TOR
animation for the place (on the lake short
in beautiful grove,) vas one iere Icl
this part Of Ohio. The Oherlin D2ctoI
% was a severe looking man, with iron gFay
= hair and beard. He carried heavy cane
. with which he profp ped up a heavy chin
:. and he seemed as defiant as Dan Qnixpft
and as sanctimonious as Praise God
Bareboncs.
I Whom Mr. Cox began, be took mp a
r position Immediately beneath him; the
. crowd pressed up close, and at the fire all
A. became eager to hear. The large stand
was Immediately oycrcrowded with Ieo-
PIE. 49,,
Mr.. OK was declaring that howeve
i wrong and disloyal Den ocrals might be
r. it did not become the Western Rescrv
: Republicans to rcproach them. He wonI,
n take no lessons Of patliotiSm from Sucl
IS seditious people He would not cal
names; ho would leave that to his oppo
nents. If he said that the Republicans o
y the Reserve were AhoitioniSts, nulli.ier
n and SeceSsioni,ts, he would prove it; an'
II by their own testimony. II he could no
/ convince them Of the virtue Of Democ
= racv, he would at least close their phari
a saical cant about the Union. The per
1t son said Mr.. Cox, who has been interrup
h ting Mr.. Pcndle,on, does not know. per
haps, that he has been singing over an,
,t over again Greeley's song about the tlag
" "Tear down the haunting lie,
10 Half mast t"c starry flag,
y Insult no shining sky,
u " ith hates polluted rag.
For nv friend, Mr.. pendeton marrrie
IN daughter OF the poet Key, who wrol
o the Star Spanged Banner, Cheers
O. We have the Old Flag on our sid
IN Laughter and this disciple of Grecio
I'd can't tear It down, even in this Reserve
x do not know who this maligner of OF
to party is; but will wager something thf
As he is from Oberlin.
Several voices-"You'le right. He
~ one Of the saints" Laughter.
70 Mr.. Cox-I will show you, that. If !
,e be honest, he is a diSunioui>t. If he wi
nj give me his attention moment, he wi
see himself in mirror. You believ,
sir, in Wendell Philip, don't you?
a Dir. Bigelow-"Yes, sir; und | ca
he handle you ct any time"
Iy Mr. Well, you viii see abol
Q, that when we get through. Judging b
r the way your forehead retreats sorapill
| have handled your betters. A laugh
20 Wendell Phillips said "Until lS4
- we thought it possible to kill slavery an
" = save the Union. We then said; Gov
:, :, the ruins of the American Church, an
!. the Union is the only way to freedom
From ls46 to 1861 we preached that le
SON." By your admission to Mr. PEI
Or dleton that you are not torthe old Unio
Of you have also been hand in hand wit
Of Wendell Phillips Perhaps you wei
at honest in it.
You do not want to be pariieePs erin
l. inuS with the sinners and criminals VIII
Of hold slaves, do you sir T?
A. DR., K,--"Never !"
Mr.. Cox-Then you will not con
mune with such sinners in Church, nj
unite with them ia State
4. DR.. B.--"l would make all men equ
10 before God"
bo Mr.. Cox--Iou therefore would d.