The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-07-15
The Republican meetisg on Last
Saturday.

culated, besides having flaming an
nouncement published in last weeks
Cadiz Republican, that Judge Means,
of Steubenville, ga life long Demo-
crat" would address the "Union As
ISOLATION" on last Saturday, at ]
o'clock, P. NJ. One o'clock came,
and Judge Means, "the life long Dem
ocrat" came along with it. The Court
House bell was rang twice, but few
came to hear "the life long Democrat. >
The meeting was postponed until half
past two. Another effort was made
to get up crowd. Knox, the new
leader of that party in this county got
the flag, and ''reeled" it to the Court
House, and the drums were beat, and
the ''fife blowed" but still few came.
The '6;fe long Democrat" made a
speech; and our informant says it was
very "severe" upon those who didn't
think just as the "life long Democrat
did. He was so Sarcastic" as to say
that he would not either 90 South or
to Canada for o nominee for Governor.
Now it was "cruel" in the "life long
Democrat" to say..that. He should
be more sympathetic. He knows
very we'll that if he needed or desired
or "thirsted" after certain "article"
he would 60 "still" further than those
places for it. But then he does
not have that trouble. He lives in
the military department of the emo
nongahela," and has the article at
home. The "life long Democrat" got
through his speech, and after being
placed upon a splendid charger, !"
started for the Junction to connect
with the evening freight train. Thus
ended the tremendous meeting that
was to be addressed by the ."life long
Democrat" in the person of Judge
Means.
What consolation it is to know
that Judge Means remains politically
where he always did. We have dis
tinct recollection of challenging Bing-
ham, at the Judges request for pub
lie discussion in Cadiz in 1858. We
recollect the discussion very well, we
do; and we never want to hear anoth-
er one of the same kind. We also re-
collect how Hatton, Shotwell, (the
gentleman who furnished his own beau
tiful charger for the Judge to ride to
the Junction on last Saturday. John
Haver6eld, and other leaders of that
party, taunted the Democracy about
our "pigmy' challenging their "giant"
for discussion. The Judge remains
$50 he ~ays) politically where he did
then. How comforting it is to know,
if that is the case, that Bingham,
Hatton, Shotwell, Haverfeld, and all
the rest of the Republicans have chan
ged, and are now with the Judge, who
remains politically just where he did
in 1858. And another pleasing thought
is, these men felt SO good over their
change, and SO much regret for the
mean manner they talked about the
Judge heretofore, that, just as soon as
THEY CHANGED politically, they invited
this gentleman they had previously
slandered, to come to Cadiz, and speak
to them inst as he did in 1858. What
a thing it is to be a "life long Demo,
craft" Look at the power and infu-
ence he has by remaining, and never
changing? Judge Means, by his elo-
quence, labor and energy, has been
the means of converting such harden
ed sinners as Bingham, Shotwell, Hat
ton, Haverfeld and the rest of them,
from the sin of Abolitionism, and
placed them upon the Democratic rock.
He says he is ''life long Democrat"
and has not changed. If he has not
these men have; and we suppose he
tells the truth. The conversion Of so
many men, politically, through the
influence of one man, who remains
and is "a life long Democrat is un-
PARALLEL. What encouragement it is
for all Democrats to remain firm and
steadfast and be ''liRe-long Democrats. "
Who knows but that all 'liie-long
Democrats" may be the instrument of
changing as many AbolitioniGts from
the error Of their way as Judge Means,
the "liRe-long Democrat has.