Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-07
The Canvass In OhiO-Great Turn ont
NJ SfeubenviIle on Saturday Last.

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at SteubenviIle on Saturday Last.
Our readers are we'll aware of the fac
that deeply exciting canvass is going OF
over in Ohio between the Union men mead.
ed by John Brough, life long democrat
and the Copperheads, under the lead OF
Vallandigham. Immense meetings are the
order OF the day at all the principal places
in the State. Indeed the papers report
that the times of 1910 are again in fashion.
While this is true in some degree on both
sides, it is especially the case on the Union
side At some places the rival meetings
vie with each other in point of size and
demonstration. But this does not appear to
be the general rule. The State being
largely Union, the meetings of course par
take of the proportionate public sentiment.
At town like st. Clairsville where the
copperheads flourish more extensively in
proportion to the population, than at most
any other point in the State, the Vallandig-
hamers turn out very strong. But at a place
like Steubenville, where they are very scarce,
they make slim show even after a long
advertisement and long prepared for oc-
casion. For instance, last Saturday week,
there was, after great drumming and great
effort, a meeting not exceeding a thousand
in number, while in opposition to this one
week afterwards, on last Saturday, there
was Union meeting numbering not less
than eight thousand. And thus it goes
through the State. North of the National
road the meetings are pretty. much all
proportional in this way. In the Southern
part of the State they are more nearly at
an equilibrium. The vote in October will
show about this inequality. Yallandigham
will be Overwhelmingly beaten, even not
counting the soldiers vote which of course
will be nearly all one way.
AS a matter of curiosity we attended the
SteubenVille meeting on Saturday last
1t was really an imposing demonstration
in every sense of that word, whether con-
sidered in the light of numbers, character,
speaking, or in any other point of view
1t was held in a large open space or COM
mon back of the town, where two large
stands were erected, and where a third
one had to be improVised in order to meet
the demands of the crowd. At one of
these stands Gov. Tod and Hon. Sam. Gal
loway spoke; at the other Col. Uhas An
derson, the candidate for Lieut.. Governor,
spoke, and at the third Gov. Peirpoint, Dr.
Dorsey (the candidate for Treasurer) and
DIR. McCook addressed the people. We heard
however the most of Gov. Tod's speech
1t was good speech and telling one
more, however, from the position of tn,
governor and the excellent spirit which h,
manifested than by reason of any peculia
force in the argument advanced. Its poin
was this that the speaker had been lif
long democrat; for thirty-fye years ha'
voted an unbroken and unscratched ticket
his party fidelity had never been cues
toned by friend or foe until lately, ant
it was now arraigned only by those VIII
were suspicioned of being dislOyal to thei
country, and only because he had dared I,
sink party aud join in with men of all par
ties for the grand purpose of saving th,
Union. This point the Governor establish
ed Overwhelmingly and by it he carried
confusion aud unanswerable reproacl
among those calling themselves democrat
who were busy going through the Stat
branding him as traitor to his party.
We have not time to notice the grea
meeting at SteubenvilIe as it ought to b
noticed. The speech of the occasion, how
ever, was made in the evening, in the pub
lie square ofthe town, by Col. Anderson
We have notlistened with greater pleasur
to aspeech since this war commenced. TIL
speaker spoke as one who had right t
speak, for he had lived in the South at tn
breaking out of the rebellion and had con
frouted the demon of secession on its frs
appearance in Texas, In the Conventio
called to take that State out of the Unior
He made in that State that memorabl
speech, depicting the horrors thatwere to TO
low secession, which was so extensively cor
iedintO the papers of the North at the tim,
His argument on Saturday night was of
very high character and pitched more froI
aforeign stand point than anywhere els,
Hehad been in England in the summer of 70
and hebrew picture of the ate of our cour
try when each State of this Union, i.diis
eordant, discovered and belligerent" shout
fud itself detached from the grand associ
ation Of States and subordinatsd in il
commerce, its industry, to the oyergrOwu
oyer-reachlng and despotiC and aggrandiz
ing policy of England. No allusion to tn
thread of his argument in this connectiol
can begin to do it justice; nothing les
than the speech, itself. The Colonel occu
pied nearly two hours and the attention /,
him was most profound. Even although
rain set in about ten O'Clock the peopl
clamoreji for him to go on, and it wa