Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-12
THRoALLEGED CAUCUSO OF OHI0
.@f' Re .saas 10 DEMOCRATS. ,s- 'ai5l e.
,ly.suod ,nl.I.Eld--s Usni.s1 s.,8.-
Samuel Cox Convicted of
% Fraud and FalSehood.

\" j have justaseen the following, which ap
.peared as an editorial in the Ohio States
man Of the 23d inst. .g....,-a = e...,f
The persistent downright lying of Agate
and n few other Washington letter-writers
makes it our duty to print the names of the
Democratic members of Congress from Ohio
for whom Mr. Cox spoke whenhe disayowed
Aleck Longs utteranees in favor OF reeog
nizing the Southern Confederncy. We are
oauthorized to- say that om RepreseDtRtive
spoke for the following Congressman: s. s.
Cox, George Bliss, w. p. Noble, w. A.
Hutchins, WIN. Johnston, Il. @. LeBlond,
J-W. White, j. X. Morris, William K.
iFinok, John o. Neil, JaF. Mckinney
eterea ont of de fourteen Democrotic D,efr.
Gys. The remaining three are rGee.
III. Penaleton, Chiffon A. White, and Aleck
Long himself .ioHu ai. rrIUH o. upw
Dc The person whom have known as The
Editor of the Ohio Statesman is a gentle.
man. Of course. therefore, be did not writc
the above, and the charge, freely made by
Democratic Congressmen from Ohio; that
Mr.. Samuel Cox (Momber Of Congress from
the Columbus, o., District is in the habit
of writing editorialsiu the Statesman, puff.
ing himself, or pettifogging to extricate
himself from awkward embarrassmehts,
must be true. 10 .s.-....r T., ,,ii,,,,l bcr
III .r,. o,.J, tboroeoro %. ,o n. .hl. ~ .l.ol
d;r.ctiv,w;,b NJ lI!oy y + b,d ocoa.;,, ~ ura'
..antlu 10 .,noSo 't,u rar. va cr;,,os ns,.h;ol,
+ 49, s.,,e'' 90 - .,';l,., Sn
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ti,or;aod -, - a. 80 NJ. a"a a.
msnts o IL I ,Js A. u" tho.o oharo. % "a o"ro
E,ots .nd nar,;or,.rs 70 S,,ns,an,;osa aaot ,he~S
mon ~ v personal rosnons;bI;,t,nnd 40 ae
cd ny no sJ ia shnm - u"t 49, ~
,Ia ,,;on ~ a on,r ,,rr ~ p9 pThrsuJn,u "
- NJ rov doas VI uom d' ,Sfa,. }y n ~ - annn
e;thsr cba.ao o'S H. s;lenas . ~ Uth ,hs
crime and se .t.nJs onmr;o,aS ~ S.l;Iar.,s . q
Gan5 .nd ,Jel;harn.o I G.isohood. uo sna.th &C
Is nat q Dsmaorat;o &c man,har t,ann Oh;o
besides himself who nrstands 10 ,denu ;t
Thns cony;cted Mr1 Cox IsaaL m rsis. q
new issue and avoid me.,n & o. - The old one one - .
I,et him. ~ i do not moan that he shall as.
,eapethe frand and falsehoodinlres " fasten.
ed upon him but n am n,Iite willing 70 fol.
low him to his new defense, He saws he
was authorized to speak for eleyen IF the
| Ohio Democrats. and names them as above.
III am oad he was indiscreot enourh to cnme
tn names. Let me analvze the list. - .
| Five out of the eleven. ,pere at.tb in.
formal and accidental meeting which he alb
surdly called n Mcaucus.-n They were Geo.
Bliss. VIM n Einck. los. w. White. n q
LeBlond and j. r. WcKinnev. +. These. and
| oply these, constituted the 1, caucus y which
Mr' Cox msguified into n formal conyoca-
! tion of the Ohio Democratic members, and
which his revised misstatement Idwarted
again into a meeting of eleven of them
Mr.. w. A. Hutchins had been ont of the
c,ity. and had lust returned that morn;np
| RE had lust reached The room where these
Eve were, when It was announced that Col
fax had introduced resolution to expel
Long, aHd without one further word of husi.
ness they all rushed out to see about it.
No action had been had, and neither Cox
nor anybody else was authorized TO speak,
even for the fue, much less for the eleven.
For the proof Of this l refer to VIM. E.
Flnck, Jos, W. White, or any of the others
mayed &c. , ab9ys G as present, sent So much for that
tue aH'nor Or lhspirer u Ine otates'nah edl.
Iorlail goes Iurtner, ne asserts that he
WaS Was anthor,zed az, 70 SPEAK q az y Tor Mr.. John
Neli'.. shr. oonm u Ne,m t0'1s no, N to'o'' m
a' Inat .''ae' e ana ald not return unfl' asouT
week Mtsrwa1a " lFer @ PROOF ,nI tnat
relsr ie:n M to-,7nIr.. Sho. ~ Nelli ! Meantime
VIII Mr. Cex'expiain II no had spirltuai In
FORMATION rom nm! :, [,-1 y -
ne ier'ner m says G that - ne was aS.horIzed n !, 10
speak ior riI. W. L.'Noole. nae gep'le.
man was Suck avs ais roomIdid not near
! Longs speecha and did no. know whether
he approved or disapprovedItJ' III phn'.
he says ne was anthor,zed 20 ,speak tni
7 Mr. .. n. tNiorris.N!M Mr. MOTIFS knew noth
ing OF the meeting, and de'nesthdt h; Coa
,oas ~ any aeuSl. authorized ITO speaks t9l
NM For pfooilof mat feier tor Nr. D.
IL. Moffisa. 'fo'nJ. 81 ..%, 80
ne says he was author'zed 70 speak fol
MT y ohnston mat gentleman was pot al
theo caucus, .SAand gave Mr., Cox no au
thority TO speak Tor nm, s." 80. .,;,;.
~ Finally, Mr.. Cox. was not at the calicu