Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-09
The Cincinnati Commercial ON Eg-
RIestOmsn Nominations.

| The Cincinnati Commercial ON Egg
| gIeston's Nominations.
The Cincinnati, Commercial Of Monday
contains long leader on BEN EdGLEsToN'i
nomination for Congress in the First Dis
trict, from which we make some extracts
1t Is exceedingly rich and racy, "done up
In the editors best style; and, according tt
o distinguished lawyer Of this city, he II
liable to be indicted under the law against
cruelty to animals. The article begins thus
Our most noto ious ward politician reach
| ed his climax on Saturday. In the Con-
yention of the First Congressional District
Benjamin Eggleston and Salmon z. Chase
were the names presented, and the former
receiving more than twice as many votes
as the latter, was declared duly nominated
| This is one of the most noticeable items ol
our political history. 1t certainly will not be
! forgotten In the record of remarkable events
| In this memorable epoch. Mr.. Eggleston
has for many years hungered for notoriety
| He probably has not dreamed of fame, for
he has not been educated up to the point OF
knowing what that means. He has, how
ever, placed himself among the few immor-
tails. When the Carlyles of the future
ransack the "dry-as-dust' newspaper fles
of the present, the fact that this Benjamin
Eggleston, an illiterate, brawling. caacus-
monger, prevented the people OF Hamll-
ton County from securing the services OF
Salmon P. Chase in the next Congress, ana
had the effrontery to thrust himself upon
them as a candidate, will be regarded of
consequence; as throwing much light upon
the civil character of the people, and going
far to explain the melancholy predicament
into which the country has fallen. II the
people prefer the Egglestons to the Chases
if they reject the National statesman and
advance the demagogue of precinct, for
such an Office as that Of Representative in
Congress, at such time as this-what
measure of misfortune do they not invite,
and what degree OF general calamity does
not such glaring exhibition of public in
difference account for!
AS this performance will be quoted, when
every other transaction in the life OF Ben
iamin Eggleston and all his tribe will have
been long forgotten, and as it will be for a
great while, as it now is, matter of curious
inquiry-how this thing happenedi as 1T
will be cited as showing a reason for the
trouble that we have, and as prophecy OF
which Is to conceive feel 1t incumbent
upon us, as persons having information In
the case, to state it without reservation.
The editor then recites the history of EG-
GLEsToN as a politician, and shows
the successive steps he has taken to reach
the position he now holds. Time and mon
ey, importantly and manipulation, are
among the means used by him, according to
The Commercial. The concluding para
graphs are as follows:
The Convention assembled. Mr.. Eggles-
ton glowed with anticipated triumph. Be-
ing informed that it seemed piece of as
surance on his part to stand between the
people and Mr.. Chase he said the Conven-
tion would soon decide between them; and
he had so wrought upon his delegates pro-
vided for the emergency, that they Missed
the name of Mr.. Chase; and when Eggles-
ton was nominated, and he showed his
sneak-face from the platform he knew no
better than to tell the cool story that the
nomination was ''entirely unexpected" and
to be guilty of the inetfable vulgarity of as
suming to have reached an altitude from
which he could look down and Jorgire those
who had been against him. He seemed to
forget that he was not already elected a
member of Congress.
His Inconsistencies that he had reached
his grand climacteric, and henccforth was
to be delivered up to the contempt of man
kind, was not shared by others. Having
placed himself upon the record as the prin-
cipal performer in memorable act OF mean-
ness. he is from this time set apart as the
most striking living example OF the scandal
and infamy of the caucus system, under
which the presumption of the ignoramus is
q title to preferment, aud high character
and eminent service are derided and subor-
dinated to the cunning of the demagogue-
while the reserve that becomes the gentle
man is reckoned disability, and the OBJ
trusiveness that distinguishes the black
guard, is esteemed qualification for offices
of honor.