Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-10-02
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The Cox Meeting an PilketOn.

MEssRs. EDIToRs:z-0 On last Saturday after
noon attended, the Republican .denion-
stration atsPfketoh. Great pains had ibeen
taken by the pssuper-lOyal0f people ofithe
county to get up aslarge meeting for their
Gubernatorial nominee. Posters were dis;
tributed throughout the county, and the
leaders of that party predicted a large
turnout of the friends of universal suf-
frage. 1t was intended, in view of the
many that would certainly be present, to
hold the meeting in the Fair Grounds.
Well, the day came-but the crowd
didn't. Cox and Collier, a ranting Metho-
dist preacher from the Reserve, were on
hand. The committee of arrangements de-
cided that in view of the paucity OF num-
bers present, the meeting would be held in
the old Court House. rs the Fair Grounds
were entirely too large to accommodate the
multitude, and stranger might find 1t diff
cult to recognize the assembly in so large q
vacantplace. Certainly acommendable idea.
The greatest number of persons at any
one time in the building could not have ex-
ceeded l75, and as for enthusiasm, | have
seen as much at funeral, of which it forci-
bly, reminded me. Gen. Cox was the first
speaker, and handled his subject with some
skill. He is a smooth talker, and one well
calculated to deceive the unwary and
unthinking. The principal portion of
his speech was devoted to the old cry
of secession being recognized by the Dem
ocratic party of Ohio in their late Platform.
He took good care not to read the Platform,
but made garbled extracts thereirom, and
in one or two instances he was guilty of
downright falsehoods in speaking of the
position of the Democratic party on the
question of States rights.
He occupied few moments at the close
of his speech in endeavoring to eUdde the
question of Negro Suffrage. He charged it
as being side issue, gotten up by the Dem
ocrats to mislead the public; and that the
question was not to be discussed until the
Legislature had acted upon it. He smooth
ly got over the knotty questions asked by
the soldiers under his command, by refer
ring them to his letter addressed to the Re-
servites. The Republican portion of the
audience were disappointed at his not tax
ing position e1apbGtically for Negro Suf-
frase, as would have been the case, had he
been addressing crowd on the Western
Reserve. ...g Gina. ........ ...
Collier, the Reverend Divine, who
prayed for the soldiers on Sundays and
preyed on them the remainder of the week,
harangued the rapidly diminishing crowd
in a manner peculiar to that class of politi-
clans. He groaned and fretted, and finally
subsidized as the coat tail of the last man OF
the rear guard of his audience disappeared
through the doorway. ...'I ..N
The fact is, the voters of Pike county are
tired of the corrupt rule of the Re-
publican party; the late startling dis
closures connected with the State
Treasury, and the extraordinary ex-
penditures compel them to vote fora change
of rulers. The Democracy of this county
are encouraged, and will come out of the
contest with 00majority against the friends
of Negro Suffrage.
.0- ..,. Yours, &C.,
ORION
Wayerlv. Sentemher 81.