Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-09-26

! THE DEMoeRATfc MEETING oFs LAST WEEK,
Twas an afTairsts no means void of interest and
| instruction. The speakers were Messrs. Back
us and Rannys taking the order Of their ap-
pearance uponithe stand They wereushercd
into town from the cars by the band, in its
very best trim and spirits, two or three private
carriages, and one or two marshals to keep the
road clear. At about noon the multitude as
sembled in the Park, to the number leAer-
cising due liberality and fairness) OF some nVe
or six hundred persons including the generous
snrinklinr of Uuionists Mr. Backus opened
! ti,e bs3,.1viti, arvery sonofous ana prosy per-
formance. starting away back to the settlement
| of the two seCtions--nOrth and south, and find-
ing an excuse for the rebellion Ia the difference
of sentiment brought with, and fostered by the
respective parties Mr. Bis a, heavy speaker,
and the work on hand seemed to to be heavy,
! uphill work, and lad, though Iin1 good spirit
enough, little about it to please or entertain
anybody. Nevertheless, lit was endured for
some two and a-half mortal hours. Mr..
Ranney followedin more animated manner
and with cunning and adroitness in conceal
| lUg IdClS, anu Ill pCINCISlOl
and errors, that would do credit to the veriest
pettifogger before commonplace jury. He
dwelt much upon debt and finances, and appor-
toned off the public debt upon the States, coun-
ties, towns and individuals, until the seedy and
emaciated old chaps about him, some OF whom
probably, could not raise, or call, the means 10
| buy plug of tobacco, could see and feel fhe
intolerable burdens that were crushing Fhelii W
the earth During all this time however no
| intimation was heard from him, as to the man
ner in which these burdens were saddled upon
them and the country, who was responsIDie
! for their existence, or what would nave Deen
their character if the Mcclellan policy ofprc-
| tracting tile war, had been fully carried out,
and no Grant had appeared and put a speedy
end to it Oh, mol these. matters, wore to be
kept out of sight But We do not propose to
follow him further than to give a glimpse at
the drift and tone of the speech. There was
one thing about these speeches that must not
go unnoticed, as it was noticed and Has been
spoken of by many of tile Republicans who
heard them, and that is the fact that the names
of Blair and Seymour, scarcely, if at all were
alluded to. Perhaps this was 2judicious and
prudential, but It was at least, not little odd,
and could hardly have been an inadvertcnce. |
Ifthe candidates the people are expected to
support, the manner of their nomination, and |
the character of the convention, and the men
that procured and endorsed their nominations, |
are subjects that are to receive the go-by, there
must be some reason for it and that reason is |
food for. thought and inquiry with those who
wish TO. think, and act, and vote inteligently |
The meeting was without enthusiasm, and had |
it not been for the, "etclnal grin" of the last
speaker, we doubt if a tolerable free chuckle |
could have been got. out from under the ribs Of |
the audience, any more than from under the
ribs of death. " How could it be otherwise, |
with the. recent news from Vermont and
Maine fresh in mind? The fact is, the Demo- |
cratic stomach is disordered, the body weak
and fearful looking for of dissolution, is the |
spectre that haunts and unmans the poor
thing. Sun Set Cox, who stumped Maine for
The Democracy, says: II tell you sir, It's no
use shutting your eyes TO plain facts. The |
popular enthusiasm for Grant is irristible He |
will sweep everything before him." |