Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-07-23
Rst,nea.ion Meeting at Nor

Democratic Ratification Meeting at Nor
ristown, Last Saturday Evening.
Having heard, no doubt of the disaf-
fection In the Democratic ranks at this
place in reference to the Tammany
nominations, meeting was announc-
ed for the above named evening. A bus
load of the faithful at st. Clairsville came
up to quiet the troubled waters.
The audience was slim, being too much
disgusted with the New York nomina-
tions, to hear what they had to say. Few
as they were, James Campbell mounted
n store-box anu made some startling rev.
elations viz: "That the brains were oil
knocked out of the Republican party,
and there remained nothing of IL left but
its tail quivering in the sun, and that the
soldiers were with the Democracy
Headed by the Blair family IL you please,
whose hands had been washed in the
blood of the country, and made white for
Democracy.
If these declarations be true, why has
not THE CHRONICLE told us SOP
After these declarations, Mr.. Campbell
said his head felt as though it would
split-shouldn't wonder If 1t did-and
retired.
Then "Judgeu Chambers told us how
Grant rode the mule and how the monkey
rode Grant. tell you you 1t was fun
h1 >
laugh came in. He then told us how
the Republican party had abused the
unoffanding Democracy. Deriving their
strength by trying to make people be-
lieve the Democracy sympathized with
the secessionists, and many persons re-
ally thought they did. Now Col. Poor
man If you have made any such intima-
tions, hope you will take it back.
II. S. Clark then took the stand-a
Democrat here remarked "Sample tell
us no lies land proceeded to recite his
speech, asserting that the Tammany
! platform was the old Pendleton, Green
back, Bond-taxing platform, and that
Seymour heartily endorsed 1t, IL not tsays
he, why does Pendleton support him
yes why? Hadn't somebody better eau
tion him again tO stick to the truth p
Now Sample stick to the text, do the fair
thing, speak on the real issue, and when
you again talk to Democratic friends
about the 4th of July Convention and
their platform, tell them the bondholdcrs
had the Convention, and had re-ordain-
ed q specie payment nomination. Don't
misconstrue the declaration In your plat
form. THE bonds are payable in lawful
money" Now Sample what is the
Democratic standard for lawful money :?
Your party during all the issueing of
Greenbacks, denied that the Govern
ment could make any thing but gold and
silver lawful money. You propose to
make an improvement on the currency.
Will you please tell us what improve
mert Is, If II Is not gold and silver or its
equivalent--the Greenback note payable
in coin at the public Treasury. This
is what the platform really declares for,
although 1t has delusive form of words
to be taken separately by the Pendle-
tonians. Now don't presume too much
upon the Ignorance of your audience,
they may discover the other side of.your
platform. Read to your friends Gov.
Seymours speech delivered at New York
ON the 25th of June, 1868. Read them
+. p. Blair's letter of June 30th to Broad
head. The very thing which secured his
nomination. Tell them these are virtu-
ally part and parcel of your platform.
Read them the following dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer from Pendleton
delegates of the 9th of July:
"The opposition to Pendleton is be-
coming more intense every hour, and the
efforts to effect his defeat are multiplying.
The 6Ondhotders seem determined to beat
him, but If he is beaten it will be because
money is stronger than principles In the
Convention."
a spirit of apathy seemed to pervade
the audience, which all the eloquence of
the speakers couldn't shake off. Sey-
mour was too much for them, to take
! Blair along with him, Is too revolving
for Democratic nerves. 1t will take time
for their feelings to react sufficiently for
them to make any show of enthusiasm.
SPECTATOR.