Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-08
Another secret of Ohio Politics.

From the Ohio Correspondence N. Y. Herald.
A few weeks since l saw a strange
nIeeting-that is the coming together of
a. most interesting trio-in one of the
streets OF this city. 1t was that of Geo.
II. Pendleton and his Fidus Achates. his
particular man Friday, his groomer and
trainer, Wash Mclean, of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, in buggy, and Clement
Il. Sallandigham on the sidewalk
what the subject of the confab was is
not Tor me to say, nor is it german to
the matter in hand; but the singular
meeting of these parties was most sug-
gestIve. And here allow me to dieress
and give you little bit of the secret
! political history of the past two wears
After the defeat of Allan G. Thurman
for Governor of Ohio by small maiori-
ty, although the negro suffrage amend.
ment to the Constitution was voted
down by NEARLY $4,000, the Democracy
carrying the Legislature, in which they
had decided majority on joint ballot,
tremendous mass glorification meet
ing was held at Hamilton, Butler Coun-
ty, in which Chris. Hughes, a lifelong
Democrat, introduced a resolution un-
doubtedly written by 'fValr himself.
indorsing Vallandigham for the United
States Senate. Notwithstanding all the
efforts of the latter, he was largely
beaten in caucus by Thurman, who was
subsequently elected. While making
his canvass in Columbus ValIandigham
remarked, with that peculiar hyena
manner he has of showing his teeth
when excited: "Let George Pendleton
dare to oppose me for the United States
Senate, and I'll cut his throat political
lY, Cd d-n him ~ Although PEN
dleton took no open part in the fight,
his feelings were undoubtedly in favor
of Thurman, the successful candidate.
Mark the sequel: On the 9Th of July,
one year ago, six of the Ohio delegates
to the Tammany Hall Convention re-
tired, giving place to who? Clement
E. Pugh, and three others, whose names
the writer of this does not recollect-alI
professed Pendleton men, of course
Vallandigham gets in, and, while vot-
ing all the time for Pendleton, is really
cooperating with Dan VOORHEES, and the
other recusant delegates from Indiana,
who, in the face of their district and
State instructions TO go for Pendleton
first, last and all the time, took up Hen
bricks and went for him on every ballot
when Pendleton had the slightest ap-
proach to nomination. But the beau
ty of the whole matter was that upon
the meeting of the Convention on the
morning of the 7th" % July, Vallandig-
ham is selected by Mclean to read the
letter of declination, written him by his
friend and candidate on the Sd, thus rot
only permitting him to kill off his man,
but allowing him to preach his funeral
sermon afterward. When the writer of
this asked Mclean, some months since,
why was this thusly," in reply to the
question how became to open the door
and let Vallandigham in to slaughter
his man, he answered and said, with de-
cidedly more emphasis than piety,
cd d-n him; he promised to behave
himself, and we thought that through
him we could get certain Southern votes,
that we could not otherwise get ~ "Did
you get 'em ?" mot muehly, reckon.u
Vallandigham said in his letter publish
ed since the election, that had not Sey-
mour been nominated, Chase would
have been within an hour Mclean
was undoubtedly the head and front of
The movement to withdraw Seymour,
md put up Chase, Immediately after the
elections in Ohio, Indiana and other
States-a move that was fatal to the
Democratic cause, as il was the presage
If most disastrous defeat. The fact is
hat Wash. Mclean is a power in a city,
county or State campaign; even here he
s fast losing his grip; but when you
1--WE him the entire Union-''the whole
lnhounded Continent for field-he is
most wofully wanting, and no man
Knows it better at this present writing
han George HI. Pendleton.
These parties are interested in q good
many operations, and are much more
as financial than as political
operators