Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-07-29

Of Governor The gathering was a faip one,
embracing, OF course, large infusion of Re-
publicans, who were as much Interested to
see and hear the coming man.. as any of his
own faith kidney. The General was received
at the station and csooBiedto the Fisk House,
where citizens of both parties were introduced
to him, aud enjoyed brief space Of his jolly,
good humeP, and his genial and gentlemanly
manners. Two was the hour for the speech,
and the Band preceded him TO the stand. The
meeting was organized by the choice Of WIN.
f. HUBBARD, Esq, as charmon, JoaY +.
STRONG, ESQ, as secretary, and mortal reti
nue. of IA vice.presidents, selected from vari-
GUS paris of the county Considering the or
10 hundred gathered, it was right that these
officials should bear correspondingly impos-
ing andtnumerisal proportion. Upon taking
the chair, the presiding officer made very
neat opening speech, which q proper Difference
and decoriuni might have made the key. note
Of what was TO follow, as it was pure, unadul-
terated democracy, regardless of the logic Of
the war, new departures admissions Of error,
or any childish or unmanly squeamishness
about standing by the old faith. State rights
and constitutional amendments were put in
their proper category-just where the polit-
cal instincts of the party, without adultera.
ton or accommodation would place them.-
Unfortunately for the harmony of the enun
Citations of the occasion, the General was
here with his printed speech in his pocket,
and there was no deviation from the line, pos
sble /; so we were entertained with State
rights avowed and State rights dodged-wth
constitutional amendments denounced, and
constitutional amendments accepted as bind
ing and authoritative. The negro having
breathed the air of constitutional freedom,
could never be reduced to the normal condi
tion of slavery. Whether the meeting endors-
ed either or both these positions, we had no
means of Judging, for, excepting the demon.
stration at its close. there was, during the
whole speech, but one effort at applause or
approval. We had intended, from pretty full
notes taken of the speech of the occasion, TO
give an abstract, but as it has been published
broad cast, this seems to be uncallcd for all
have probably read it rom the daily papers,
who cared to be informed Of the mental abili-
| ty, scholarship and statesmpnshp of the
chosen leader Of the Democracy. As he has
| made his own record of this Occasion-fxcd
and nquestionable-therc is no room for mis-
| reT rescntation. The text is there, and any
who have read the speech may have seen, or
not-according to thcir political bias-its tur-
| gid and ill.defncd attempts at argument. The
points made are rare indeed, and in scarcely
an instance are his premises laid down and
tue deduction drawn with the clcarness which
L al,
fined, clearly understood subject. Ovcrncarly
| all of the many subjects introduced, in this
deliberately prepared tfiort, he is loggy, heavy
and apparently loundering where he is unable
to touch bottom. How strkingly is this true
| of the financial question. The subject was
| mudded in the writing, and still worse mud
died in the delivery. So with the tariff. 1t
was evident beyond question, that he dill
not comprehend either Of them, and his at
tempt 10 grapple with them, drew upon the
| sympathy and commiscration of his hearers.
His attempt to show n similarity between the
platforms Of the two parties in 1868, was u
| piiiful failure. He had not taken the trouble
| to provide himself with the documents, and
was unable TO state their avOwed agreement
f'r the reason that he was not posted on the
subject which il seem any neophyte who had
ever read them, might be- Then his OCCASION
al declaration that he might talk on this sub
ject and on that, but for time, &C. showed
how lily prepared he was to stand before an
Ashtabula audience to make his opening
speech of the campaign. His delivery was
halting, hcsitatng and painful, and the whole
thing was sprilless, sadly disjointed and dis
credtable and fell with n chug like that o
throwing a stone into the mud. We can well
imagine If the Generals fighting qualities
were no more graceful and iacile than this
stumplng effort, the fighting McCooks would
not be ambitious TO acknowledge any of the
bonds Of eonsanguinity between them. Gen
GEO. W. MCGooK is n dead cock in the pit
and the Republicans of the State can 60 ne
better than TO supply all the inducement!
ncediu 10 keep him upon the stump until TN
day of election. He could exert a power in
directly that few could equal IN u direct move
ment against the works of the enemy The
fate of the Democracy in Ohio, is sealed
The Herald, after reading the speech, wind
up its notice of 1t thus
From the chaotic mass Of disiointeC
|
three definite points. Mr.. McCool
sneers at the earpet.baggers, touches
slightly on the reconstruction legislation
says the expenditures of the governmcn
are eXtravagant, spends few vague re
marks on the tariff mentions the Ku
KIux bill, and "would have liked" to re
fer to the greenback question, the rail
road grants, and a few other topics o
interest, but reirains from doing 80. IT,,
only subject on which he dwells Mt al
are the payment of the $50 bonds il
gold or greeLbacks, the quarrel Of th,
Presidents and Senator Sumner on tn,
San Domingo question, the summer trip
Of the President and Cabinet, ard til,
pardon Of Bowen. These are absolute
ly the only subjects he attempts to dis
cuss At length. Considering that the 8
, 20 question is not before the people il
t any shape just now that San Domingo
and Senator Sumner have no more TO dc
. with the State affairs OF Ohio than ha
!. the color of Mr.. McCook's Sunday
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