The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-01
EARLY FREE.sOILIsM IN OHIO
COUNTY.


Interesting ReminlSceneoS..The BIT.
ney Vote q Tria deIphin..FFee-SoiI
QuRkeTs 0G WOOlSIOGkssA Public
Discussion at HaneYtOWn.
To the Edition. Of the IntelligeDcer:
In 1874 the entire Abolition vote OF
Ohio county, some lG or 1S in number,
was polled at TrisdelphiA. 1t ID doubt
full II that ticket would have been receiv-
ed at any Of the other voting places. AT
that time they voted an open ticket, the
sheriff or deputy receiving the ticket at
the window and calling out the name oil
the voter and also the ticket which he
voted, and then handing It to the judges.
On this occasion l. W. Mitchell, then
county sheriff, was at Triadelphia in per-
son and received the tickets. When a
Blrney ticket was handed him, as soon as
he saw what ii was he would drop it on
the floor as though It burnt his fingers
and refused TO call them out. The Judges
would pick them up and properly dispose
OF them. Isuppose these tickets and the
poll book showing who voted them are
somewhere on file. don't know whether
any other votes were polled in the State
or not There was certainly none outside
the Panhandle. 1t was about this time
that the postmaster Of West Liberty dis
covered there was an "incendiary" (ant-
slavery paper coming to his office. He
laid the matter before Squire Brady, who
after examining the case, ordered the
papers 10 be burned. Accordingly fire
was built in the middle Of the street, the
dangerous papers were brought from the
Postoftlce and solemnly consigned ID the
flames We think tho paper 90 disposed
OF was the Bast0n RV01ap1HT, edited by
the late Joshua LeaVitt. " -. ~.
: 1t will be seen that Mr.. Wharton IN his
first letter gives some nanes as electors
on the Birney ticket that do not appear
on the ticket. These name, It is believed,
will be found on the Free Soil ticket for
'4s, which was organized in the 6hen.
nandoah Valley, at Woodstock, by . lii
tie band composed chiefly, If not wholly,
of QuakerS, towards whom public senu.
ment was more tolerant than any other
class Of anti.slavery citizens. 1nthis case
their treatment was In marked contrast
with that accorded to their cO-woEkcrs
in this part OF the State. The proceed
ings Of their meeting, including an sd.
dress, were published in Democratic
paper OF the above place, called, If we
mistake not, the Tenth Legion, containing
also an editorial notice disappearing OF
the object, but discussing the matter in a
courteous and respectful manner.
The proceedings Of that meeting were
also published in the Washington Nation'
al Era.
There was one public Free.soil address
in the State during that campaign.
There was to be political discussion at
HRneytown, Marshall county. Mr.. Mayes
Bell, having obtained the consent Of some
OF the managers, procured couple Of
Free-soil speakers, who were present at
rrtrrf rH
the appointed time. 1t was arranged that
they should participate on an equal foot
ing with the others, who WERE the
"glants Of those days. In this locality.
Montgomery, Martin Edgington, and z.
Jacob. The first three speeches were
delivered, according 70 the arrange.
ment, q Mr.. Hull representing the Free
soIlels. He was followed by Mr.. Edgiug-
ton, who refused to stop speaking when
his time was out, and thus prevented the
other speaker from gottiDgs hearing, and
this course appeared to meet with general
approval The meeting was held in .
grove within a stone throw Of The Penn
sylvania line According to our recollec-
tim, Russell Erret Was the man. who did
not speak. rr. -sf5 IONIC. S.
Ohio County, June %, 1878.