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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 2410 - 2415
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - United States (Cont'd)
2410 - L Aug. 6; ed:2/2 - It was Daniel Webster's influence with the
leading classes that sustained Fi llmore' s administration and enabled
it to weather the storm of northern indignation which some of its measures
had aroused.
Fi llmore, who owed everything to Webster, promised that he would
not run for re-election. In spite of this, he kept his name up for
nomination. When Webster saw that nei ther of them could get anywhere
on this basis, he asked Fillmore to withdraw, so that he himself might
carry the support of the South. Fillmore was not man enough to do this,
so Webster in shame went back to Maryland to die, hlt made this remark
after losing the respect of the North, "I thought I asked but little
when I desired the united vote of the South." (19)
2411 - L Aug. 7; ed: 2/1 - The second grand monster meeting of the young
men of Ohio was held yesterday in Fremont. With but a single railroad
running into the town, over 25, 000 attended. The young men's meeting
was a success far beyond the most sanguine hope. They are showing the
abiding depth of the Fremont feeling. (15)
2412 - L Aug. 7; ed:2/2 - The editor of the PLAIN DEALER is troubled
over the number in attendance at the Fremont meeting. "We wi 11 wager
Gur straw hat that there were more people at Fremont on Wednesday, than
will attend all the Buchanan Conventions to be held in this state from
now until November." (2)
2413 - L Aug. 8: 2/2 - James Myers, former 1 i eutenant governor of this
state, has always been one of the very pillars of Ohio Democracy. But
he declined the nomination for Congressman, saying that he could not
act with a party that supports the Cincinnati platform. He says he will
appeal to all his Democratic friends to cast aside all prejudice, weight
the great question of the campaign, and vote for freedom and Fremont. (15)
2414 - L Aug. 8: 2/3 - In a letter to the editor, "R" says: At a Democratic
meeting recently held in New York, a butcher by the pame of
Rogers said, "Fremont eats dog meat." A man in the crowd yelled loud
enough to be heard that Fremont never ate as much dog meat as every
man in the room had eaten. Rogers asked the man to prove his statement.
The man arose and to the surprise of everybody in the room sa id, "1
shouldn't think you would need proof of anyone who has made sausage
for you as long as 1 have." The effect was electrifying and the meeting
bruke up with cheer upon cheer for Fremont. (4)
2415 - L Aug. 9; ed: 2/2 - In this great pol itical battle now going on
in our land, many know that the government must be rescued from the
hands of the semi-barbarians now controlling it, but are doubting that
it can be done. But if every believer of true government will turn out
and vote, victory is certain. (13)