Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-07-11
From the Meigs Co. Telegraph.
Erre soflers-Mr. vfntou.

We publish to-day, the proceedingsl
OF the Free Soil convention at Wilks-
vile. We do so with feelings Of re-
gret and DISAPPOINTMENT. The Ian
guage made use Of in regard to Mr.
Vinton, is disgraceful and degrading
to any respectable body of men. No|
one whose feelings are not entirely
|oIunted by a fanatical zeal, could so
far forget what is due to the amen
|ities of life-to gentlemen from gen.
|tlemen-to citizen from citizen-to
representative from constituents
Ito desce d TO such a depth OF
'coniemptible ribaldry and vituPera7
tive slang. Mr.. Vinton has repre-
scented this congressional district ior
IA quarter of century in the nation
/ al councils-and we hazard nothing
lin saying-that no public man OF the
age has acquired a more eaVinbie
reputation, for integrity, ability, and
an undertaking consistency oil action,
No man in Congress has greater or
more deserved influence than Mr..
Vinton. Long before these men who
now denounce him, had ever thought
of this slavery question, Mr.. Vinton
was doing service to the cause Of
Freedom. His amendment to Cal
houn's scheme for colonizing the In
dian tribes, by which they were To-
Gated South instead OF North OF the
Missouri compromise line. thus erect
: ing the free States of Wisconsin,
Iowa, and in time Minnesota and
others, and restricting the formation
& of slave States over what is now the
5Creek, Cherokee, and other Indian
country, was a more substantial SER
8 vice to freedom, than the combined
hosts of Free Soilism have accom-
splished since their advent into the po
7litical world. The defeat of Walkers
amendment last Congress, which was
{ fdone almost solely under the lead OF
3Mr. Vinton, (and so acknowledged
4 10y the National Era was a service
of more importance TO the country
and to mankind, than the passage OF
$ all the Root resolutions that can be
+ framed between now and the extinc-
+ stion of slavery on this Continent
Yet these men are found maligning,
sridiculing and carricaturing Mr.. Vim
ston, and then, as if TO proclaim with
more distinct emphasis, the harlequin
character of their proceedings, pro-
pose 10 fill his place in the councils OF
5 the nation with the candidate named
Was ever such farce perpetrated in
open day in this district before?
We know what we say, when we
affirm, that there cannot be found ten
Free Soilers, in this county, who
approve of ( h a t resolution. We
know more, that there are not TWEEN.
sty-fve in this county, but who to-
morrow would vote for Mr.. Yinton,
in preference TO their own nominee
Now as TO the charge-we have
the authority Of Horace Mann, o.
Massachusetts, who voted for Root:
resolution-that il was ill-timed, anC
SO considered by the best anti-slave
ry men in Congress-a fre-brand
INTENDED for mischief and mischief
only. So much so was it consider.
ed, that even David Wilmot, the
great father of the Provlso, sat in hi:
Seat while the vote was taken--and
although t,cice called refused to vote
so indignant was he at the course
of Mr.. Root. What more is wanted
to show up this matter in its true
light.
More than this; as originally Of
fered, Mr.. Roots resolution instruct.
ed the committee to bring in a bill
to establish territorial government
for California--when it was known
THAT she had formed State constitu.
{ 5tion prohibiting slavery, which in ten
{ days was verified by the appearance
aof her Senators and Representatives
! at the Capital. Yet Mr.. Vinton is
: denounced for voting to lay such a
proposition on the table. Verify,
smen's stomachs are becoming very
sdyspeptic.
& We have pursued this subject far
enough. We feel it to be almost a
work Of supererogation to say any.
thing in vindication Of Mr.. Vinton,
in this district-but lest some might
be led astray, we have thought prop.
er to give facts. II the tastes OF Ger.
ltain ambitious men can only be graf.
! 7ifed by descent to such venality as
Exhibited by the resolution in ques-
ton, let them take their course. But
zthey must recollect one thing, that
political falsehood, som times at
taches to the moral reputation, and
the man who wilfully or deliberate
Iy utters a SANDER upon the political
character of a neighbor, would dc
! SO against his m o r al reputation,
were it not Tor remedies which exist
sunder the common counts.