New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-08
Letter from Hon. joshua Y. Giddings.
JprfrnsoS. ono. Sept. ., Isl.

JEFFERSON. OHIO. Sept ., lo5l.
Mg. GREELEy-Dedr Sir: | had not met
with YOUR con nerts in The Tribune upon ny letter
TO Nj Donaldson until this day. For my letter, for
every sentiment and thought which II contains,
shan cheerfully bold myself responsible For placing
II IN connection It'll those Of other gentlemen, writ
ten upon other subjects, and for your msrepresena
ton Of II. Won Of course Will feel responsible.
Asmy .ei,er indicates in Its language and spirit
had no thought Of. nor reference to- the Democra-
tie Convention nor 70 TIE election o. General Hols-
ton nor to any Convention, nor 70 any candidate
whatever. OF Nj Donaldson. know nothing. !
could call 70 mind no circumstances which led me
10 suppose had ever heard OF him before mVchleSs
had the least suspicion that he belonged 20 any
Committee or was seeking he nomination Of any
particular candidate 70 the Presidency - lar a
was able 20 understand his letter, supposed MN
q Bauburncr Of your state. CesIous OF BRING
ing the Democratic party 10 the support OF Free >Du
principles. and of obtaining the names OF gentlemen
In Ohio who sympathlzed IN that object. IN short
understood him precisely as my answer PLAINLY lnli-
Gates NAV have misunderstood his letter. for. as
say in nv answer. d" was unable 70 decypher much
of IL" But stated 10 HIM distinctly the IDEAS had
obtained from 1t. and gave him the names OF gentle
men understood 10 be IN favor OF Drm5ng me Demo-
cratic party TO the support of Human freedom.
The publication of The Herald gave me the nrst
intimaiion of Mr.. Donalisons belonging to the
Gen Iousfon's nomination. Although somewhat
accustomed 10 seeing my views and position mlsre-
presented BY partisan presses. am teI desiIouS Vi
correcting such mlsTeprese nations when WITHIN my
power. Very respectfully, j. X GIDDINGs
Reply
M Glddingss vague, unsupported charges Of
instrumentation are unworthy of his public po-
sition We have said nothing to Justify them.
and he has no right 10 prefer them. His charge
that ne placed MS Donaldson epIste In unfair
connection with other letters, we also repeL
We found 1t in such connection in public Iour-
nal, printed II fairly and fully, with very few
comments, and those undoubtedly justified by It's
tenor We did not charge that it was written
with reference to The next Baltimore Conven-
ton, to the nomination of Gen. Houston, nor
any other person. and his protes'ations OF lnno-
cence are entirely uncalied for. The letter
speaks for itself. and so spoke IN our columns.
That Mr. Giddings has become thoroughly
alienated from the great party which first sent
him to Congress and long sustained hin there,
Is an mdeniabe fact. That he has now more
sympathles with the false pretenders to Demo
cracy than with his old friends, is also true and
this his letter to Donaldson indicates He Is
now dong the homework of those pretenders
as truly as # he were openly in their camp. His
task is to draw of and throw away the votes OF
the sincere Antl-Slavery men OF Northern OHIO.
mine .tonths Of whom were formerly Wings anu
still prefer the Wing party TO It's great antago-
nistO while Chase, Taylor, Miller X Co. execute
flank movement and carry back their sham
Free Sellers into the regular LOco-Foco camp.
In this way, Mi Ynton and the Wings are to be
defeated. and LoCo-Foco Who stigmatizes M
I'll dings's County as benighted Ashtabula' Il
to be trumphantly reelected. The bad taste and
mal-adroIiness of this stigma are transparent
when we consider that there Is scarcely an UNI
educated man or woman IN Ashtabula, while III
Ioco-Foco Hamilton, which GOV. Wood holds
up to admiration III contrast with Ashtabula'
large share OF the voters cannot read the ballots
they shove in for Wood x Co. II Wood Is re-
elected and Ohio thus chained for another year to
the car of Loco-Focolsm, Joshua r. GiddmgS will
have done more than any other man to secure
this result He has done more already than
any other man 10 render the Western Reserve
a political nulty. and give over the State to the
undisputed rule of those who deem that Re
serve benighted' region. The position he now
holds, the influence he exerts, are the reverse
OF those of 1874, when he did not profess to be-
leye in the devotion OF Medary, Gable, krum \
Co to the cause Of Freedom and Progress. In
the words Of Gen. Taylor's application for blood
hounds to use IN the Seminole War, We in pub
hshiug lis Donaldson letter " did not wish to
IVORY him, but only 10 ascertain where he may
he found" We do not think his tracks are yet
covered