Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-16
JOSEPH BRADBURY,
A. D. SAUNDERS,
A. PETERSON,
JOHN A. MAUCK,
GEORGE 1. RUP,
LEWIS LINDSEY.


We part company with you, gentle
men, without regret, and dif your patron
age and support of the Journal is only
to be obtained by its advocating your
principles and supporting your men, the
Journal and you have parted company
so long as it remains under the control
of its present proprietor. That aboli-
tionists should rejoice at the nomination
of this man Chase, and rally to his sup
port, is matter of course; he is and
has been for years, the bright particu-
lar star of this faction, leading them
whithersoever he would, but always in
opposition to those who were laboring
for reform in our State Legislation, and
healthy, just and rational sentiment in
the Union.
The abolition author of the above,
Mr.. Joseph Bradbury, does not deny,
and thus admits, two of our charges
that Mr.. Chase is a locofoco and aboli-
ZIONIST. Indeed, to deny this, requires
the shameless effrontery of Chase him
self. A radical, free trade locofoco
were the claims put forth for himself,
endorsed by that party in Ohio, when
elected TO the Senate, and with that
party he acted while in the Senate
Once at least, since 1910, he voted the
locofoco State ticket, but never voting
for Wings. He was by the aid of his
two abolition friends of infamous mem
ory, and the united locofoeo vote, elect
ed to the U. S. Senate, after multiplying
law of the State passed the previous
year by Wing Legislature, thus un-
seating two members from Hamilton
county legally and constitutionally elect
ed. Salmon P. Chase is a locofoco ab-
olitionist-always bitter opponent of
Whig men and Wing measures, and
whenever possible defeating their ascen-
dency in the State and Nation--justly
emitting himself to the reputation of a
dishonest, corrupt and proaigate politi-
clan. He is a disunionist, as are all of
his abolition crew. Any one who re-
fuses to acknowledge every part of the
Constitution of these States as equally
binding with the balance, and refuses
to obey and recognize laws passed un-
der and by virtue of it, is no friend to
the Constitution and the Union, but an
enemy to both-he is a disuniOnist.-
That Salmon P. Chase, Charles Sum-
ner, and we presume the names signed
above, regard as null and void, and so
speak of and treat as private and public
men, that clause of the Constitution
which requires the surrender of fugitive
slaves, and openly disregard and refuse
to obey all laws passed under it, we
presume will not be denied. In 1S43
the abolition (then yclept liberty party,
at Convention at Buffalo, passed unan-
imously the following resolution, which
had been unanimously reported to said
Convention by committee of which
Chase was a member:
ResolUed, That we hereby give it to
be distinctly understood by this nation
and the world, that, AS ABoLIT1oN1srs,
considering that the strength of our
cause lies in its righteousness, and our
hopes for it in our conformity to the laws
of God, and our respect for the rights
Of man, we owe to the sovereign Ruler
of the Universe, as a proof Of our ale
oidnce to Him, in our civil relations and
Offices, whether as private citizens, or as
public functionaries, ssOorn to support the
Constitution of the United States, to re-
gard and treat the third clause of the
instrument, whenever applied tothe case
of fugitive slave. as utterly null and
void, and consequently as forming no
part Of the Constellation Of the United
States, vheneper we are called upon or
ssOOrn to supportit. rhs
If man. or a party, who favor the
above, can be. called Unionists, then the
less Union men we have the better
No, they are rank traitors to the Con-
stitutiou and union Of these. United
States; and such man is Salmon P.
Chase-tsa red mouthed locofoco aboh-