Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-09-20

I do not like Mr.. ]. H. Baker, tbs
candidate for Secretary Of State. be-
cause he is false man. He said at one
time he would not vote for Salmon P
Chase, but the poor. pitiful skalarag
wants to know Just where to drop him
and he'll do it.
But great many think we ought tc
swallow The whole ticket-like the mar
who had FIVE dishes set before him
four we're very palatable, but the fifth
was an old sinking skunk. They
seem to think it very strange that man
cannot take the skunk with the four
that we do not object to.
We must Judge man by his antece'
dents; that is what you must form your
opinions by. But not so in the case o.
Chase. They tell US we must let hi:
antecedents alone, and treat him as g
man white as snow. Mr.. Chase claims,
also; that he ought to receive the sup
port of the Know Nothings. l cannot
see what he has ever done for them.
have understood that he owned paper
in Columbus, called the Columbian,
and that paper has done nothing fol
them but lie about them.
You had L. D. Campbell down here
short time since; if he said anything
in favor of Chase, he has changed his
tune very suddenly. "a voice from the
audience here said that he did not sup
port Chase's election. lam glad oft
for in Columbus he had access to let
ter from Chase, denouncing the Know
Nothings.
The speaker here quoted a letter
from Joshua R. Giddings, who he con
tended was Chase's right hand bower
in which the following language occur.
red: awe hold that no man adhering
to the Know-Nothing party can be
qualified for the Office, nor should he
receive vote from Republicans" But
now Chase and his party ask for theil
votes, as right; but / would like tc
know when he has ever written or spo'
ken in favor of the Know Nothing par
ty. But on the contrary, it has beer
denounced; and why? because its mem
bers are Union men, and walk in the
footsteps of the men of '76. The
Union has made us what we are as a
nation, and in the heart of every true
man it will be held sacred forever-a
Republic, the pride and pattern Of the
earth.
At the conclusion of the Generals
speech he was loudly cheered-it wa:
evident the people were aware that ht
had made some home thrusts, and told
many an honest truth.
JUDGE JoHNsoN's SPEECH.
Judge Johnson was next introduced
and was received with enthusiasm
Numerous calls, however, were made
for "Tom Corwin." The audience, II
an excellent humor with the capita
speech of General Geiger, was prepared
to listen with patient interest to the
hammer arguments of the political Aja1
of Hamilton, and therefore greeted hi'
appearance cheerfully.
He said that it seemed to him tha
the people had assembled in very large
numbers, for the purpose of ratifying
the nomination of Allen Trimble, fol
Governor of Ohio, on the National Re
publican platform. (Cheers.) For hi
part, he could have no connection will
any political party that could not, O.
would not bear connection with the tern
National. { (Cheers.)
He scorned any title indicating any
thing distinct from nationality, wher'
great principles were at issue, and tha
such were implicated in the present con
test was manifested in every movemen
made by the different parties engaged
in the strife. He believed that Allel
Trimble was the man for the occasion
He dates back to the days of pure re
publicanism, when such men as Jeffer
son and Madison were esteemed as rep
resentatiYes of republican patriotism
and was always found striving in tina
good cause. (Cheers.
He does not believe that Chase is
pure man. His antecedents rebutteC
the idea. He had been upon all side
of every political question; had been
Wing, Democrat, an Abolitionist,
Freesoiler, Free Democrat, Repub
lican, political contractor general, an
was not therefore, the fit man to repre-
sent the people of Ohio as their Gov
ernor. He had not been true to an,
party; had been traitor to all, and 70
self-advancement, and for the further
ance of his selfish objects, had alway
been ready to descend to the depths {
political self-abasement.
His course at Columbus in 1948 an
'49, at the time he was candidate 70
the U. S. Senatorship, wheHshe coquet
ted with the Democrats, and held ou
inducements to the Wings; when b
sold himself to the first, by contractin
with them-naming certain stipulation
for the Office of Senator, and finally
to induce them to cast their sufrage'
by which he was elected to the elevate
dignity to which he aspired, by pledg
| ing his faith to them that he was 8
1 good and true a Locofoco as the best {
i them,-reminded him of the anciel
custom of feudal ages, denominated tt
;uramentuns fdslatdtstn, signifying Il
loath of yilleinage by which the villeiI