Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-23
REMARKs OF JOS. B. eEIaFR.

h, 1855. -, -
The last time I appeared on this stant
was for the purpose of dissecting the
political body of. Edison b. 0lds, now
deceased. i am now here to make 8
post morteza examination of the remains
of one Salmen p. Chase, who at the
18th of July convention was made
s'dead unto sin and alive unto righteous.
ness,"- and is now presented to the peo-
pie of Ohio, blameless as a candidate
for the Office of Governor. The puri-
flying process of that convention obliter-
ated ali his foul antecedents and bap.
tized him in sinlessness from henceforth
eye Gods and little fshes!'' a-Ah
Six years ago the man who would
hare stood before Wing audience in
Columbus to urge the impropriety oi
voting for Chase would have been con.
sidered a simpIeton. If he had ther
said that they would vote for him in
1855 for Governor they would have
called him liar and puppy, to thus
insult their sense of decency. And
there are not 10000 men of all who
will contribute by their ballots to bis
success, who if put under oath would
notswear they believe him to be politi-
cally corrupt. You had good reason
for despising bis conduct then. In
your honest Indignation against his To-
cofocoism. his abolitionism, and his sac.
rifce Of the law of the State to pave his
way 70 station and power you were
right, and as honest men you could not
do otherwise than detest him. He is
still the same man in sentiment, he is
uhchangsd--he has no penitence for his
iniquity, but you have changed, if you
give him your support. and either give
the lie to what you formerly asserted as
to his behavior, or else give your volun-
tary ratification to the vilest political
gambling that ever disgraced our State.
Past party differences may and proba-
bly, should be forgotten, but the politi-
cal dishonesty of every man should be
ever remembered for condemnation,
and particularly is that man to be avoid
ed whose first step on the public stage
was through fraud, because in all after
movements he is likely to employ the
means experience proves successful. 1t
will not do for you hereafter to complain
of any wrong he may perpetrate, for
you will have voted for him with the
proof glaring in your eyes that but little
is sacred that stands in the way of his
lawless ambition. To oppose his cleo
ton is the result of the teachings of the
fathers Of the party, and an ordinary
detestation of ehicanery. Orrin Follet,
Esq, one of the present editors of the
Ohio State Journal, man of thought,
knowledge and sagacity, went much
farther than now claim it to be the du-
ty of honest men to 60, and l am cer-
tainly not uncharitsble enough to be-
lieYe that what he'wrote but short
time ago was not the result of upright
conviction. He fully justifes action
against Chase, and says honest men can
adopt no other course. In aletter to
the Ohio Stste Journal, dated July 10th,
1853, hesays among other things:
."IrhaFe noticed with satisfaction the
general course pursued by the State
Journal since the Presidential election,
on the subject of union with the Free
Soil party, or the "Free Democracy"
as it delights to be called. This prop
osition of union, or amalgamation, is the
most impudent thing of the day, unless
it may be the profession of patriotism
by the leaders of the Free Democracy.
The assumption ofpatriotism is merely
asacrifce of individual self-respect; the
proposition of coalition contemplates a
ike sacrifice on the part of the Wings
for the benefit of these patriots! against
which every Wing has a right to pro-
sfThe question arises, very naturally,
what thenis the duty of the Wings of
Ohio? Shall they maintain their or
ganization, or shall they disband? l
answer, they cannot disband if they
would. Ispeak of Wings, true Wings;
men who adhere to their principles
to'the great leading principles of Wash
ington and Jefferson. and their worthy
successors, wherever found and howev-
er classed.. Least of all, as friends of
the,Union, can the party subside into
modern Freesoilism, or that other ism
which in New York is known under the
name of Barnburners, or 'spoils party
There islno country in either of these
organizations. They are sectional and
selfish in their aims-disorganizing and
debasing in their tendencies. Every
true man whose aspirations and hopes
are for the preservation of the Union,
and the spread of representative De-
mocracS, viii take his stand upon the
broad platform Of the Constitution, as
expounded by the early fathers of the
Republic, and leave these disorganizers
to their chosen way.T1f
Contrary to his prediction many of
the Wbigs did disband. but the princi-
ples and movements of the Free Soil
Party are unchanged, and be is among
the "DisoryapizsFs. hls ilJD ss ,eas8
Our most excellent friend Bascom,
anbther editor OF the journal at this
time. had the control of it some years
ago. and in that Journal Of Oct. lst,
1851. be discourses 'ssweet music as
follows: ...s.
-sSxFafoR WADE.--We perceive that