Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-23

These are merely specimens from a
abundant crop Of opinions. but they ar
sufficient 10 make you proud Of you
nominee. Is he not pink Is be no
avhole collection of beautiful flowers
Smell him, taste him, feel him, hear him
look at him, and to which ever of tn
senses you apply him is he not perfsc
5eaztyf Peal out for him your loui
huEzas, vex the welkin with clsmorou
exultstion. let old Wing voices be lout
and joyous. 1t viii be proud day FOL
You when you deposite your ballot II
his favor; be is sueb a good man, such Q
seonsistsnf man, and he has done so much
for you. How enyiable you are in hay-
ing such a candidate. Ye are pure
Christians, forif .-smitten on one cheek
We turn the other or ye are pusillani-
nous towards and dare not vote against
q atrickster whose whole political exis-
tence has been one OF absnrdity, duplic-
ity and wrong.
Let me now proceed 70 prove that
Chase is Nulifer. In former times
the man charged with such horesy
was hissed as a traitor, and the entire
North would have sustained General
jackson in hanging John @. Calhoun for
proclaiming his seditious sentiments, but
in the present generation it is not only
tolerated but men who propagate the
doctrine are made chiefs in the synago-
que. Let me read you the following:
From the Ohio State Journal, March s, 1919.
THE NEW SENATOR or OHIo.-Salmon r.
Chase, elected by an unconstitutional Leglsia-
ture, TO be United States Senator for the State
of Ohio, will doubtless appear in the Senate
Chamber to-day, present his credentials, and
claim his seat as the Representative Of Sow
ereign State. He takes the place that has
been filed, for long series Of years, by the
undoubted Representative Of Ohio Locofoco-
ism. To that place hehas been mainly elect
ed by Locofoco votes. He received the united
suffrages of the whole party, and if he may
be deemed, by virtue of an election, to repre-
sent anything. that thing mustbe Locofocoism.
What that species Of Locofocoism is, which
Mr.. Chase represents. may perhaps be gather
ed from the following resolutions, introduced
W 1tLl q OouhclAllOtA VI <1oOLl4OiAAoeos A-oA-
den in this City, in lS43:
Resolved, That we hereby give it to be dis
tinctly understood, by this nation and the
world, that, as Abolitionists, considering that
the strength Of our cause lies in its righteous
ness, and our hopes for it in our conformity to
the laws Of God, and our support for the rights
of man, we owe TO the sovereign Ruler OF the
Universe, as proof Of our allegiance to Him,
In all our civil relations and offices, whether
as friends, citizens, or as public functionaries,
sworn to support the constitution OF the UNI
ted States, to regard and treat the third clause
of the instrument, whenever applied in the
case of fugitive slave, as utterly null and
void. and consequently, as forming no part Of
the Constitution of the United States, when
ever we are called upon or sworn to support it.
A part of the duties of Mr.. Chase, to-day,
will be to take solemn oath 10 support the
Constitution of the United States. OF course
ne will do it with a mental reservation Of GER
tain parts which do not harmonize with his
ideas Of human rights. he will swear to sup
port part. while he appears 70 call God 10
witness that he will support the whole. Ad-
mirable man, politician, moralist and Locofo-
co.
Here is Notification in its naked de-
formity and there are only two views
to be taken of this resolution. If Mr..
Chase carried out the doctrine of the
resolution af.sr Lv- e--e..> ts .~rrs-ti
the Constitution of the United States,
he perjdred himself, if he did not he
simply gave the lie to his promise. He
is welcome to either position, one he
must take, Some how or another / have
some regard for that old Constitution.
/ cannot but believe that the men who
formed it were about as patriotic as Gid
dings and Chase. 1t is probable they
loved their Country as sincerely as they
had done as much for it. Washington
was probably as good man as either
of them, or. at least / am ''old fogy"
enough to think SO. What a lovely na-
tionalinstrument those gentlemen would
make! They are too holy to live under
the present one and will trample it under
their feet. Neither the repeal of slave
ry if it could be accomplished or any
other cause would ever induce me TO put
into the hands of the ''harpies" of the
present day the good old work of our
fathers. Nothing is good enough for
these stainless statesmen, they preach
the "higher law" doctrine everywhere,
1t is part of their creed and Chase
is its violent supporter, and when any
law conflicts with what they call con-
science they say it is their duty to con-
denn and disregard it and thus preach
the doctrine of anarchy and riot. There
is not law upon the statutes of Ohio,
civil or criminal, which has not, at times,
had its fierce opponents for conscience
sake" because it conficted with their
views or interests. Adopt, as supreme,
this doctrine of conscience, and every
man becomes "judge. jury and execu-
TONER" Your courts can be repealed,
for conscience viii nulfy their decisions;
every determination of civil suit,
will soon find the unsuccessful litigant
with gripping tn the conscience,
and he denounces your law as "unholy."
Every criminal. fairly tried and con-
demned, viii have conscientious scruples
against punishment and claim release.
Conscience would become garb large
enough to cover mountain, or small
enough to be strained on bread basket.
But, permit ne, in a simple manner,
to present the effect, of the superiority
of conscience over human law, by a few
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