Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-09-20

impress the idea that the editor had the reso
luton, charged to have been in my hand writ
ing. before himi But no such thing, and nov
he ereePs down and out Of bis position, simply
saying that he had the printed resolution
which be understood was the hand writing O
Mr. Chasel had heLrd Of the resolution be
fore It had been published and attributed 10 me-
in the Cincinnati Gazette. then edited by Judge
Wright. know him 10 be an honorable mAp
aud addressed to him note stating the facts
in the case' which note was promptly publish.
ed, and there, as had right TO expect, the
matter would rest When took my seat in
the Senate. l was eouueousy met by Senators
from the South, as well as from the NORTH
But by and by, these gentlemen, when they
found my determination TO remain firm in the
support Of the principles was known to rep.
resent, changed tone and bearing. They un-
dertoOk 10 drive me. Some scaven ger-and
there are always scavengers from the north, at
Washington, eager to do the vile work Of an
olIgarchy-some scavenger, say, procured
for Mr.. Butler, of South Carolina, an old news
paper containing the long ago refuteG charge,
that The Carrisonan resolution Of The Buffalo
convention was written by myself The debate
on the occasion is published in the CongresliOn-
al Globe.
Mr.. Chase read from the Globe extracts
from his speech in reply to Senator Butler, in
which the former declared that be never wrote.
proposed or voted for, resolution Ike the one
referred TO: In his place in the Senate, Mr..
Chase had said he was not sorry Mr. Butler
had found the biography Of himself (Cbase, }
OF sufficient Importance to occupy his attention,
but the newspaper scrap attributed to him
sentiments he had never endorsed or counten-
anced.
Well, my friends, here was the public record
OF my vindcatOn, from this long ago refuted
calumny. It was in the official reports of the
Congressional Globe, where Mr.. Medary, as a
professional politician, is fairly supposed 10
have read it. More than that; few days af-
ter the occurrence in tAe Senate, Medary him.
self published some note of the affair and
gave nv relutation Of Buffers charge. For
what then is tLis story revAmped and Circula.
ted, but to prejudice the Republican move.
meuI! Shakespeare, enumerating the differ
ent shades Of falsehood, speaks of the lie cir
cumstantial, the lie inferentiaI, etc., and final
ly the lie drect--this lie in the Statesman NAV
not come in the last class, but it has all the
rest. (Laughter.)
The third charge brought against your can
dldate for Governor, is that of 'disunion.' l a.
disunonisLI Point 10 me sentence, an ex-
preston, word, coming from my pen or
my tongue, from which sentiment of disuni-
on can be inierredI Point to me an expires.
sion, sentence, letter, that is not full of
loyalty to thi. Union. I have written much,
and it has fallen to me 10 make many public
addresses; much of both has found its way in
to the public prints, but no man can point
to aught that conflicts with that loyalty. L
have never calculated the value of the Union,
know of no arithmetic by which its worth may
be computed. Stretching between the twenty
ffth and forty fifth parallels of latitude, aud
reaching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Paci-
6c, cemeuted by the rock-ribbed hills, united
by iron bands, united, as well as divided, by
great rivers, this Union is as dear to me as it
can be to any other. There are Two parts of
the country where this UnOn is lightly regard
ed; by Garrison and his friends in the North
with whom l have no sympatby-and by
.he nullifers Of the South, with whom I have
10 sympathy. l I.chance to have here, in the
shape Of printed report. specimen of the
lisunion sentiments popular in portions of the
Southern States. 1t is the proceedings of
Meeting held in 'Wbippee S~amp,'-sugges-
i've name-down in the Carolinas. The
'hivalry met there, and among their toasts is
,ne to the 'Disunionists of l776-we homer the
lay and We would do better to honor their
leeds (Sensation.)
Fellow citizens, the men who vilify me are
men in sympathy with the professed disuniou'
SITS of Whippee Swamp. The enemies offree
erritorieS are ruled by the rulers of Whippee ,
Swamp. Where is the strength ofthis present
National Administration? Not in the free
North, not in Ohio, where its Kanzas Nebras-
"a viIlainy has been greeted with thunder tones
If indignation general applause but in the
Whippee Swamp of the CarOlinas.
Thus then dispose of the charge Of disu-
niOnist sentiments. and may ftly add what I
'aid in the Senate--that we in the West, new
'r computed the commercial value Of the Uni
IN, regarded it as everlasting, like the arch Of
heaven, never to fall--in this did 1 misrepre.
sent you? (nO, nO.) Where then do we, the
Republicans in Ohio, stand in this canvass
I have differed from some of you widely
upon cardinal principles, but
upon the time o: their application. Ny con-
victions have been that the question of the