Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-23
Number 80

nopsis of the doings at Columbus since
the eoumencemento ofthe session, speaks
IN the following terms of the acts Of
Messrs- Townshsnd and Morse, and the
probable motives By which they were
governed. These men, and their aiders,
} abettors. prompters and supporters,
J must feel highly flattered with the no.
tice they are receiving: .,,
I'VE use calm words; vet we do not
the less feel that the people of Ohio and
the Wings ofthe whole Union are the
victims of a most scoundrelly conspira-
cy. wherein Townshend is the chief sc-
tor and Morse the obedient tool. The
predecessors of these men voted for the
apportionment law. Their eonstitn-
ents have never disspproved it; on the
contrary, by their votes for Seabury
Ford Governor--himsef one Of those
who voted for and sustained the law
throughout-they have tseitly ratified
the act. These members were elected
in opposition to the locofoeo candidates,
backed by all the clsmor they could
raise against the apportionment; and
now they sell the State, so far as they
have power. into the hands Of deliberate
law-breakers-into the control Of a par
ty whose primary instinct is anarchy.
'Of course this is not the eud. So
much would not be hassrded but for
the sake Of still more. There is doubt
less another chapter to the bargain,
whereby Salmon, P. Chase or some 9TH,
er Free Trade locofocO (professing Free
Soilism) is to be made U. s. Senator BY
the joint votes of the high contracting
parties; and very likely the division Of
the spoils is to proceed much farther
At all events, to the extent Of the abili-
ty of Townshend and Morse, the State
Of Ohio is given over, bound hand and
foot, to the tender mercies of locofoco-
ism. IN Y Tribune. icy
"But we have still further testimony
to this same fact. Mr.. Thompson, the
Representative from Delaware, writing
from this city on Wednesday last. to
the olentangy Gazette. (Of which he is
editor) says: 90
Two loco Judges were on the first
ballot elected for the staunch Wing co.
of Cuyshoga, and then came the ballot
for President of the Board Of Public
Works, to which office h. .. 1HmIin
was elected on the first ballot-every
democratic member voting for him, to.
gether with Townshend and Morse. If
there is one man in the State who has
felt disposed to doubt the existence Of
the corrupt bargain so frequently referr--
ed to, this last election must be suffi-L
cient to remove every vestage Of doubt.
But if this is not satisfactory evidence,
l will state, that a democratic member
declared in the House this morning, in
presence of several Wings, that regu-
lar written agreement was entered into
and signed by every democratic mem
Der but HIMSELF
"It is clear that by the tenor of the
treaty of arrangements between the
balance of power party and the late
democratic party, the latter is merged
in the former. Points cardinal in the
democratic creed, last October, are
now obsolete IDEAS Those who were
then vociferous in their declarations for
democracy content themselves with,
playing second fiddle to the abolition
orators! On the Western Reserve we
are to have Judge Wood, and Brinker-
hoff, and Stanton. and Judge Spaiding,
cleaning after Chase. Giddings, and
Briggs, and Hamlin-good Lordl In
the South and Southwest, Allen, and
Thurman, and Byington,. and Disney.
are to take lessons from Sam. Lewis, to
whose bishoprick they are assigned.
"Alasl for the democratic party
which bore its banner triumphantly
through the State on the l7thof Noyem-
Der last. Now, how fallenI The hum
bic recipient of favors from an eyanes-.
cent faction, boasting Of no other prin-
ciple than shrewdness at bargain-no
other meritthan the fortuitous balance
Of power But yesterday she bore her
head sloft and challenged respect from
every passer by. Now, none SO poor as
to do her reverence-the very bond
slave, the chattel Of those who have
purchased her for a consideration,
And what, it may be asked, is that
We answer, so far as
The items nominated in the bond have
.ranspired. they consist
1st. In the repeal Of the black laws;
Cd. The election of Chase to the SEN
lte;
Sd. The election of Spalding and
Caldwell to the Supreme bench;
4th. The securing to S. Medary the
printing to the House;
9Th. The dispensing of some thirty
title fishes in the shape, Of Associate
Iudgeships; and a. - ''T ~
9Th. The election Of the thing. Ham.
in. to the Board Of Public Works.
Honest democrats, we entrsat you to
ook at the catalogue and see il you be
lot proud Of the bargain Will it not
'e source Of pride and graduation in
u time to come, to look back upon the
resent elevated position and lofty bear
ng Of your partYs There is fable sx-
ant Of a certain description Of people
nding employment in leading apes in
Ell. But here is the locofoeo patty Of
)hio, late so proud--being ed about BY
rorse than apes, in this political Pan