Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-09
From the ciDcindati Times
HILLsBoRo', July "a, 1885.

can Order of Highland couaty," would
very respectfully call your attention tc
the position which you occupy as it.
Temporary President, and the conseouen.
ces resulting from your arbitrary and
visionary policy IN attempting to con.
troll such party, and lead them in the
Icrooked paths Of political corruption, in
which denaagogues are wont to stumble
have examined carefully circular
over your signature, of the Esd inst,
addressed to "The Members of the
American Order" in which you recon.
mend the policy Of adopting the ticket oi
the Columbus Convention of the 18th
inst. This is prefaced by very beau.
tiful and forcible eulogium on the purity
and sublimity of the mission of the Amer.
lean party, which l adopt in its broad
est and most enlarged sense; and it is
because so appreciate and value the
purity and principles of the American
Order, that l have forsworn my former
political associations, and have pledged
all that is worth preserving-my honor,
and my truth and integrity as a man
to uphold and advance this glorious
cause. And now, in the very hour of
our triumph and success, in presenting
firm and solid platform before the
world, upon which every patriot may
stand, and when the masses, watching
with intense interest the movements Of
this incorrrptible party, are forming m
to line, we find traitor in our camp
ike "Hull''' at Detroit-compromising
the honor and integrity of our Order, by
a cowardly and traitorous surrender of
our glorious banner to one who is our
deadliest foe. 1f3
l am an older citizen and an older
politician, Mr.. Spooner, than you, and
l tell you that among honorable men in
Ohio, there is but one feeling and one
sentiment on this subject-that is, a fix
ed determination to preserve the
american party in TACT" and free from
any entangling alliances and fusions,
which do not recognize the leading and
cardinal doctrines of the American Or
der, and which do not give the lead and
prominence to them in carrying out
those political reforms contemplated in
its organization. IH r-.'..
1t is time, Mr.. Tom Spooner, you
should learn that the American party,
of Highland at least, are not set of
cravens and poltroons, to be bribed,
bought and sold at the beck and nod of
those ephemeral political puppets who
happen to constitute themselves leaders
and directors of patriots and freemen.
Can it be possible, that in this enlight-
ened day, and among men of mind, of
principle and of character, who had dar-
ed before the world to maintain the
honor and integrity of American citi-
zens, and whose ethics make no distinc-
lion between moral and political corrup- !
lion, that we find at the very head of
our Order one who unblushingly repu-
Hates our faith, and would prostitute !
our honor at the unholy shrine of which
Chase and Giddings bow in servile hu-
initiation.
This is long sentence, but l wish
you to ponder it well and memorize it,
oefofe you make further attempts upon
he credulity and confidence of the
American party.
We claim, in Highland, to have pen
.trated into the movement on foot at
and had the honor of enter
ng the first protest against the covert
md insidious act of postponing a nomi-
lation until after the 18th of July.
We were satisfied that a few design
ng men were then aiding and abetting
chase in manufacturing, for the press,
he humbug issue of slavery in Kansas
nd Nebraska, and we protested against
he so-caHed Republican Convention,
nd warned our friends in Highland not
o meddle with it. We sent no dele
.ates clandestinely, as recommended by
ou in other sections of the State, to
ontrol its action. We are, therefore, q
ot bound by any principles of honor
nd good faith to abide the doings of
in which, as party, we
ould not fairly and honorably enroll
urselves. If men like yourself violat-
d the principles of our Order in attend
lg that convention, do you suppose the
onest yeomanry of the country, who
onstitute the order in Ohio, are moral ::
: bound to submit? You say we are, !
! as much as there was no protest of
,red at the time. Is it likely that this /,
rotest would come from the very men !
-ho plotted the treason, and BETRAYED
he integrity of the American party?- !
Ee have repudiated the whole concern !
5 an utter violation of the principles
nd constitution of our Order, and to .,
lstain which would present us before !
le world as the meanest, most servile,
,rrupt and Infamous of all coalitions
hich have ever iisgraced the country. e
The sophistry and Jesuitism which =,
laracterize your circular, to induce =
onest and confding men to adopt the S
of S. P. Chase, is charac- r
ristic of the man who has the effronte- \
; to constitute himself director of the u
,nsciences of honest and confding citi- a
ms, who are bound to preserve the y
'nor and integrity of the American Ia
rder, as rising superior to any petty
heme of temporary political interest. 81
emagogues may reason thus, but pat a.
'ts alone have the polar star of honor c'
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