Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-04


la wri.iEg in my hand would show this ar
4 Irangemenl. Leius look 70. the arrange
neni itself. The Legisleiurel had divided
| Hamilton county into election districts
\ They assigned 10 Hamilton county cer,air
/ representatives 10 be eiecled, Two Of Them b,
The city lissticts, and three by county dis
if,rlcls. Tmay be wrong as 10 particulars
but in the principles am right And nov
4 the Democratic party, and some proininen
men among The Wings, believed the Legisla
4 lure had no power to.dfyideihe county. Th,
Democratic party, therefore, voted for ii
4 candidates from The. whole coun,ry--tht
Wing party vo,ed 70, thers from the Nv,
election districts. Judge Johnson in Els
charge against me correctly s,a,es. that ibi.
lcircumsance presdDtsd 'a'consiimdonsque
ZION TO The Legislature.s The House OF Rep
/ resenla,ivos was The Judge Of the Gpaliiica'
lion Of its members Of course. 1.-THE law
dividing Hamilton county was constitutional
the two Wing gentlemen were entitled Il
their seats; if it was Unconstitutional The
lwo Democratic gentlemen were entitled lc
theirs. gep E@ Faaaal
Il was my opinion then, frequently an
nounced. that The Legislature had no power
10 make that division. That opinion may
have been right or wrong. ! care nothing
Tor lis value now. But when these gen,le
men went TO Columbus they presented iheil
claims TO The House of Representatives
Now II an arrangement Of thai sor, had
been made, you can see what It's nature
would have been. I. would have been an
arrangement, on the part Of, these two gen.
llemen, who were admiued 10 their seats tc
receive their seats in consideration ol
giving their votes for mean arrangement
!, On the part Of those who voted for il, TO give
their votes on d judicial question IN consid-
era,ion lha, a friend others sssauld receive
certain political advantages. II these things
had been done and had not repented Of it
at once,it would have been satisfactory
Justification for any man declining 10 vote
for me-, would have been as bnd as
TO 60 TO the Court House and there make an
arrangement WIKI Judge lhaIhe should de-
eide particular Judicial question one way
or another, for a consideration Of apoli!ical
character, or any olher.. ! give up such a
transaction freely TO Whatever censure Judge
johnson or any body else chooses 10 bessow
on iI bu. i, so happens that there is NOT a
wcrd Of ruth in IL. Hears and cheers
No such arrangements was ever made; no
such understanding was entered into. Nei-
thor | nor any friend ofmine. as Iknowor
believe, ever knew any thing as 10 how
ihese genllemen would voiein reference 10
Senator, until weeks afterwards; OF cdnrse
|thefe was no underslapainn u i|1o, 1|'.e'
|nnd tkor6 Il IS <fitir1 h y u. oI|tc|, eilIief
a nlia6 ~ dDy body's baud, unless i bo
forced, Task them .ihsy make changes
againstiii1e, 10 produce il. Il would be fair,
just and, manly 10 bring forward 10 the pub.
lie the evidence on which charge Of that
sort rest There Is no foundation for IT,.
Il is entirely concoeted. The Two gentle.
men live among yout-Messts. Pugh and
Pierce; and whatever may be my political
differences with ,henl---and ON one great
question we never agreed-t know they
would speak The truth in this behalf. ! defy
any accuser oil mine upon tie most earnest
scruliny TO delecI among all my actions,
any deviation from the path which honor
and duty would prescribe in this matter.
Cheers. What are ,hsreal facS? There
were three parties in the legisla,ure-the old
Line Democrats, the Free Soil and The
Wing party. Neither Of these had the ma
jorily, lfrequired majority Of all mem
bers voting 10 gill any office, and it became
obvious therefore. that two of them must
unite or else no eleeion could be had, II
so happened The Freesoilers were anxious TO
have somebody in the Senate Of the United
States who would be independent Of the old
party organizations and therefore ready 10
resist any scheme Of aggression blythe Slave
power, without being ,rammeled by his Po-
lijical associations. Thev cared nothing
abou, who should be the Supreme Judges,
further than they should be homes, and cor
rect men. They were willing to elect Whig
or Democratic Judges, asking only that the
Judicial interest OF The country should be
safe IN their hands-aEd il was this Union
only lha. resulted in my election. One o.
the Judges elected, Judge Spalding, is now
acting with the Republican army--she olher,
Judge Caldwell, was "a man against whom
nobody could breathe word oil, objection.
Mr.. Chase then proceeded to say there was
acFon between these minority parties 10 the
election of Judges, &C., and il was. In thai
alone he would have had a different, course
pursued than wha. had been adopted. What
he suggested was, that inasmuch Us there
were three parties in the Legislature, and
ponei had a majority, The appointments
should be made according 10 the popular
majofi.y inlthe country; but There was such
a force o(party feeling that /, wes disregard
led, One winter there was q union between
Wings ard Democrats, another between The
Democrats and Frcesollers, and precisely
ihe snnne arrangements made us before.
alltis mol Tor me to say. (conlinued Mr..
Chase whether have filed The place as,
signed 10 me according to your will and
pleasure or not. Il is enough for me 70
know ,ha, during the time have been in
the Senate, have moi been fai,hless 10 your
inieress--( cheers, - enoughlor me 10 know
4 have always been waichful 10 see what
could do for ihe city Of Cincinnati and State
Of Ohio; and with The assistance Of dis.
llnguished Western citizen, Col. Benton. il
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