Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-08-02

g1slatare IN 4ofo-0, HncE suo Dcn1V
crats had a large majority in that body,
by fusion of the Democrats and Free
Sellers, SALxok p. CEASE was elected
to the high and responsible station OF
United States Senator. 1t viii be re-
membered how deep was the sting OF
that election to the feelings Of majority
of the citizens of the State, when it was
announced by lightning tina. Salmon P.
Chase, the Locofoco abolitionist, was to
represent the great State of Ohio in the
National councils. Almost every Wing
and some few Democratic papers, de-
nounced the fusion as traitorous to the
interests of the country, and heaped in
vective after inyective upon the head
of this aspiring, selfish and false friend
of the blacks. They deemed that, by
this single act, Ohio stood disgraced in
the eyes of the Union, and justly too,
and sent up wall that was heard
throughout the land. Among the loud
est and most pitiful of these was the
Neigs Coantg Telegraph, then in its in
fancy, and SO inconsolable was it that
its friends had great fears that it would
fret itself to death, and long after the
matter had been reconciled and quieted,
the sobs of this bantling could be dis
tinctly heard. We joined in this hue
and cry and denounced Chase as unwor-
thy of seat in our National Legisla-
ture. We thought so men-we think
SO notc.
Time rolled round-the period for
which CHASE was elected. expired on
the 4th of March last. He served out
his six years, carrying out, so far as
laid in his power, his peculiar views,
which were repugnant to the feelings Of
all true Americans, and save in the opin-
ion of the ultra -abolitionists, were hos
tile to the quiet and peace of this Un-
ion. A few weeks since the Republi
can State Committee made call for a
convention, to be held at Columbus, for
the purpose of nominating a State tick
ct. This convention was composed of
few Wings and Democrats, but mainly
Free Soilers and Abolitionists. The
convention was held on Friday, and the
| Abolitionists assembled in Columbus as
early as the Monday previous, with
their plans all laid for the nomination
ofthe dernagogue CHASE, and as fast as
the delegates arrived they were tarred
by this abolition stick, the result of
which was clean majority of forty on
the first ballot for this aspiring aboli-
ton disunionist. And now, the very
papers, with few honorable exceptions,
that seven years ago denounced him in
the most bitter terms for his under
ground principles, are the loudest in his
praise. Even the weather-cock editor
of the Meigs County Telegraph has ceas-
ed his sighiugs and sobbings, and the
cry of negro in the pitt is music to his
ears, and the smell is very pleasant to
his olfactory nerves. He even admin
listers a rebuke to us for not doing like
wise, and accuses us of exhibiting
strong symptoms of Locofocoism. -
Were we to accuse poor THOMPSON of
bigamy, in having black wife and a
white one, (no insult to the latter,
would not the charge pass more current
and with greater weight than his charge
of Locofocoism against us? In our es-
timation he has not treated his white
wife with the respect due her color, and
in this has been as Inconsistent as his
course with Chase. To the white one
be devoted but scant quarter of COL
umn to the "regions of fancy" while
nothing short of one column and two
thirds would satisfy his Garrisonian
stomach for tbe wooly-head.
Now we are willing to leave it even
to the abolitionists to decide, whether
our course has not been more consis-
tent than the editor of the Telegraph.-
We were opposed to Chase's elevation
to the United States Senate; the editor
of the Telegraph was the same; and to
carry out our views of the man and the
principles he advocates, we oppose his
elevation to the Gubernatorial chair of
this great State; the editor of the 7ele-
graph has crawfshed and turned COM
pletely in his favor. Whose course has
been the most consistent? Poor Thomp.
son, 1--WE are sorry he has made such
an exhibition of HIMSELF" we thought
he was made of sterners stuff, but we
find him soft as moss mattrass.
@n it has failed TO rain here sin
gle day the past week, we do not re-
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