Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-09-06
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Il Freesoilers and Abolitionists, and to A. T
Hocomo, who called the abolition meeting al
Kyger, and Alexander Logue, who presided as
4 chairman at that meeting, in particular, an
attentive perusd is requested to speech Of
Hon. Joseph h. Geiger, published In that days
: paper. For myself, have done as you re-
, quested, and must say that have not been
edited or instructed. The speech appeared to
me TO be the boiling over Of the heart of an in
idei and disappointed politician The man
: ner in which he commences his speech, / think
is sufficient to warrant fhis conclusion he
saws. 81 am here to make post mortem exam
lination of the remains of oneSalmon P. Chase,
who, at the 18th July convention, was made
] "dead unto sin and alive unto righteousness" I"
and is now presented to the people of Ohio
blameless, as candidate for Governor. The
purifying process of that convention oblitera-
ted all his foul antecedents, and baptised him
in sinIessness from henceforth. aye Gods and
/ little fishes.""' / will make no further quo
tatlons or comments upon Mr.. Geiger's speech.
l also find it stated in your paper, that ''on
Sept. 18th, Nessrs. Chase, Campbell, Moore,
and c. N Olds, are appointed to address the
Black Republicans in this place" We re-
quest all to come out. Come out, Eye honest
old Wings" Trimble men, Democrats, Free
soilers, all come out, ''who have the integrity
and purity of the State at heart eve must
particularize, and request our friend, James
Harper, Editor of the Gallipoiis Journal, to
come out, and hear the men you have denoHn-
ced as Locofocos, Abolition Disunionists; give
them your candid attention, and if you should
still find it in your heart to cry wooley head,
abolition, DC, against your old Wing friends
and supporters in Gallia county, who are now
supporting the platform and nominees OF the
Columbus Republican Convention, dGub 1t on.
We consider ourselves in good cause, and
associated with good company; such men as
the editors of the Ohio State Journal, Cinein-
natl Gazette, Athens Messenger, Meigs Coun-
ty Telegraph, Ironton Register, Corwin, the
wagner boy of Ohio, Hon. Samuel Galloway,
Gen. Worthington, Hon. V. B. Horton, Hon
o. F. Moore, Hon. L. D. Campbell, Hon. b K
Eckley, Thomas Spooner, and hundreds more
could name. men who have Heretofore acted
with the Wing party, and using all the honor
able means in their power to secure the cleo
tion of all the nominees of the State ticket,
and further and push forward the reforms so
loudly called for and so much needed by the
people. We do not intend to be frightened
by the fire eaters of the SOUTH, neither will We
aid the fanatics of the NoRIH, but stand by the
UNIoN, now and FOREVER. In this Is our hope
for the continuance of our civil and religious
liberty no alliance with Catholicism, hrm re-
sistance to the further extension Of slavery
Call this abolition or what you please
A LOGUE.
Cheshire, September Ist, 1855.
We cannot see the object of the above
unless it is an attempt to pull aoOoI over
the eyes of the respectable portion of
the voters of Gallia county, and induce
them to vote for Chase, the avowed alb
olitionist, and disunionist. 1t is not at
all surprising to us that Mr.. LOgue was
not "edifed or instructed" by perusal
of the able speech of Hon. Joseph H.
Geiger. We presume the determine
ton was firmly fixed in his mind not to
be "edifed" before he commenced read
ing it, and has too many kinks in his
head to admit any obstruction" Al
mind is incapable of viewing
a subject in as favorable and fair light
as one whose preiudices do not run to
extremes. We doubt not at least nine
tenths of those who read the speech
aside from abolitionists) were not only
''edi6ed and instructed" but will ac
knowledge that it is perfect extermi-
pator to Chase and his Oorthy coadju-
tors. Mr. Geiger is too intelligent
man to be an ''in6del, or disappointed
No man that can make
such speech, in such a cause, can dis
believe in the existence of Supreme
Being, and we attribute Mr.. Logue's
;harge of Infdelity upon Mr.. Geiger ,
merely the workings of his over !
imagination. He may not be t
so expert in extending the right hand, :
and to express friendship ''from the lips
out," as some we wot of, yet Mr.. Gel :
ger is none the less Christian for this q
neglect of early training as successful c
,fice-seeker, and his manly speech c
warrants this conclusion" =
Mr.. Logue alludes to our announce 7
nent of the expected visit here of Chase e
md others, to address the Black Re- $
,ublicans, and invites us to hear them, !
md attempts to charge us with calling :
'ur "old Wing friends and supporters t
'wOolly-heads." We have never used S
he term towards our cold Wing friends
md supporters, and standing as they .
10, above reproach, they will justify us f
n this denial. We presume he wishes c
o remind us of the support" he be- Fl
towed during his two official terms as V
Sheriff. It's true Mr.. Logue was very Il
lind to bestow his advertising patron il
lge on US, and during the four years he L
leld the Office we booked nearly three Ia
hundred and fifty dollars, out of which u
um he has been so kind and condeseen- ;,
ling as to hand over something like a
fifty dollars of our hard earned wages, b
nd Notwithstanding two years have a
lapsed since he held the office, he has !"
foT had time to settle. We would be n
LEASED to have no more such "suppor- Of
ers," On this score we can say mora fr