The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-20
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TIE STATE JOURNAL AND Mr.. GREGG.-I
The State Journal, as we'll as other Repub-
Iican papers-has been sorely troubled by the
iTnputations of abolitonsm against its party;
and it allowed a correspondent to apply
strong abusive and scurrilous epthets to Mr.
Gregg Of the New Albany Tribune, for having
published some very unpleasant evidence of
the truth OF the charges against the party
Yhe writer in the journal denounces Mr.
Gregg as a wilful detamer and alsi6er, and
Fays the ''artcles published by him. were ex-
trlcts from Garrison Gerritt Smith, Fred.
Douglass, an1 addresses and resolves of the
most ultra abolition conventions, were ua-
blushing,y presented to the rea Ter as tho SEN
timcnts and principles Of Republicanisn, and,
rs if this were not vile enough in its maiigni
ty, and mendacity, garbied extract from the
second resolution Of the Philadelphia Platform
is published in which the Republican party
are made to declare themselves in favor Of
prohibiting the existence Of slavery in the
United States, by positive legislation"
MIR. Gregg replies to these uncourteous I'M
putations in the following caustic letter to
the Journal which that paper is obliged from
a sense of injustice and its regard to the claims
of courtesy to publish in its own columns,
though it is evidently done with wry face:
The extracts here referred to by your cor
respondent as being copied from Garrison,
Gerrit Smith, and Fred. Douglass, and falsely
imputed to the Republican party, were really
quotations from Gov. Seward, Henry Ward
Boecher, Horace Greeley, and James Watson
Webb. If the sentiments Of these distin-
guishel Republicans were so ultra III their
general tone, as to be mistaken for the avoWed
principles of those pestilent aboiitOnists above
referred to, it is certainly no faultsof mine
Il
respondent might we'll stumble, for the want
of being better informed as to the true posi-
ton OF his leaders.
Again. lfoW far the resolutions quoted by
mo, merit the sweeping condemnation Of your
correspondent as being A5e yes0lUeS Of tile most
ultra abolition conUenti0n8,' / will leave others
to decide, after simply presenting the facts.
The first resolution referred to was adopted
at public meeting or convention held in this
city, over which one Of the prime pal owners
of the Indiana State Journal PRESIDED and
every man who participated in the proceed
ings Of that convention, including one of the
then principal editors Of that JOURNAL, is now
prominently connected with the Republican
movements. The second and third resolu-
tions referred to, purport to have been adopt
ed at Republican meetings, held 1t Lowell,
Massachusetts, and Monroe Wisconsin,
If the sentiment embodied in these resou-
ton; smack too much of ultra abOlitOnism, [
am not responsible for it. And as to the re-
solution adopted at the meeting here surely
its foster fathers of the JOURNAL ought to re-
congnize it without any formal introduction
on my part.
| come now to the most material allegation
against me-that of falsfying the record, a
charge of no trivial import Here is the ex-
tract professed to copy from the second sec
ton OF the Republican PLATFORM and which |
respectfully submitted took ground against
the e9isteHceof slavery auy lohere in the United
Stutee Here it is Just as is was found in the
copy from which it was taken:
THAT as our Republican fathers, when they
had abolished slavery in all our national terri
tory, ordained that no person should be de-
prived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law, it becomes our duty to
maintain this provision Of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it for the pur-
pose Of establishing slavery IN The United
States, by positive legislation, prohibiting its
existence or extension Herein"
This your amiable correspondents pleased
te denounee uile, malignant, mea3acioua
garbhng of the text on my part
Now, with regard to this terrible garblng-
this Uiie n1enlgci0uS Justification Of the record
for aoicFef and maJign purpose have only
to say, that it was copied, word for word, let
ter for letter, and comma for comma, from the
Republican Platform, as it is found in the Life
eof Gel. Fremont" precisely the same as pub
lished in the Indiana State journal, and the
State Sentinel-the statement Of your cores
pondent to the contrary Notwithstanding
and it will be found precisely The same, too,
as published in nearly all the Republican pa
perS OF the State.
With what show of justice then does the
editor Of the JOURNAL permit an irresponsible
correspondent to assail me through his col
umns, thus ungentlemaniy, thus rudely thus
falsely, with regard to a matter wherein he il
equally guilty of the wrong doing, II anything
wrong there be? And what excuse can h
render for not doing the justice of correct
ing the error into which his correspondent hat
fallen, when thereunto respectfully requested
Hoping you will see the propriety of pub
fishing this in both your daily and week
issues, have the honor to be, very respect
fully, NJ. GREGG,
Editor NJ H. Tribune.
Prospects OF Kansas -Extra raordinary Admission
Hon. A. II. SteDhenS of Georgia lately de