Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-07-28

his ing for them TO do with it, but TO receI
ew it.
We The manner ir which Mr.. Tod and Il
'm Democrats have treated Mr.. Gliding
ng is a purely personal matter and does n
affect the discussion of the present que
n ton; we therefore decline any c%ontroveI
II sy upon it. One thing, however, NJ
h. Giddings forces us reluctantly &c say
ne When he declares that the people hav
5 sanctioned and sustained his posilio
e. upon the mileage and compensation
al question, he shows that he is wonder
fully deceived as to the public sentimen
of this district. We deliberately re
affirm what we said at the outset, that il
our opinion not two hundred persons il
d the three counties can be found who vii
Y avow themselves in favor of the Compen
: saiion bill. Before the Republican or.
j. ganization and since, so far as we know,
/ when the Democracy have raised the
mileage issue, the reply has been that
, Mr.. G's services in behalf of freedom
were 5 great that it was better to sup
port him. notwithstanding his error in
that respect.
We should not have been led or driv-
en- into saying SO much on this matter,
/ haA moi, NJ a. a.. L., e., It, - l.
m1nded, Chat is his ~language) that We
should admit that it was his duty" 10
vote Cor this compensation bill, and in his
second declared that the people had de-
liberately sustained his action in this re-
>pect.
We believe that he could say nothing
which would strike our people with more
absolute establishment, than the assertion
that their long continuance Of political
favor TO him, was a proof of their approx
al of his mode of charging and receiving
mileage.
In other respects the approval Of the
people has been hearty, and ours as hear
ty as theirs. but upon this point, either
be or We are egregiously mistaken as to
public sentiment.
Before we leave the Bill, however,
there is another of lis provisions which
We must not forget. 1t provides that the
increased pay should be given for the
Congress then just closing. as well as to
future Congresses. One Of the members
who opposed it, gave a computation, by
which he showed that they thus voted the
snug sum of $500 into each of their
pockets for past time. The Bill was
passed August 10th 1856, and the regular
session closed on the 18th, the ex,rs Sos
sion on The 30th, and thus, only tro days
before The end of one session, these Con-
passed a retroactive law by
each man who voted for il could
console himself that whether his con-
.stituents approved or d~isapproved, about
4 thousand dollars at least was safe in
lis pocket, added to his back pay, by his
OWN actionl Such a provision ought TO
nave sunk any bill to which it was at,
ached, if its other parts had been the !
perfection of economy. An indication
Ehether,he Republicans of Ohio endorsed
t or not, may be found in the fact, that 5
# the five members of Congress from &
acting with the Republican
PARTY, two of these were John Scott l
Harrison and Oscar F. Moore) who voted c
or this bill, not one man, (save Mr.. I
iiddlnss) was reelected. l
We have extended our article to an ]
lmosl unwarrantabla length, but when L
man in Mr.. Giddings' position has S
cen fit 10 make himself the cham. d
ion OF n measure disliked and OPP
by the masses of the Republican n
arty everywhere, and has, in a tone :
Which we should charac,erize as arrogant II
it came fiom another and younger man, a
ssumed TO rebuSe US for expressing our IL
we could DO no less Than answer D
'i,h some degree of f~ullness the argu. P
lents contained in his letters. Ii NAV "
sem strange 10 him, but il is none the u
tue. that we with all other Republi d,
ans admire his fortitu lie, respect his de-
otion TO Freedom, and honor his public D.
against slavery, and yet deeply CT
nj sincerely regret that he has embar- 9
lssed his friends and the cause, by his u
purse in regard 10 the emoluments OF ~
lice. We intended to discuss the CON- p
bill, and that only, and should Ill
ot have said one word in reference 10 s
Ir. G. personally, had he not compelled .
: 10 do so, or by acquiescinf in his "
;sertions, to take q position which we !!
new would be false. ~
We sincerely hope We have now done I,
lin his dlsagreeaele SUBJECT, ana cur :,
,aderS will bear US witness that lis dis III
%lssion, thus at length, has been forced y
pom US, and was not of our seeking L
'e hold no anger against Mr.. Gilddings I'd
he has used very harsh lam o'
lage 10 US. If be shall be nominated I'd
2 the Republican Convention soon 10 be ne
I'D, we shall supper, him as we always ".
I'VE done hitherto, but shall regret never al
eless that he vcied for, and still attempts III
defend the eztravogant Compensation
III.
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