Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-05-21
The Giddings Treason--Its Solitary,
Shameless Endorser

The Giddings TreasonIts Solitary,
Shameless Endorser.
II is known to that class Of people in Ohio
who read newspapers, that j. r. Giddings
recently wrote a letter to Ralph Plumb, one
Of the men engaged in the rescue Of = fugi-
tive slave, near 0berlin, some time ago, in
which no regretted that the rescuers did not
then kill the men engaged in reolaiming the
fugitive and oounseled the people hereaf-
ter to murder oil who come into our State
for the purpose ofreclaiming runaway slaves
This letter was published in whole or in
part by majority Of papers in the State Of
Ohio the democratic press denounced Il
as treason ard murder should be denounced;
large number Of Republican papers con.
demned that portion of the letter which
oounseled resistance TO the laws, and tho
murder Of the officers of the United States
whose unpleasant duty II was TO enforce the
Fugitive Slave Law while other repubh.
can journals published portion of the let.
ter--leaving out the reasonable paragraph
--remarking in effect that he was sincere
was "outspoken,' was in the habit Of talk
ing thus plainly in his place in Congress-
was getting old etc, amounting to an
apology for the yiruleuoe of the letter No
respectable man having charge Of a newspa-
per in the State Of Ohio was so lost to ev-
erything like decent regard for himself OF
society, as to approve Of the "Murder
clause, as it is termed, Of Giddings' letter
The solitary hearty endorsal Of this uttered
treason, and counseling to murder, was re-
served for a creature who, having received
his lessons Of morality, religion and politics
at the feet Of Booth, lawless miscreant
and seducer Of tender female virtue and
having graduated under the finishing touch-
es of such contemners Of human and Divine
laws as the editor Of the Newport News, is
evidently fitted for the task and from such
teaching what else could be expected from
the editor of the Germantown Independent
In referring TO this matter last week, we
said that il the editor of the Independent
did not reflect the views Of the community
for whom he profsssed to speak, in this re.
gard, that it was due to the reputation they
have always sustained as law abiding peo.
pie, as men Pverse to violence and murder
that they should in some way disclaim
against the treason uttered in their midst,
and going out to the world as the voice Of
their community. We cay so still Having
in tho most aolamn nannar dononnoad nm
appeal to violence and the shedding Of fblood,
as urged by the Independent, no one
will do us the injustice to charge that we
would recommend its exercise upon the ed
itor of the Independent, or his property
We repeat that something is due the reputa.
ton of the place and we also repeat that
what that something is we leave our Ger
mantown neighbors to determine. A gem
eral expression of condemnation of the
atrociOus sentiments uttered by the lnde-
pendent would probably reach the difficulty,
so far as the people of that truly loyal town
ar1 concerned: A silence ON their p r: with
regard to the vicious sentiments uttered BY
their newspaper will, as they must see, leave
the impression abroad that they approve
them This is o matter which does concern
them, and they are at liberty to do Just as
they please about it, We de not assume to
dictate, but we claim the right to place the
question before our neighbors in the light
in which it is viewed by good people every
where.
Personally the editor of the Independent
is of no account his position unfortunately
gives him prominence which he ought not
to have, and enables him to perpetrate mis-
chief Disregarding every thing which
would be calculated to inure to the benefit
of the community in which he is located his
mission seems to be to depress the interests
which it should be his pleasure to build up,
and enact the role of mischief brewer in
general. With such man we will not stoop
to discuss questions of grave import nor
will we take the trouble to contradict the
lies which he utters against us by the col,
umn. His ignorance in all that relates to the
politics Of Montgomery county, and to the
sentiments of her citizens is too apparent for
us. to essay the task of giving him informa-
tion. We now refer to the subject only to
more clearly give our readers our views
about matter which we mOoted in few
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