New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-12-02
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From the Cleveland National Democrat.l 7
Joshua R, Giddinilg:xs s. Scared, and
Trying to Back Out. 'a".o

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Josh Giddingssis badly scared ~,
Old Josh a patriot now would be;
Whom Old Gid. gets over his fright
Not a patriot thought has he, ,5IawoH
In hisrccent speech at Philadelphia, made
when suspicion was fast ceptering' upon him
as one of the leaders who gave aidyand-, COM
fort to Brown and the desperadoes,. white and
black, under his command at Harper's Ferry,
he found it necessary to retract sentiment i ant1
uttered years ago, which has given him an an
unenviable notoriety, and which un9
der any other government On earth, would
have consigned him to the gallovs as surely
as its utteranee here has given him anT imnaor-
tally Of infamy. ;;Forney's Press in speaking,
of Giddings' lecture, says: ,...E.,g, c,;
''Tn concluding his lecture, in doing which
he was frequently interrupted by the audi
ence with cries of AGO on" Mr.. Giddings
said that during his Congressional career he
had at times uttered language which hRerre
Election made him deeply regret it He, Had
said at one time that, when the South wasr
rasaged with the horrors of insurrection, he
would laugh at their calamity and mock,
when their fear cometh but he felt free to say
that such words were not the feelings of his
heart He be1ied his own nature when he he
said anything that mi ght seem to favor Blood
orirebellion on the part otany class of men,
(Applause.') aGi9d wgI ic3i 30 iToqqus
Infamous as was ths;sentimentTwhieh Mr.s
Giddings thus thought necessary to exouse,ae
the moment when suspicion, was fast gather,
ing into. certainty that he had a connection.
with Brown and knew Of his movements, ii is
but little worse than that uttered in his letter
to Ralph PldmB, while the latter was con6n-S
edinjait raidngmadabetting in She escape,
pflthe slave John from tho Officers who held
ham under arrest as fugitive FROM laber. In
his letter TO Plumb, written; last Spring, and
published in the Leader of this city with Il
dourith of 'traimippeets, Nj tGiddings, speaking
of the Rescue case, says: s:4'7'''' 9i3' '''
sihats,sga1aIag tbs lar the prison p5isQicrs rs did
,fght. Their error Sonnssssca IN 5spaaring III!
tues of Ast slaue ca,sl.ssso Those pirates i,,,aat
should haze been delivered a,spto the colorsd
me,i FHd conagnedt0 tkedOoni Of psrates uAiaaf
sh0uua, ,4qus bseu speedily eresutsd! You arc
aware that this is,the, doctrine which l,pro-,
claimed in Congress, ! adhere to it
Had the prisoners, srscutea the slauc eatehsrs
pomptlg It awO,lla hats taagAt tie aansiasaiis.
tratios aqesso,, ndtsoo,s'to be yfo,gotts,s We
should MOT haze been troubled mias that cldssof
misc,aanas. They would haze lsarasdG better
tAanto sAov Themselves apmsong an intelligent
people hO ks0e thsis rights and ass'A dare main
tan tsem~''' -, .;l4 r.; aayf,ara,>Et vae
AS the proof grows stronger against him,
the fears fsn Of III. Gidah S viii, no doubt make
Him take all he sdid IN this letter back. Az
though years iEtltesrivsned betweon tie utter!
ancefof the ions fendish9 dispersion in Con-
gres and the Cpenning Of theiother in i his clos
ct Mr.. Giddinss never thought Of palliating
the one or the other until after he, went to
Rayenna to form an Association" at the in
shtaancd ia % of BROWNS son, 70 aid the movement
at Harpseras 1Fserryd' OF ytTsq Q ei GVoI
$ lhgiGiddingsis not the 'snly7man that
would wish to take back all he has said on
written on the subject Of the sirrePrss@ble con-
aics between the two races announced nq g' by
Mr.. Seward and sought TO slr'l Be brought 70 sf
sis at Harper's Ferry, ..a~,,ao,} 90 saka
~ ~, "o',s5 .a,a,s Black Tongue, To- ue,,aros,h yas
9,.A correspondents Of the Sonth~
ern Cultivatort gives thefollowhg
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