Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-08


personal feeling Il regard to Il. nay De IN.
derstood from the remarks be made in his
speech at the National Hotel, in This town,
in 1858. after Mr.. Hutchins' nomination.
He then said to his fellow citizens, 81 have
never come before YOU under circumstances
more pleasant and satisfactory to myself
personally" and his whole speech was full
of the sentiment that he felt the retirement
from public service to be a relief. He him
self assumed that more than one term would
be given to his successor, and it would have
been gross violence to his language to inter
pref it to mean that in two years he would
become a contestant for the place. He said
Fellow citizens, our friend (Mr. II will
now enter a new sphere of political action;
trials and difficulties await him. Severe
labor, incessant toll will be his portion;
and when he returns to you after four or
five years service, their effect upon his ply
steal constitution will be perceptible."-
Such language is wholly incompatible with
the idea Of Mr.. G.'s being a candidate for
the place after Mr.. Hutchins has held it
but one year, and taken in connection with
other events, satisfies us that Mr.. G. can
not approve the efforts Of a few of his friends
to Gust a man who has had barely time TO
fit himself for efficiency in the arduOus pc
sition referred to in the speech, but who in
that short time has abundantly satisfied
his constituents by his course.
The eause Of Rcpublicanism would gain
nothing by a change at this time, but a
feeling of bitterness would inevitably be
created, when harmony and united action
is most desirable.
Mr.. Hutchins' course in voting for and
sustaining Mr.. Sherman's bill to reduce
the mileage, and in taking some Il hun
dred and fifty or two hundred dollars less
than precedent in this district would war
rant, places him upon vantage ground with
our opponents, in regard to pecuniary mea-
surcs of retrenchment, which We should be
unwilling to lose.
We sincerely hope his denomination will
be unanimously made, and then whatever
is done in future conventions, no part Of
the District will feel warranted in COM
planning.
The Conneaut Reporter, to which We re-
fcrred before, thus closes its article upon
this subject:
1--WE have thus followed, at too great 4
length, the arguments advanced by the
Sentinel for discharging Mr.. Hutchins, and
turning him out to grass with q single
term Of Congress. The reasons possess no
Importance in public point, and indeed
weaken themselves in the manner stated.
They start out with disparaging illusions,
and end IN a like manner.
Mr.. Giddings has served his district
long and ably; achieved a reputation as
wide as the Nation itself; and We shall be ,
among the last to rob him of a single laur-i
el earned by his twenty years service in
Congress. He was sent to Washington to
reflect the views of the people-to protect
their interests and defend their rights,
The non-performance of these duties would
long ago consigned him to private life
He has enjoyed the confidence Of the peo-
pie of the district, and as their chosen rep
resentatiye has derived all the benefit which
enures to n from so long a period of
public service. And if his public life, !
historical ideutity with the rise of the
Republican party" have given him a ma
tianal reputation, he most certainly should
be passed where the nation can better en-
joy his ripe experience and recognized
leadership in the party" The Congress
ional Hall, or the National ~bear-garden"
as it is sometimes called, is no longer q
theater Of action for men of the age of Mr..
Giddings; the people need men of constitu-
ton, Of fresh vitality, and energy Of pur-
pose, to fight while they pray; dil:cs--nt in
the pursuit of q local interest, and firm as
adamant when the citadel of freedom is
threatened. Mr.. Hutchins, the honored
successor of Mr.. G., has exhibited industry,
efficiency, and ability, for the brief period
he has been at Washington, and to discard
him simply because be is the successor of.
Mr.. G. would, We think, be unwise, pre-
judicial to the interests of the district, and
4 reflection upon a faithful representative.