Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-03
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speech at Hamilton because we charged him,
upon the authority Of one OF hIs own party
papers, with being the Representative o. The
radical anti-slavery element Of tho (Republi.
can) party" IN this District The editor of
the Ashtsbula Sentinel "a paper which sup.
ports the Republican ticket State and Nationally
declared Of bic own personal knowledge"
that such was Mr., ca position and because
we, taking the statement Of one Of his own
friends, published the fact, We have been de.
nounced by his organ in this city, and by Ger.
tain Of his friends We believed whom We 6rsl
published the article alluded to, aud we be-
lieve now, that Mr. HowrLLs uttered but the
nimple truth when he said ptbat Mr.. CRno.
HEAD represents the radical anti-slavery clc.
mens Of the (RepublicAn) party in this Dis.
tric., I'VE believed at the time OF his nomina.
ton, and we believe nov, that il was a triumph
Of the radical over the conservative wing of
the Republican party in this District
And now, to convince the people Of this
District II any doubt exists, that we did not
do Mr.. CRAIonEAD injustice, in the publication
of tho Sentinefs article-to show them that
not only now, hut that for years he has been
radical-wc will call to the stand a witness
whom neither he nor his friends will dare i'm
pugn, We will bring forward his own words,
furnished a. they are by one Of his party
friends and published last Friday in one Of
the Republican papers in this city, (the Day.
ton G0sette) toithom dissent, and itatcirsd
10 make them get more emphatic, In letter,
to be found in the paper alluded to, writ
ten from Fairfield, Iowa" by gentleman
who was formerly a resident Of this city, aflcr
alluding to a certain great service which he
claims to have done for CANPnrLL during n
former canvass, and is sorry to sec THAT
CAMPBELL has gone n ---- --- "atter strange
Gods and praising Mr. CRAr0HEAD as "too
good a JslioW to let him get beat he says
II will never forget remark | heard him
(Craighead) make in my office early In 1854
'lfto oppose The odiOus and unjust principles
embodied IN The Fhgitipe Stare act, and 10
denounee The Kansas and Nebraska spindie
makes me an db0iifiOnist, so let IL BE- \
stand said he, fohere fhe fathers and found
ers Of our Government stood and from their
doctrines and teachings neper piH be Sc.
duced He ods right then, and hare no
doubt he Is justds right nor Let him there
fore be elected"
This, let II be remembered, was written By
one Of Mr.. CRAIonEAD's own friends and first
published in one of his own organs here at
home Said he "IF TO OPPOSE THE
oDioUS AND UNJUST PRINCIPLES
EMBODIED IN THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
ACT, and Toe daounce the Kansas and Ne
brdska seindie, MAKES ME AN ABoLI.
ZIONIST, SO LET IT BE Here then we
have additional proof that the Republican
nominee for Congress in this District, belongs
to the radical anti-savery" wing of the Re-
publican party lie denounces ms "odious
and unjust" the principles embodied in the
Fugitive Slave Act, AN act which received
validity by the signature of MnIARD FuI.
MORE, a Wing President concurred in by a
Wing Cabinet, and the Constit1tionality Of
which is unquesioned He not only de.
nounced its principles but is perfectly vii.
ling to be IAN Aboiiionisf' if TO oppose"
the law makes him one. Is the resolution
adopted at the Abolition State Convention,
by which BRISKERHoFF was nominated for
Supreme Judge in 1851 relative to the Fugi.
tive Slave Law, any more extreme than the
language used by Mr. CRNoHEAD2 Is tie
resolution adopted at the last Republican
State Convention, ,--adopted, too, upon the
the demand of GlDDNGs and his Reserve col.
leagues-any more extreme" than the senti,
ments entertained by Mr.. C2 They are ideu-
tical in spirit and almost the same in language.
Wherein then is Mr.. CRAIGHEAD less tex.
trenches radical--in his opinions regard.
ing the law IN question than the Reserve
Republicans Tow CoRwrN argues the
Consttutionality Of the law, and urges it's
enforcement, and GIDDNGs tells him that
he (CoRwN) does not represent the views
of the Republican party on the question
CRAIGHEAD denounces the law and proclaims
himself an "abolitionist' if to oppose it makes
him one, and the Asbtabula Sentinel, (pub.
lished at GIDDlNos' home,) declares that he
represents the anti-savery element of the
(Republican) party in this District" Is far.
ther proof necessary as to Mr.. CRAIGHEAD' =
true position2 If so, look at the platform
upon which he accepted the nomination, the
second resolution Of which endorses the ac-
ton Of the Republican State Convention,
roth AS TO PLATFORM AND NOMINATIONS" Is
more proof necessary If so, look ut the
record of the man whom he is supporting for
Supreme Judge--JAcoB BRINKRRHoFF--a man
who has become notorious on account of his
ultra aboltionism, and his dissenting opinion
nullifying the Fugitive Slave Law Is more
proof necessary If so, find il in Mr.. CRAIG
HEADS support of JosErn NJ Roor, Repub
lican candidate for elector at large und a man
who aided in drafting n resolution at the Abo
lition Convention in 1851 declaring that h,
would mot regard it (the Fugitive Slave Law
as Of any binding force or efficacy what
ever"
Is not this evidence sufficient 10 convince
all unprejudced men that what we charged
upon the Republican nominee for Congress
is but the simple truth2 Aud IL such be III,
case, does II not behooye all conservative men
all men who desire the lhithful enforcement
Of the laws-to vote against Mr. CRMGnEADi
As to the views expressed by Mr. CRAIo
HEAD, in the above extract relative to tn,
; Kansas-N Nebraska bill, wo know he has no.