The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-09-17
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Morrison r. Waite is good lawyer and
an agreeable gentleman. AS a politician
his record is not 80 clear In l849 he was
elected to the Legislaturo-the Wing Con-
vention which nominated him, passing
among other resolutions, one declaring that
banks should be taxed as other property.
Mr. Waite pledged himself to the support
of that doctrine. A few days before the
adjournment of the Legislature, when the
question of Bank Taxation came up, Mr..
Waite, forgetful of the pledge made to his
friends three months before, voted against
it. A few days before he gave his vote, he
wrote from Columbus to one of his friends
in Toledo, who had been supporter of
his mainly because of his pledge, that he
should in day or two make speech on
the Bank question "suited to that meridian"
thus confirming his adherence to the pledge
he had previously given. Upon the strength
of this letter, his friend, with several others
attended the convention for nominating
vention, and secured the nomination of Mr..
Waite. The nomination was made but
short time before the Election, but between
that time and the Election mot more than a
week before it Mr.. Waite made the speech
and gave the vote which violated his
pledge. Had there been time to recall his
nomination, another candidate for the Con-
stitutonal Convention would have been
nominated, 80 great was the Indignation Of
those Wings whom he had deceived AS it
was, his vote was greatly reduced, and
Judge Stebbins, the Democratic candidate,
was elected. This is the first exhibition Of
Mr. Waite as public man. From the time
of this defeat until after the nomination of
Abraham Lincoln, period of thirteen
years, Mr.. Waite has taken no active part
in political affairs. 1t is understood that
he voted for Gen. Scott, but who he sup
ported in 1856, no one knows. Some say
Fillmore, some, Buchanan no one believes,
nor does he pretend that he voted for FIRE.
mont. He was understood to be hostile to
Fremont, but not bold enough to take the
stump.
In 1860 after Mr.. Lincoln was nominated,
it was understood that Mr.. Waite would
support him, and he was honored with an
invitation to make the first local speech at
the Wigwam in Toledo, after its dedication.
Expectation was on tiptoe. The evening
came. An audience respectable in size and
character assembled. What was the speech
Mr.. Waite spent the evening in an effort TO
prove, that if elected, Mr.. Lincoln would be
more acceptable to the South than Senator
Douglas. His reasons for that belief were
read from a speech delivered by Senator
Benjamin. few days before. His audience
retired in disgust; and Mr.. Waite himself
felt the necessity of rem odeling his
speech and dropping his Southern author
tiles. Thenceforth his conservative stock
for the remainder of the campaign was
drawn from the Chillicothe speech of the
Hon. Thomas Ewing, which we now com
mend to the perusal of our readers.
On the 22nd of February lat, Mr. Waite
made a speech at the High School Building
in Toledo, in which he used the following
remarkable language: "For my part,
wish to occupy suck a position in which
can take my enemy by the hahd and say t.
him, we, too, have been to blame" He alsC
said, as we have been informed, to a broihe
attorney, in conversation, not long ago. tina
"the Anti-Slavery men of the North wer'
as much to blame for this war as the Fire
eaters of the South"
In view of this record, which we com
mend to the careful consideration of tn
voters of this District. We propose in
future article to examine at some length
the position Mr.. Waite now occupies, a
the same is defined by the Toledo BLADE
and see whether, take him for all in ALL
he is the man suited for the evil times upol
which we have fallen.