The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-04-18
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TnE COURIER DEFENDS GRIBBE,

huo SSWtos W tUos WV" uu~Ss
vakes tue defence Of tue Hon. Wm.
0ritben. We have bat the space
~ notice o0e psrt oil lie .srticle.
The OoAwier 10 apOlogising for
6tibbens vote On che resolutions de.
pteeating ti,e ieniency with which
the rebel officers at Camp Chase
were being treated, makes gross
Interpretations. 1t ssys that al
Camp Chase were some seventy
negroes, prisoners Of war, at which
abe Aboaitiomsts became indignant,
and introduced q resolution censur-
iag the authorities, sgsiost which
GrLbea voted. That tie people|
may see with unblushing impudence
that paper can lie, we publish the
resolutions In full:
Whereas, TIE officers Of the Fed
erai army when taken pris .ners bv
the rebels, ore thrown into Gncom.
Portable prisons, and in most cases
treated with great iudigni,y, and in
many instances With barbarous cru
city, and, w..
Whereas, The rebel officers taken
prisoners st Fort Donelson. where
they were In arms, in open rebellion,
and where they had caused so many
of our brave men to fall, and who
have been sent to Camp Chase as
prisoners, and now are daily seen 10
the streets. and at the public houses
OF Columbus, wearing their rebel
uniforms and promulgating their
secession doctrines; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That we view this IN.
ususl indulgence extended to those
Ulcers, as an evidence OF false sym
pathy for the rebels engaged In tbis
unprovoked and wicked rebellion,
iosulting the relatives and friends Of
thoee who are now suffering in the
prisons OF the rebels. And this Gen.
erAl Assembly, as the Representa-
tiVes OF the patriotic people Of Ohio,
protest against the impoIiti, and un'
just ,eniency extended 10 these reb'
rl officers, while the ignorant rank
and file prisoners, who have been
Induced 10 take up arms agsinst the
Government and the Union, BY the
inisrepfesntations OF those officers,
are kept in close confinement; and
ask those having the power and
hority either to confne said off
Gers in Camp Chase, or some othel
suitable place or remove those pris
.oners from the State OF Ohio.
Resolved, That the Governor trans
init Q copy of the foregoing to tn
President Secretary OF War, and on
Senators and Representatives il
Congress.
As will be observed, 'nigger'
does not appear in the resolution
at all. The facts are ss follows
These rebel officers were not con
fined, but were allowed the larges
liberty. Clothed in their rebel uni
forms they psrsded the streets o
Columbus, frequented the beet no
tells, registering their Names as Off
GERS Of the Confederate army the.
we're permittod to seek ont end con
fer with the secession sympa,hiser
In that city, and finally. they wer
invited BY Locoioco members to TAX
seats within the bar Of the House
All this time the Federal prisoner
lin tie Southern cities lie in dun
;geons. deprived Of everything say
barely euodgh mir, water ard brea
70 keep soul and body together! !
The resolutions protested agsins
this leniency protested against al
lowing these internal villains who's
hands are red with the blco
oi the men Of Ohio these ex,rsol
dinsry privileges. The perfume
this. African hung not around the'
to drive Gribben swsy-they wei
ss free from the odor Of the sons
Ham as an oldlinc Lueocofo men
Der 10 Of patriotism yet Gribbe
voted against them. Why l.
him snswer.
We will do the Hon. gentlems
no injustice. We will not ssse
that he has associated with the reb
dfficets or that he invited them wit
in the bar Of the House, bot We
assert thai he has voted with a,
followed the lead of thoss that
these things, as faithfully 90 ey
dog followed master.
The people don't like these opel
tions- Mr.. Gribben's constItuel
in particular. Hancock county
furnished men for slmoet every b
tic f ld--in every township I
n,Ournrrs for those who have Civ
ek.;- 4 an. (a. Al. Al