Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-10-29
wr HuTCHISs.

h.sd He has received stinging re- !,
buLe ff,at be win never forget. Moth !
;nr but sxperienes would learn him the
,ss.ou that others before him have
to-wit: Whenever q public !
man stulti6es himself. and undertakes
To- ignore bis record and deceive the
people BY misrepresentation, Instead Of
deoeiving tie people, he scN deceive him
self, and sooner or later be over
vhelmed in humiliation and disgrace.
When this war broke out, Mr.. Hutch
ins was apparently as sound q Union
man as any one could be. .s:sHe urged
our citizens. regardless OF party, to
come up to the support Of the Govern
ment, and aid in putting down the Re-
beilion. A meeting to give expression
to these sentiments was held at the
Bipps House on the evening Of April
18th, 1851. Mr.. Hutchins was one Of
the committee TO draft resolutions, and
Il was resolved that "this tror sOos
commenced 6y armed insarrsetionists, TO
break arp the Government" Mr. Hutch
ms endorsed this resolution, and spoke
ia the strongest language TO this effect;
vet few months afterward. Mr. Hutch
ms consents to become one Of the ''bobs"
to George E. Pugh's kite. and fy over
the country apologising for the Rebels
.commencing the war, and calling 1t an
"Abosition ioar," and an "Abe Lincoln
Var" HutchIns may have forgotten
his performances at the BIggs House,
but the people have not.
Last Fall, when be was nominated
for Congress. he said he was no Deu-
ocrat, but an independent war man.
He refused TO accept the nomination as
coming from the Democratic party, and
ran as an anti vallandigham Union wal
man. He openly. at meeting at the
\ Biggs House, said he was authorized tc
read HaHandighan out of the party, and
he did read him outl He declared up
on the stump that the worst fault be
Ihad 10 find with the Administration
was, that it was not conducting the wal
vigorously enough, and if he was elect
ed, he would be in favor Of a more
vigorous prosecution of the war.
Yet in a few months afterward, tbs
people are amazed to see Hutcbins rae
ing up and down the bills and hollow'
Of Scioto, begging thsm to elect Thu
same Vallandigham for Governor, ant
crying for "peace." like the veriest COW
ardl
This attempt to sell out the people o
Ohio to the dastardly traitors wbt
would sacrifice country and everything
else for party, was rather too big con
tract for even Mr.. Hutchins. as popu
lar as he supposed himself to be. HI
has failed ANONYMOUSLY. He knew
when be went through the country apol
ogizing for the Rebels. telling the peo
pie that this was an "Abolilion war,
he did it with a lie sticking IN his throat
He knew when he was advocating th'
election Of a convicted traitOrI And
be was weak enough TO suppose that
because he had sold himself to traitors
be could sell the people, the result o
the election will be very strong ar
gument to convince him how badly b.
mistook the patriotism and intelligence
of the people.
Mr.. Hutchins tells the people that j
was the Presidents emancipation proc
lamstion that wrought this wonderful
change in him. and caused bim to turI
such a "double back summerset."
All! the Presidents proclamation, eh
that converted him into Vallandig
ham proselyte! That might do verl
we'll as dodge, if it were not for th'
fact, that Hallandighom had made hi
infamous record before the President
proclamation tOas thought off
Last Fall, Hutchins' majority in Sci
otto county was about eight hundred
now Scioto county gives over Eve hun
dred majority against Vallandigham--
showing change in one year Of abou
thirteen hundred!
With this overwhelming rebuke, Mr.
Hutcbins will not undertake soon agail
to sell the patriotic people Of old Sci
eto 10 an infamous, dastardly trsitorl-
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