Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-06-02
Death of Joshua IL. Giddings.


Joshua r. Giddings, American Consu
General to the Canadas, died very sudden
ly, at a late hour on Friday night last, il
the city Of Montreal His death was prob
ably caused by one of those fits arising from
heart disease, which twice, at least pros
tratcd him on the floor ofthe House of Rep
resentatives. Mr.. Giddings was born a
Athens, Pa, October e, l795, and conse
qucnty was in his Goth year at the time o
his death.
We do not purpose to write a eulogy or
C}iddings. That we leave to those who
were his eulogists while he lived and tc
such others are willing to take back what
they said in just condemnation of him dur
ing the years of his political and public
lille. We are unable to sec how any patriot,
any lover Of his country, can put himself
into ecstasy and go off in eulogy of such
men as Lovejoy and Giddings, whether dead
or alive.
We can add nothing more appropriate
here than the following extract from n
speech delivered in the House of Congress,
on the 9th of February, 1861, by Honor
able Samuel s. Cox, in reply to Mr.. Hut
chins;
Mr.. Speaker, there are various classe,
Of Republicans. The gentleman Mr. Hut
ching belongs to the worst Of the abolition
wing and well may he defend his prcdcccs
sor, Mr.. Gddings That Goddess old man
after spending public life devoted to hate
Ill will and sedltion, was retired because he
did one thing that was right--voted for the
Cnttendcn- Montgomery bill. He has since
been making up for his loss of Office by the
virulencc Of his spleen, and the outlawry OF
his conduct. He has, as | have once shown
here, instigatcd servic instructions; and
now, at the end Of misspent life, which is
scarcely silvered with ray Of benignity, he
finds, as the consequence Of his teaching
and conduct, a disrupted Union, a terrified
people, and the prospect of unending hate
the thief upon the cross, there may be mer-
fore he fills his dishonored grave Blu,
what II life he has lived
lie talked the language of love to the
black race only to hide his hate for the
white race who people our Southern States.
He paradcd humanitarian phrases and took
upon his profane lips the name Of God, on
" to cloak his malice and sanctity his hate.
lie has had, in specific wickedncss, many
rivals; but if we measure mems guilt by
the objects upon which they are bent, who
can tell the magnitude of that portentious
crime which causelessy dismcmbers to de-
stroy the American Republic? As such a
Republic has no parallel, so such criminal
has no peer. But my colleague praises him
and commcnds him to immortal honor! Ne
ro had a friend who placed mmorteicSupon
his tomb, and the worst ficnds of the
French revolution had their defenders after
death; but were this old man now dead,
and thus powerless in his party at home,
even my colleague would shrink from the
task of embalming his bad memory. 1t
will, after death, only be remembered to
be execrated, His letters to my colleague
I MIR. Corwin) and his compatriot, Mr.. Ew-
ing, show that age which so often recaims
the rcprobate soul, has not withered--nor
custom, which SO often tires of his balelul
work, has not staled--the infinite variety of
his malice, and his madness. History in
its record of this great anti-slavery sedition
of the North, and it's consequent revolution
IN the South, will only picture the white
ness OF his hair, to contrast it with the
blackncss OF that purpose, which for years
and years has pursued Il crusade whose ter
rble consummation is upon us, i'll the
crumbling away of our States and the des-
truction of their unity.