The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-12-07

date, bat l preferred defeat rather than
to obtain . single vote, either by with
holding my opinions or protesting all
things TO all men, You know the result;
was elected in the closest Congression.
ri District In the State by larger vote
than was given for the regular Republican
State ticket
In 1860, | was sgain elected by an in
creased majority, after q very spirited
repeated the oalae proposition. that man
could not legally be made property by
any government
At the outset OF the war I declared
"thdt Gs Slavery tods the cIuse OF the Rebel
hon, slavery should die" Having taken
this position at time when the reaction
was everywhere very strong against anti
slavery mon, as you remember 1t was, for
the Arst year or eighteen months after
the war broke out, many Union men In
the District we're unwilling to sustain me.
That position. together with the repudi-
alton by me and the regular Convention
which nominated me in 1861. of part of
the platform adopted by the Union State
Convention OF that year, gceatly strength
ened the conservative Unior candidate
for Congress in the triangular contest
which we then, unfortunately, had, and
was only elected by = plTdl9v OF eleven
hundred and eighty-two votes. The main
part OF the Union State platform that
year, all will recollect was made up OF
an extract from letter or speech of Hon.
Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, aud the Crit
tenden Resolution, which resolution all
now understand WAS a cheat and sham
This platform l said TIN and repeat n0l0
was most cowardly and unworthy the
IIntns. ~ r.f ha kaN nf lNhtn
and am sure Its adoption, together with
some of the candidates nominated caused
our defeat in the State that year.
The Union State Convention OF 1868
not only gladly buried the disgusting
platform of so out of sight, but | trust
put 1t beyond the hope OF resuScitation
l was delegate in that Convention and
a member of the committee on resolu.
tlons for this district, and aided in putting
1t into it's grave, as l told the people OF
this district 1t woul1 be, and, although
the platform then adopted was not all
that desired or all that 1t ought TO have
been, 1t was not, as the platform Of 1861
was, positively offensive to the true anti.
slavery men of the State,
The Union State platform, and the Ma
tional platform of 1864, were all thst any
friend of freedom and republican govern.
ment could ask, They declare that, "as
slavery was the cause of the rebellion
slavery should die" Thus, after a 'erri
BILE struggle, have the positions taken by
me on the slavery question, at the out
break of the rebellion, been fully In
dorsed by the great party of which am
an humble member, and ratified by an
overwhelming majority OF the American
people at the ballot box.
/ Though assalled, in l06l-62, by men In
our own party, with q fury and men
dacity which always goes hand in hand
with intolerance, for demanding the libe
ration Of every slave, and the employ
ment OF slaves as soldiers In the army, nc
man, claiming to be a Union man, car
now be found to condemn me, because
time has demonstrated its necessity, AnC
the Union party approves, and the uatiOr
DEGREES, emancipation.
To be so repeatedly elected In District
so close and c0Hse Sdtiue as ours, while
boldly avOwing and defending my radica
Anti-slavery opinions, Is an honor o
which am, indeed, very proud. AS the
w0rkingmen and starving operatives o
Manchester, England, said in their ad
dress to the President, thanking him TO
his Emancipation Proclamation, "Dfspo
tism has not money enough to make uS 6etrdl
Liberty" so l, workingmau, have sale
that al would not abandon the sacreC
cause of liberty for the sake of pace anC
power" and the workiDgmen, and the lib
erty loving meu of our District, at HON,
and In the army, have most generousl,
sustained me. May touch on anothe
matter, personal, also, to myself.
FALSE CHARGEs MKT - EMANCIPATION
FUNDS.
AS general rule have refused, dur
ing a can Jass, to notice or contradict thI
falsehoods and ISLANDERS of the oppoSi
ton or of personal opponents. But nov
that the election is over and cannot bI
charged with an improper motive In say
ing what do, l desire TO correct some o
the impressions which the persistent ant
false representations, made by persona
and political opponents, have left on th'
minds of many true men.
In 1862 l was falsely charged with OBJ
tanning q large sum of money from anti
slavery men In the East to use in securing
my election. was, also, falsely charged
with bringing Colonel Phelps, of Def
ance, into the field as the regular Demo
cratic candidate, aud paying him larg'
amount OF money (some say as high q
foe thousand doltdrs) for remaining iu thu
field as candidate. Now want to sa!
to you, and through you to my friends
that never received dollar from anti
slavery men In the East, or from thu
Emancipation League in New York o.
elsewhere, which used in the canvass o
1862 or in anS other canvass.
While ON this point will add that
have now gone through four closely con
tested Congressional campaigns, In thii
District, and can say with pride, that
have yet to go into the first saloon or dog
gerry to leave q single dollar to infiuenc,
or obtain single vote nor have In AM
way used single dollar directly or indi
rectly to corrupt the ballot box or in
fiuence q single voter, and no friend ha:
done 80 for me with my knowledge o.
consent. These are facts which are with
In the reach of all who care to know them
Most of you noS know that there neve
WAS, within the memory OF any man nov
before me, 80 corrupt and unscrupulOul
a use made of money in this District, a.
during the Congressional canvass two
years ago, and that too, by the very mel
who manufactured and circulated the In
famous charges against me, which no v
brand as false, and their authors as cal
umniators. l have been as scrupuloui
and careful about these matters TO which
l have referred, as the most e1GotiR9 Pttri
tan could wish.
take pride In saying that have neve
resorted to any act to secure my election
which would not meet with the approva
of all honorable opponents, have pre-
ferred to hght my battles with tdeas, anC
to succeed or fall with them; hence,
have never, In all the bitter personal con
tests through which have gone said {
single word In disparsgement of my com
petitOrs, nor have ever assailed the prl
vate character of an opponent behind hi
back. That Is the work OF demagogues
dunklee and towards.
DEEURcIATION or THE PRACTIcE OF DE
RRAUDINd KLECroRS.
i'll have one peculiarly which standI
out more prominently than another, 1t Is
| that l define clsnrLi and ahnrnlu my nnsi