, 1864-05-30
DEATH OF HON. JOSHUA II. GID.
DIhGS.

MONDAY, MAY 90, 1864.
DEATH OF HON. JOSHUA II. GID.
DIhGS.
The telegraph announces the death Of the
Nestor of American statesmen the Hon.
Joslr Reed Giddinge. He died on Friday
evening at Montreal, Of heart disease, at
che ripe age Of tixt5-nine. He was born
at Athens, Bradford county, Penn, Oct 6,
TIES. When he was ten years OF age LIS pa'
rents emigrntcd to Aehtabula county, Chic,
and were among the first settlers In THAT
na,t Of tho Western Reserve. When less
tl,an seventeen years Of age he eu1 sted as q
soldier, and participated In two battles with
the Indians. &c commenced tho study Of
tie law in 1877, and was admitted to practice.
II 1876 lie was chosen representative to
tho State Legislature, and, after serving one
tenn, declined reelection, and devoted
himself to his profession until 1888, when
he was elected to Congress ,as the
SUCCESSOR Of Hon. Elisha Whittlesey. From
q boy, intle2ibly opposed to the gigantic
evil Of slavery, he at once took his place by
Tic eide Of John Quincy Afans as support
CT Of the right Of petition, AID became one OF
TIC leading chanpione of the abolition OF the
institution In 1859 tie elavcholders
ru1ts prevented his speaking, but In 1sal. in
q epecc,. upsn the Florida war, he gave ex-
lrefeion to Lis fcelinga. Tbs celebrated
Creole crsc, familiar to our readers, soon
came up, and sggs1n he attacked the ins:it1.
tion In series Of resolutions. The slave
drivers and northern doushflces csnsuTed
him; whcrtIpon lc resigned his sc-t tand cali
ed upou his constituents 10 pass judgment
upon Lis csse, which they did by ro-electiag
him by an Immense majority. lie resumed
lie ecut May s. 1871, and held it until Efsr:h
4, 1859, uekiH. Ills whole period Of a-rrice
1,;tut5 -cne ycars. During that time he lid
ycorau ec1yice in iLc great struggle Rith
slnvcry. In 1910 be mace an elatorn:e speech
contcnding that men could not lie property
Tie same year he defeated a provision il the
California Coast bill leCa!iaing the. slave
t1adc between the Atlantic and lac Pacific.
In thc Oregon question md the Asnistad
cAsc, Lis course Is familiar. BE refused 10
vote for Taylor OIL anti i-slaycrJ grounds &c
violently oppos!d the Compromise measures
Of 1850, and was conspicuous in tho debases
upon the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
and the Kansas difficulties.
Al the time Of Ills death he was consul at
Montreal A sndden dcccas: has not been
unexpected 1y his friends, for death lad
Threatened him Otter before ana at the very
citadel o. Lie. On l.ay s, 1856, while aa-
dressing tho House, he SUDDENLY tell to the
floor IN a state Of uncoEscioussess, from
which, lotclcr, he soor revived, though in
q etAtc Of great weakness. On jau'
uary II, 1855, lie fell nggain In
the same way and for some minute;
IVES supposed TO tc dead. 1t last death hi
cvertalcn lin, after life coasc,cutiousa,
spent in fierce end uninterrupted -esistauct
to what he deemed the sunl Of oil iniquitits
Like Levcjoy, he knew no compromise w1.s
II. or mou vEo Gus:-ined 1t. He did not wai
tor it 10 como up, bpt went oat 10 meet It
In the very 'Lousc II It's friends, uaa1ed y
the, ecowls anl tL,elts Of the slaye-arivsrs
and Snmoved 1y the jcers OF doughfaces, o.
cn,1catics Of more umid friends. lie applied
Tie lnsh without mercy. In the forum aat
Oh the stump, with written and spoken word
ut ell uncs md In ill. places, slavery fount
in him IN lmplscab]e foe. The Tetrinsch 0
the House, for many years, he administered
lie oath 10 some OF the very men who hsT'
violated it, aud the slave drivers cad .romea
wlippcss were compelled to bare the heat
p1d raisL the hand btfJre the Aboiitionist
II was q bitter ill for thc1n, and enc whic!
they often found repeated in his philippe
aguinbt them and their traffic. He las ll77;
to zee the intquity he fought so long uearl
abolished, crd hes been gathered to n
fathers, full Of years and Of honor.
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1,s1fnu t1e nroclamation forgery. and taerea
oil the connerhexds re,o{ce greatly. thiakins
MAT a col;;.ton 1,etwcen the State authosit;a
or Ncw York and those of The Federal Gov
e,r,ncnt wonld he a VERY beneficial thing 70
tne n,hcls. And th.t is tic motive at til
7,otton Of thr Eoye1ncr's action. The res
aons Eh,cl, he publ;cly sets forth are intend
. I'd "a ,,n,r1ns t,e crowd It il e17n3atl,
49, .,,a -a1,.il,,,, +b.t c,rses him Ia 1,rosf
cute tie officers of the Federal Government
and it Is sympathy with the rebels that cause
the Cope 10 egg him on.
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,atrec had been guilty Of pe-pctrating t.
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