Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-01
John A. Bingham or Joseph W.
white!

bOnn a. EtlnSHAHm OF JDSGBu w
White!
AS the people of this county are al
ready aware, Hon. John A. Bingham is
the nominee of the Union party of the
10Th District of Ohio for Congress-
Mr.. Jos. WEyVhite was also nominated,
at Cadiz, on last Wednesday, for the
same responsible position, by a party
known as the "Sons of Liberty" or
Copperhends. ..
These two gentlemen are now before
the people of the 10Th Congressional
District for their suffrages. One or
the other will represent this District in
the next Congress, and in view of the
momentous issues that body will have
to determine, it is important that the
people should look well to the qualifi-
cations and fitness of these two men,
and the positions they occupy on the
great questions before the people
JOHN A. BINGHAM has had an expe-
rience Of about ten years in Congress,
and during that time he rose to tho first
position in the House, as q forensic
debater and an industrious, hard work
! inc member on committees. At the
time he was Defeated in '62, he was
! Chairman of the Committee on Judici-
ary, position next in Importance only
to that of Ways and Means. He would
unqucstionably be of great value to
the country in his old seat in the House.
But, over and above all this, John A.
Bingham is true to the flag. If he is
returned to Congress, every vote cast
by him will be on the side of those
who, on land and sea, are so nobly up
holding our matchless Union. Yor
will never see him voting "good cheer
to JEFF. Davis, alongside Of Harris, Of
Md, and Ben Wood nor will you
ever hear of him dodging votes in the
House, like White, on the resolution
censuring Harris last winter. Mr.
Bingham is an able and fearless legis
lator, and, as the member from thi.
District, will give it character ant
standing in Congress and before thu
country.
Jos, W. White is lawyer of small
ability, residing at Cambridge Owing
to the universal depression existing al
over the country in 1862, consequen
upon the blunders and mismanagemen
of Mcclellan and Buell., he was enabled
? to defeat Mr.. Bingham in the canvas
, for Congress. In his speeches befor
!, the people, in the summer and fall o
1862, he was profuse and boisterous il
his protestations of devotion to tn
, War for the Union, and he solemn
pledged himself to stand by the 1oya
cause and vote for all the war measure
, Of the Government, The people of tn
+ District know how shamefully he ha
violated those solemn pledges. To-da
he stands before the people in favor G
an armistice' and disunion peace
f He so declared in his speech at tn
Court House in this town, previous t
| his re- nomination. and the Cadiz Cor
vention reiterated thatdoctrine. Ever
| vote White cast in Congress was on tn
side of Ben Wood and JEFF. Davis, an
against the patriot cause.
People of the 18th District! whic
, of these two men is the fittest to rel
Q resent you in this great crisis in tn
t American Congress On one side yo
}, have man who was never known
= dodge vote on any question: ta
4 ented and fearless legislator, and
d brave and true MAN. On the other, q
i. artful dodger, violator of solem
\. pledges, and an avowed friend of
,e disunion peace. II