Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
RoN :. z. HUBRELE-A RErRA orIoN.


The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Gazette, in a recent letter took
/ occasion to criticise the course of our Rep
resentative, Hon. J. r. HUBBELL, as a
member Of the House and Of the Union
party. in which he charged him with want
/ Of fidelity to the Union cause, a lack Of
frmness, and an indisposition to meet
fairly and squarely the important issues
that have presented themselves during the
session. These are very serious charges,
and greatly aggravated from the fact that
they are without foundation In truth are
calculated to create erroneous impress
sions, and do great injustice to a faithful
and efficient Representative, who has
/ been true to the Union cause; who has
not failed &c vote on any important meas
ure that has been before the House for
consideration; whose votes have on all es-
sential or test questions been cast with
those Of his Union colleagues; whose rec
ord viii bear the closest scrutiny; and
whose standing in the House Is quite as
good as that Of any new member of the
Ohio or any other delegation.
These personal assaults by the profess
siOnal newspaper correspondents that in
fest the National Capital-who Vituperate
or puff, as caprice or interest may dictate
are not only reprehensible, but out
rageous; and while retraction may, to
some extent, make amends for the offence,
it cannot fully repair the injury the SLAM
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reeklessly made create prejudices and
impressions that are not easily removed
by subsequent retraction or correction.
In a letter dated May 18th, this vera
cious correspondent backs down" com
pletely from his previous assertions. At
ter expressing regret that his statements
had been construed as intimating that
Mr.. Fl. is mot thoroughly Union at
heart, he continues as follows
This certainly was not intended, as Mr.. !
Hubbe1 has always proclaimed himself
IN conversation as warm supporter of the |
doctrines ofthe Union party, and has new
er cOuntenanced any movement looking 1
70 Its DIVISION. The article was written /
IN the belief that Mr.. Hubbell had lodged |
on several important issues, and that In 4
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any but men of nerve and decision in Con-
gress, who believed that all the great
gains Ofthe war should be secured by leg
IslatIon. In the structures made upon
Mr.. HubbelIs course In regard to the
District Suffrage bill the article did Mr..
HubbeIl injustice, as 1t appears that he
was suffering from severe sore throat, and
left the House before the tine fixed for
the vote, only after being assured by a
member that the vote would not be taken.
The next day he rose in his seat and ask
sd permission to record his vote for the
bill The Associated Press dispatch that
ne asked to have 1t recorded against the
oil was an error, and upon that dispatch
)art OF the impression conveyed In the
-rticle was founded L.
AS to the charge of lodging on the Terri
orIal bill, 1t appears that Mr.. H was alb
ent from the House when it was report
q and considered, and did not return to :
ne House until the roll call had cOmmen- /
ed upon the passage of the bill, and not f
eIng informed Of its provisions, Mr. FL
ld not vote. Thus the evidence upon
7hIch the charge of "dodging' was found 9
d, having been discredited, of course the
barge falls through. i
1t Is further due to Mr. III. to say that
e gave has support to the Freedmen's r
,ureau bull, and voted to pass the Civil 0
lights Dill over the veto, and that he is 5
merely anxious for the harmony of the d
'nion party, and for It's success: and fur- a
leF, that he has supported all the meas =
res proposed by the Committee on Re d
obstruction n
It is sincerely hoped that if any one
as at all Influenced by the statements n
the first letter, they viii modify their G
oinlons by the explanations made In "