Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-31
NUMBER 81
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l. lFrom th6 4lJu5t50 eT sx orecsfSpaf,tAu i1a
II We undertake to-day 'tlIe discharge of
duty which nothing but our desire for the
tisafety of the ,StatR InenReed by the crea-
pture whose name6 figures at the lIead of this
article, could INDUCE us to perform, Wber-
Ee9er he has become Thoroughly known,
| Jack Hamilton has fallen 'bepealh Che con-
tempt of all good and honorable men; and
liyft, in consequence of his peculiar politi-
Fcdl relations, at this peculiar time, he has
Ebecome apparently, Formidable ,as the ene=.
my ofthe State and people Who, unfortui[
lnntately for thsm, have m2ae bin IN all slll he is.
Pit is due tot9e people ,,of the State whom
inOw seeks to ruIi; IL is die 20 Pre- sfdetb T.
tJphnson, whose trust i1e-has abused, whose
favor ls has sJuhg gratefully y trai6pledInp6R;
| and whose administration he now seeks to
fOferthrow ;lltiis idnc ITO the, Union, whose
L hprofessed friend he,isy bot tywhOse cOnstitu-A
naEbasis'he seeks to Undermine and de-,
stroy HIS duBto the6Isalieab party at the
bNorth and in CoRgress,-apon whom he has
foisted hinlseH 9tfeHDgfto doltheir tiiruBst1
1 partisan work, but who certainly do not
wish to employ an Instrument utterly
treacherous aDd vile, morally and poiticais
| ly; it is due to the people, both of the North .
and the South, wlIo have settled their poit- a
ical differences before the highest tribunal
on earth, at the cost oil, au unparalleled w
amount OF blood and treasure and who are y
now seeking to be teconciled to each OtheTicl
! for mutual good, Dpt which peaceful COM .
summation,' Jack Hamilton, like the flend u
| that he is, is seeking to prevent; it is due n
| TO ChFtstiHn civilization, uponwhOse escut-a
| cheon he is q foul blot, aud to human ma =.
| ture, to every good instinct of Which he is W.
Judas, that this man should be pictured
| forth to the world in his true cOlOrss doE.
| We knew him when, as a boy, we, used to-
attend the circuit courts in Randolph aud 4,
other counties in Alabama. He was then a
! young lawyer of some promise In the way
| of ability, but not much in the way ofm6ral Z
| charaeter.u He cana to Texas about 1884,
and settled in La Grange. About 1919 or ,
| 1850, MIR. Conkwright was assassinatedinn
! LaGrahge. DIR. ConkwIfght, the brother ri
of themurderedman,p published pamph-oi.
let, and crcuat, it all over the State, d,
boldly charging Hamilton with having Sc,
| duced his brothers wife, and with having :
| procured the murder of her husband in
consequence, This charge Hamilton has
never publicly denied; but he afforded
4 circumstantal proof of its truth by leaving |
| La Grange and removing to Austin. DIR.
! Conkwright, we believe, is still living in
the State, and we call upon him, or any
Others who have them, to furnish us COPY
| of the above-named pamphlet. ......... -.
| After removing TO Travis county, he was
! elected tothe Legislature, and while there
! was openly, repeatedly, and persistently,
| charged by Judge Hancock, with bribery
| and perjury in the exercise OF his Office as
4 amember ofthe Legislature. To this charge
lie madeno reply. .' Fl. IN "t-
| A negro woman whom he had brought
| from Alabama, when yer young, and held
| as slave, and who claimed to be free, and
| who, upon investigation, proved to be free,
| he whiDna6 81 priIplIv thati chn cnuorI,t racL
| uge in the house of MIR. Aaron Burleson,
4 who, still lives in Travis county, When
4 examined, her back was found TO be one
solid mass of blood and bruises, her clothes q
were so glued to her back that they couldh
only be removed by the. aid ofisoap aud
water, and when removed, the worms were
4 found to be living and working la her flesh. ol
The woman was not allowed TO return to1q
| hlm, but game into. court, and chose her
! own master. according to the then law OF ,,
| Texas, Hamilton not daring to resist .eDhI
4 In 1858 he ran for the Legislature againii
and was beaten by j., w, Banks, Esq, on
the openly alleged charge that he was in
the habit of whipping his wife: ''lqla ts'
So much for his private character, for the .
| present. As to his political course, from
4 1858 to 1858, he was most violent seces-
sionisty insisting on therevisiotl Of the ar-sd
j ticles of annexation of Texas to the Enion,o
and seeking support for public office on that
platform. OF tnis there is abundant proof
! at hand. He was thus in favor Of secession, J
/ by ',separate State action" before nybOdyIs
1 else in the South was in consequence Of ,
I Northern aggressions upon the institution
4 of slavery. lJi7 9ii tBfi rl.. sd l-HEI
\ About the same time he was openly and n
earnestly an advocate of the re. e.Opening of /,
the African slave trade W.
| And last of all, after the war commenced,A .
j he applied TOT leading merchant in Calves
ton for money to raise company for Con-
federate Service! ''''' i'. i'
| This is the man whom the Northern Rad
icals are taking to their bosoms, and whoseos
1 vote for, the Yice-P Presidency at the next
election he is seeking to- obtain by de-
noudcing, and slahdering, and eursing the
people of his own State.i ...vi $50 ui 5i'fat