The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-09-13
nSThe New York Tribune states that
its circulation is now thirty-fve thou
sand more than it was one year ago.
From the Portsmouth Tribune.
Chameleon Moore.

Chameleon Moore.
Never since the foundation of the ancient relic
on Market street. has such a scene been witnessed
within its greasy surroundings as took place there
on Friday night last. An old line Whiq a Know
Nothing, a Chase Ab0h6OniSt, q Republican, a Fill
more man, a BeiL-DOuglas man, a Democrat, a
Johnson man, a Copperhedd, and 0. p. Moore, were
and the chameleon has many cOlOrs, but such a
jargon of words and such changing of hues,
was never before exhibited, FREQ Of charge, to
wondering people.
The first and leading scene of these 'dissoving.
views" was of a personal and interesting nature,
inasmuch as il related entirely to o. +. Moore and
his connection with secret society, commonly
termed "Know Nothings," and no water dog"
hooked from his favOrite mud hole ever flOundGred
as this chameleon" did to free himself from the
odum which he admitted his connection with the
order attached to him.
Instead of making manly admission that he
had belonged to the order, and taken all of its
oaths and pledges, and sworn to support every
one of its principles, he squirmed and wriggled
worse than an eel in skillet There were num-
Der of foreigners present, who seemed to enjoy his
'gr0und and lofty tumbing'' with as much zcst
as they would an exhibition ofa climber jimmey"
on an enlarged scale. Not possessing the courage
to either deny Know Nothingism altogether, nor
to admit his full membership and sanction of it,
patience Of his audience in making excuses, and
endeavoring to show that there was one portion
that was all "ummery." The word ''hummery"
seemed to come to him at fortunate moment,
and he hung to it with great tenacity. Whenever
he became entirely denoralized by his own con-
tradicti0ns and twO-fnced assertions, he rushed
back to his favorite 'hummery' for a fresh start,
until some Fenlan cried out, Away wild ye; and
we're twenty-One years till an Irishman can vote"
This was q sumner, and ii soon became apparent
that the 'hummery" dodge wouldn't do; when
he went to pleading the "baby act by begging
eyerybOdys pardon, and promising that he never
would do so any more. As he failed to explain
very clearly the distinction between that portion
of Know NOthngsm which he did adopt, and that
which he now denOminates 'ilummery, we would
add, for the benefit of his hearers, that what he
meant by the good part Of it, was the oath by
which every member was sworn to vote for the
nominee of the order
By he taifiment Of this oath 0. =. Moore ,Cas
elected 10 Congress in 1854. The ''ilummery" of
the order, from which he now tries to escape,
related to foreigners, and their right of suffrage,
and he swOre rs sOlcmnN to adopt the ''llulnmery'
as he did the other But enough of this; he made
his audience sick, and sent half of them home in
disgust at his shambling and shutlling and we
will not turn the stOmachs of our readers by
rehashing the foul mess.
Mr.. Moorc's secondly was grand "hop-step-
and-jump' into the private character of Col. Glib
son. and the public character Of Dan. Mcfarland.
We have nothing to say here as to his charges of
the latter but his slanderous abuse of Col. Gibson
we dcn0unce as an ungenerOus ungentcm0nly,
uncaed for attack, and one that the facts Will not
warrant him in making. Col. Gibson did not
attack the personal character of Mr.. Moore, but it
it was the remark of all who heard him that he
spoke only as one gentleman would be expected
to speak of another who happened to be his
political opponent. But, stung as he was by the
immense numbers and enthusiasm Of GibsOns
meeting with the evidence of failure greeting him
on every hand, he Yielded to a temptation, and
fell into the lowest depths of personal abuse and
SANDER The whole course of his speech gave
evidence that he was maddened by opposition,
and dishcartened by approaching defeat, but no
one expected him to let himself down so far be-
meath the dignity off public speaker as to charge
Mr.. Gibson with stealing the treasure Of the state,
when he knew that that gentleman never stole,
or received one dollar of the m0ney-never was
benefited one cent by the robbery but on the
contrary was entirely broken up, and rendered
bankrupt In CndeavOring to repay what his DemO-
cratic brother-iR-hIw, John &. BreSiiR did stedI.
Mr.. Moore admitted that he was well acquainted
with Mr. Gibson that he had served In the army
with him; that he had met him on the cars that
same day, and was glad to see him. NOw why
,cas M Moore glad 10 see and cORrerse Tih a COM
mon thief? II, as Mr.. Moore would hare made his
audience beiiere, Hr. Gibson wdS only Saced from
he penihniiuy by selling himSelf as q substitute,
and going into The army rhy did such high toned
gentleman as NJ. Moore recognise him, either tR The
1rmy or on The cars? Was It because he prefers
that kind of company There were plenty of
gentleman on the cars whom he knew were not
There's. Mr.. Gibson did not force himself upon
him. vet Mr.. Moore rode pleasantly by his side,
and never once reminded his companion that he
ought now to be In the penitcntiary instead of
canyassing the country to defeat such patterns OF
h0neSty, and n,Ordlity as .. +. Moore Mr.. Moore
knew when he made these charges against Mr..
Gibson that they were false, for he stated on the
same day of Mr.. Gibsons speech, in the presence
of several gentleman, that he ''beheged Mr. Gibson
10 be q CIerer gcRtemdR,--dR honest man, and that
he did not think that he eUer receiced d0iiT Of the
stolen money, or words to that effect. Mr.. Gibson
was unfortunate In having copperhcNd brother
in-aw he was also unfortunate In succeeding that
brother-in-law us Treasurer of State, and he was
al full in trying to cover up the guilt Of Demo-
cratic dejdulter lie is nevertheless, as honest a
man to-day rs his defamers.
The remainder of Mr.. Moorc's wanderings were
hardly worthy of notice. His hearers had gencr-
ally left and gone home before he finished up Mr..
Gibson, but he continued to founder through his
slough of filth, till there were not dozen persons
present, except few of his opponents, who were
determined to stay and see how low he could get.
lie cOmplmented the Democrats who are now
supporting him by telling them that his reason
for voting for Chase In 80 was, that he was willing
to 80 tIke dog 10 Kill a snake pih." Chase was
the dog and the Democratic party was the snake
The Democrats couldn't SEE the ''plut" and the
Illustration failed to find the cheer that was
expected.
fle made most characteristic struggle to shield
his "Southern friends" from the charge Of having
murdered our soldiers, and made the assertion
repeating II several tmcs-thu there scere ds many
mardererS IN our army as there cere IN theirs. Of
course he never heard of Fort Pillow, Lawrence,
or the murder of Gen. Bob McCook !!
Two or three of the last hours were devoted to
he new and highly entertaining subject OF negro
equality, and here again he paid most beautiful
compliment To the wOrkingmen of his party by
declaring that mo nigger could ever become his
equal at the bar, but that they could readily grow
TO be the equal of workingmen, aud by accepting
lower wages finally supercedc the white man.
His peroration consisted of very affecting
allusion to his poverty, and the poverty of his
party. lie could compete with brains, but brains
and money both would prove too much for him.
In comparison between himself aud Mr.. Wilson,
whom he represented as belng very rich, he made
most feeling appeal, and as the crowd showed
considerable tenderness, we were expecting a
proposition to pass around the hat, when some
Insinuatng cuss suggested that probably he had R-
vested his money IN he WroRg bunk % This sent a
giggle through thecrowd, and the poverty dodge
was played. He also had considerable to say
about ''Oice holders and door keepers, but
as most of the crowd was now sound asleep the
point was lost. And so we thought of the whole
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