Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-04
MIR. Galloway 'DecIines-His Let

MIR. Galloway DecIines-His Let
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Elsewhere we give Mr.. GALLowAY's let
ter declining the honor of defeat on the
Negro Suffrage Ticket in October next
The reasons assigned for thus taking the
in brief, that he is unwilling to play Sec
ond fiddle to General HAYES. "a to q
In long political career, Mr.. GALLO
WAY has rendered himself obnoxious to his
present political friends by the exercise of
that rare virtue, consistency. When Aboli-
tionism was at a low ebb-a thing of scoff
and jeers, he avowed its principles. The
party dare not shake him off, for he had
the brains and the speaking talent of the
party in his keeping. When the party pro-
gressed SO far as to make its platform on
the negro, it came to MIR. GALLowAY's
standpoint, and his friends, for he has
many, naturally thought that, in the dis
position of favors, his name would head
the list. But they who hated him in the
days of the past for his Abolitionism, now
added jealousy of the man and his talent,
and against the remonstrauce of his
friends, nominated him for Lieut.. Cover
nor, with Gen. HAYES as the head of the
ticket, making a Cape-sheep affair of it.
the tail having the most weight and being
the more valuable part OF the concern.
With talent below the average of the
weaklings with whom heis associated, Gen.
HAYES, who beat Mr.. GALLOWAY for the
Gubernatorial nomination, has neither mil
itary fame, or civil services to recommend
him. .b3nIr lin :. .. W. ..- -.
He served during the war, first as Colonel
and then was made General. Yet his
name was scarce heard OF, while that of
others loomed with greatness. Entering
upon his third year in Congress, the name
of General HAYES, except for his vote on
forcing negro suffrage on the District of
Columbia and in. favor of enforcing high
tariff duties on all that the New England
manufacturers make and low duties on that
which the Western Wool Grower requires
to sustain him against South American
competition, is unknown to the public
Such is the man that, by the aid of a ring
of selfish and desperate politicians, defeated
Mr.. GALLOWAY for the first office on the
Republican Ticket, and ther, against
his wishes nominal ed him for the lowest,
and demanded as price of fealty to his
principles, that he should accept. s.
With more of talent than any man of his
party, the finest speaker, and with habits
pure and beyond the reach of SANDER
notwithstanding his labor for years,
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cratic party, the friends of Mr..
GALLOWAY saw him passed in the race for
political honors, by the plug horses, which,
in the racing world cannot even rise to the
dignity of scrubs" Thus, in succession
he saw WIN. DENNIsoN made Governor of
Ohio. and President of the Convention that
nominated LINCOLN and JOHNSON for Presi-
dent and Vice President, and for that rea-
son, Postmaster General-JoHN SHERMAN,
twice elected to the United States Senate,
and for that reason, able to make all his
friends rich by contracts and by office,
while the better man of the trio, was forced
to remain in comparative obscurity.
To remedy this, and, as far as possible,
to right the wrong, the friends of Mr.. GAL
LowAY presented his name as a candidate
for Governor, and placed his nomination,
as rightfuliy they should, on the fact of
superior talent and eminent services to the
party. He was shamefully beaten by a
ring, who defeated him because they dare
not trust him. Fearful of public sentiment
and anxious to propitiate Mr.. GALLOWAY
and to secure his services on the stump,
they then, against all his entreaties and
the protest of his friends, nominated him
for an office which, to one of advanced
age, pays neither in money or in honor
This they did that the eloquence and pop
ularity Of GALLOWAY might make up for
the dead weight and lack of talent OF
HAYES. But the veil was too transparent.
Mr.. GALLOWAY is not candidate-his let
ter declining shows that he will have no
lot or part in the affair, and he leaves the
Ticket, feeble as it is, to support itself, if it
can. The doubtful honor of being can
,didate for Lieutenant Governor on the
Ticket with HAYES for Governor, is insult
ficient to make him lose his self-respect by
canvassing the State; and hence the name
SAMUEL GALLOWAY for Lieutenant Gov
ernor is withdrawn from the Ticket, and
with it the brains of the concern passes
away. -.I