Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-11-06
Fromthe Richmond RAdloal.t
REVIEW OF QUA CONGRESSIONAL
POLITICS. = q
Closing Remarks Of Hon. Geo. W. ~
han, at Dublin on Saturday evening,
Oct. oath.

TO be suggested b. the Congressional cans
vass Just closed. My political career
among you has bean Along one. and In
some respects quite peculiar IN it's char
acter; aud your Intimate aud constant
con injection with itmust invest the sub
ject with an interelt 10 some considerable
degree common TO you and me-. In what
shall say | must Disregard the injunc-
ton TO "Let byeDes be bygones,' be-
cause do not thiAk it applicable to the
case in hand.
Ny FIRST con nec6on with the general
politics Of the Blunt District was In the
spring Of 1913. Up to that time was a
mem Der Of the Wing party, but the nom
nation of large Louisiana STAKEHOLDER
for the Presidency brought me to dead
halt. could nc<suPport him without
doing violence TO the most decided aud
decply-rooted convictions Of duty, ear
nestly as desired 70 live in unity and
peace with my old party friends. Very
naturally therefore / became identified
with the Free Soil eua nization, which was
then spsiugfUg foS6 lne In Wayne county,
and which sent me as delegate to the
Buffalo conventions. subsequently was
made an elector for the district, and o.
such made by far the most vigorous can
vass of my life eneopntering, at every
stage Of il, an amount Of partisan rancor
and personal abuse which have seldom il
ever fallen TO the lot Of any politician. l
never, for singh moment, doubted that
/ was in the tight aud having good con-
sti,ution and an excellent pair Oh lungs,
made the hills vocal with my Free Soil
speeches, speaking two to three times per
day, and fought il out on that line TO
the end. My opponents used to say that
my audiences consisted Of "eleyen men,
three boys, two women, and a nigrer,'
and there was sometimes more truth than
poetry in this inventory, but despised
not the day OF small things Our indie
pendent movement did not carry the cleo
,oral vote Of q single State, aud our stan
dard- beaver himself was unworthy Of the
support OF honest men, as subsequent
events have more than proved; but this or
ganized stand for the right and protest
against the wrong produced some very re
markablo results IL made California a
free State. 1t saved Oregon from slav-
cry. 1t gave cheap postage to the peo-
pie. II launched the policy Of free homes
on the public domain which prevailed
years afterwards: and as "the child is faith
err to the man." so this movement was the
progenitor, certainly the forerunuer and
path OF the mightier one which
rallied It's hosts under Fremont ia 1856,
elected Lincoln in 1860, and carried the
nation safely through the erandest civil
conflict that ever eonyulsed great peo-
pie. -
Yhe triumph Ofihe Wigs in this con
test paved the way for their utter ront and
ruin In lSts, but they, were temnlrarily
elaled. ans. bhorsd. no rercsstiout whel-
ever to conciiiaie and Win back I'd theti
ranks those whip bad separated from tbs
party and joined the Free Soil movement
The supporters Of this movement fully
reciprocated the unfrendy feeling; nnd
MS early as the close the year S4S they
declared their continued independence BY
nominating me for Congress. The Dem
ocrats, smarting under their defeat on thu
deceptive issue Of the Nicholson letter
and politically powerless in the District
we're quite ready TO take advantage Of the
angry feeling between the Wings and Ere,
Sellers which The Presidential canvass
had aroused Accordingly, in the spring
OF 1919, they were o'es'aken py an up,
parent spasm OF anti siavery virtue, whici
led them 70 mount tue free eoh p'a'o'h
and asalously join I.nds with my r'd tTs,1.
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Ms Boundary 2iii, the aoa"uonmsn. y
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win my -
In 1851 ifsfTsuance OF the wishes