The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-09-16
Hutchins.

HuCcn1nS.
The Portsmouth Times of last Sat-
urday said:
"Mr. Hutchins' record during the
war will stand well in comparison
with Meals. Mr.. Hutchins for year
or more stood at the head of military
affairs. He was in constant commu-
nication with the Government in ref
erence to matters along the border,
which our readers will remember, were
at times alarming. He helped organ
ize the militia, he aided in raising sew
eral regiments, addressed war meet
ings and his services were so efficient
and valuable that he was compliment
ed therefor by Governor Tod. Now
what did Mr.. Neal do, and where did
he bury his dead?"
That is pretty nearly the truth, if
the Times has reference to Mr.. Hutch
ms in the year 1862, when he ran for
Congress, and was elected on a false
issue. But how was it year later?
On the ,27th day of June, 1863, the
Democrats Of jackson county held a
meeting at Jackson, to ratify the
nomination of the banished traitor
Vallandi CHAM, whom their State con-
vention had nominated for Governor.
Wells A. Hutchins made the ratifca-
ton speech. In that speech, among
other things, he said that the Lincoln
administration never could conquer
the South; that Grant, with his army,
was at time besieging Vicksburg, but
he never could take it; if it were pos
sible to capture that city, there were a
hundred other places equally as well
fortified, that never could be taken.
&c. His entire speech was bitter de-
nunciation of the war, and all who
favored it's prosecution. There are
many men now living, of both parties
who heard that speech, and who will
bear us out in what we say.
The Express, the organ of the De-
mocracy of Jackson county, in its is
sue Of July 2, 1858, in reporting the
meeting said:
after partaking Of a sumptuous
dinner which had been prepared fol
the occasion by the good ladies Of
Jackson county, the meeting was or
ganized by calling John D. James
ESQ.,, to the Chair, who, in a few brie1
remarks. introduced the Hon. Wells
A. Hutchins, Of Portsmouth, to the
audience; and, notwithstanding 6
heavy shower Of rain, the greater part
of the people remained to hear the
able and bold arguments and stirring
appeals to stand firm in the support Oh
Democratic principles. Seldom have
we listened to such unanswerable ar.
guments in favor of constitutions
rights y
In it's issue Of July 9, 1868, the
Express comments upon the report Of
the meeting, as given in the Standard
of the previous week, and says:
Every person who has read the
Record of G. L. Vallandigham knows
that he is not traitor and none but
fanaticaI and weak minded persons
(who are diseased with the niger or
the brain) will dare make the asser.
ton.
Every person present knows thai
Mr.. Hutchins did not utter single
word of hatred against the Govern.
ment;' but it is true that he scored
the present wicked and tyrannical Ad
ministration and denounced, in bitter
terms, the illegal assumption of a de.
spot1c power that deprived US OF the
freedom of speech, and would eventu'
ally make us slaves"
Now let us bear in mind that this
Vallandigham ratification meeting was
held at the grove of Abraham French
in Jackson, ON the 9th day Of June
1863. Just prior to that time, the
committee to demand the release Of
Vallandigham, which was appointed
by the State convention, had made
their insolent demand of President
Lincoln, accompanied by threat o.
trouble in the North, full account Of
which we gave last week, copied from
Greeley's American Conflict. Two
days after the Jackson speech, June
80, 1868, President Lincoln sent tht
committee his proposition, which was
rejected with Indignation by this MAJ
Hutchins-the man who was address
ing war meetings" &c. We canno
give this item of history in a more
condensed form that it was given a
the time, in the Standard Of July Is
1868:
RELEASE OF vALLANDIGHAM.
"The correspondence between the
President and the Committee appoint
ed by the late copperhead convention
at Columbus, has been published. The
President proposed to have the Com
mittee sign the following proposition
-. That there is now rebellion in the United