The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-15


with my hatred for them. speak L
politically. Twas too proud TO ask an inyestiga- '
ton at the hands Of a whig House, who | knew :
possessed neither the magnsnimiiy generosity, Ii
or justice 10 DO thai which the most iud:spuiable
evidence shoald have demanded. | WAS 100 II
proud to appear before jury for the redess Of a
wrong and avolence, many Of whom knew
were the very inventors and workers of that very
organized system Of swindlng by which that
wrong aud thar violence were effected, was
loo proud 10 ask any favor, or even justice, at
the hands Of my enemies; and | was too proud
To apply to House for the redress Of violence,
knowing, as did, that more than one-half of its
members held their se1ts by virtue Of Tie same
system of ftauds by which was depsived OF aaine.
My constituents were too proud 10 permit me to |
ask for the redress of u violence which they had
! the power themselves to redress, and which vi
oence they have redressed-though that
redress would have been much moro triumphant,
could they have provoked Mr.. Pendleton TO have
been the opposing candidate; but into that he was
neither 10 5o kicked nor coaXcd, because (asI
the rude democrats said) his vanity a2l ambition
had cost him too much already. The democrats
say land have nerer heard q whig deny it) that
he paid $4,000 for three letters of the alphabet,
to the end that he might have tile prefxed to
Ibis name. Well, / know no reason why man
may not purchase title in this country as we'll
as in any other; and he may place that lille at the
head Or tail of his name, as his own fancy Or his
! taste may dictate. But $4,000 isa big price TO
j pay for two consonants and one vowel, which, in
a their order, are to be placed HON, to give them
a their most potent meaning; and that meaning
y may convey honor or disgrace. Nor docs the
: price augment The honor, or diminish the DIS
b grace, lfhe who possesses them procured them
in an honorable way, or if they have been awar-
b ded as the price Of intelligence, patriotism, and
J, virtue they are but the evidence ofmerit due to
e him who wears them; but if they have been pur-
!, chased at the expense of virtue and patriotism,
Il and in the commission Of treason, bribery, and
| perjury, they should be, and will be, worn as
| mark of d;grace and infamy leave Mr.. Pen
II dleon and his Kentucky cutthroat ruffian and
e thieving constituents TO decide the question.
2t Mr.. Speaker, it is divine TRUTH and is regar-
n ded as a maxim far and wdea civilized society,"
VI that 'epH SbouM not be done that good mag come
!. Of it," When the moral part of the community
n in 1910 demonstrated against the means which
3 we're Tesored TO by the federal party TO overthrow
e the democracy, the universal answer was, that
!" SHE end .juStifea the mean Now, sir, | wish
n to say something about the means that were used
Y, and the end effected by the means; and think
E. ! will be able to show that the end was worthy
at of the means, and the means worthy Of the end
iy and that they were both worthy Of each other.
j. This government has been in existence some
iy thing more than half century under lis present
IS organization. There are members in this House
&c who are seniors of this government. For forty
a. years Of lis whole existence it has been under
N democratic administration; and although it has
le for the balance of the time, and at two different
N times, been irostbiten and wthered by fedora
e administration, yet its progress has been onward
3r onward From the time ofits commencement
% up 10 1910 inclusive, it presented progress in
s. civilization which can challenge the history o
in nations, literature, philosophy, agriculture, me
T. ch1ncs, and general science, and every improve
s. Iment that characterzcs civilized man, had ad
lr vanced with rapidly Of which the history 0
s. thc world shows no example. The progress o
9, commerce, science, literature, and refinement, O
i the republic Of Carthage, of Greece, and o
d Rome, has employed 4 thousand pens, and ha;
g. been sung by ten thousand tongues, in descrip
k ton and praise. The same progress and advance
r mcnt Of the European governments have exhaus
o ted culogy, and almost coniounded wonder; and
t. yet the adyaDcemento the republic ofthe Unitec
h. States, in every Characteristic of civilization, hu
* man happiness, and national greatness, has beer
Q more in half 4 century than theirs has been il
', five hundred years. The savage wilderness ha:
IS been tanned, and the wild man has fed The
widespread and dense wilderness that once made
n the earth groan with their native growth, have
le been converted into highly cultivated farms, ant
IS now groan with the rich productions Of the hant
a. Of industry. The broad rivers which (many 0
o. hem) were agjtatod but by the winds and the
ID bark canoe OF the savage, now bear Oh their bo
y SONS thousands Of steamboats,, laden with the rcl
rs productions othappy freemen, and command tht
le tempest and defy the waves. The canvass of ou
if commercial ships whitons every ocean, every SCI
at and every bay. The American flag is displayed
n in every civilized pOrtin the world The face o
Is our continent is chockcTed with turnpkcs, rail
l. roads, and canals; our hills are made to yielc
is their valuable tmbers, and our mountains 10 give
a. up their minerals. Cities, great towns, beauti
s, fu and pleasant villages, dot the fyce Of the con
N tinet. Houses of worship, colleges Of science
al Bemnares Of learning, and school-houses of com
mon education, temples of justice, as well as the
1t aires of innocent amusement adorn almos; ever
r city, town, and village on our continent. Peace
le plenty, and happiness, ovcrspread the land, ant
Il lClCCilulIcsS DCGiHS IIUul every CUuHCuHuCC. III
in dusry is respected, industry rewarded, and indus
ofI try protected. In this prosperous and gloriou
10 career, there was but one obsruction--and tha
W was an irresponsible corporate banking system
ID which had grown up, and which more of by-ant
9 by, or some other occasion; at present, vii
e. Ip2ss it.
es | repeat that all this unexamped prosperity
rs ibis rapid advancement, this magical elevation q
SIX national greatness, was under the influence an
lis auspices of democratic administration four-ffth
n Of the existence of this government. But
as strange dream came over the neone. The