The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27
Renc,nbcr Irishmenl

Remember IriShmem!
And let EVERY FRESHMAN RE-
MEMBER, that John J. Crittenden,
Wing, introduced into the United STATES
Senate, bill granting reiefto Ireland in
the hour of famine and distress. Ie9 LEW
Is CAsss "a DODGED THE CUES
TION, AND DID NOT VOTE FOR
1T! and let EVERY FRESHMAN RE-
MEMBER that this Bill for Ireland's re-
lief was OPPOSED GENERALLY BY LOCO
FOCO SENATORS, and ADVOCATED BY
WHIGs; and let EVERY FRESHMAN
REMEMBER, that while this prodig gal
Administration has miliuns othrow away
upon bootless expedition to fish up the
remains of Sodom and Gomorrah, they
CANNOT SPARE ONE DIME to alleviate
the pangs of distress, or allay the gnaw-
ing ofhunger.
~AND LET EVERY IRISH
MAN REMEMBER, that the above ca
lumny. which we found in the Lancaster
Gazette, is falsehood, wholly nnmitigat-
ed aud contemplate. If he does not be-
lieveit lie, let him turn with us to The
Congressional proceedings, on the 26th
Feb, 1S47 and he will find that General
Cass WAS FOR THE BILL Ohio
Eagle.
The Eagle then copies speech of Gen.
Cass to show that he aoaS for the bill,
Now leteVery TRIsHMAN mark the issue
between us aud the Editors ofthe Eagle,
and to their own satisfaction, to the sa-
tisfaction Of every one, we will prove
them what they term us last week, liars.
The charges arc these: Lewis Cass
lodged the question and did not vote
for Crttenden's bill-Locofocos general
iy opposed it and Wings Advocated it.
When Mr.. Crittenden first moved to
have it taken up, it was voted down, eve
ry Locofoco but Wescott voted against
the motion--every Wing but one voting
for it. 1t afterwards passed the House
and was pOcketed by the Locofoco Chair
man of,he Committee of Ways and Means
We say Cass lodged the question, be.
cause he set in his seat and die not vote
upon it. What were his opinions prepi
oSsly are of no consequence-it is not the
first time that his "mind has undergone &
change" This can all be seen by ref
erence to the proceedings as published
in the Congressional Globe.
Blu; we will not stop here. We gen
orally, when we can. make liars convc
themselves. At the time, the Locofocol
were charged with defeating the appro
priation, and the Chillicothe Aduertise
tried to defeat them. The Eagle thu
read its contemporary lecture:
From the Ohio Eagle March 3Oh 1847.
Voting Relief to ireland.
The Chillicothe Advertiser makes
defence against the Democrats in con
gress being chargeable with defeat of th'
bill to appropriate from the US. Treasur,
halfmllion of dollars for the relief o
the Irish people.
Friend Haisey, do we not agree in th
proposition, that whateveris ,crong, shoul
be opposed, and whatever is right, shoulc
be defendedl And do we not furhe
agree, that the most fertile fancy of tn
loosest atitudnarian, would fail to flint
peg in the Constitution of the Unite
States on which to hang such an apprc
priation as thisl We cannot pertinentl
quote Pope: Whatever is, is right"
We leave the question with the publ
and with lrishmen in particular W
consider the matter only important be
cause Wings are charged with hostilit
to Ireland and lrishmen. They consid
cred the appropriation right and cOnst
tEtiOaal. The Eagle and its Locofoc
friends did not. We have now cleare
our skirts of falshood-let the Eagle no'
clear theirs ifthey can.