The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-02-02
Ohio Legislature.

were then-defealed. The resoIm.lon,
were such as ought not TO pass any legis
Ia'ive body, for not an idea was express
ed in them, tia could pot have been bet
ter said IN one twenlieib part ofthe space
! rns ,biug Of getting up Long winded res.
nlniions, merely because one has chance
It,ldg in petty words, is ran, folly and
npne, but one fonder Of the shadow than
the substance will indulge in il.
During the discussion, Mr.. Scott, fer.
for adoption resolution embracing the
sentiment, cut from he letter 0f Judge
I Mclean, to the Buffalo free snil conven-
ton, that swithout the sanction of law
slavery can no more exist 10 territory
than a man breathe without air. and thai
Slaves are not property, where they are
not made so by municipal law which
grea hooked the free 50 ii notions OF NJ r.
Beaver. That Senator denounced the
resolut MS as an acknowledged that
slaves can be created by municipal Law ,
not knowing that tile sentiment came
from one OF the great leaders Of his party
| His opposition was received with shouts
"f Laughter, and the Trunbul Sen tor
v hen Informed Of she fact. like the poor
boy al frolIc, had mt word 10 say. l.
was a regular take in, and Mr., Beaver
/ felt that he had fairly been trapped.
| During the same debate, iIr. WI ilman
stripped the Lions skin from Mr.. l}l,ke
and exposed the want ofsnceri'y in that
senator's advocatrg free soIllsm, end
tr,i g to lead its forces in the Senate, at
secretly ins rncting the free solers OF
Clinton unty, To sell out body aud bree'
ches TO the Taylor men, by voting for
Junes the Taylor candidate fur seat in
the lower House. The casiig alton was
well meritei AMI was well applied.
In the House, last night. the democra
cy achieved its GnaI iriomphby the res
toraiion Of llessrs l'ugh aud Pierce 10
their seats. N,thing but the daring and
""''"b 'Ho N''' P''e"S' a"H PS's'"'So
in by the wings from the fourth IL the
twen,y.third day December, and the
anxious desire Of democrats TO avoid even
the appearance Of wrong could have led
totLeir temporary exclusion. The pea
pie Of the state " II now be able TO jndg,
what coniileuce they are to put in the
~ pocritlcal Professions. OF those who d'i
orgsnizrd the government, and nearly
prus,iated the credit Of the S ate fur the
most paltry end Of faction. Growing on,
Of this vote Of the House, was scene
his morning even more disgraceml, il
any thing can be SO, at all .yen,s e,en
more personally disgfacefm 10 member,
ttanany thing which lad previansly &c
CURED. II will be seen on reference 10
rhe v5te, that Messis Towushend mud
Morse, the only hdnest free soil men Oh
the floor. voted with the democrats.
This vote is ranking in The heart Of
whig cry like bitter wrong, and has al
ready begun TO pro luce fruits in vast
and various attempts at vengeance: Oar
readers will remember letter Of Mr.
Fownshend's to the Cleveland True Dem
ocrat, pub ished in our paper few days
agt in which the lions ski was so pitt
pssly torn from the limbs OF such free
soiiers as Chsfree, Johnson OF Cuyahngq,
&c. Upon this letter Mr.. johnson of
Cuyahoea founded a question Of privilege
and forthwith begun an attack on Mr.
Townshend, which was carried on b.
Messrs. Olds and Chaffee, the object of
was to break down The personal character
of Mr.. Townshend To have been snc-
cessful, this attack should have heen de-
layed. The provocatinn to il was be
gining to grow old-gentlemen had qrie'
ly lain for more than week under the
grave charges of that letter, and not a
word was said, not even a whisper, until
Mr., Townshend had given that vote which
ruined the prospects. Of bunker whsgcr,
in Ohio. The motive OF Vengeance is now
so plain, that they who ran may see it,.
DR.. Townshend maintained the truth
# every word in his letter, and out Of his
own mouth convicted Chaffee Of the lie
while he was stammering denial Of the
charges he had brought against him.
II is matter of veracity betwean Chat
fee and Mr.. Townshend. in which the
word of the latter is sustained by mul-
tiude o; coucurring facts, while the de
nial OF the former finds no support but its
own weight. 10 personal question, no
man knows the bluff honesty of the mem.
her from Loraip. nor the high character
which he has always deservedly borne /
and cont rasrs il with the shutting temper
of this renegade from whiggery who is
now seeking TO be'ray the very canse for
which he deserted his ancient creed. and
to purchase forgiveness at the hands Of
~. II L.. Al uf l.