Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-01-26
An Ohio Representative.

The following speech was delivered by
one Of the men Ohio has selected TO repres-
ent her at Washington. The time chosen
for its delivery was when the question Of a.
polishing slavery in the District was before
the House how much the speaker loves hui
manity, our readers can judge for them
selves.
Mr.. SAWYER said he had heard this
question discussed from time 10 time, and by
one gentleman after another, until 1t would
really seem that there was no other subject
could be discussed in this Hall but negro
slavery. Nearly half of the session had al
ready passed away. There were on the cal
sndar some seven hundred private bills yet
10 be acted upon, and petitions were coming
here daily, asking that Congress would leg
islate on such matters. In addition 10 this,
there were some one hundred and fifty or two
hundred general laws oh The calender, and
yet from morning TO night, and from week to
week, nothing was talked Of here, and moth
ing could ge, a hearing, that did not relate to
negroes or negro slavery.
Now, he would appeal to the good sense
Of the House, he would appeal TO the patrio-
iism Of gentlemen hereto every ronsidera-
ton that was sacred in their minds in respect
to the welfare and interests Of the nalion-to
abandon this infamous manner Of legislation,
for such he must call it. He meant not TO
cast a censure upon the House; but he must
saw, that a question had been agitated here
for some time which the House onght 10 have
done with: it was one about which his con-
s%iituents cared nothing there were other
subjects far more important and interesting to
them. The House was spending its time,
day after day, to no practical good, arguing
abstract questions; and certain gentlemen
seemed to aspire to nothing more than rails
ing questions which must embarrass other
gentlemen in the votes which they were to
give. He, for one, would experience no en-
barrassment from this source. His consti.
tuents we'll knew this. They would not re-
quire him to give his vote, unless upon some
tangible and practical proposition.
The session, he had said, was about hal
over. They had now a vast amount of pub.
lie business TO attend to. The people were
suffering. All around, the voice of warning
was heard. The cholera was approaching.
Before one week, he predicted, it would be
amongst us; and in his judgment, if it should
come, Congress could not be kept together
one week afterwards.
He would ask gentleman to look seriously
into this matter; TO proceed 10 The despatch
Of the public business, and 10 let this ahomi
nable thing of negroes and negro slavery
alone. The people sent them here to do nc
such business. How was it with his owr
constituents, and with the constituents Of
other gentlemen here1 There were ques-
lions in which their interests were much
more deeply involved, and which ought to
receive their attention.
The course pursued here reminded him oil
an anecdote which he had heard Of a little
boy, who went TO a woman in his neighbor-
hood, to get her to patch his pantaloons.-
The boy was like the mill boy Of The slash
es, when he went to the mill with his bag oil
corn, and the streamers hanging ont behind,
The woman asked him why his mother did
not put the patch on for him. Why" he
said, " she is busy at a sewing society, max
ing clotehs 10 be sent to the Grteks."--