The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-12-28
The Banrgaiu Confessed. /.

Soilers, Townshend and Morse, agreed
to support the pretensions Of Messrs
Pugh and Pierce to seats in the LegisIa
ture,. and on the other part. The Demo
cratic party bound themselves 10 vote fol
the repeal of the Black Laws and cleo
Salmon P. Chase United States Senator
Stands fully confessed by one of the
leading parties to the contract, Mr.. PUGli
The reader will easily see that Mr. Greet
had the gentleman "up a tree" and be
had to come down or be shot.
1t is to be hoped, for the sake of hn
man veracity, that no efforts viii be made
hereafter to conceal or deny the infam.
Gus contract, by which the honest masses
of the Democratic party were sold and
delivered to the Abolitionists, by a few
constituted leaders.
But we detain the reader too long from
tie report, @hichis decidedly interesting;
In tho course of the remarks of Mr.
Green, he stated, III answer To Mr., Long,
that the wings of the legislature ofiS4S. 9
had no powerto act in the business ofre-
;renchtnent That previous to the in
troducttoh Of a resolution by himself
touching reduction of the number Of
clerks, he had been. begged by Mr. Mat,
thews not to offer it, as 1t would take sew
eral hundred dollars out of his pocket.
That still persisting, he was asked by
Mr.. Matthews to introduce into it pro.
vision by which he tMatthews) Would
get more than his assistants. TRatwhen
his resolution was offered, it was voted
down by the gentleman from Hamilton
and his associates. -,
Mr.. Green said that after the cohshm.
nation of the contract between the Loco.
focos and Messrs. Townshehd and Morse
last winter. the Wings had no power in
the House. -, ..4s .-s.....,..
Mr.. Pugh. What were the pr6tisi6hs
of that bargain? '"4' o. '''' ~.
Mr.. Green. 1t provided for your all.
mission to seat inthis House, and for
the admission of your associate. 1t pro-
yided for The election of Messrs. Spauld-
ing and Caldwell to the Supreme Courl;
for the election Of Salmon p. Chase as
Senator; for the repeal ofthe Black Laws,
and for the election ofa variety of other
officers, including circuit and county
judges and the President oflhe Board. Of
Public Works.
Mr.. Pugh. l deny the existence of
any such contract. '" '. N',
Mr.. Green. There was such contract
in writing. 1t was signed by the Demo-
cratic members of the then House, with
the exception of Mr., Larimer, and was
deposited in the hands of Mr.. Smart Of the
House. ''"'' -Is +' l'. 90 -t'
. Mr.. Dalzell denied that lIebad made
himself party to such contract, or had
seen it. ..- .....
MIR. Green, Do the gentleman deny
that there was paper drawn up contain
ing these provisions, and signed by the
Democratic members Sf tho House? |
had it froti good authority, gentlemen.
Mr.. harihef himself informed me of its
existence, aid stated that except himself,
it was signed by nearly or quite all the
members on that side of House. Does
the gentleman from Hamilton deny put.
ting his name to s,Wh a paperl
Mr.. Pugh. | signed no contract with
the Free Soilers. did sigma paper or
letter, addressed to The other Democratic
members Of this House, by which, we
bound ourselves mutually to vote for GER.
tain things, and to abide ny earh other,
standing or falling together. ..'-.'
Mr.. Green: Was not one Of these
considerations the repeal Of the Black
laws Of the State4 '.
Mr.. Pngh. Ii was. We did dgtes 10
go forthe repeal ofthe black laws.
MIR. Green. And what were YOU to
receive in returhi
Mr.. Pugh. and my cbllehghe were to
be supported in measures which we de-
sired 10 forward, '''' 81 /
MrGreen. Yes; yod were 10 be lixed
in the seats which you held in defiance ol
the law and the constitution, as a c6usid-
Grafton for your votes in aidofthe repeal
of the black laws. We begin 10 get al
the facts, now. 1t was it this manner
that Messrs. Towhshend and Morse were
purcha ed--wilh what effect can easily
be understood, when you look at the
seats which they occupied in the House
Then and thus it was that the House was
given. over to Locofocoism and relrehch
ment and reform became hopeless. "a
The Speaker thought the debate out o
order, ard that, on both sides, ithad pro
ceeded far enough. 7.
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idividdais, in Lancaster, who are able tt
be, and are not subscribersto the Daily
Gazette. These one hundred, it the,
would, could render the establishment o
a Daily paperd d permanent enIerprize,
FEMALE VoTERs.--Garrison Of the Bos
ton I1iberator,is advocating the right o
woman to exercise Tie elective franchise
To refuse i, he says, is "ah' act Of folly
injustice. usurpatioI and tytahHy, whicI
ough noilOnger to be persisted ,ih,"
petitionto the legislature, in accordance
with the above views,isih circulation;
1t would be a giorioGs sight to see