The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-25

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been let off
Mn! BLAKE.-We Er. Speaker.-Ar
Unusual crowd Of matter has prevented
ussome sooner laying The remarks of the
Senator from Medina befdre our readers
They have already been informed tha,
by the vote of Mr.. Payne, the resolution
of inquiry was voted down. We now
add these remarks that they may see tha,
the late Speaker courted full and far
investigation. .-.
In his first remarks, Mr.. Blake said:
"That ne had no desire for par.
tial investigation of this matter. He
would demand thorough investigation
Of the whole, He desired to show the
motives by which the Senator from Cu va.
hoga was actuated in the course he had
pursued. Gentlemen seemed to think
while | was in that chair was a mere
automaton. They thought that had no
constituency to REPRESENT, that alone
was there to be insulted and abused,
while my position denied me the privil-
egeof defending myself. l am now up.
on the floor, and the equal of the Sena-
tor from Cuyahoga. and demand that my
rights be regarded. All ask is iuli,
fair and thorough investigation.
The manner in which was treated
in the chair was MUST, uncourteous, un-
gentlemanly, and contemplate, and un-
worthy of any one who claims to be a
gshtlehiah; will show up the gentle
mans conduct, and the part he acted in
this matter, when he could draw up
charges. take them to the Senator from
Summit, and procure him to become my
accuser, when the Senator from Summit
has said over and over again that he had
no personal knowledge Of the transac.
tidn.
iii show the Senator from Cuyahoga
what kind Of an Investigation we'll have.
During the SAME session of the Sen.
ate, Mr.. Blake added: @
"Why is it that the Senator from Me.
dina alone is singled out to continue the
object of the malignity of those who have
been for weeks scattering abroad thro'
every part of the State, their attacks up.
on him. He wanted the Senator from
GdSahoga to stadd dP aud ace the mu-
sic with him Tie Senator from Cuya.
hoga had thrown upon the wings of the
wind his false, slanderous, and hbelons
charges, and after these false, slanderous,
and libelous charges had been sent into
every hamlet and village id the State by
that Senator; He thought that Senator
Should now be ready to face the music
with him. The Senator from Cuyahoga
had uttered the wish that the charges a.
gainst the Senator from Medina might
tester and blister in the faces of his chill.
dren. He could not reciprocato the fen.
dish feeling. The only feeling he could
entertain towards the children of the
Senator from Cuyahoga was, for their
we'll being and Happiness, aud that they
may live to feel, and knOsO, and aooidthc !
errdr Of their father, 'OAO has falsely
charged an innocent man. In the very
speech thrown broadcast over the coun.
try by the Senator from Cuyahoga, he
speaks of bargain between himself and
the Senator from Medina. He charges
that by violating that bargain so made
with himself, l have violated my plight
cd faith and honor, as man. Why shall
that Senator thus escape by the one ST.
aed investigation he is willing to grant,
Why not give me an opportunity to go
fully into that bargain. that he charged
upon met can only say that that Sen.
ator INDUCED in foul. false, and unfound
ed charges that he dare not make, ex.
cept in his place in the Senate. have
a gallant constituency, as we'll as other
and am determined to de-
fend their rights"
We shall yet See whether the Senate |
will refuse to grant a resolution of inqui.
ry into this matter. 1t will not do to
say that the difficulty is between the Sen.
ators from Medina and Summit. Mr.
Payne, the Senator from Cuyahoga, of all
is the most interested in the matter. aid
the inquiry must extend TO him as we'll
as others. 1t will not do to let him es-
cape. His character must stand the test
of trial, and we are much mistaken, if |
ii comes out unscathed. We consider
him one of the most talented men in the |
Senate, as he is the most corrupt.
Mr.. Blake is now in position to meet !
his accusers. He is now free, and the
advantage of this is already acknowl-
edged by the silence Of those opposed
to him. Why do they not now repeat
their billingsgatel
IA man once spit in his neighbor's
face because, he said. it was at the time