The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-01

. ''''h hfbWF UlIil,
and Enrie Of the Hillsborough Gazetfr.
brother Loc0foc"s. have got iuto snarI
upon the Slavery question and Citizen
oammedsfy's vote 10 favorof the Wilmnt
Proviso. Pike used to edit paper here
and II is natural tn infer that he speaks
from the bpok. He must have had the
Red Lodge in his eye at the time he
pennrd the following -
"ln conclusion, we will just inform
he Gazette. thai nur Kentucky readers
kn0W the ''pusilion "f tnr On Democ.
racy "n The question Of the exten,iou o.
slavery" as we'll, as The Oinoaus them.
selves They also know thai What is usu
ally called the Ohio Democracy" is
comp"sed of few individuals Al the
c"unty seat Of every county, min under
fake u maaDfacture puJiic opintOn .f0r
tie masses. aud that the people thrr1srI
yes are often led into error through The
"iles and stratagems Of these party
leaders"
For four years we have been trying to
impress this fact upon our Locufncn
county friends. and ii has been branded
as ''Whig lie" II n"w comes from
Turner Editor of the Eagle. and we re.
specially suggest that no one will repeat
the sOf impeachment.
Pike also iniimaies that brother EN-
RE of the Gazette may be one of The ne.
gro-sleaiers, proprietor Of the under
ground railroad for the lrsnspnrtarinn of
slaves from the South. through Ohio. u
Canada.
He doubts whether the Citizen Sam
medary voted at the late Locnfocn Con.
vention, for The Wilmni Prjvisp. (shne
Of the Northern Locufocn papers ac-
cuse him of so voting to get the Free
Soil votes for the public printing! but
adds:--
Still if we are in error and il should
turn out that he did 50 cOie. we can only
excuse the Flag for the hlunder. by say
ing thai Ohio Democracy" IS not noU
,Ohat ii uSed 10 be. when we bnrrIed In
that State for the ascendancy Of correct
principles"
The Fla certainly is in error. andwe
must adopt its own inference. ohm De
mOcracy as mt what It used IN OaS. when
Pike Was here To join in The proceed.
ngs nf Red Lodges 80 mQn4tacture
ppbl,c op'a,Oa fur the masses"
INfoRMArroN WANT D.-The present
Congress has heen unceasing aud most
impnrtunate 10 its calls upun the Presi-
deHt aud the heads of departments, tor
Information IN matters with which either
The Presidenlnr Congress has about AS
much to do as they have wph the Man
IN IheMnnn" Unless a large portion of
he resolutions which have heen passed by
Congress this winter. were intended To
eurbarlass aud impede Iegislat III. no
earthly or unearlhly purpose can be as
signed to them Tneiolowng happy
carc turr IF this subject is from the
Boston Journal
Rrsoircd. That the President nf the
United States he reqrestrd !" inform
{ the House wha, is the reason The rIvei
Mississippi always runs down towards
the Gulf If Me eXIco. and never runs back
again.
Rew'red. That The Secretary Of State
bt. dirprtcd 10 infnrm this House. wneth
er, acrnidlng To his view of The law o
natlons "A public Minister can hr present
ed AT Cpurr IN white topped boots, anC
that said Secretary be further directed Il
intnrm this House whether Grutius anC
Vatrel had not both long noses.
RrSotred, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury be directed Uniform thus House
how many silk worms caterpIllarS and
grasshoppers there were in the United
Srares du the first day of January last; al
So that the said Secretary be further di
recipd to inlnrm this House hnw many
Goldfish have been taken on the banks 81
Newfoundland since the Declaration a
Independence, distinguishing the mum
her of each sex.
Res lied. That the Secretary of Wal
he directed tu infarm this House how
many men were killed & wounded at the
memorable sirge ofrroy. aud how many
of the latter were placed upon the pen
sion list.
ResOlred That the Secretary Of the
Navy he directcd To inform the House
what was the exact tonnage OF N"sh's
Ark; aud what wasihe mode OF compu
ting tonnage before the deluge.
RpsolDed, That the Attorney Genera
he directed to inform This House whether
the renowned Lord Cake usually slept in
his night cap or in his full bolt"med wig
Resoired That The Commissioner Gen
eral nf the Land Office be direcred to. in
auirr into the expedieucy of exporting
me hundred Thousand acres ot the pub
lie lands to the West Indies, where it il
understood there is gSeat want t"felbov
room -ao ."tfs
PesoIred. That the Pust Master Gen
eraI be drected To inquire into the ex
pediency Of opening a post road be
tween New York and Liverponl b,
means of tunnelunder the Atlantic.
ReSOived, That the Secretary nf tht
Treasury of the Ulnited Stnies be re
questedio inform The House what is III,
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