Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-03-13
Correspondents of GsIlipolis journal.
CrscrssArr, March Sth, 81.

!, Stale Tor few Moments ne lowe
: house seemed to be pushing business
I ahead al a tolerably even pace, Will,
, the upper branch apparently did moth
! ing but vote the passage OF bills contin
Iually. Speaker Morse Of the lowe
; house is good-looking man, apparent
ly about forty-fve Years old, with bIacl
eyes and hair, square face, but an in
> telligent countenance; and had it no
been for his bargain and sale" way O
; getting into the chair, might have beer
inclined 10 like him. have watched
the political movements of men for ter
or twelve years past with close attention
and interest. | have seen men lear
from their party folds and, for a time
command the attention of the public
but ] have invariably noticed that they
at last sunk TO a deeper and darker OBJ.
scurity than the least among ten thou.
sand; and my mind was long since
made up TO the opinion that no man is
politically honest or worthy of support
when he abandons his party and de-
nounces his former associates. With
this opinion firmly fixed in my mind. l
was not prepared TO be very forcibly
struck with anything | should see or
hear of Speaker Morse. Political rem
egadism and political treason are never
forgotten or forgiven, and such men as
Tyler the traitor, Wise the renegade,
Profit the bargainer, Van Buren, the
deserted, and others Of that ilk, can tes-
tify hcw poor at last is the pay for party
desertion and treason. / am far from
wishing a man to favor any and every
proposition of his party, be it right or
wrong, because it may be party meas.
ure, by any means, indeed he cannot be
morally honest and support party mea-
sure against his conscience and judg-
ment; but at such points and in such
circumstances he is called upon to show
his patriotism by trying TO lead his par
ty into what he considers right, thereby
showing that he has some respect for
the opinions of his brethren and is will
ling TO concede TO others the rights of
opinion that he claims for himself Do
men most show their cupidity or dis
honesty by trading away their old party
and its principles for Office? Out upon
such political rascality.
The Xenia and Columbus Railroad
is one Of the smoothest roads | eyer
travelled on, the cars frequently ma
king so little motion and noise that
could write with ease, and | am glad to
say that the travel has increased greatly
since last wir:er, when it was first OPEN
ed. The depot of the two railroads is
within about three fourths of a mile |
from the principal hotels, to which You
are taken in an omnibus, and for which |
you pay 90 cents extra. This 20 cent
business is a base swindle upon the
travelling public, but it is quite bearable
alongside of the treatment that passen-
gers get from the petty. tyranical agents
that collect the fare.
Ifthis omnibus line or Company had
endeavored to pick from brutal humani.
ty set of fellows least possessed of
common humanity, manners or feeling,
they could not have been more success
full in their choice, than in selecting
these fellows for that station. Venera-
BILE and respectable age, nor delicate
and feeble women, are exempt from
their rough department and insulting
language. On this occasion we had
crowded seventeen passengers into one
among whom were several
ladies; the "bus" had started when in
came the conductor, and asked in most
tone and manner "Why the
ID can't You folks give up your tick
cts when you are asked for them," and
added with an oath, 81 want 90 cents
from every one of you, and don't be all
night about it," with much more of the
same sort. That may do for an OK stable
or mule drover, but is utterly unfit
for the Railroad car or omnibus; and it
may be as well to say to these fellows
that broken sconce or a battered nose
ire the "rewards of merit" sometimes
given to such rude binds as they.
tried to get into the enclosure
around the new state house, but the
yates were all locked and all entrance {
barred while the prisoners were at
work. S
Considerable stir has been created I
n Columbus by a communication which
ately appeared in one of our city pa
,ers in relation to the invention of DIR. I
Leavitt for making linen from unrotted $
Temp and flax, and the subject has been !
10 seriously thought of, that several |
capitalists have opened a correspon- G
lence for the purpose of ascertaining
low much capital it would require to :
Iet 100 spindles to work, and the prob !
Ible cost of running for one year. If I
hey are satisfied that or 5000 dollars {
would be sufficient to erect and run
model factory of 100 spindles for one
year, such factory will go up at once.
There is little doubt but if such an es-
abishment is once set to work il will
n two years be the most profitable stock
,ver invested in the like business and
he germ of great revolution in agri-
culture and manufacture in this coun-
ry. Our freesoilers catch at the SUBJ !
ect with great glee. as bright and glo- |
rious step. in their pathway to political
in this country, for the cul-
lure of fax and hemp and their ready