Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-12-17
A Wisconsin Ds5a::zg CiuN.

Washington! On the affirmative, Me'srs'
Van Dreescr, Du.enbury, and Penix; on
the negative, Me.srs. Foster, Milligau, and
Sampson. Mr.. Van Dreeier has the aocr ,
MIR v, the village lawyer, sm'r', dap
ner looking man, arose, and taking sup Of
v,.sr from the tin emp which was befure
b;m, lid depose and say:
Mr.. President, and Gentlemen Ladias
~ -;,e to advocate the affirmative Of the
c,e..icu; that is to say, thst | affirm that
MIR Columbus did q greater benefit to
,,,ok;ud th-n Gen. Washington. In or.
der to more fully disgust the interr'Eafory
Jus. propoundsd, to enter fully into tie
merits Of the case, will give brief, sue
cipct and condensed account Of MIR. Colum-
bus. life aud exploits. Sir, echo answers,
the greatest man Of his times. Sir, COL
umtus was the offspring Of man Of the
same name, who WAS an indignant basket.
maker in small town called Rome, situs.
Ted on the river Tis srs, stream "hieh
take. its rise in the pyran'ue mountains,
and flows in 6 s,uth easterly course into
the Gulf Of Mexico. At All ear'y age Col
p,lus er;nced decided talent f,r the sea.
aud occupied the leisure hours OF his ln'an'
cy in pc.using books Of travel and works
Of Navigation. 1t was while engaged in
L.
these pursuits that &c inadvertently met
with the works of Rohinson and Crus"e,
and C.u,siu Cook, and the definition he
made from them WAS that far away over
the trackless msiu hitherto un'rodden by
the foot of man, was an undiscovered
country.
"As he approached to manhood, he was
flied with a desire to discover that ccun- ,
,ry which he so often saw in his youthful
dreams; aciuated by this desire, he petl-
toned the great pont fical Pope Of Rome
to give him three yauls and jolly boat /"
carry ou, bis design. That distinguished
man at FIRST refused, hut bis wife Cleopatra,
being pleased with the promising looks OF
Mr.. Columbus, actua'ed with a u gnanim
i,y which is caricature Of her sci, pre-, ailed
upon him to grant C"lumbus's request
xhereupon, providing his vessels will
stores and men out of his own pocket, I"
lumbus got ready and on certain day Of
. certain month, and in a certain year he
Sc, sail from the Holy Sea Of Rome, an
after long and .empestuous trip. he sei
foo, at last upon the Plymouth Rock, IL
The Island Of Juan Fernandez; 1t was "i
that occasion that he exclaiued-"Dreathe,
there any nan with soul so perfectly d,ac
as never TO himself has said, this is N.
own, my native laid"
"Sir. Mr.. Columbus did not survive th'
ardships of that voyage, and was TAX
prisoner, by the King Of the Cannon bal
Islands, and with all his crew cast int
chains and slavery. where he died an Ign"
n;nious natural death, with his whoI.
crew, leaving no. one behind TO tell tn
tale. Peace TO his arhes and 'helr'n.
..Sir. the discovery of this continent Wa
he greatest invention IF year 1852. Fer
pandes Island was the stepping stone 10
he settlement, Of this country, Sir. I'm
ed States. North snd South America, Or a
,ccp and Asia, Hindostan, France ant
~hina, and many others ton numerous t"
n ep,ion behold these countries travcrsed &.
" steamboats,, railroads and telegraphs :,
md ask yourself. would these things have
been if it hadn't been for Columbus! anu l,
-our reply would r:ainly be, c. riaihly 20.
Sir. If i, hadn't been for Columbus. Gen
" ashinston wouldn't have been man :
,ut suppose lie had, what then! What
lid Washington ever do that was any
.rea. benefit to this country! There l.
much said about bis talents for war To -
DC sure he perfrmei several mastery ,
e-r at, but wha. is that 40 evidence OF /:
SIR. i; is that he was coward \
"G.n. Washington coward Z! scream ?
d Foster, ,be village doctor, IN v"'ce "i
W b a..ou a coward ,
Y bo so base as dare say it? Look at hini {
I the battle of ttie Nile, look at him at =,
Waterloo, the Cowpeus, on the Pliins OF
at the Pyraui"is, at Ss'I.man !,
efeat, a. Bad axe; ard, SIR. look at INN :,
Z the battle # New Orleans. - Is
"Gen. Washington at the battle "1 +
Jew Orleans" exclaimed 4 huge back
oodsman, gesticulating violently J "Mr. At At
peaker, is there such All ignoramus in The !. /
ouses Sir, any school boy knows that the 81
attic Of New Orleans was Fl before Gen. ~
Washington was born. Let the gentle
nan read Plutarch's lives, the lives Of the n
;igners of the Declaration OF lndepend- /.
nee, or let him read Arkwright's history Pa
{ the Black Hawk War, and he'i! find
hat Gsn. Hrnry Dodye Jit the battle If
y nLD &c