The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-01-22

tlf.y DuIhe saiu tuat " "c i"eoDu - "fe
mailer IN It's proper light, we should keep
our temper. lie was sslonished At the Sem
stor rfom Allen moving 10 reject The first
petition. lie doubtless believed u right toI
do 50. The bill Of the Senator iiom Logan
proposes 10 introduce printing lnio tue Fen
nenliaTy. II proposes 10 learn eonricls the
art Of printing and book binding. To this,
the printers of Columbus take exception
They ask, in respectful terms, that this be
not done; and they ask, in lieu iEeieol, that
e law school be opened within the walls of
the prison. This they have right TO do.--
Mir. b. then resd the petition. Is there any
thing disrespeetful in this: Does not the
Senator from Montgomery agree with IhemY
Mr.. B. continued reading and defending the
petition. Does any Senator take the charge
Of pe0ifogging to himself! R so, he has
right to cumplsin, but not Otherwise.
Mr.. Walker said, that i, Appeared that the
business of Printing was too fne--to" nice,
To be even thought Of, in connection with the
QhD Penteniiary, while that Of law, was
proper to lie taught in the Prison. SiriPi of
all veTbsge, this is the plain meaning OF the
petition. The Senator from Rchland, has
explained awav the meaning Of the petition.
| II he (Mt. w J had made such speech, he
would have thought il paying black mail to
that profession. lie did not accuse the
Senator from Richland, of doing SO.
Mr.. Burns. Do you eVe' Geal in black
mail.
Mr.. Walker. ] never make such speeches.
Mr.. Burns. You have not sense enough
10 do so.
/ MIR. Geger demurred TO bis friend from
Logan, being termed peitifogger. lie bad
peculiarly high opinion of that Senator, for
with him, he belonged 10 Young Ohio Bul
really, he did not see why the profession oI
The law was so exalted, as To preclude its as
socialion with that of the printer. If il was
so exalted, then /. was the more suitable to
elevate the poor convict.
! lie could not however, ngree with the
Senator from Montgomery, in his denuncia-
tons of the printers Of Colunbus. When,
and how, have they plundered the Treasury?
| Ii would be moIe seemly, to make specific
charges, than thus TO pour forth wholesale
dennncaiions. He had high opinion of
! ihe profession Of the law. He believed the
members Of the bar stood as well in every
point of view, as any other profession, except
perhaps the clergy. He did not wish, there
fore, 10 be considered as rejecting in any
way, on that profession. Nevertheless, he
/ did not think there shonld be any distinction
between The lawyer and The printer. or any
other mechanic, Every man who has an
honest heart, he regarded as one Of natures
noblemen.
Mr.. Randall. Does the Senator object 10
employing convicts in mechanical employ
ments?
! Mr.. Geiger was not prepared to say. lie
did not know, whether he would support the
bill of the Senator from Logan, or not.
Mr. Myers said that The petition presented
by him was respectful in its language or he
! would not have presented it. II was given
10 him by one of the signers and he presen-
ted il. II is not the profession or the trade
that is degraded by being followed in the
prison. The Printers complain tba II is the
associa'ion-ths working side by side with
the pardoned convcts, which would degrade
the business. Certainly il would not degrade
The law more than 1t would Printers, The
remarks Of the Senator iroin Rich!and-
himself Lawyer--were just and proper.
and placed The two professions on equal
grounds.
Mr.. Burns sail that the Senator from
Montgomery paid high compliment 10 him.
self, il to no one else, in intlmatng that the
Printers of this city levied blach mail on
him. This comes with an i'll grace from
The Senator from Montgomery, who ON yes
terday, announced that he gave utlerance to-
sentiments, not his own. but those oil Bank.
ers. When did he Mr.. B ever show that he
was afraid Of the Pr.niers Of this city, that
would make him pander 10 their prejndicesY
That Senator can throw himself on his dg-
nifty, while he takes advantage Of his station
and his privilege, to make an assault on
other Senators With volume of Black
stone, bound in calf under his arm, the Sen
aloT doubtless thinks himself great man,
hut before his senatorisl career is ended, he
will hnd that volume, bound in the same
material is mistaken when il attempts 10
impugn the motives Of others.
Mr.. Walker defended his speech. He
was moi aware that he had offended The Sem
ator until he made his speech. He Mr.. W.
charged that the Senator from Richand
doe not interpret the petition as he under
stood il. He Mr.. w, would resent an insnltI
whenever offered, and the recrean' member
of the profession who would bow his back to
the lash, he held in no high estimation. lfI
he had moi sense enough 10 make the speech
the Senator from Richland made, he was
glad of il. Mr.. w. continued Ut much
length in euogizing the members Of the bar
and the profession.
Mr.. Burns said that the Senator from
Montgomery charged the Printers Of this city
with being there's, with having their arms
elbow deep into the Treasury, and because
he M. B. defended respectable aud intel-
ligent class from this false charge, the Mont
gomery Senator charges him with recfeancy
to the profession of,he law. IL the metnbers
Of the bar are not recreant 10 themselves
members ure not ionnd who degrade the pro-
fession by wholesale charges against auyI
profession charging them with theft and
robbery, while shielded under the consiitu-
,iona privilege which protects him from be-
ing called 10 an account, the proiession will
never be degraded. Mr. B. continued a,
some length in defence Of the petitioners.
Mr.. Lawrence ihonghI ihat the discussion
did not fairly come before the Senate atihs
time. When that time did arrive he would
discuss il. The petitioners, some Of whom
were known 10 him as honest men we're mis-
taken in the fact that they supposed that all