Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-09-27
From the New York Spirit of the Times.
a Wisconsin Debating Society.
BY NOMAkRaCIIE.

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know how it must hcrc looked for who is
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his throne in 1L;,t tep,,Ia Of kuowl~j~n. sat
the vjlIaoe schoo)-maSter ex-nfi,.io t,a Pres.
dent Of the So,is,y-ths counterfeit present.
ment Of Dominic S,unson. Of .proiijaiouSn
notorety. In front Of the old dorninc sat the
Secretary, as is usual, while near at hand the
debaters for the evening occupied the disks Of
the scholars: back from their Inc of desks the
room was crowded-all J-had gathered
there, her beauty and her cbjyaIry.
The house was called to order. the "minutes
of the proceeding meeting were read and
adopted" the Report of the Committee on
"Hezckia Pitcher. CHARGED with non payment
of Dues" was offered and laid on the table,
when the Chair arose and said
'Is the house ready for the questions"
sAye ave !" cried dozen voices.
And the Chair proceeded: -
"Gentlemen--the question for this evening
is which conferred the greatest benefit on
mankind, Mr. Christopher Columbus, or Cen
George Washington! On the affirmative.
Messrs Van Dreezer, Duzenburv, and Penix;
on the negative, Messrs. Foster, Milligan, and
Sampson. Mr.. Van Dreezer has the floor.
Mr. v the VILLAGE lawver. q smart. draner-
looking man arosa and tak;nc n snn Of water
from the fin cnn which was before him did do.
nose and s,v.,
.N1r pres;6a,t ond cant,emon and J,d;os
- arise to ,dvoc,te tho of;rm,t;vo of tb;s
ouest;on. that ;s tn cav that affirm tbat NJ
Columbns did = greater benefit to mankind
thon General WasRinoton In order more ful-
" to DIGEST the interrooatorv iust nropounded.
to enter ful)v into the merits of the case. I
will crive brief succinct. and condensed ac-
coun7 of NJ Columhus,s life and axnlo;ts Sir
who was CHRISTOPHER Columbus? Sir, echo
answers. the oreotest man of his times Sir.
Colnmbus was the offsprino of a man of the
same name. who was an INDIGNANT basket-ma.
ker in a small town called Rome. situated on
the river TIGERS. a stream which rises in the
P,rnn;ne maintains. and flows in a sonth. !
easterly course into the Gulf of Mexico. At an |
early age Columbus evinced decided talent
for the sea. and occupied the leisure hours of !
his infancy in perusing books Of travel and |
works on navigation; it was while engaged IN |
these pursuits that he inadvertently met with |
the works OF Robinson and Crusoe, and Cap |
tam COOK, and the definition lie made from |
them was that lar away over the trackless main,
untrodden by the foot OF man, was
an undiscovered country. AS he approached
,1 ne was i'i1eu "i'n oes'ie ~ US
L;e nfuI ,, ry d.o "'a. me 81 ~ v''. ts Js;.
a m nstt;oned the 1rrost pnnt;fca1 pono nf p orno
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aIoasod With tbo ,..on,;s;nn IL ~ "e NJ, ~
fnn'bus act,,tad Nth q n,srnan;n,;tv ,,hch is
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rr,nt Columbus's ren,est whsrernon nro,
vidno his vessels with stores and men ont Of
his own nocket, Columhns cot readv and on n
certain m DIV Of a certain month and IN = certain
vear he sat sail from the Uolv Sea If Rome
and M after q lon~ and tcmnestnons trim. bc set
foot, at last. unon the Plymouth Ro + in the
Island Of Juan Fernando. it was on that oe.
.asion that he eyclaimcd-sBreathes there q