Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-03-15
rec,ly copied from the original copy fur.
nished by the Secretary Of SAFE.
- s. HALLIDAY.
AUditor Of Msigs County.


from his seat for some time, owing TO sick.
ness; during which lime he has visited his
constituents in Gallia county. Last Fri.
day, having resumed his place in The Senate,
he reported back his bill prohibiting The
seulemeni of blacks in Ohio, and made
speech on The subject. We copy SO much
Of the proceedings as relate TO the subject:
Mr.. Gushing reported back The bill to pre-
vent the further settlement Of blacks and
muluuoes in the Slale Of Ohio, with amend.
ments, which were agreed TO. and The ques.
,ion being on the engrossment Of the bill:
Mr.. Gushing said thai he had intended 10
report the bill back several weeks ago, but
owing 10 severe illness he had been detain.
cd from attendance On the Senate, and pre-.
vented from introducing the subject again nj
as early a day as he had desired. Illness
had also prevented him from making the
investigations which he had anticipated, and
although sill laborng under great physical
debility. he would now say few words 10
the Senate. Since the introduction Of the
bill he had been among his constituents and
had freely cdnverse1 with them upon the
subject Of negro exclusion. lie had pre-
senled a long lisl of petitions from his city
in favor of the bill. and he had no doubt
that were the question submitted 10 popu.
lar election in his county, numbering $500
votes, iha, 2,700 would freely be given for
the bill.
Mr.. c. explained from the geographical
position Of GalIia county, lha, it was par.
licularly snbj~cl 10 The evils of inundaion
by The worthless and worn olt population
Of Virginia and Norh Carolina. He read
q compilation from The census returns show
ing The small proportion Of negro inhabi.
lunts in The counties Of The Western Re.
serve, numbering in ten counties only q
lillIe over ten hundred-and The large num-
Der thrown upon The people Of the south
ern counties. His own county contained
more negroes than the whole Western Re-
serve, and the ten counties adjoining Gallia
contained seven times The number living in
The ten northern counties alluded 10. Mr.
c. strongly dsclaimed any sympathy with
The institutions Of slavery, and nothing thai
he said or did in The Senate must be lor,ur.
ed into any such constructions. The ques.
ion Of exclusion was one solely Of policy
and ii was in that light. as legislator, he
viewed ii. The Honorable Senator review
ed The condition Of The black population in
The Southern States, and claimed that nc
possible benefit could arise 10 either race
from the unequal community that exists
among Them. Every State west of us has
excluded them from their territory, and
Ohio is leIl the sole receptacle Of The re-
fuse and oul,casl dregs Of Southern society
Mr. G. spoke al great length and with unu
sual force in favor of the bill, but our linn.
lis will not permit US 10 give more extend
ed summary of his remarks. Before con-
cluding, al halr.past 12 o'clock, the hon
oruble gentleman gave way, a, The sug
ges,ion of Mr.. Wilson,
And The Senate took a recess.
In SENATE.-2k O'clock. P. MIR. c
resumed his remarks and went on TO show
The pcrnicious effect that The Abolition sen
limenl Of the Norm had worked upon ,ht
condition and prospects Of the unfottunal
race in servilude al the South. He hell
, that sentiment responsible for great par
! Of the crime and misery which sprung ou
; Of the slave trade, because it had been
! chief agent in thwarting and defeating tn
+ designs Of those who offered 10 the negr
race a tangible proof Of their humanity b.
r providing Them government and countr
Of their own in the land Of their originu
nativity. He held them responsible for III
f severe and stringent laws their actions ha
p constrained the Southern States 10 enac
h and was not sure but part Of the policy G
their leaders was 10 bring about these yer
, things. When the Oregon question wa
e pending in Congress, and the Noriher
4 Wings, the true friends of freedom wer
e sruining every nerve 10 prevent The insliu
4 lion Of slavery from being fastened on til,
$ territory forever-when tho issue was eA
n remely doubtful and one vole was though
/. sufficient 10 turn the scale, Giddings ha
). deserted his post and ran away to the Blu
= laIo Convention, and Root sat obslinatel
!. in his room, against The most urgent sole
!. latiuns OF the friends Of freedom in lht
,r new territory.
d Mr. e. continued until late hour, an
:. closed by admonishing The Senate of ii
|, danger Of pressing the Abolition sentimeI
h TOO far. Aller he had concluded his argl
3, mcnt,
,r Mr.. Sherman replied. He did not kno
d that much good would arise from his o
Is pying The floor al the length which II
Scnalor from Gallia had held ii. The b
" under discussion was one that perhaps d
:. not meet with The appreciation Of sing
" Senator here but lis author, and he felt
re if this whole proceeding were but an id
,e farce for the amusement Of The Senat
o lie feared indeed when Ihe farce was col
70 cuded, that il would not have the pot
" apology Of having entertained tho body f
te whose benefit il was transacted. The il
8 PRODUCTION with which The Senator begal
,e tells US that he is friend of ,he black ma
m and that This bill is The offspring of affe
>. ,ion. lie could say that The black man
Y. served no such friends, and appreciated |
rs such manifestations of love and sympath
h. He had listened in vain for any good arg
o. menl in the gen'leman's long speech for d
10 passage Of The bill but he had heard nor
in The Senator had rambed off into hslo
~ cal review of The Abolition parry, and 1
~ effects of the course which that organic
Of lion had pursued, but had LEFT The bill viii
n. out The least defence. lie had expected