Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-27

portion of freedom and happiness than falls
10 The lol Of oIher nations; and because We
desire yet more, we must be careful mol 10
lose phat ,cs haue by has,y and partial alter.
alions in our plan oi government. de
would therefore prefer TO adhere for the
present TO the Constitution as il is, in hopes
Thar adequate mems may be devised TO sup
press This great and alarming Central eau.
cus] Po,Oer. which is now expressing The
Constitution itself by controlling and super.
seding It's wise and well ll.considered provis.
ions"
Since that lime, The caucus system has
been discarded and the convention plan has
taken its place. Whether the will OF The
people is more fully expressed by The latter
than The former is a question. There is no
doubt bu, the machinery Of electoral colleges
hos been greatly perverted from lis original
theory and design, and il may eventually
lead 10 lis abandonment and The adoption Of
the popular vote sys,em.-Athens Mess.
A YoUNG HERO. I'm The Madison Wis,
Daily Argus, Dec. /. we find The following
account Of Tho maryrdom Of an American
boy-a youth Of whom our nation may be
proud-who died because he would not tell
lie:
HERoRs AND MARTyRs.-Our readers will
probably oil recollecl the story of the Nor
wegian boy at Chicago, who was drowned
by so ne older boys because he refused to
assist them in rubbing an orchard. Some OF
The papers at Chicago, now raise doubs as
10 the manyrdom Of the boy. and auempI
10 account for his deulh in some other way
than that first suggested. Ii seems TO such
that heroism, of the kind imputed 10 the boy
does not exis, in the world o, the present
time. Such editors underrale humanity
A case Of moral heroism exceeding that i'm
puled to Knud lyerson. occurred in Mar.
queue County, in this State, liile over 0
year ago, the lacis OF which we're established
by Judicial investigation, and were related
10 US by Judge Larrabee, who presided a
The trial.
A beautiful, (air.haired, blue eyed boy
about nine years OF age, was taken from the
Orphan Asylum in Milwaukee and adopted
by respectable farmer of Marquette, pro
fesso, of religion and member of The Bap
list persuasion. A girl, little older thar
the boy, was also adopted into the same
family. Soon aiier these children were in
stalled in their new home, the boy discover
ed criminal conduct on the part Of his hev
mother which he mentioned 10 the little girl
and il thereby came 10 The ears OF the wo
man; she Indignantly denied the story 10 lht
satisfaction of Eer husband, and insisted lha
the boy should be whipped until he confess
ed the falsehood. The man-poor, veal
bigol-impelled by sense Of religious duty
proceeded to The task assigned him, by pro
curing bundle Of rods, stripping the chile
and suspending him by cord 10 tho ra(ter
OF the house and whipping him at interval
for over TWO hours, ill the blood ran ,hrougl
The floor below; stopping only 10 rest and in
,erroga,e The boy, and ge,,ing no other rePl.
than PA ] told The truth cannot ,ell
le;" The woman all The time urging him {,
"do his duty" The poor liule hero, Q
length released from his torture. threw hi
arms around The neck of his tormentor, kiss
ed him, and said, "Pa, am so cold" an
died. !, appeared in evidence, upon tn
trial of this man and woman for murder, ihu
the child did tell lle truth. and suffered dea,
by slow torture rather than tell lie. Th
age of heroSm and Of marlyrdom will ne
have passed ill mothers cease 10 instil hol
precepts into the minds of their infant of
spring. The man and woman who murder
ed this angel child are now in the peniler
liary al Waupun 10 which they were scnter
ced for len years.