The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-06-01


the SCENE. have said on another occasion, ard
10 INV Democratic constituents. that private is |
not less acceptable 10 me than public station
Isaid il sincerely and honestly I have ever pre-
fstrsd-and all The acts of al my life will prove it,
action with minority in defense of principles to
action with majority, and to any position which
minority can confer, ia disregard of principles.
I have said that represent the true sentiments
OF the people Of Ohio. have never fad that |
represent minority party organization. The
Senator from Califo MIA tells us that he has been
prosoked by my claim TO represent that Demo
cratic party in Ohio which voted for him as Gov
ernor. / have never made Hny such claim. If be
has been provoked, he has been provoked without
occasion. l have never assumed any other posi-
tion than that which l take / represent
Ohio-the people rot a mere plrty organization
/ have doubt at ali that my political principles
are the political principles of large majority OF
that people. however their expression may be res
trained or modified By party policy. There Is mol
for example, sentence in the whole piaif'rm OF
the odd Line Democracy from which dissent
have maintained its principles, and have defended
it, no,icy every time have addressed my constit-
uents. in Whatever part of the State. 1 shall con
stinue TO do SO. All ask of the Old Line Dernoe-
racy Of Ohio is to carry out inflexihly and with
cut reserve, the principles Of their platform. The
chief. if not the only point of difference between
me and them, is. that cannot consent, for the
sake Of party union and party victory, to support
NATIONAL candidates wh, reject those principles
tbs nominees Of Convention which trampIes up
and spurns them.
know just as well az the Senator from Califor
mia that those who con,ur in the support of candi
dates nominated npon platform, are generally
supposed to unite in appreciation of it, But know
aIso and the Senator knows just w.ll as do,
that thousands and tens of thousands of voters in
nearly every northern State, Willie they support
ell The candidates Of the Baltimore Convention,
repudiated the Baltimore Platform. l could not
adopt this course. felt that il gave sort OF
right to the supporters of the platform to say to
It's opponents, ..By Supporting the candidates you
adopt the platform. You are now bound by it,
and must acqu:esce in it." was unwilling to place
myself in any such position.
The Ssuatorsays. nobody has been appointed or
confirmed who has not acquiesced 10 the platform.
But how acquiesced Virtually. only, by sup
port of the candidates nominated upon it; not by
any public declaration of changed opinions
When and where did John A. Dix recant any of
ls.opiuions ayowed in 1e4S, when be and went
together in support of the came candidatesl-
When and where did he give in his adhesion to
the Baltimore platform Of 1852! refer to this
distinguished gentleman-dstinguished every way,
by his talents, by his requirements, by his per-
sonai worth. and by the high place he occupies in
the regards of the country-as the repres entatve
ofa class They are oil claimed as supporters of
the platform because they voted for the nominees;
and this, too notwithstanding the open declaration
of them that while they supported the candidates,
they utterly rejected the doctrines of the Conven-
ton.
did not choose to afford any pretense for such
claim in respect t, myself preferred to take
position with that minority of which the Senator
has spoken, and which he snys will always remain
amiaority. Let him not, however. deceive him
self on this point. No future event is more GER
tain, in my judgement, than that the principles of
sthis minority will become the principles of ma
jority of the American people.
Mr.. RUsK. When will be?
Mr.. CHASE. cannot tell but ifyou will OBJ
serve the great and constant increase ef the num-
bers of their consistent supporters, and the still
greater change which has been going on.in public
sentiment in favor of these principles. you will be
satisfied that If is nearer at hand than some gen
tlemen would willingly believe.
Butt will pursue this subject no further. l
shave already detained the Senate too long.
regret the necessity of saying anything upon
these subjects; but it was necessity. It was
impossible forme TO leave unanswered the observa-
tons of the California Senator, though nothing was
further fsom my expectation when l entered into
stls discussion than debate of this nature. rose
Mt first, as said at the beginning. from sense
of public duty, oppose the resolution Of the Sen
ator from New York, Mr.. SEwARD.] oppose
it as bad 10 principle and bad as precedent il
proposes large and useless expenditure of public
money. 1t proposes to extend and perpetuate
bad system. And an effort is made 10 force this
resolution through at the very close of a specia
session. when it is almost impossible to obtain
quorum to do any business. resist it. thinl
itwroug; and | hope to find majority oftheSenaie
should the resolution ever be brought,o vote. o
The same opinion.
Mr.. .BRoDnEAn. This is avery thin Senate. There
must be very large majority 10 favor of the resulu
ton; but still. if the Senate from Ohio insists
division, we had better understand it now, and ad
journ if we cannot muster quorum. 1 think mysel
thatwe had batter pass resolution give four dol
lars, to the Iateligencer for what they have pub
lished. and will publish, of the debates of tn
astsession. The most ofthe speeches have bee
published, and there are but few to be published
and Therefore hope that. by general consent, W
will pass the resolution now.
Mr.. CHASE will only say in reply 10 Iii
Eenator from Pennsylvania, that my deliberat
judgement is, that it il not right for the Senar
to pass resolutions involving large expenditur
Of public money without quorum. conn Il, 70
one consistently with my views ofpubc duty per
nit it.
Mr.. JoSEs, of Iowa moved that the Senate ad
jaurn.
Tho motion was not agreed TO.
The question being taken on Mr. CHASE,