The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-10-06
MIR. wIpE,s SPEECH.

CHtSeH OF Week OclOIe last, buWpt H. NHtJ
Esq. of Woods6ed, the candidate OF the Slave
Democracy, for Congress addressed such Of
the citizens of ST. Clairsvlle aud vicinity as
we're assembled IN the Court House on We'd
nesday evening. As Mr.. Wire is at present
rather prominent position before
the people, his prominence readers II neces-
sary that his arguments would be reviewed,
at d, il possible, answered. The remarks of
plain "D. III. Wire, Esq, would not have
one tithc Of the influence tha, the remarks OF
the s,Democratic Candidate for Congress-"
and it is therefore in the latter capacity we
shall notice them.
After some little circumlocution, Mr.. w.
commenced at that great "raw head and bloo-
dy bones of politicians, the Know.nothings.
lie informed US that he kasw nothing about
them, one way or the other, but that he
"uovLd Mdnt them for their uotes." Now ifhe
reads the newspapers Of his party, and be-
lieves what they say, he would have known
what the Know Nothings are. Do not the
Locoloco organs say that the order is re.
suscitation of the old observation-disclosures
bank bought Wing partyp Do they
not charge the Know Nothings with being
ntolerant OF a certain class of citizens, and
as seeking to set up Il religious test! why
diihy not say il as plain English al. he cold
make use of that he was in favorIi the Know
| No,hngs, or that he was opposed te ,hem!--
! 1t has not been many weeks since he was an
athcmatizing thcm ferccy in this town, and
declaring them set of traitorous disorgani-
zers-but now he fancies that they may have
some votes TO dispose OF, SO he mounts The
fence, and looks first at the Know Kothings
with grin, and then with a grin at the for
eiyners and Catholics. Such proceedings
may tcin, but they will win contempt and not
votes.
After dwelling at considerable length upon
some OF the issues of the past, among which
was the U. S. Bank, which no one desires
now on account Of the facility of telegraphic
communication bringing the remo;est ciiiei
TO be near neighbors. We observed that the
question of River ant Harbor improvement
, was s,udiously avode! by him; probably OF
account of its great popularity with the ives
tern people. Il is question that was up
. doubtedly deserving OF a prominent place il
his speech, but not word did he say absu
it. Mr.. Pisrce's Veto may have had some
thing to do with his silence, though we dc
not charge that such is the case.
The great point in Mr.. Wires oraton wa
upon the subject of the Nebraska Kansss Bill
lie affected to think that the question wa
barren of mportunce-that there was moth
ing Of ary practical benefit to any one in i,
&c. Well now ifthe question is of such tri
, ang import-if there is nothing at all in it
why did the American Congress spend fou
or five months upon the Bill Why did re
monstranco after remonstrance pour into
Congress Halls from an outraged people! L
there is nothing in it why did 5000 New Eng
land clergymen utter their solemn and sa
cred protest against it! Ii there IL nothing
in it why did forty-six Democratic member:
OF Congress vote against that Bill! II there
is nothing in it why did Daniel II. Wire
come up here from Monroe TO haranguc u.
about it! 1t there is nothing in it why have
the Democracy made it the substance OF nine
tentqs of all their resolutions! IL there j,
nothing in the question why did Ex member
of Congress, Hon. Wilson Shannon make Sc
lab0red a defence OF his own vote upon that
Bll II it is 50 utterly devoid of Importance
why does the Washington Union seek to
make the supper: of it u test of Democracy
, If it is so unimportane have the suver-
cisn States Of Maine, Vermont New Hamp-
shire, and Iowa made It the ground Tor COM
plete purging of the Augean stables of poll
tics, and the king OF good men in olIice!--
All, no Daniel, you will find that although
you can shut your eyes and whecdle yourself
into the belief that the question is unimpo.-
tant you can hot stuff such specious idea in
to the minds of the people of this section.
He objected to the fusion party, because it
was a sectional parIy-becauso it sought to
array the South against the North-bscause
it waS not National party, but was bounded
by Typographical lines" Now that idea is
absurd. Time was when the question of a
protective tariff was more purely sectionaI
question than the present Nebraska ques-
ton, and it drew from the South threat that
they would dissolve the Union So. too,may
every question become sectional question.
The South may nrise as one man and say Y
that they have been weighing the matter
well und have come to the conclusion that il
would be better for all parties that this gov
| ernment become n Monarchv nna annoin,