Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-08-30

Ten millions had been paid for the Meslla
Valley-mcrely for route for Southern rail-
| road, and to MAINTAIN Santa Anna in his des.
potic rule. OF that sum Ohio contributed
one million. Prest. Pierce had sent minis.
ter TO Mexico to negotiate that treaty. lie
then spoke OF the secret session of the Sen.
ate to consider and approve it, he hoped what
transpired there would some day be made
known. In that secret body there were
Know Nothngs TOO. Uaughter.) Not
Know Nothings by their voluntary act, but
by decree Of Divine Providence
At the same time that they were thus taxed
ten millions without the consent of the House
President Pierce had vetoed that bill for the
improvement OF rivers and harbors, which
might have given them or hundred thous-
and dollars.
Tom Corwin had sail that the question OF
internal improvement was not SO much one
OF constitutional power as of chemical anal
ysis. That it was constitutional to improve
salt water, but not fresh water. He was how =
ever mistaken. 1t was constitutional to
make improvements in black States but not
in white states. 1t was not the chemical
analysis but the color OF the thing that m ide
it constitutional. (Applause)
He then alluded to the bill for the appropri.
alton to the Collins steamers.
A gentleman from that district who had
opposed it, profcssed suddenly to have received
new light and supported it, Applause. /
Whence that light came he did not know
[Appiau+e. A southern gentleman in speak
ing of it, said the conversion resembled that
of the apostle Paul in suddenness but in no
other particular. [Tremendous applausc.1
They also wanted some lille (roncaIy)
reform at home. The office holders in the Ne.
braska party had come to think, that if the
government could pillage whole States from
freedom, they might certainly pillage a little
from the treasury.
A just and equal basis of taxation was also
waned-tax upon what man had, and not
on what he had not. A reduction was also
necessary in taxes He knew several points
in which it could very properly be made.
But Democrats said they could not act
with the Wings. He called himself dem
ocrat-according to the Jefferson idea Of democ.
racy-a demot rat in the old original sense of
the word-->of popular government. His col
league in thesSenate called himself whg,
and yet they stood together in the party Of
the people.
In truth there were but two parties. One
the party Of the people, and the other of the
Shareholders. =, and their advocates and abet-
tors. If now and then man left the party
Of the people il mattered not-two better men
would come to his place.
Accessons were coming from every quar-
ter. How many votes would the admnIstra-
ton get in the Northwest t,-that Northwest
that was Democratic TIL Democracy submit
ted to Franklin Pierce. Applause the
Reserve was marshalling its forces. Ap-
plause.] Old Ross was coming out APP
pause East and West. North, South ana
Centre, Ohio, would stand together, mighty
phaanx, demanding freedom, retrenchment
and re- form.
He hao been recently in the Eastern States.
He had found the people there deeply. intens.
y interested in Ohio. They had two ques-
tions to ask One was-"llow are you har
vestS" and the other-"Will Ohio remain
on the side of freedom!" ...
Tue first question was now answered.
Providence had smiled upon us. Our vallies
laughed in their abundance, under the sun
light of Almighty God. We had been blessed
in our basket and in our stare, and now
should we not, in gratitude for His goodness,
declare that slavery should never be extended!