M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-09-13
IVhias are asked to ~ donn also.

r matters were settled by one large job,
or a number OF small jobs, | neither
know nor care which. This winter
. of 1882 was pregnant with jobs;
and whether they cane in single births,
twins, or litters, makes but little diff
erence. They had The same common
! origin and end--the transfer Of all the
Ipolltical power OF the state to the Lo-
cofocos, and the election of Mr.. Chase
to the Senate.
The repeal Of the Black laws was
one Of the conditions of this huge JOB.
| This was handful Of salt; bat it could
lRgtand didsnot keep lhe nass fgeRlr
stinklbg.
The remaining objects accomplished
were, first, The notification of the
apporlionment act of 1918, by which
MesSrS. Pugh and Pierce took the dis
puted seats, the city district of Ham
ilton county was delrauded OF her rep
resenta!ives, and the Wings of Ohio
swindled out OF the political predomi'
nance in the Legislature: second, The
repeal OF the apportionment act of
lS47-SSby which alone the manufac-
turing and mercantile interests OF Gin,
cinnaIi could have representative in
he Legislature: third, The endow-
ment oil Mr.. Medary with all the rights,
priv iieges, immnnites and profits of
the public printing; and fourth, The
great s~ap, by which Mr.. Chase took
the Senatorship, aud the Locofocos
took all the rest.
As lawyer, | would condemn the {
first OF these acts, il the drama is 10
be divided into acts, as the greatest
outrage OF all; because it was the s.
element, by Townsend and Morse, M
ChaSe's two friends, of simple que
ton of law, whether the appurtio,
ment act was or was not constitutional,
tor a consideration, thereunto moving
them. No question of fact--no ques>
tion OF expediency-no question of
personal or political preference, was
Involved. The sworn Judges of the
law in the case decided this question
OF law for consideration. In such a
case it will be difficult for cauists to
distinguish between a consideration in
hno ley, and consideration in office,
FORA consideration in Legislation.
That which approaches nearest TO
innocency, perhaps, was The stcGp, OF
which Mr. Chase and his friends are
Trying notBbe ashamed. The Sacap,
if it could be separated from the other
acts of the drama, and made to stand
alone, would come within the prece-
dent ofthe alleged "bargain and SALE"
by which John Qdincy Adams became
President, and Henry Clay Secretary
oil State, in 1852.
Mr.. Clay and his friends in the
House OF Representatives, had voted
Tor Mr. Adams. Geo, Cramer, OF
Pennsylvania, made the charge of"bar-
gain and sale" against them. This
charge of "batgain and sale" shocked
the moral ssgse.pf. the whole natioq
There sigsflo difference of sentiment.
betwesH the'1nemies and the irieuds of,
Me. Gay 4s to the nature OF the trans.
actiegNaFged. All admitted it to be
utterly disgraceful. Phe only qusK-
tion was asSto the tfNh of the charge,
His enemies said it was true, and his
friends deelare3ft was false. No at
tempt was RRde to raise such an act
to respectabDNy oGthe plea Of usage,
or 60 quehch the bushes of ingenious
shame" by pIS1ding that the end JUS
tined the means. Mr.. Clay immedi-
ately rose rom the speakers chair, as
unfit to occupy it while such a charge
rested uPoRihIm, pronounced the charge
a base ia hood, anddemanded an in-
vesligalioE The investigation was
had. Nothing was proved, and the
charge and its author sunk into con-
tempt together. Yet Mr., Benton re-
garded the fact that such charge was
once made against prominent public
man such blot on the history Of our
country, that, without any partiality for
Mr.. Clay, he felt called upon, in his
valuable book, eutitIed "Thirty Years
in the Senate" to disabuse the public
mind of this ialsehood, and put it at
rest forever. Win anybody tell me-,
why it is that an act, which in ever
lasting blot on his great name, is excNs-
able when Mr.. Chase does il? and how
1t is that the same public heart which
a few years ago grew sick at the =lho't
of ''bargain and sale,' now feels no
shock when the same is admitted to
have been done? eatfiC
These are the mileStones by which
we may mark the progress of public
sentiment in the downward road to
corruption and deep decay,
have heretofore done the talents
and private character OF Mr.. Chase
justice, and shall not retract anything
| have said inhis praise. Ioppose his
election! not because he is deficient i'm.
ability, but because hs.is master Of y
new school in politics, where the high
est, offices in state are bargained for
like common chattel, and because
neither he nor his friends are ashamed
Of such bargains. an not the keep.
er of his conscience. He may think
all this rioht. Or he NAV think like