Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-09-11
MI1IERsBURG HOLMES COUNTY SEPTEMBER H. 1856

iinents, or who have access TO the depart
irfeiits; some little soulless creature ever
fre;idv TO blast the reputation of honorable
men, has doubtless found papers bearing
upon Col FreInont's 'sconnections with gov
ermnient out of which he thinks extract.
can be quoted, if published, by which vena
politicians can blacken the reputation OF
one they feat and hate, and the Senator
from Pennsylvania, comes in this Chamber
with this resolution to carry cut this small
game Of political malienify. "a 5-f't '-'.
l shall vote, Sir, for this inquiry but
wash my hands ofits meanness, its atject
littIeness. If it applied to anybody's can
didate but the one l support, 1 would vote
against it. | would neyerconsent to resort
to such petty warfare.
The Senator from Pennsylvania assumes
10 be Mr.. Buchanan's fugleman here. ]
have sometimes thought the Senator, IN
his deep anxiety, felt that he carried Mr.
Buchanan on his shoulders. l hold james
Buchanan responsible for this attempted
blow at his rival struck by the hand Of the
Senator from PENNSYLVANIA, who processes
to be his particular friend-who is eveI
watehfnl of his interest and name. So
prompt is the Senator from Pennsylvania
to rtlsh'to the defence Of Mf. Buchanan,
that [ have come TO regard him as that
gentlenian's '"premohitory symptom here.
Nothing but that Senator's extreme desire
better the wavering fortunes Of his chief
could have induced him TO engage in this
political device. -'''>s if.@3 f's
Mr.. President, the people will regard
This as persecution. 1t viii bring odium,
not upon Col. Fremont, but upon the man
who originated it. 1t will ratherredohnd,
as all such attacks against candidates for
the Presidency have done, to his advantage.
The issues are made up. They are the
gravest and most transcendant issues ever
presented TO the people Of the United
SthteS. All that the Senator from Penn
svlvania and his candidate can make out of
his inquiry VIII not weigh a feather in the
coming contest, which is to decide whether
Freedom or Slavery shall sway the policy
of the Republic. - -'''. .'' i.'' '..
Iowa, young Iowa, has uttered hervoice
for John G. Fremont by a majority of thou
sands. Maine viii respond to Iowa for the
east in a few weeks, in a voice not to be
mistaken. The Senator cannot break the
mighty current that is bearing the friends
of free Kansas on to assured triumph by
this petty political maneuyre, which gen
tlemen should not Stoop to engage in
Pennsylvania on the 14th of October, may
teach her Senator that she is not to be won
by any attempt to defame the chieftain
around whose banner the liberal, progressive
democratic masses of the country are rally
ing for the coming fight. s'''''a-.H r. .
l have not spoken, Mr., President, of the
motives that have actuated the Senator
from Pennsylvania in Introducing this in
quiry. have nothing to do with motives.
1 have spoken of the act and l have spok-
en- as | think it deserves. Perhaps the Sen
ator feels that:he has the good name and
fame of Col. Fremont as well as Mr.. Bu-
chanan in his keeping. Perhaps we ought
to feel grateful to him for his zeal for the
reputation Of our candidate-butI can not
but feel that whenever the effects of this
inquiry may be upon Col. Fcemont, the
Senator will win no laureis by it that any
one viii desire to pluck from his brow.