Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-23

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certain that no man who made such
; speech could get foreign mission from
buchanan. Laughter and cheers.) Well
now, gentlemen, what constitutes the cat
f alogue of crimeA There is lying, there
stealing, there is perjury, there is robbery
there is arson, there is murder, there is poi
soning, there is adultery, there is rape
Qaughter,) there is seduction and hun
; dred other crimes. l bat repeat the Ian
guage of Mr.. Scott take him at his owl
words, without meaning 10 dispute th
truth of it-that he had rather commit al
these crimes than have made an anti-dem
ocratic or an anti-Buchanan speech. Nouo
cheers and laughter.) Is not that his owl
declaration and his own picture? Am
not at liberty to take the gentleman at hi
own word? Does he not know the work
ings of his own heart best? lbelieve thai
he told the truth when he made this state
ment. (Cheers.) will not question thu
gentleman's veracity upon this subject.
give him the benefit of all that he car
claim for having expressed an honest senti
ment, (cheers;) but l must say, that, TO my
mind, there could be but one class of per
sons who would permit such combination
to escape their lips; and that is, those who
are already so stepped in crime, that, like
Macbeth, it would be easier to 90 on than
turn back. (Cheers.) Am mot justified
in this conclusion? The gentleman has
tried to arraign me as criminal, and pre-.
tended to prosecute me, in my absence, be-
fore the citizens of Richmond, for crimi-
nal offense. He has INDUCED in gross per
sonalities. Can there be anything more
grievous and offensive said of gentleman
than to say that he has been guilty of an
act more atrocious than all the other acts
to be found in the catalogue of crime
that he had rather been guilty of all these
than the single one for which am arraign-
ed? l will let that gentleman pass. l
ccme now to Quattlebum Wise"
The TRADE Mr.. Bolts let loose at Mr..
Robert G. Scott, who, we all recollect was
the hero who killed thirteen patriots in the
year 1852 by addressing them letter re-
questing their views on the 'tnigger," or
slave question, is followed by an attack on
the Honorable Henry A. Wise, of Virginia,
Governor of that ancient commonwealth,
and who is, we hesitate not. to say, the
most eloquent orator in the world:
GAS l sit in judgment the little
dogs have been barking long enough, and
l have borne it all with patience, until the
big ours have grown insolent upon it
Laughter and cheers They had sup
posed that they could bark and show their
teeth with impunity. But when the Gov
ernor of Virginia. will say about ours
that l mean it in fgurative sense-I
don't mean to say that they are curs-but
when, as l was proceeding to say, the Gov
ernor of Virginia has thought proper to
descend from his public place, and enter
into low political meeting in Richmond,
and there undertaken to arraign me as a
traitor, and, as 1 understand, said the May
or of the city ought TO issue his warrant for
my apprehension, it is time that should
notice these attacks. The Mayor of the
city ought to issue his warrant for my ap-
prehension! Is that the idea of the Gov
ernor Of Virginia about treason Treason
against the corporation of the cay of
Riehmonds Why. if l am guilty of trea-
son at all, it is treason against the United
States. Why not issue his own warrant ?
He had the boldness to denounce me in
private quarters; why not have the cour-
age to issue his warrant and have me ap-
pretended! This is no trivial charge from
one occupying his posiiion-that 1 am a
traitor and that l ought to be arrested
He used other harsh remarks, one was
that would take office under Fremont if
elected. I Idon'tknow how he learned that.
] am not going to make such a ridiculous
fool of myself as to stand up before the
people and make fuss about his. identify
ing me with Mr. Fremont. do not find
fault with my superior for saying that of
me, because il was nothing but repetition
of what said of him when was in Staun-
ton some weeks ago. On that occasion
gentleman was discussing about the dis
solution of the Union in the event of Fre-
moni's election. | ridiculed the idea, and
some one said, who will fillthe offices in the
South? They cannot be filled except per-
sons are sent there from the North. No
Southern man will take office under him.
I said, suppose he would not, suppose Mr..
Fremont offers one half the offices to the
South, and they don't choose to take them,
is that any cause for dissolution of the
Union! He has discharged his duty
There will be no difficulty about getting a
sufficient quantity of competent persons to
fill the offices. They can get them before
they want them. They can get them all
in Verginia, and out of the Democratic
ranks. Isaid, 'sif nobody else would take
Office in Virginia, Governor Wise would
Laughter and cheers.) Somebody inform
ed him that made this remark, and he re-
taliated by making similar charge upon |
me. | would not have mentioned that if
he had not charged me with treason.-
(Laughter.) l can show him what he at
tempted, but failed, to show of me. l will
say that in 1874, when John Tyler shook |
the thirty pieces of silver in my face, l
shook my fist in his face; but when he
shook the thirty pieces at Henry A. Wise,
he betrayed his confidence, put the money
in his pocket, and went off to Brazil. If L
have done Governor Wise an injustice, l
did not intend it." f alz HA
re- A. G. Porter, Esq, for several
years the ablest of the young democracy
of Central Indiana, has taken the stump
for Fremont. He was one Of the most elo-
quent speakers for Pierce in the State.-
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