The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-09-04

gument-for it was made up Of barefaeed false
hoods. shallow sophistry auI stupid attempts
a. wit, most bunglingly interviewer. The
countenance OF the speaker, which at best IS
unin'ellectual, appeared on this occasion 10
wear peculiarly sodden aspect. The lead
en- hue OF the skin, the carbuncled grogblos-
som appearance Of the face. the squeaky,
cracked voice and the awkward contortions of
body to supply the place OF gestures, rendered
his speaking particularly disgusting. We viii
give specime Of his argument-Said he,
the fathers Of the Republic were in favor Of
self government, tie Nebraska bill gives self
government 10 the people OF Kansas, therefore
the fathers would support the Nebraaka bin. 3"
Again. Slavery cannot really be extended
unless the number Of slaves be increased; to
extend The institution over new territory does
not make any man a slave who was not a
slave before. herefore the democracy are not
IN favor Of the extenti0n Of slavery" thus
reversing the laws of supply and demand,
and overlooking the fact that if slavery be
confined the soil becomes exhausted and as
the slaves Increase IN number their value de-
creases, and thus slavery must wither and die
and new and more wholesome and just rela-
tons between man and man take lis place.
tie d"et long upon similar persersions of
logic-warned the people against thrilling with
southland clotheing his speech with q touch
OF stale Union saving rhetoric. his ideas
finally run out and he sat down.
He was followed by man named Harris,
Kentucky slave holder, and of course n good
Democrat of the modern school. He was a
fair speaker, and had he not insutingly thrust
his odious pro-slavery notions into the face
OF liberty loving people. it would have pas
sed off quite we'll He boosted that he could
speak has sentiments from Maine to Georgia
when the Black Republicans dare not 90 into
the south and speak Their views-thus illus
trating in a few words the value of FREE
SPEECH. He occupied much of his time in
that work Of supererogation, saring tie Union
and saved it We thought, more effectuhlly
than did Perkins. He said the Republicans
We're sectional and disunio,. party, and yet
boldly declared that if Fremont should be
elected the South would never submit TO it
yes, the south with its large majority Of Buch-
anan professional un'on- sarers, rhey would
dissolve the Union!
\. the other stand Lard Oil" Robinson
held forth in his usually bitter and vitupera
tive style. We cannot convey better idea Of
his speech. than to give the number of times
he used certain favorite expressions, the tally
of which kept at the time by a friend of
ours, viz: "aboltionist," SO times: s'dernocra-
cy' and democrat" II; "wooly head" 10;
BLACK republican," 10; slavery. ~; I'm
ion." (either in danger or Sared by the dem
ocratc party, IS; dissolution of the Union. -
II; Glars lo; know things" 10; me
gro" and negro worshippers," Island econ
stltutlon.' 81 times. He INDUCED in the
most coarse, insulting and abusive remarks
about the living. and then hyena like invaded
the quiet repose of the dead. violating decen-
cy and outraging the feelings OF the relatives
aud numerous friends of that much lamented.
noble specimen of humanity, Henry j. Shom-
bre, for which he received righteous retri-
button, more fully noticed in another place
He was succeed by Mr. Egly from Gin
cinnati. in German, He highly eulogized the
Catholics, which appears to have given greas
otfense to the Protestant Germans, who. by
the way, are quite intelligent class of PEG
pie. We understand there has been gener-
al stampede Of The few remaining protestant
Germans from the ranks Of the Border-rulfian
democracy over TO Fremont since the meeting,
Indeed the results Of the meeting throughout
have been highly satisfactory to the republi-
cans and must have been truly Notifying to
the Buehaneers. The republicans could not
make better investment than to hire them to
enact the same farce over again.