The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-05-09


stands behind Bis pHyilegs ahd constitu-
iional protection.
After having done m injury, Il is sec
ond o8oncein an honorable man to loel
no peniience snd deny ropamtion. shall
not dwell opon this Transparent invention
TO hide bis cowardice 20 avoid faoiog re-
sponsbiHty. His frs, statement Is uu.
true After my frank explanation i was
not possible for any other Senator TO have
used suoh language. IL is the plea Of
avery ragged offender a. the bar Of the
Police Courts--'how full the world is Of
orime, how msny more thcre are like him
bat the Judges have always oyerfulsd the
Plaza. In the next place Senator Douglas
paiados against me the very injury heI
caused me by his personal influence and
energy and the force Of party discipline
The other objections are unworthy Of him
unless, perhaps, Is be thai Of privilege.
The third and fourth objections are ua.
worthy Of his Judgement. His heart,
coustiutionally adapted to IL, pleads
privilege" Il is said Of q distinguished
senator, that after his head was bloss-
oming for the grave he gave oiiense TO one
much bis junior The youag man com
planned of his inability 10 resent the az
suit on account Of the disparity in years
and position, The venerable Senator ex-
claimed, II ask no exemption on account
Of nay age no priveilego from my posit-
ion no Dir, nonel IL l have insulted you
you are entitled TO reparation, and you
shall have II. Butthe Senator from lllinoise
yields to no such vulgar weakness, aud
follows no such vain examples. Like
heroic dog, grown insolent upon fat diet
with bis head out Of the kennel, he qrowls
with swollen courage, with a oonstitt ton
al privilege At his back, behind which to
retreat. Honored with a trust similar to
bis, from the brave and loval people Of
Kansas, vi ield TO the Senators Constitu'
tlonal exemption from accountability for
language used in debate Il he secs fit TO
avail himself oft, bat ! yield Il in the
letter Culy. not in its spirit; for by The
spirit while aiming to surround with safe
guards the utmost freedom Of opinion and
| debate in the Senate Chamber, and so
preclude all accountability for Il, II inn
plies aud comprebends that high notion
OF Senatorial decorum, cannon aud truth,
which excludes the idea OF wan,on aud
malignant wrong. II was given 10 pro.
tect The Senator, in the expectation that
his duty and Justice would protect all
others, But Il is within the Senator's
discrotion-not only yalor, TO assert his
legal exemption as he might also plead
the Statute Of Limitations against con.
dding creditor and an honest debt. Hc
has done no, claiming Shylock's virtue,
that "it is the law" Safely sheltered aud
hidden behind this constitutional privilege
whiohexists legally mall cases but morally
ia none. Senator Douglas now compels me
TO The unpleasant alternative protesting
before the public, against this persona
outrage perpetmted where my voice wal
then silent, which he technically declines
to repair under every obligation OF honol
At law he knows can face my accuseI
aud confront the witnesses: with either
cowardice or privilege between mo ant
my adversary, am compelled to sutie
without hearing at the hands OF a constitu
tional assassin,
senator Douglas cajoled me into An un
deserved trust 90 his sincerity. He mad
me the guest Of his hospitality to deceive
and oiroumvent me. He has broken th,
seals OF friendly confidence, aud publisher
il with criminal eifrontery. To make th
personal iudignity the greater be ha
impeached mo his friend and witness
: and he has SO distorted what did ~,
that am unable to call It my own. H'
has involghed with gross criminal impu
tatons, against mo unsustained by
single fact in my own history, and a de
MED by the public and familiar history o
Kansas, | 30 sHgmatise the imputation
aud charges, and when smarting under i
aud presuming on some sincerity IN OUT
past relations ask for Justice, or for ex
plantations that shall lead TO justice. h
hunts out from tho Constitution tina
magical word for weak kneed spirits
= "Privilegs''- hiss 10 his cover, Th
public shall DO our Judges. To this oom
pleetion has Il como. Is the feroolou
|, baggart heroism OF che Senate Ohambe
y which boasts in this place Of having gas
y cd down pistol barrels--only that qualli
which "o6zes out at the finger ends, y an
expires outside Of the portals Of the Cham
= ber2 Are treachery, falsehood, coward
ico any better because they are privilege
= is privilege to have another meaning
! viii the senator Of Illinoise abuse il, an
make want OF courage and privilege
y convertible aad equivalent termsY / AZ
2 peal from the strocioua condnot Of III
a Senator Of Illinoise, and submit TO th
x honest public, and It's just sense and cor
: viotion, that in morals no elevation {
I" place can dignity aud protect injustice
: that, because person is humble, his Of
y preston becomes more aggravated, an
I, he is within the protection OF all houorab
y men above him--that accusation and AZ
y counAbiiiy always go together; thl
nS : character assailed, may always comps
4 the aeeuser to his proofs, aud II the offer
" der becomes fugitive from this plai
~ duty, and attempts 10 retire TO legal sui
y, terfuges. public Justice viii take up the n
~ tribuiion Of the wrong, pursue him or,
= his legal barriers. ]. @. LAM
er GF The Bounty Land law win bo
be amended as to give additional land to I
~, ,..hf h,y, rsosi,,d lass than ona huears