Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-19
Tom Ford,s Speech.


Tom Ford Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, and
boiling delegate to the late X. N. Convention
at Philadelphia, made speech, the other day,
at Columbus, from which we cut the following
items, which deserve to be read, by other men,
bers Of the order Mr.. Ford said
And, felow-citizens, have learned what Anne
ricanism means in the South. 1t means precise
" what Methodism, and Presbyterianism, and
every other ism MEANS there; it means-a ne
gro! In Ohio have been denounced as pro-
slavery man, but in the Philadelphia Convention
1 was called an Abolitionist, and they attempted
to cxpel me. And what do you think said, to
deserve such an appelaton and attempt? Why
simply said would never assist in returning
human being to slavery. When they heard it,
they said l belonged to the underground Railroad.
| Now, my friends if you had been treated so, you
would have felt very much like coming home
and stealing negro the first thing you did
Laughter) 1t reminds me of a fellow in our
! town named Price. He was going down cellar
one day, with fine China pitcher which his
wife valued very much, when he tell and nearly
broke his neck in trying to save the pitcher
Husband" screamed his wife, fror1f4he top of
the stairs, 'have you broken the pitcher!"-
ssNo,n was the reply slut TH be darned If l
don't ,oacr So, when they charged me with
| stealing nlSSers, lelt very Hucn u,e eay ing :,
| 81 never have; but I'll be darned If don't now !
prolonged laughtcr.)
WILL THE SOUTH sECEDE FROM THE UNION?
"Why, the people of the South have to pass
laws to keep their very churches from walking
over here In one church in Virginia, it was
discovered that over thirteen thousand-dohars
worth of its members had Left within two years!
They were disciples, probably fulfilling the in
junction to ''go forth into all he~world, and
preach the gospel to-every creature" Laugh
ter) There are fifteen States of this Union, in
which Slavery exists Nine of these States have
been admitted since the organization of this
Governments; and in each it has been
threatened that if they were not admitted, the
Union would be dissolved. This threat has been
made and reiterated by the South on every &C.
casion; but it is perfectly absurd. The South
will never secede from the Union for such cause
as this; she can't afford to. She is very much
in the position of Misther McMurray, who was
one of party digging well. 1t had been
sunk so deep that only one many could dig at d
time; and when it came his turn, they let him
down in the bucket; and he promised to rap on
the rope when he was tired and wanted to be
drawn up. Well, he worked awhile, then jump
ed into the bucket and raped on the rope
But he was lazy Irishman, and they thought
it would weary him too much to take him up al
at once, so they drew the bucket upa little way
and then stopped to let him rest He raped
again, and they drew him up little further
and again paused to let him rest They repeat
ed this several times, and at last he grew impa
tent and cried OUT Now draw me up, boys
J or, be Jabbers, I'll cut the roper daughter. y
: This is just the case here. When each new
| Slave State has applied for admission, the mel
of the South have cried: Give US another lift
boys, or wen cut the rope. And if they did Sc
!, cede from the Union, they would find themselve
in Just about the fix that the Irshman would,
he had cut the rope. ,.,. .-.. s .-.- ...... .