The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-12-25
w. Z, BASGOM, Sec'y
Giddings Before the House.

representatives as described by the New
I ork IribuAe'S correspondent
| Mr.. Giddings now took the floor, which
fact soon filed the galleries and crowd
ed the. lobbies, for the old war horse
seemed prepared for gallant charge
He contended that one thing was estab-
lished by our current political history,
that is, that we are destined to continue
the agitation of the great question which
according to a past annals has agitated
the North. The rights of man are still
the themes OF dieeueeion He showed
that. the Declaration of Independence
was one of the rich fruits of the Revolu-
ton; and asked the member from South
Carolina, Mr. Kett, if he was prepared
to stand by that instrument; but Mr..
Giddings got no answer. The Repubi
can party have responded to this ques-
ton. They have reafirmed the. great
truth written by the inspired pen of JEFF
ferson, that 81 all men are. by their Crea-
ttoA SAOO"Cu viii Cei Jail iudlifudDic
rights, among which are life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness" These rights
came not from Franklin Pierce, but from
the Omnipotent Mind. He put the ques
ton to the member from South Carolina
again, if he would stand by The princi
pies of the Declaration of independence,
and getting no answer, he said, 81 ask
any member of the Democratic party,
North or South, whether that party is
ready to stand by these principles
pause for an answer. | hear no reply.
Sir, such is the response always get to
my well defined interrog atories. Men
from the South unequivocally deny this
truth. Men of that party in the North
dare not speak in the affirmative There
they sit. If they were to answer in the
negative they would be cast off by their
constituents if in the affirmative. they
would be repudiated by the South
Thus they vibrate between heaven and
hell +! Great laughter He said the
self-evident truth Of the Declaration of
Independence was pronounced, by pro,
minent Democrat in the other end Of the
| Capitol, to be self-evident lie and that
the members of the Democratic party
now tacitily sanction the correctness Of
that libel. He said Mr.. Stephens of
Georgia, had endeavored to show that
Abraham was a STAKEHOLDER and dealer !,
that Brigham Young, with his retinue Of
three score wives, vindicated his doctrines
by referring to Abraham also. Both he
and the gentleman from Georgia, with
great gusto, appealed to the civilized
world, saying 8" Have we not Abraham
to our father ?" Laughter. He show
ed that the Republican party were pledg-
ed to support the Constitution. He re-
pudiated the lecture of the President on
the Fugitive Slave law, and said he
should rather obey God. He had seen
at one time nine fugitive slaves dining in
his own house-fatbers, mothers, hus-
bands, wives, and children-feeing for
their liberty, and in spite Of any law he
obeyed the divine mandate to feed the
hungry and clothe the naked. He did
both, and gave them money and sent
them on their way rejoicing. Was that
treason - s.-,s.a
/. Mr.. Bennett, Of Miss, wanted to know
if the gentleman wouldn't have gone one
step further. ). .s. .
Yes was the prompt reply of the
gallant old man &c | would have driven
a their captor from my door yard, if he
+ had made his appearance -
i The inquisitiye Mr.. Bennett pressed
{ the matter still further. and asked if the
gentleman would not have justified the
taking Of the fugitive by force in the first
instance ss t.-~
! Mr. Giddings (walkirg Indignantly
out into the arena in front OF the Speak
er, in voice of hunder, that made eve
ry member feel that he meant what he
: said answered, II would smite down
the infamous slave-catcher if he crossed
my path in pursuit Of his traffic.
Il is impossible to give anything like a
truthful sketch of this mastery effort Of
the veteran member from Ohio.
4 { =
- Gss- The Nashville Union says that the
rumor~of Mr.. Buehanan's intented mar
. rlage to Mrs, Polk has no shadow of
foundation, and rh@t it must have been
started by some editor n. want of a para
graph.
PROF. HEDRIcK who was expelled from
the University of North Carolina on &C.
count of letter which he wrote against
the extension of slavery is in. Cincinnati
The Gazette ofthat city says:--It is rumor.
ed that he is likely to accept a professor.
ship in one of the best and most liberal
educational institutions in Ohio. We
trust that this is the case for he is said tc
be young man of enlarged culture and
sterling worth. ~
Gr "Sycamore's" article is in type,
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