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Pugh'sLetter

EuSn 3 LobboA
To the eta Of January Supper in Columbus
lie Wrote Lbels upon his Constituents and
State.
On Friday we referred briefly to the letter
from Senator Pngh, which was read at The Lo-
cefOcO 9th of January celebration in this city
on Thursday night. We characterized it then
as the msansst of the collection, and now. that
we have had an opportunity Of reading it in
print, our 6rst impression of 1t is confirmed. 1t
is a living disgrace to Ohio. that a person hold
ing such sentiments, and u~ttsring them delib'
srately in a letter 10 be read at a c%OnVivial
meeting, should be psEnitted 10 retain his seat
in the Senate of the United States by authority
Of the people whom he libels. The following
10 the letter.
WAsHlwovoE, ian. 5 1857.
GEErtxMEN 1T would give me the utmost
pleasure 10 attend The Festival at Columbus on
the 9th instant; but such is the condition Of bu-
sinsss 10 the Senate, that 7 must remain here.
Never was there an occasion when Demo
Gratis had so much reason to celebrate the day
Of associations alike glorious and peeuiiar-glo
Irious to the American name. and ever sacred
to the hstoism Of our own mighty chieltain.--
We huvc just emerged from "A contest, under
the lead Of James Buchanan, 10 which the true
and the faithful stood srrsyed, like Jackson's
man at New Orleans, against q fearful combi-
nstisn of public enemies enemies to the con
~slituLion and the Union -snemies of civil aud
religious freedom, enemies TO the fraternity
whlsh once bound all our States and our citi-
gems together, enemies of republican govern
ment, enemies Of peace and order, enemies to
the dearest hopes. tho noblest promises, the
pursst aspirations. that eve animated the
heart Of men against such a combination, say,
in the aush Of its power. its stride, its deceptive
talsehood and plausibilitieS, its iRtOlsrsnt
hausbtiness, its i~usolencO and vain glorious de-
I6anee. But in the sad as at New Orleans,
justice and valor aud patriotism we're signslly
rewardsd-and the right Is now triumphant o.
yer all opposition.
IL is an assurance upon which we may in.
deed congratulate ourselves-Which we can
leave to our children as their richest heritage
that we. under Gods mercy, have been tired
and altogether approved, in faith By an ordeal
so searching and COmplets-snd that while
thousands fell away. upon the one hand, or the
other. we we're able to perseyers in well doing
TO the end.
Cure wn State-once noble Ohio--but (alas)
deludsd, abused, and nisgOverued for a year
5sst-given over 10 all the monstrous quackery
OF Black Republicanism, Know Nothingism.
aud their kindred iniquities--she, at length
has turned her head again toward the polar star
Of the Constitution. and only awaits the renew
ed, the vigorous. the united effort Of her patri-
alto sons 10 arise from their captivity. and put
on the glories Of another Democratic resunec.
ton.
That this may soon arrive that In the splsn-
ulu OtOeT Oi tHe pbhtsh IOW WV JetscJ upon
the Atlantic, to Illinois. upon tie Mississippi,
Ohio shah be no longer = shameful exception
il The wish nearest your hearts as ii is nearest
mine
With mary thanks for your kindness; gentle
men, | remain,
Very respectfully, your Obedisnt serv't,
a. E. PUGH.
Msssrs. VIM. Trsvitt, James Lsnnox, L. E.
Wilson. Committee.
Did a great Stats free; msgaAnimOus pso.
pie ever nurture in their bosom a mere poison /.
Gus reptile than Ibis man Pugh assumes to be.
II he we're a man possessing ordinary visus o.
The prOpretiea Of life and believed that the PEG.
Pile Of Ohio we're such As he has pablicly stig.
mstiEsd them to be he would resign bis seat,
snd il be believes What he says about the pros.
peotA Of his party. let him shOw il by resigning
and refuse to hold q commission given him b,
sueh a neople. But he vi hold an Ia tks