True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-01-27
Debates in the Legislature Who Il
responsible for waste Of Time.


cious4ime Of that body by making Z" abo-
lition speeches." Thisis an old cry, and
has not even the merit Of novelty. and in
the present case is a false cry, whatever
it may have been in times past. The
party in power must bear the responsible
| iiy of wasting time. II is that party
which has forced debate when there
should have been no debate, and would
have been no debate had they not, in
their moment Of party folly, thrust their
obnoxious resolutions, and their slave pen
bill upon the legislature. These measures
were not demanded by the people. They
were the resnltof foolish and extravagant
commi,tals during the State canvass.
which have been warmed anew into life
by the heat Of the private caucus.
Had the majority introduced plain,
straight forward and manly resolution,
instrncting our Senators and Representa-
tives to vote against the admission Of
Kansas into the Union as q State under
the fraudulent pro.slavery Lecompton
constitution, there would have been no
debate whatever upon il. 1t would have
gone through both branches as soon as
the yeas an6 nays could have been called.
and the resolution would have been in
Washington long ere this, to give strength
to the good canse, and renewed confidence
to the true men. But as it was. The reso-
lutions were simmered over in CAUCUS
The great end Of the resolutions vas lost
sight OF, and extraneous matters were in.
iec,ed into them, in the form of Buchan-
an Endorsements and Cincinnati platforms
things which rightly had no place there,
and which the tin pan must have known
would cause division, and produce discord.
The leaders appeared to be aware OF this
after the wrong step had been taken, thus
determining to force the thing through by
the mere force Of numbers acting under
the screw Of the previous question. All
they have accomplished by it is divided
vote upon matter which ought TO have
been and would have byen unanimous.
This was the manner in which the res
olulions were introduced into the Senate,
and passed out of the Senate. In the
House grand palaver was made upon a
ridiculous amendmen, proposed by the
member from Seneca, one Of the leaders
Of the dominan, party. II was an amend
men, TO insert the word . still" before
the word have" in the first resolution.
So that it would read, that we still have
confidence in the administration Of James
Buchanan" &c. Was there ever any.
thing more juvenile and ridiculous I And
yet il was This amendment that was stuck
into the resolutions by the House, chat
made i, necessary that they be returned
to the Senate for concurrence, and on
this question, nearly the whole Of yesier-
day was occupied. The Republican
members who had been muzsled by the
previous question. and permitted no chance
to amend or to speak, or 10 give a reason
why they might be excused from voting.
when the resolutions first passed the SEN
ate, took the opportunity TO say what they
thought Of such resolutions, and such
legislative sction. After much labor and
loss Of time The word !. still" was pui
in. and the resolutions passed. If il had
been the compound word Of (" still-born,'
it would have been much more appro.
nr;ate 10 afix to them. than any other in
the English language.
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