The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-07
SENATOR PUGHs SPEECH.
[t'rom the Parkorsburg (va.) News

The speech of Hon. George f. Pugh, Of Ohio at Ma
retta Saturday last, listened to by large
course of persons 1t calm able dissertation upon
the topics of political interest now being agitated and
must have carried conviction to every hearcr whose mind
not closed against it by bias and prejudice
In personal APPEARANCE Mr. Pugh is not prepossessing.
His youthful features and careless manners are 30 ncon
ssent with most persons ideas OF what United States
senator should be, to create feeling of disappont
ment at first sight But after listening to his mastery
logic he shows up the inconsistencies and want Of
nationality of black repubcanis to his whitening sar-
cas as by apt and striking smile he rivets
vction of the truth of his positions to his bursts of bril-
liant ooquenco he rehearscs the past and depicts the
future triumph of democracy all the combined isms
of the opposition the hearer forced to admit that the
honos Of the Office have not fallen upon unworthy should
The speech of Mr. Pugh Of mainly directed
against the republican party its practice and principles.
He strenuousy advocated the right of the people of the
Territories to settle for themselves their institutions
when they to form States and denied the right of
Congress to act for them showing that this principle
the same though in somewhat different application,
which fathers fought for in the revolution. He
viewed the history of the Kansas difficulty down to s
latest phase and affirmed his devotion to the principles
suggested by the English bill and since adopted by the
Ohio democracy in State convention assembled that
State should be admitted unless it have the
numerical qualification to entitle it to representative
in Congress He hailed the settlement of this question
near at hand which would be the finishing stroke to
black repubcanism, toterng before its final fall
stuy the very purpose Of its organization its candidates
being found avowng their willingness to vote for the ad
mission of slave States The hobby of the opposi
ton as to the extravaganza of federal government
rdded numerically, the congressional record being
deduoed proof that they party have continually
voted for all appropriations introducing all bills which
deplee the treasury and endeayorng by every possible
to increase the countys expenses He concluded
by exhorting conservative to unite to put down and
crush out this sectional party and by doing aid in
our Union preserving our liberties protect
ing the rights of all sections and contributing to the
ward progress of our common country.
One feature of the speech observable which can DO
found in the efforts of other partys orators, that it
would have been well received by any democratic audi
ence that could have been assembled in any portion of
the Union. The rights of the savehoding States
ably and unnchngly defended the capacity of the peo
pie for self government clearly proven and the natona
ty of party the primary requirement for deserving
the support of the people, upheld throughout Not
sentiment announced that any true conservative
would be unwilling to subscribe to- whatever his local
prejudices might be.