The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-01-28
Dog and Democrat.

The discussion of the bill to convert Ohio
jails into slave pens, has drawn out many good
things in the legislature Mr.. Monroe and 9th
er Republicans have made powerful speeches,
bnt they are too long for our columns. The follow
ing remarks Of Mr., Plant, of Meigs county, how
ever cotain the best hits we have seen. Mr..
p. said:
Mr. PreSidcnt-I am from very closr Coun-
ty, where the rcul political ma ority is very un-
certain. On this account | desire to nuke
speech for Buncum one that will suit both
sides aud in order to satisfy all the different in
terests among my constituents, propose to
make a speech on one side aud vote on the 9TH
er The gentleman from Lorain prof. Monroe)
has said that he could see no use in the passage
of the bill at this time, when in fact, there were
many reasons why it should pass now one of
these, and very important one, was that the
permanency of the Democratic party depended
upon it and modern Democracy, as he under
stood it, was wise arrangement to preUsnt peo-
ple from ~u1ning around loose
The gentleman from Loran seemed to think
| that our als were designed to b, Used only for
the confinement OF criminals, and in this he
would agree with him. But who are criminals?
That gentleman had, in most eloquent manner,
| drawn an effective picture Of the fugitive slave
mother who had escaped with her child from
| Virginia. Now. he would show that this woman
was criminal Of the worst sort. According to
the gentlman's own showing, the woman, when
! she arrived in ohio with her child, was reduced
| to mere skeleton--a skeleton IN rags She was
guilty of three great crimes, First evidently
guilty of grand larceny III stealing her child
| which was the property OF her master; she had
also embazzled and wasted her own body, which
was no less her masters; aud lastly she had com
mitted high treason against the National Gov
ernment. For was it not shown by speeche:
made by DEMOCRATS of this body and of Congress
and so understood throughout the Union, tha
this Government was founded on niggers? l.
has been declared treason to attempt to destroy
the Government, and would it not be an cat
tempt" to destroy the Government in underm
ming its foundation by stealing away the mig
gers upon which it rests? The common rela.
! lions OF pillars and edihces proves this. '.
Then we are told by the member from Lorain
that even for the sake of comity it was degradm.
to catch niggers; he viewed it differently -
Catching negroes was not degrading bat homo
rabe What does honorable madn? Men wer
called Hon, and why? UnqusstonUbly because
they were in oihle; and it is well known tha
Democrats canaot get Office under this govern
ment unloss willing TO catch niggers. Oaic,
holding made men koaora5te. Then were no
the means which made men oilics-hollers equally
honorable 2 1t must follow OF course--that IN,
end jusllies the means is principle of Democ
Tacy.
The member from LSrain, being a proGesso
of moral sciences, might on that account Be ex
cused from not understanding the exactsr scien
ces but is certainly not SO easily pardoned 70
the error into which he had fallen in regard t
{ the natural instincts Of blooihoundS, as far a
niggey-ca ching is involved. Blood hounds know
nothing of ngger-catching nuul trained to it.
while this vocation seemed to be the natura
instinct OF Democrats Dogs and Democrat
were not naturally on the same level, aud henc
it was necessary to bring the latter down to tn
| position of the former, or vice versa. II wa
h evident that Mr., Monroa owed an apology I
somebody, either to tho Dog or DemocraI-h
didn't know which. sp ..tes