M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
The Record of sn AbOiitiOnist.
Van Worries on DisuniOn PcIi-
lions.


Van Worries on DisuniOm PcIi-
tiOns.
The deepest disgrace inflicted upon
our State by that notorious Legislature
in which Van Worries was speaker o.
the House, was the reception and CON
sideration by the House Of the memo
rial ofSome crazy abolitionists Of this
State praying for dissolution Of the
Union, and the notification by the
legislature Of tho constitution Of the
United States. Van Worries rot on,
ly voted to receive and consider it, but
by his official action as speaker arbi
trarily prevented the House from vot
ing Indignantly to cast the Infamous
thing out.
Let the people Of this district look
to this black record, and mark the dis.
gused abOlitiOnist, secessionist and
nuiher.
On the Sth Of February, 1856,
Jewett, the leading abolitionist Of the
House, presented memorial Of the
EXcctive Committee Of the Western
Anti slavery Society. the prayer OF
which was as follows:
SALEM, Culumbiana Co., OF
Feb. 5, 1856.
"TO the Speaker of the House Of Rep.
rescntatiYes OF the State of0ho:
Your memorialists in behalfOf the
Western Antl-slavery Society respect.
fully represent that in accordance with
the right OF the people asserted in the
declaration Of Independence and reit-
Grated in the goth section Of our Bill
of Rights, to alter, reform or abolish
the government under which they live
whenever they esteem such change
most likely to affect their safety and
happiness. We do most earnestly
solicit you to decline to enter into any
election for Senator of Of the United
States, to recind the laws which reg
ulate the election Of members Of the
United States and electors for PreSi-
dent. To provide for an amendment
ofthe constitution OfOhio, which shall
repeal the 9Th section oftho 18th art,
and forbid all State officers TO take an
oath to support the constitution Of the
United States, with such other meas.
urcs us in your wisdom may appear
cXpedient to effect peaceful with.
drawal OF Ohio from the Federal I'm.
ion"
When this disgracelul and Infamous
memorial was presented in the House,
that noble old Democrat, Col. Saw
yer, at once moved 10 reject it, rs an
insult offered to the House, a direct
proposition to the Legislature and each
member to commit perjury and COW
ering in its terms the crime OF treason {.
A Mr.. Sinnct, however, moved to
receive it and refer it to the commit
tee on Federal Relations, to report
against the prayer ofthe petition, and
thus to compel the House 10 recog-
nize the petition as a proper one to be
received, considered and acted upon.
The Democratic members, in IL body
insisted that Col. Sawyel'S motion had
precedence and that for the honor "
the State and OF the Legislature it be
adopted.
At this point this man Van Worries
dared to refuse to put Sawyer's mo-
ton, his decision was appealed from
ard ustained by the abolition lcgisia.
ture. He then put the motion to re-
ceive and refer the infamous thing,
and shame of shameS, himself voted
in the affirmative. We remember
well the deep feeling OF Indignation
that was felt throughout the State
when this iRdignity was offered our
people and this insult pnt upon them
by this man Van Vorhes, who now
whnes like a whipped cur when we
strip him Of his hypocritical covering,
lrd show him to be an abolitimist, a
lullifer and disunionist, Ohio Ea-
1ie.
>----o---~~~>->~->>~->~>N--