Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-03-02

serfs. good will come of the movement.
1t is the determining point. and you shall
be advised Of the result.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 19.
DEAR TKLEGRAPH-Our letter of last
night vas written, as will be seen, while
the Democratic caucus was in session over
the damaging disclosures of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer" and the resolutions of
Mr.. Harrison thereon. We promised to
give you the result of the deliberations of
hataugust body when it should transpire.
Well, it has transpired, and now for the
redemption OF our promise: To-day Mr..
c., as the organ, and speaking, as he
said, in the name and by the authority Of
the caucus, rose to question of "privi-
lege." He said that he had been deputed
to speak for the caucus, and that there
might be no misapprehension, he had had
reduced to writing what was to be said.
He then read the article from the CEN
quirer," which we gave in our last, and
proceeded to read his written statement.
We regret thai we have not the statement:
before us. For although it would be too
long to publish. yet We would like to give
fair abstract of the curious document
1t went on to say that the article in the
Enquirer" was calculated to degrade the
Democratic members in the estimation of
the country. and that they were therefore
impelled 10 notice it, &C., denied that
there had been any secret circular sent to
Mr. Pugh By the members of the Legis-
la;ure, cerntermanding their public in
structions, DC, that they had no author
ity to inquire into what individual mem
bers might have said to Mr.. Pugh in pri-
vate correspondence, DC. 1t pretty
strongly denied the statement of the "En-
Qurer" and again itpretty strongly de-
clayed and intima;ed a wish for the "facts,
but proposed no action.
Thereupon the "inconsiderate" Mr..
Harrison rose with another resolution,
prefaced with sundry "whereases," set
ting out the disgraceful nature of the
charge in the Enquire" despicable
position in which it placed majority Of
the members of the Legislature-that if
the charge was falls, the members names
and memory ought to be relieved from the
infamy by showing the fact-that if any
were guilty it was unjust that the innocent
should be made to suffer on their account,
&C., and asking for the appointment of a
committee of three, with power to send
for persons and papers, to investigate the
matter and report the result of their in
vestigations to the House, &c. Not hav-
ing the resolutions before us, we give but
the substance, from memory. The effect
was decidedly rich. There stood the gen
tleman from Madison, ready to back his
resolutions with ''few brief reasons"
while from all parts of the hall motions
were showered down like leaves from an
alanthus tree after a frost. The gent
from M claiming that the subject
having been introduced by the gentleman
from Butler as a question of privilege"
and it involving the honor and social
standing Of members, he had right to
be heard upon the subject then. In the
midst of the most delightful confusion, a
member at length, arose and announced
that he intended to discuss the resolutions,
and claimed that that declaration necessa-
rily tabled the resolutions and all the on
nibus load of motions they had provoked,
for that day at least The Speaker so de-
cided, and the resolutions went over under
the construction given to the rules. So
the ghost was laid for tbe present; and
thereupon the House adjourned over until
Tuesday, to give time to elk things"
and for such members as live on the Il.
X. to visit their homes. When the sub
ject is again brought up-if it ever is
there will be fun.
The House will not be in session to-
morrow or Monday, which will give us
time to attend the great Anti -Lecompton
meeting Of which we spoke in our last
The indications are that it will be a great
gathering, and that the speakers will not
only pitch into the Kansas swindle, but
into its upboIdcYs as we'll. Judge John
son. OF Kans's, Congressman Cox, Gov"