Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-02-11

Senator Wade's Remarks.
WasHISGTJy. Jan. 81. 1858

'A ON"
senate Mr.. Pugh (Ohio) presented the
joint resolutions of the Legislature oi Ohio.
Elr. Wade (Ohio) cleared that they were
di-reputable in their character.
At ihs ia patient demard of several Sena-
tur5, they were read, They express their
entire confidence in the int gritty and abil-
ity of the present Chief Magistrate, and say
that the Admin ~s;ratlon commands their
cortial ard Undivided support. They re-
affirm tie Gortrine OF the Cincinnati plat
iofH; regard the refusal OF the LrcomP;on
Convention t. submit the Consultation 10
I e pc, pie, as unfortunate tor the peace Of
that co unIry; Gecla. E it to be THEN unaller
abb jud that every Constitution of
every new State of the Uai"n, unless olher-
wI-e directed bS thu peOp:r, ought to be
submitted l., the bona Ede electors Of such
Te.rit,:y for approval or election, and con-
clJde bs l~nstrurtiug the Senators and re-
qu%estipg the Representatives of OhiO to
vote against the admission of Kansas under
tn. Lr:ompt,n Constitution, UI any other
not rfie cipariy *. .resSpd vi. OF the people
Nr Wade T, marked that the reason why
h. st,uma;iz d Ine resolutions as d~iSrePa-
table = IA that they did not speak out with
the IN rly independence with which the
LEGISLATURE ui a sovereign State should
llways speak uOnn anv question: of sufficient
Importance ir expr ssiug any opinion a.
all Thsr Resolutions inharSe The PrPsi-
d,nt. and pledge their -.uihPrs 20 support
pvPrv lot and title ef the Administrator,
wh,n hey intend to Conclude bv instructing
their Senators to 60 against The only great
and darling measure which the AdminiStra-
ton has presented. Why not come directly
tn the Gut siiun at issue, and With that
calu, dignity which beromes a sovereign
State dec lare ami announce their purposes
q d their viii! Why 20 crouching like
miserable slaves to the administration and
hypocri icaIly declare that they have the
.ulipst confidence in it when they mean
to end by declaring their stern determine
ton TO nprnse the on y important measure
it has brought forward.
The President not on'y announces his
Denomination not to allow the people Of
Kansas to make her own Constitution, but
20 Tor, upon them ore made by their enc
mics, and compel obedience to it at the
point of the bayonet. Mr. Wade proposed,
IL il should come TO that, 10 resume the
same argument where or fathers lett It,
The South had not upon their plantations
more craven spirited sect Of people than
thrsa who passed rh"se resolutions Laugh
teri O: course there was no necessity OF
inS-ructiug him bnw to vote. Rerewed
Laughter. II the Executive should persist
in this priicy. he was a tyrant. and deserved
the rrowns AMI reproaches of every man.
The resolutions call bis pelicy "untortun-
ate" but he called il downright knavery
and ,yr,nny. which demanded not argument.
out action. It tends to break the peace
md STIR mp civil war. Notwithstanding all
this. they do no, loose their confidence in
him, we instruct YOU TO throw his message
in his face: and Tor one he (Wade) was
ready W do it. Laughter. The resold-
buttons were not the voice of the people OF
Ohio. and met no sympathy or acquieScenee
rom the Republican, party. They were
crowded down the throsrs of the RSpnbh-
cans in the Ohio Legislature by coward'y
mainri;v. under tn" gog rule, because they
d red rot face the scorn and con'emp,
which wuul. have been hsaped upon them.
Had they permitted the liberty Of speech
the brave and generous people OF Ohio
would have spoken out directly without
catering to the favor o any man-boldly
and Independently would they have pro-
nrun,rd their will. The resolutions were
passed under n, S;arrue nt that haste was
Indispensable. and Vet more Than ten days
have elapsed. during vh'ch time they have
slppti in somc mans breCchrs rocket. tie was
willing to q with the Legislature aud re-
s;>t In the death the attempt 10 iorce the
L,acomptnn Constitution. or any other con-
It ,u,inn not the will Of the people, upon
them. Tits is the FRS, attempt since the
american Revolution 10 take away the lib
prizes oe the pennle and i. must be the last.
A SrrrITUALrsr BUILDiSG--The Cleve-
land Herald SAYS, an association Of spiritu-
alists are engaged in putting up a building
at R ,ndolph. Chataque county, N. Y, which
shall be a perfec, copy from the human
form, minus the legs. The eyes are the
skylirh,s, and all he viscera OF the body
fill their parts in this ediice. The building