Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-29
A Spicy Debate and Truths
Told.

Il
une, as showing the prevalence of crime
. at the Federal Capital, and the estimation
in which Mr.. Buchanan and his Admins
| tration are held. The debate was in the
House upon passing bill to increase the
, Police of the City of Washington and put
ting the force under the control of the Pres.
ident.
Mr.. Comins of Massachusetts,, was Of
} opinion that the state of things would con.
tinue in the city until the present dynasty
in power at the White House was over
thrown. The murderers of Keating and
Hume, and the assailant of Sumner, were
not punished. The principles ofjustice and
of law were set at nought by the criminal
Judge of the District, and the result ap-
plauded by the eminent Senators and Rep
resentatives. There was little use in at
tempting reformation of one end of the
government of the District, without cor
responding change at the other Who are
to be the officers OF this auxiliary guard
They are to be the patisan appointees of
a partisan President. What security have
we that tEey will not be the men, or of
the men, who have stricken down in cold
blood our brothers in the Territory of
Kansas? From what source is this new
government to emanateg From corrupt
and repudiated Administrations Ad-
ministration that has reached that point of
corruption in which purity appear ridicu-
lous, and modesty is treated with contempt.
Can you expect the stream to rise higher
than the fountain? Have we not spent
the entire session of this Congress to res
cue one people from its tyranny, and will
gentlemen vote to place another people
within its grasps No vote Of mine, added
Mr.. Cumins, shall give additional power to
the present Executive.
Mr.. Clemens, of Va, expressed his sur
prise that the gentleman from Massachu-
setts, usually so moderate and magnani-
nous, should have been so far carried away
on this subject by his prejudices against
the Executive. The present Executive will
not be here forever-we shall have other
Executives to Which this power will be con-
fided.
"Yes' said Mr.. Curtis, of Iowa, "there
will be a change in lS6O."
avery well,v replied Mr.. Clemens. "sup-
pose there be? should like to know if
the gentleman would not be very glad to
give that power to his Executive
"Nerer, never" said Mr. Curtis.
Mr.. Clemens remarked that he had new
er yet seen any gentleman in power who
was not willing to stand up to his party and
his President.
Mr.. Cambell of Ohio interposed and said
that there were many instances on record
where gentlemen had separated from their
party when in power.
Mr.. Kilgore of Indiana referred Mr.. Glenn
ems to the case of John Tyler, Virginia
accidental President, who was abandoned
by his party. Mr.. Clemens himself had
recently voted against bis party and his
President in voting against the Deficiency
Bill ...E
Mr.. Clemens said he would vote aginst
it again and again, notwithstanding the
Union cracks its Russian knout over those
who refuse to sustain it. As for Mr..
Campbell, he knew no word exactly to des-
ignate him in the political department.-l
Whether or not he was amphibious he
he did not know; whether he was an
American, Republican or Democrat he did
not know. He sails so completely in the
eye of the wind that you cannot tell wheth-
er he is seventy-four gun ship or one of
those Baltimore clippers, with black sides,
which carry an exclusively African cargo. |
Mr.. Cau1bell retorted that he would
rather be the slave of the gentlemen from
Virginia, hewing wood and drawing water
for him than to be the slave intellectually |
of any party on earth.
Mr.. Clement said that Mr.. Cambell, in
proclaiming his independence of party, is
clanking the shackles that bind him, for
when was he anything else than party man.
"Always,' said Mr. Campbell: -
"Always!! Why, all the reputation he
has in this House, and whatever reputa-
ton he may have in the country, and he
has reputation in both, is derived from his
allegiance to party. If we had ever had
in this country a no-party man, and the
gentleman from Ohio is that man, should
advise him to present himself to Barnum
at once. go
Mr.. Bliss, of Ohio, remarked that the
City of Washington holds peculiar re-
lation to the people of the United States,
and that Congress is under obligation to
do that for this city which it is not for any
other city. 1t is place in tire good Of
which the whole country is interested. A
majority of the people are but temporary
resident. They come here because this is
the seat of Government, and their business
is in some way connected with it. Hence
the population of this city is SO far different
from the population of any other city in
the Union that it would be unjust and
improper to impose upon the property-hol-
ders the whole expense of furnishing n po-
lice. Besides, it is fact not denied by any
one that the influence of this government
has congregated around this city more
scoundrels and rascals than can be found
in any other city in the United States
For this reason Congress is bound to pro-
vide some measure for the protection of
the honest, so that the city, instead of be-
ing n den of murderers, thieves and black
legs, may become for order and decorum a
pattern to the people of the States.
Mr.. Burnett, of Kentucky, stated that
the present police force Of the city consist
ed of 81 men with this force under the au-
thority of the City Government, what is
the state of the city? You find here mur-
l. IL.