Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-02-04
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Letter from Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Jan. %.

CoLUaEUs, Jan. %.
EDS. CoH.-Imm, diately utter the dis
patch OF NY letter ye>teri.y, the House vas
startled by Il most Re n,aTkab.r, stdr--pliIt.ng
speech, 1rum une whom every body had set
down as . sobeI-qulet member, not disposed
TO disturb the du!lneSs of a legislative hall.
and into whose mind Il Punchisim had never
crepI. He is not, of course, like the ideail
Punch, but looks as though he might be d
>eveLth Cousin Of thai m,st distinguished
ind.Vi DUAL. His yame is Plans. tie shaves,
wears his hair cropped close. pnd represents
what he calls a very close county, (Meiss).
Ga account of the condition Of politics in
his county, and OF the peculiarly of The
question before the Committee, he arose TO
make a speech for buncumbe. He should
therefore place himself right on both sides
OF the question, by making a speech for the
bill, and voting against it, so that he could
exhibit his speech to one class of his con-
siItuents, and his vote to the other, when
OCCASION required.
He there ,pon proceeded to review, in the
most humorous and iroaical manner, the
oPSSSh - II tHlC 1hol SNuiit hioh
lad said thai he could see 90 use in the pas
sage oi the bill at this lime, when, in fact.
there were many reasons why it should pass
now one OF these, and a very important one,
was that the pernaRcy of the Democratic
party depended upon 1t, was a wise arrange.
ment to prsrent people from running about
loose!
M -o,.I1,,aa F-,r, 1-.,o 49, O.,
think that our JaIls were designed 10 be
used only tor the confinement o. criminals,
and in this he would agree with him. But
who are criminals! That gentleman had,
in a most eloquent manner, drawn an affec-
ting picture Ut the condition o: iugitIvve
slave mother who had escaped with her
CHI d from Virginia. Now, he would show
that this Tuman WIS d criminal of the Worsl
sort. According tp the gentleman's own
showing. the woman, " hen she arrived al
h 5 villuge with her child. was reduced to
a mere SIX" leton-a skeleton in rags. She
: was guilty of three great crimes. FIRST, evi,
IDENTIFY guilty OF grand larceny in Sealing
L. her child, which was the property of her
:, master; she had also emtezzied and wasted
neI own body, which VA no less her mas.
ter's; and lat y, she had committed higf
M Ire sscn against the National Government
FIR was it no. shown BY speeches made by
r Democrats OF ;Ais body and of Congress
and SD understood throughout the Union
that this Government was founded on mig
gers! 1t has been declared treason to al
tempt 10 destroy tn Government in under
mining its foundation by s;ea ing away tn,
ringers upon which it resist The common
relation of pillars and edifces prove this.
RI Then we were told by the member from
Lorraine, that even !or the sake of comfy i
IN was degrading TO catch ringers; he viewed
il MISUNDERSTANDING negroes was not de
grading but honorable What does honor
-, able mean! NJ mbers were called, Hon. aut
40 why! Unquesriondbly because they we e il
Office; and it is well known that Democrat
~ cannot get Office under this government
ne unless willing to catch niggers. Office
h holders made men honorable. Then wer,
10 not the means which made men ofiice holder
. equally honorable! 1t must follow of cours
that the end ~justifies the means is a Prin
70 ci2le of Democracy.
pv The member from Lorraine, being a profes
nd scr OF moral sciences, might on that uccoun
III be excused from not understanding the tx
acier sciences: but certainly not so efsil
pardoneJ for the error into which he ha,
tn fallen in regard 10 the naiura. instincts u
IN blood hounds, as far - nigger-cutching i
If involved. Blood-hounG know nothing O
il. nigser-catching until trained to twill
he this voc alton seemed to be the natural in
IN st net of Democrats. Dogs and Democrat
-, were not naturally on the same level, an
hence 1t was Necessary to bring the latte
I'm down to the position of the former, or vic
versa. 1t was evident that Mr.. Monro
owed an apology to somebody, either to tn