Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-04-06
co1rnaus. March SO. 1858.

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CoIUMBus. March So 1853.
Dear Zelegrup1---A sad event occurred
at the Goodale House on Saturday. A
young rnan--Julius Wood--a boarder in
the house, and very respectfully connected
and highly esteemed, committed suicide.
Disappointed love was the cause, and laud-
anum the instrument. The smallpox is
somewhat prevalent in the city, but fear
not sufficiently alarming to drive the Leg
islature into an adjournment in any rea-
sonable time. We have had the subject
before us frequently, but without any re-
suit The Senate some weeks ago passed
& resolution to adjourn on the 18th of
April, and to meet again in an extra session
on the lst of January next. This was so
amended in the House as to adjourn sine
die on the 18th, and was passed by a large
majority. But the next day it WAS re- con-
sidered and laid upon the table where it
slept until last Saturday. 1t was then
taken up, the final adjournment clause
stricken out, and after spending the day in
attempts to pass the resolution as it came
from the Senate, vote Was finally OBJ
tanned and the motion lost. But those
who are determined to have an adjourned
session would not give it up. They OBJ
tanned another reconsideration, and the
resolution is again before the House.
The Democrats are determined to have
an extra session, but they want to compel
some of the Republicans to vote with them,
which think they will hardly do. We
have been in session about hundred days
and have accomplished literally nothing of
good. A Committee of Eve was appointed
some time since. to report at what time
the Legislature would be able to rise if no
adjourned session should be held. The
Committee consisted of three leading Dem
ocrats and two Republicans. The Repub-
licans were in favor,of the 18th of April,
and the Democrats the Goth of June.
They finally compromised and reported
the third Monday in May as the earliest
day practicable. The report was made to-
day and would probably have been adopted.
but Judge Rankin and other leading Dem
ocrats declared that if that short time was
now fixed it would certainly be extended,
as without an adjourned session the bust
ness could not be completed before the
middle of juno or the first of July-and
gave the House distinctly to understand
that if they refused an extra session, they
need not hope to get away from Columbus
before that time. The question was finally
laid upon the table and will probably come
up again to morrow. The idea Of sitting
here until July is horrible, but at present
we see no help for it. ii
We ask our readers to read the follow
ing eulogy on Douglas, and his course in
the Senate on the Lecompton villainy,
which we cut from the Statesman. -
Please study it, and then remember that
he is SO glorifed-for what? Who would
have thought that the test of true Demoe-
racy, as taught by the (" Organ" was to
vote with the Republicans against the Ad-
ministration and the mass Of the pnfty
tseems then that the only way in which
Democratic Senator can raise himself oul
of the class of sycophants," "dema.
gogues" and ''scoundrels," T" in the opinion
of the Statesman is to vote with The
"Black RepuUieonsh' This is good
decidedly. The Statesman says:eFs
The speech of Senator Douglas against
the Lecompton scoundrelism was Sena-
torial effort which will rank in history
with the efforts of Webster and Hayne,
and Of Clay and Calhoun. Public expect
alton was wrought up to the highest point
Not the Democracy Of the ofice-holders,
but the Democracy of the people, whose
champion Douglas is-crowded the Senate
Chamber as it never was crowded before
From all accounts, the applause with
which the Senator was greeted on entering
the Chamber was almost uncomfortable
The great popular audience assembled rec,
ognized in Douglas man who had vast
himself like the Roman Knight OF old,
into the breach, hazarding all that is com
monty dearest to common men, to vindi-
cate the fundamental rights of every man
in the nation. 1t was natural that the
appearance of such man upon the arena
Of so momentous a struggle, should be
hailed by those in whose behalf, and in
behalf of whose children he is doing he.
roic service, with manifestations Of popular
sympathy to which the aristocratic Senate
of this nation is = stranger. The speech