Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-05
One OF the Sperchea.

One OF the Speeches.
| Our Legislators, at Columbus, have been
discussing the bill introduced by Mr. Brooke
of Hamilton, for repeating the law which
prohibits the use of our jails to the United
States for keeping fugitive Slaves. The
other day, Professor Monroe made very
able, eloquent and conclusive speech against
the repeal of the law; speech which was
worthy of the subject. In the course of
the debate, after Professor Monroe had cleo
tEifsd the House. the gentleman who repre-
sesss Meigs, Mr.. Plants, manifested a
disposition to plant few blows on somc-
6odSs just to show that he was about He
is asyery plain-lookiDg man. who wears his
hair cropped, cuts his beard down to the
very roots, and has hitherto manifested no
disposition to disturb the even tenor of the
legislative tide. On arising, he said:
MR. PREsIDENr-I ain from a very close
county, where the real political majority is
very uncertain. On this account desire to
make speech for Buncom5s; one that will
suitboth sides; and in order t. satisfy all
the different interests among my constitn-
ents, | propose to make speech on one
side and vote on the other. The gentleman
from Lorain (Prof. Monroe) has said he
could see no use in the passage of the bill
at this time, when, in fact, there were many
reasons why it should pass now; one of
these, and very important one, was that
of INpmnprufic
depended upon it, and modern Democracy,
/ as ie understood it, was wise arrangement
to Treuemt people from running about loose !.
The gentleman from Lorain seemed to
thiak that our jails were designed to be
used only for the confinement OF criminals,
| and in this he would agree with him. But
who are criminals That gentleman had,
, i'll most eloquent manner, drawn an af-
fecting picture of the fugitive slave mother,
who had escaped with her child from Vir-
glnia. Now, he would show that this
woman was a criminal of the worst sort.
According to the gdntleman's own showing,
the woman when she arrived in Ohio with
her child, was reduced to a mere skeleton
! skeleton in rags. She was guilty of three
great crimes. First, evidently of grand
property OF her master; she had also enabez-
zlca and wasted her own body, which was no
less her masters; and lastly, she had COM
mhted high treuson against the National
Government. For was it not shown by
speeches made by Democrats of this body
AMI of Congress, and SO understood through
! ous the Union, that this Government was
! feknded on niggers II has been declared
treason to attempt to destroy the Govern
meHt, and would it not be an 't attempt to
as sroy the Government in undermining its
foundation by stealing away the niggers
upon which it rests! The common relation
o. pillars and edices proves this.
Then we are told by the member from
Lorain, that even for the sake of comfy it
was degrading to catch niggers; he viewed
it differently. Catching negroes was not
degrading but honorable. What does hon
orabZe mean! Men were called Hon. and
why! Unquesiionably because they were
/ in Office; and it is we'll known that Demo-
Gratis cannot get office under this govern
ment unless willing to catch niggers. Office
holding made men honorable. Then were
not the means which made men office hold
ers equally honorable! 1t must follow of
= course-that the end justifes the means is
principle of Democracy.
The member from Lorain, being profess
sor of moral sciences, might on that account
be excused for not understanding the ex-
acter sciences; but is certainly not SO easily
pardoned for the error into which he has
fallen in regard to the natural instincts of
blood hounds, as far as niger ching is
involved. Blood hounds know nothing OF
! nigger-catching until trained to ii-while
this vocation seemed to be the natural in
stinct of Democrats. Dogs and Democrats
were not naturally on the same level, and
hence it was necessary to bring the latter
down to the position of :he former, or vice
versa. 1t was evident that Mr.. Monroe
owed an apology to somebody, either to the
Dog or Democratic did MT know which