Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-29

70 he had lied about one Mrs. Saliie Campbe
:. Mr.. George publishes another card in I
last weeks Inieiii9eneer, in which he "a,
| was dcoyed into rom in the Pc
House, in Middletown, withou; any mott
he as to who were there, or what was want,
he When entered the redoubiable, w Courtn
IS Brown locken the door,plsced the key in
: pocket, and demanded s5oHf7
: statement (Which he they could be re-
"a d pared) and upon ne mpssmedisd. He put the
Is cooked and prese,
re the choice of .saou lous bsyoneta story
r, h-A." One 1000 Railroad speculation as
= armed. a brief reference to charges
!, .ly my l.tamself he passed to prefer q few
(. pr.es against the Democratic party in its
lel ate policy, and went on to show how
under Democratic rule the expenses of the
State had been increased, how, promising
reform and retrenchment, the Democratic
party had increased the public expenses
and never fulfilled their promises the people
He next charged that the Democratic
party had labored hot for the public gooa
but for party aggrandisement, He cited The
appointment of,"three Governors. the
Cincinnati Police Bill, the division of the
Public Works SO as throw an undue portion
under the control of the Democratic mem
Der. the refusal on the part Of the Legisla.
.ure to pay the $4,000 necessary spent
upon the Hooking Canal, because under Re
publican direction, while they readily paid
81 900 on certificates of Mr. ..Backus, the
Democratic member. sss-,.,, -i...
He next proceeded to file his bill, of ob'
jections to the Independent Treasury act
which he did in the most convincing man
ner He did not desire The old law reinstated
yet it was infinitely better than the presa Mt
He refuted the charge of Republican,
being implicated in the Treasury de!alca
tion. citing evidence to establish his position
cslling attention to the fact that Medil
Morgan and Edgerton had helped cover IuI
the defalcation, and tried to re-elect Breslir
when they knew him 10 be defaulter. Will
this, he contrasted the prompt manner ii
which Governor Chase met the first intima
tion of default from Gibson.
He next branc he'd ou. in comprehen
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sive review OF the issues before the nation
He declared freedom in territories to be the
great question of the day, he said it wa:
thrust upon US and We could not TURF oul
backs upon it. for it would not turn its bacl
upon US. We must meet it, he said like mer
and decide the question. He said the De
mocracy said there was an issue upon th'
Fugitive Slave law this they were agitat
Ing. Upon this question he made his posi-
tion clear. He was in favor of the repea
of the present law. but granted the necessi
;y of law upon the subject, saying that hi
only asked for Ohio equal rights with Ken
lucky. To illustrate the inequality of right
as granted under the present law, he said, i
he followed his horse into Kentucky, hi
was compelled to prove his property befur'
jury of twelve Kentuckains, before h,
could claim him, while if fugitive wa
followed from Kentuckey into Ohio, tha
his rights were not as good asi that of tht
horse, his pretended owners had but lay
claim to him, and not willing to test ths
matter before an honest jury Of Ohio he il
hurried of to Kentuckey. He defended
Ohio against the charges Of the Democracy
of not being loyal to the laws of the land
He showed how Until within ten year,
the power oe Congress to Legislate upor
the subject of slavery in the territories hat
never been doubted, showed up the follower
of the Douglas doctrine of squatter Sow
ereignty, charged that its friends wers
only favorable to it in order to spread slavery
charged that it was founded upon the fal
acious position of slavery being "Do
nestle Institution" He wished to defent
Henry Clay from the Misrepresentation o
the Democratic party, said he was not one
of those who had waited until that greutes
man of his day, was dead to do him honor
he had defended him from the attacks o.
this Democratic party when living, wher
that party villifed, slandered, and buset
him without measure,he was not willing now
to see his language perverted, and history
misquOted to make appear that he ever ad.
vocated any such doctrine as that claimed
by the Democratic party. tf3l.-
His speech was one of the sblest we have
ever heard. II did honor to the speaker and
to the cause.
He was followed in few remarks from
DR.. Kirk, who proceeded to tell some stories
out of school. He had been Democrat
and knew what he was saying. His re-
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