The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-09-28
BLAKE's HISTORY.
The Record of his Treachery.

The history of Blake, the Black Republican
nominee for Congress, is pretty well knoMn al
ready, but that the people may thoroughly un
derstand his Infamous conduct in betraying
fellow member of the Senate, we publish ex
tracts from Henery B. Payne's speech deliver
ed in the Senate on the 21st day of January
IS50-together with Mr.. Swift's remarks anC
his prcmable and resolution. A considerable
portion o: Mr.. P's speech being irrelevant te
the subject now, is omitted.
EXTRACTS OF Mr.. PAYNE's SPEECH.
Mr.. SPEAKER. 1 rise, Sir, to the perfor
nance Of a very unpleasant task, a more pain.
duty than / have ever before been called ON tc
discharge. / shall be compelled, Sir, before
get through, to say some things, from the ut
terance Of which / would gladly be excused
It is unpleasant for me to be Obliged to accuse
any man of dishonorable conduct-mucb more
q member of this grave and honorable body
as I myself should exceedingly dislike to be
thus charged, it is painful for me to charge
others. But, Sir, the extraordinary conduct
of the Speaker of the Senate this morning, in
declaring that he should recognize thirty seUeu
Senators on this floor, has filled me with sur
prise, and will compel me to say that of the
man that 1 would gladly be excused from say
ing of any human being. Three days he had
presided over this body as Speaker, during
which he had repeatedly recognized Mr.. John
son as q Senator, and during these three days
q journal had been kept by a sworn Clerk in
obedience to the Constitution, hat journal
had been read before the Senate and taeitly
approved, and the journal showed a full Senate
of &c members, and yet the Speaker has as
sumed by his own ipse dixit to rule in a 37th
Senator in violation of the Constitution, par
liamentary usage, his own oath, and, as [ shall
show, his plighted honor. But in what I shall
- e k1.z pnoffor chaI mao tho n1aiu
unYarnished language to whit l am aceus-
toned; and 1 shall speak the truth and the
whole truth and fasten it upon the guilty heart,
though it blister and Tester there while life
remains. have to regret, I acknowledge,
that I should have been selected by any mem
her of this body as a channel OF communities
ton in an arrangement which to the infinite
eurprise of every member on this side of this
chamber, has resulted in the disgraceful scenes
I shall expose. Having been once employed
in, such business, I have to say that hereafter,
that Senator, or any man, will have to get up
early in the morning to find me similarly en-
gagged with a man VIII has thus basely decelv-
"a me. I have felt for the last four weeks, an
extreme desire for the organization of this
Senate. This was known to both sides of the
chamber, and on that account I suppose I was
referred to in this matter.
After giving q history Of the DISCRIMINATION
Of the SenateAthe csuse, and the anxiety Of
the Democratic party to organize that body,
Mr.. Payne spoke of the arrangements that had
been made by himself for Mr.. Swift, and MIR.
Hamlin for Mr.. Blake, aud mid
Inow proceed to the disclosure of facts at
tending tho organization of the Senate, int
mated BY me before the recess. The momen-
tary qualification at your election, if there was
n aiuons the Wings was quickly dissipated