American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-08
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'Ote for Mr.. Pennington aud in response
o the vote Of .csusurs- passed BY the Mary
Iaud Legislature. was mastsrly effort,
aud is universally commanded, BY the
press and letter critics. We make a few
extracts: ..1. -.
"He anticipated resolution Of this ma
lure from the Legislatave. but'we sprpri-
ssi tba. his own friends. With two excep.
tious. voted. for it. He supposed they had
allowed themselves to be frightened with |
ths idea Of beirg called Alb ,ligonists.--
Among those who voted lorthe resolutions
were some who went trough thselection
on his shoulders. and did not appear to
know that when they. saw from the tree
the bough on which they stand they
fall with It. That vote was a curious
srepe. The Clerk calls the name o! an
American. once. and there is pause.
twice. and a shutting. thrice, and hesita>
iiSg rsspousa. then a period Of placid re.
pose. while Democratic names are called
,rd earnestly responded to- then another
lun(osturste American is reached, and
Eag'in there, is a shutting, Gentlemen
stand FIRST upon one leg and then upon
tho other; gentleman look over their
Shoulders to see II there Is not some dis"
tant eourier raising a'cloud Of dust bring
ing relisi; some rush 10 consult their
frienasy and still ilIeir inexorabls oppo
nents. with eyes glsring upon them, sit
open mouthed. sure OF their prey, And
tn they went! In they WENT 4 Lfugh.
tn,) He was sure he never would have
tren able to describe the scene. but for tho
torture which lie saw certain gentlemen
here endure when they were called upon
, 10 vote for his friends from North Ciroli'
ma"
How fine Is The following paragraph:
"He could meet with equahimity all the
obloquy attaching to his course. So far
as he was worth pursuing, he had nc
doubt he would be hrunded. But he re.
mtmberpd great struggle in the old hal
! OF the House Of Representatives which ex
cited the country as much as did the re-
cent contest. when an illustrious states
, man found himself bound by duty to biz
' country to give a decisive vote for John
Quincy Adams. From that day 10 The
DAY ofhis death the howl OF bargain and
9 corruption rursued him. lie had sat Al
r the feet Of that man, aud could II need be
tresd his path OF political martyrdom.- =
But before any cry Of Legislature or ol
: people he would not yield. There bad
been other questions as important as I'll,
negro question. other Legislature eager tc
strike down an opponent, and timid con
: stitusncies who deserted a'man. Tor do
J. ing his duty, but he would nevsrihele'
g DO his duty. No man was 6t for bis place
e who was not willing 10 take his po'itica
r. life in his hand aud 60 onward In the lin
: Of right without backward look. II
trusted he might never, by reason OF an
T. clsmor or storm, however loud AID fierce
ID allow himself 10 swervs for an instant"
a Aner reading The resolution Of censur
a upon him found by the Legislature, h
: exclaimed: -<"4 -
70 "Hs told the honorable genilener wb
70 voted for that resolution 10 take back tbei
0, message to their mssters, FOR only 10 tbei
mastsrs would he speak, face to face, an
not to them. II bad 'alw .ys been tn
characteristic Of that party now iempor'
N rly predominant In Maryland. that. the
- would allow 20 opportunity to pass to iu
= dictate their peculiar 6delity TO the South
= by stirriug up sectional strife, by mootin
Of questions which sensibe men ought nc
u; to argue. BY libellng their neighbots, an
Inn making the men who live next. door
them hateful to their fellow citizens, b
proolaimine that every man WHO is not
10 Democrat Is an Abolillonist. by persu'
nd ding fanatics that il they come within II
OF limi a OF Southern States to do msche
"a, they vii, find men who, though too Gov
:. ardly to Join them, will yet secretly syn
NO pathizs with them. Tba, Legislature eou
M be described. in It's principles, aims ar
mo policy. Ia no other words SO well as tho
ma Ia which Milton describes Sin sitting
-. tha portals Of hell-."a woman to Il
:, waist, and lair" DO. They stood reat
~ ai any moment to'Ie. loose upon this bleS
TO- cd land the hell.hounds OF domoniaC p,
sion, that was determined to break Il
m. destroy. and ruin the country. In q
-. midst Of ts more noisy, obstreperous. a,
= disturbing elements there was boood
'uu small. ,imid, restless beings, inc pAbe
cd, strih ing blow In open argument,
welding the weapons Of logic or roasc
nly and skilful only to bark and bite. or Il
"A brood was the honorable gentleman W
W. moved these resolutions, These men 81
Ilon pose they could actually take from h
nH. the confidence Of his constituents, W
or bad stood by him thfough good and .
In report. when It blew storm as we'll
when it wa' calm, He knew his cons
"e uency and the people OF Maryland :
and better than these dabhlore in internal a
for tatiou; and he said that. right or wro
bost wise or unWise. this day the vote he G
ava. for Mr. Pennington was not only appr
ed, bu, honorsd and Epplaudsd by ev
ana man Whoae opinion he regarded, [
Dci' plause.l Aid no would be. willing
meet his people upon any explanation
,r,f that vote. iu The face ofthe whole bod,
-, r,. tha, Legislature. pounded and ramued
10 one man"
incl The speech was what the Eng
0 at roughs call"a sumner" 10 the Mary
., 10 democrats. and will operate upon Il
the like physic j have no doubt. =
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