The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-09-26
Hun. W. II. PiNCkNEY and HARVEY HOD6Kl9S
Esq, win speak Ut the following places


political discussion, principally upon topics
OF State politics, took place at the Hall of the
House OF Representatives in Lansing, on Satur.
day evening last, between Hon. II. A. Shaw of
Eaton Rapids, Speaker Of the House, and U. NJ
Barnes, Esq, Of Mason. Mr.. Barnes led of. in
style worthy Of a special pleader, demurring
specially to an indictment. His effort was all
lawyer and no statesman. He undertook to place
Mr.. Shaw in false position on the start, by in
slsting that he, a. the challenged party, had
right to hold Mr.. Shaw strictly to answer his
Mason speech, and to open no new matter. His
speech or argument, if We must so call il, was
stuffed full Of general charges, unsupported by
proof, with fallaces, which tumbled to pieces,
upon being touched, and with glaring and self.
convicted inaccuracies. He charged the Republi.
can administration, as part of the debt which
had accumulated, as he falsely stated, under
their rule, with the footing Of the assessment
rouA as so much money, but gave them no credit
Whatever. for delinquent taxes. He charged
them, As with so much cash, with the DELINQUENT
taxes, for which the respective counties have
credit He treated as "squandered," without
going into particulars, the hundreds Of thousands
OF dollars discussed by them in building the lit.
erarv. penal and eleemnsvnarv institntinna NJ
the State. The Republicans he said, once had
the money, and it was gone-but in accounting
for its absence from the State Treasury, he had
not word to say about that money, having built
and put into active and useful operation,
An lnsane Asylum; ..t
Deaf, Dumb and Blind ASYLUM:
Reform School;
An Agricultural College;
4 Normal School
He forsotalso to admit, that every member of
the House and Senate, when he took the Official
oath. swOre to build up, maintain and foster al
these institutions except the Reform School.
which alone, is the creature of special, and not
organic law; and he forgot, also to mention that
the constitution which imperatively calls for all
sAsse institutions, at heavy cost, was the ex.
elusive work Of Locofoco hands, there not having
been in the convention which framed it. enough
wings 70 move an adjournment
As il to make amends for the SHORTCOMINGS If
hrs memory, in respect to these and other mat.
tiers. Nr. Barnes recollected some things, which
never took place. He remembered and stated
that the State, under Democratic rule. built the
Northern Railroad q far a Pontiac. of this
moved TACT, Mr.. Barnes is proprietor By right of
diseovery-no other living man ever having
heard Of it before.
what little time was not taken up BY Mr..
Barnes n his speech in forgetting facts or in as
sereng things which are not facts, was occupied
in bowling in advance about the unfairnesp of his
opponent Mr.. Shaw, and in telling his audience,
what that gentleman. vould probably my before.
hand. But here also. he vas mistaken, for when
Is come NJ. Shaw's turn to speak, he adopted
aissesshsr different course Of argument from
shas Ssed out to him BY Mr.. Barnes. In truth.
a. the asdience expected he would, after the
no~hns kept up BY Mr.. Barnes, Mr.: Shaw ab.
soaussly demolished his Antagonist.
TIE superior knssledge Of Mr.. Shaw. Of the
previous SHANGHAI history Of the State, both upop
the principle and scheme Of CONDUCTING Il,
business - vel - IN respect to dataiL. ensbled
hin 70 take up. one sy oas. the spsc;ons arpp.
menss, and sinister aud garbled rspresen,.fioosl
1.-The perverted facts. and the sappssa,,d t.u<b.
90 vhieh NJ. Barnes chp-srap speech rsdoon.
-. - kneek the vitality out of then. vish
ens eses. He showed clearly, in what man,r.r
inc h'sA saspdi9s general footinp Of hssa Cd. |
'anas o. assres had been got up-shas BY means
representing the funded debt Of the State, a il,
soe indeotedness. public affairs, q he cIoss a