Wabash express., 1860-02-29
VOL. XIX. NO. l3


Senator Mason's Haper's Perry COMMITTEES
= dragging is slow length along with No
csriain results 90 far ~ the public can a.
esrtaiD, except the costs. Our readers will
rensmber that we long ago predicted the
utter failure Of the inquIsition. The pro.
gtess Of the investigation has fully coo
drnied our opinion Scores of men have
been summoned from all parts OF the couu.
try. whose uniform testimony has been that
the knowledge Of Browns plot against
Virginia was confined To the handful OF
men who there precipilsted themselves up.
on destruction. All attempts 10 connec,
the Repablicaa party, or its prominent
members, with Browns crazy raid. have
been fatile. The utmost efforts of the in
vestigators have failed TO establish a con-
seeuiive history Of Brown from the battle
Of Osawsiomie to the fight in the engine
house of The Virginia arsenal. Every thing
tends to the conviction that Brown kept
his own counsel. made no eonfdents en-
cept among his immediate followers. COW
cred bis tracks carefully as lie went along,
travelled under all the names in the dirss-
tory. did enough business with fictitious
signatures 10 se entitled to ffty indiet
menis for forgery, aud kept himself in
siiuetiyely free from connection with the
Republican party The upshot Of Senator
hason's movement will prove that while
Brown was engaged in lighting the Border
Ruiiians OCT Of Kansas. be had frequent
Interviews " ith members Of that party.
and from some Of them perhaps received
materia al aid but tha; when he determi ned
TO invade Virginis. he cut of the whole
list Of has Kansas acqualntauees. and vent
forward absolutely OF his own RESPONSE.
bilily. The investigation will be failure
sn so far a. the Investigators hoped to
damage their political oppouests. That
ohieken will not fight
Where the Responsibility belongs.
The RockpoFl Democrat, one of the
siaurchest Popular Sovereignty pSpsrs 10
the STATE. aud edited 10y man who dsres
10 speak the truth even at the risk Of
shamiBg a nameless parsonage. and whose
Democracy does not appear pliable enough
TO ACCOMMODATES itself to sxpediency. thus
aliudes TO the organization Of Congress by
the election ef Mr.. Pennington. and ths
attempt OF the Democrats TO force Know
Nothing into the SpoAker's chair:
The whole country will reloiee hat the
long .protsscted aud hitter wrangle, ia Cor
grass has at lat ended For better than
two months. The Hall Of the House Of Rep.
resentatives, at the National Capitol, bss
been the scene of bitterness and confusion
unparalleled IN the history of a free peo
pie FaHaficism, - son aud disunion have
held carnival there, alike disgusting to
every conservative man ia the nation. aud
sickening 10 the friends ei free institutions
throug the civilized world. The blame
of this burning disgrace upon the Nation
al escuteheou, must rest where AZ properly
belongs. Southern disanionists, aided and
abeiied by Western Democrats, tGed save
the mark viii have TO give an account to
a niRkinc and reading people for their trss
son to the hopes Of freedom. in the new
world.
force such hnotc Nothing disHnio nisfs ss Bo
teller and Millson. Of Virginia. Maynard. OF
Tennessee. aud smith. Of North Carolina.
into the Speakers chair. we see that West
ern met, Who were elected upon ths,s
avowed hostility 10 the proscriptive tenets
Of Know Nothingism, Lending themselves.
among whom we are truly sorry 10 be com
f PEELED "a record the nanes Of Nibiack and
English, OF Indiana. How can they explain
their votes tor those Know Nothing, die
union, slave coae advocates, TO the satis
laciion of lhelr thousands Of German and
+ Irish Union loving constituentsy We doubt
their ingenuity aud ability 10 do 80. A.
we'll may they attempt TO make people
behave white - black, aud rice persa
The Democrat thus speaks Of the elec
lion OF Col. Fornoy as Clerk of the House
Colonel John " Forney. The patriot. ia.
sound Democrat. and accomplished Editor
of the Philadelphia Press. was elected OF
the first ballot. Clerk Of the House Of Rep
ressntstives. This ~ a iast and fitting re
bGkc 10 The slaUe code disunionists q h.
South, headed by James Buchanan. Jeff
Davis. shdell. Gwin. Bright a Co.
II will be seen that Il does not altogethe
agree with the sentinel. aud other promi
nent eNponents Of Popular Sovereignty AZ
this section 81 the State. as 10 the charscte
of Mr Forney's Democracy.