The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-02-09
HON. JOHN CAREY.

HON. JOHN CAREY.
During the contest for Speaker Of tho
House of Representatives, Mr.. Hndmap of
Arkansas, produced resolution passed
by the Republican Legislature Of Ohio
in the year 1857, and inteTogated the
Republican delegation from this Stale as
10 whether they were willing to adhere
to the instructions contained in the reso
luton or not. The following is the reso
luton alluded to-:
"Resolred, That our Senators and Re-
prcsentativcs in Congress are hereby re-
quested to vote against the admission Of
any State into the Union unless sla very
or involuntary servitude, except for crime,
be excluded from the constitution there
OFF, .
Some OF the members from Ohio de-
clined answering the question; othels
proposed answering it at length, but Mr..
lIindman had the floor and refused to al
low them that privilege, declaring that he
would have plain, straight forward an
swer 10 his question or none at ALL
There was but one man on that floor from
Ohio who had the nerve 10 boldly and
frankly answer the interrogatory-that
man was Hon. John Carey. When all
had refused 10 answer, the sturdy old
farmer from the 9th Congressional dis
trict rose in his place, and in his strong,
full, stentorian voice, said:
81 am from Ohio, and l am the oldest
man in Congress from that State. l have
no delicacy or hesitation in saying to the
House and TO the world that adopt fully
that resolution.
This was all that was necessary to be
said, and just what the gentleman who
propoundcd the question desired to have
said-words itly spoken at the right time,
in the right place,-no more could have
been said, and no more should have been
said on the occasion; and yet Democratic
editors in this district who lay claim to re-.
speciality, but who have never been &C.
eused Of knowing half as much as the
honest old farmer has forgotten, are en-
deavoring 10 ridicule him because he did
not make an ass Of himself hy making a
long speech at time when but half 9
dozen words were required.
Judge Carey is not there for the purpose
Of making long, useless speeches for homs
consumption-he is not there 10 consume
the time and money Of the people in the
manufacture Of political capitalize is
there to work, 10 act, 10 vote, and te
watch over the interests Of his constitu
ents,and we are very much mistaken in the
man if he does not attend to these dutie.
faithfully, honestly, and to the entire sat,
isfaction of the people Of this dis trict
notwithstanding the ungenerous and un
courteous filings Of these very truthful
very charitable, and very gentlemanl,
knights Of the pen and scissors.
BY the way, gentlemen, suppose YOU
give us one Of Judge Halls eloquent an,
ro~e1M speeches delivered in the halls o
Congress during his term--we are will
ing to compare this one remark of the ol.
farmer Congressman with any speech dc
liyesed by your lawyer member. Oar,
you do it? Will YOU pretend to say that
because Judge Hall did not take up tn,
time Of the House with long wiuded har
rangues, he is incapable of making
speech Of any length? You have eth
er got to take this position or acknow
ledge that you have made yourselve
very ridiculous by endeavoring to
witty at the expense of Judge Cal
ey, simply because he did not a,
tempt to make long speech where it wa
not only unnecessary but out Of ORDER
You can lake either horn Of the dilema.