Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-10

Tom Corwin has been doing good SER
vice in the campaign in Connecticut. He
spoke at Waterbury on the evening Of
the 20th nit, to large audience The
New York Times contains very poor
sketch of the speech, which yet sufices
to show that the speech was fulisof hui
NOR, logic aud history. We make few
extracts that will show the line of argu-
ment adopted;
-.- MAYOR WOOD. So.
Mayor Wood has recently been up
holding the propping pillars of Connec-
ticut Democracy by speech. A con-
siderable portion of Mr.. Corwin' speech
was devoted to Mayor Woods argu-
ment against the power of Congress to
legislate against the extension of slavery
into the Territories. Mr. Corwin is re-
ported to have said:
"But," said the learned and profound
Lord Mayor, don't you know that the
Constitution of the United States would
not let you govern the Territories ?"-
Happy man, in his ignorance and his
egotism Did he know more about the
Constitution than those who made it :?
Were John Marshall and the Supreme
Court in 1910 ignorant of the scope of
the Constitution n? He should like the
Lord Mayor of New York to 90 into the
Cabinet Of Monroe, and find the answer
to the question, Has Congress power
to prohibit Slavery in the Territories ?"
James Monroe, STAKEHOLDER, Virgin
ian, said Congress did possess the power.
DR.. Fernando Wood, who came up here
to teach Connecticut, thanked God, he
knew more than the founders of the
Constitution, and could reveal the truth.
Laughter. None of these men were
Lord Mayors of the city of New York.
Renewed cheering and laughter,1 If
John Quincy Adams. were to give his
answer now as to whether Congress has
power in the Territories, DR.. Wood
would say, Who is this Yankee? Was
he ever Mayor of. Boston? Oh he
couldn't known much" TLaughter.l
Tin this way Mr.. Corwin brought up
each member of the Cabinet of Monroe.
in contrast with the views of the Lord
Mayor, bringing down. the house in
roars of laughter at each point n
DEMOCRATIC CHANGE OF FRONT.
Thirty years ago, when he commenced
Congressional life, the Bank question
came up, and the men of the South used
all their power against the Bank. The
question of universal currency. was OF
no consequence to them. The Demo
cratic party of, that day was against mo-
nopoly and aggregated capital. But now
the negro was called capital, and free,
unrestricted use of it was required, not
only in the States where it was lawful to
hold it, but also in all the Territories
Democracy in 81 was afraid Of capital
In 1860 it was afraid that their capital
would not be protected. South Carolina
undertook secession because she did not
like protection. Democracy then yearn.
ed for the poor man, and feared that he
would not be allowed to purchase ar.
ticles as cheap as he could. But, ther
they used the argument that factories
would be built up at the North at the
expense of the value of negro slaves
They wanted Northern free labor de
pressed for the benefit of Southern slave
labor, and Democracy turning up the
white of its eye, said "Ay.' @
THE EVILS OF PRESIDENT MAKING.
None of this would have happened i
the President had been elected for TWEEN
ty years. When the Revolutionary
stock Of Presidents passed away will
John Quincy Adams, hordes of candi
dates for the office sprung up. *
x All these Irregularities in our pol
icy could be traced to the demagogues. 0
President makers.
THE HOMESTEAD BILL.
The Democracy were against, the Re
1 publicans for the Homestead bill, which
was simply to give portion of the pub
lie territory to the poor men, who woult
live for a certain number of years on th
public territory and cultivate it. Sucl
was the aristocracy of the Republican
for the white man-the white poor maj
as we'll as the black. [Applause.] H
prayed that God would, as he had hith
1 erto cherished us, not to allow any hear
to animate us than that breathing out o
the heart of that very bill. Applause.
But Democracy said it was bad bill
because the free settlers of the Terrific
ries would exclude Slavery. Keep tn
white man away say they, "but let ou
negroes go to the Territories. We mus
have room in the Territories for our ne
groes." They wanted two thousan
acres instead Of quarter section; ant
they wanted Connecticut female teach
ers, but let that teacher take care not t
whisper in the ear of slave that he i
man, or they would roast her alive!-
What a contrast between the free an
slave systems of settling Territory!
, MOSES AND SLAVERY. g..
I No, we were asked now to thro1
aside the teachings of the Constitution
to trample on its precepts, and bow dow
to the dictates fthe demagogues. Ap
plause. What did they hear from Ca
ieb Cushing? Why, that Moses favore
slavery. Moses was an Abolitionist
because he killed an Egyptian whit
man, because he found him killing
Hebrew niger. Laughter. Well
what about Noah? There was no Main
liquor law in force, so he laid down afte
drinking Too much, and had a very re
markable nauticaical adventure and S
Ham became slave Roars of laugh
teri What did the Bible say? H
E would rely on it until he got some bette
/ .ouolntinn from Galah Gnshinr Or til