Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-07-12

Loud cries for "HolisterI" from all parts
OF the house brought Mr.. Warren Hollistsr
of Monroe county, to the stand, who re.
sponded iu neat speech.
REMARKS OF MR. HoLLrsrER.
This call, Mr.. Chairmon takes me entire.
" by surprise, yet do not feel that would
be doing my duty did fail to res spond. In
this important canvass we mus, be minute
men--snd sleep on our arms The present
contest Is one of the most important since
the organization Of our government. Look
at the amount Of our territory! Like the
ghost of Bapquo,-this Niger question will
not down at our bidding, bu' continually
presents itself. whether we will or not. Our
territories comprise 100000 square miles
more than every State in the Union. Kan
sss is larger than all Of the New England
States, while the Territory OF Nebraska is
larger than all the free States, except Cali
fornia. How important than to US and our
posteriy is this territorial question!
We have three parties 10 the field this
campaign. IA voice: "You must leave out
Douglasi"1 Oh. yes. we have more than
three. This Democratic party seems to
have been trying the patent donble. ting.
ben.persuader. for il has brought forth sew.
eral eggs. Douglas was the first egg, and
he is bad egg; [Great Laughter. Breck
enridge is the second, and seems to be
somewhat addeo; Houston was the third egg,
and an exceedingly small egg; Bell and
Everett is the fourth egg, still smaller. and
Gerri, Smith is the smallest oi the entire
litter.
We are called negro worshippers-a
party in favor Of negro equality. In Con-
gress the South have twenty members of
Congress whose basis Of representation is
the slave. They say that five of their South
ern negroes are as good as three white men.
This looks as il they were in favor Of negro
equality.
The Bell and Everett movement Is like a
tadpole--with neither arms nor legs:-
laughter il has neither platform nor
principles. [ A voice: ave intend to en-.
force the luws."] Good! Republicans are
with you there. You can't fint a respect.
able Republican in the North but will do
the same thing. [Applause.l
| Breckenridge wants protection to slavery
every where-prote ction ample and also.
lutte, while on the other hand the Douglas
men have nothing to say on this slavery
question. They don't care whether It g,es
all over the country or not. This s the
position of their Congressional candidate,
down in Monroe, who gets terribly excited,
while he declares that he 10 as much op-
posed 20 slavery as any other man. but he
don't feel at all interested as to whether It
spreads or not. [Lnughter.] ln his speaking
he reminds US of the risky colt the man
turned out to grass-,it cavorted around, It
snorted and kicked, and kicked and snorted,
until you would be puzzled to know whether
he was kicking at the snort, or snorting at
the kick. [Great Laughter.
Gentlemen, the sceptre is about to de-
part from Judah; Monroe county is sinking
in her boots who have hereto fore
been the very Jschin an Boaz of the Democ
racy are come out for the Republican party.
Monroe county is to be redeemed Lincoln
clubs are being formed in every township.
In Switzer township there are fifty men
"almost persuaded 20 be Christians. The
Bell and Everett movement dwindles down
in Monroe to a mere nothing.
The blood Of the murdered men Of Kan
sas cries aloud to Heaven for vengeance! !
The voice Of the lamented Broderick cries
hostility to corrupt admin istration,' and
demands vengeance on the perpetrators of
the foul crime. Then look at the Loco
f. CO defsul.ers: Isaac v. Fowler, post mas
te; Of New York is a defaulter to the
amount of $4,000. Another man, col
lecter down on Red river is defaulter to
the tune of $4,000. Mr.. H.. here recapi.
tniated some of the damning expostiona of
the Covode Committee, showing the extent
to which bribery and corruption was car
ried.
Look at the condition of our Treasury
now, compared with its condition when Blu.
chanan took his seat. Then we had sur.
plus Of seventeen millons-now there is
mn Indebtedness Of about sirty y.nine millions.
They have squandered the surplus seven.
teen millions--they have squandered the
entire revenues Of the government for the
last four years and left us indebted in the
enormous sum of sixty nine millions Of dol.
lars.
II is of no use for the Democracy to say
that they repndiute Mr.. Buchanan sAdmin-
istrstion. They have always endorsed him
in their Conventions, and they cannot
dodge their connection &ith bis sdminis-
trstion.
Fellow. .RepublicsHs--I promise you 80
per cent more votes from Monroe county
for the Republican ticket than ever before. |
The two wings Of the Democracy there
have flspped so much and so violently that
It has knocked tho wind out Of the old buz.
xard. Laughter
Men sik Of dissolviug the Uricn n Lin
colin is elected. Who will dissolve the
Unionl win you Douglas men dissolve it,
IL Lincoln Is elected. tCriss of "No."
"No"l win you. Bell men, lCrles oil
"No!" "Never!"1 Well, according to the
Douglas men the Breckenridge movement
reminds me OF one Of our citizens who told
Jos. Morris that a certain township would
not give him q solitary vote for Con gress
but would throw hundreds of votes against