Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-27
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AFrERsooH SESSION.

Il
4 Mr. KRUM, from the select committee to
whom was referred H. B. 220-fxing the salar.
ies of county Treasurers, reported the same
back, amended by new bill; which WAS read
and laid on the table to be printed. @
On motion of Mr.. McSCH00LER, a com
mittee of three was appointed TO examine into
the condition and facts relating to the Virginia
military school lands. s.3sz,i
Mr. McCLUNG offered the following resola-
lions, which we're laid over for discussion:
Resolved, That whereas the further discussion
of the negro question BY this House is not con-
ducive to the interest of taxpayers Of the
State, p a. r.g.eg5o-tff 80
Rssolued, That the dlscussisn upon II. B. $50.
3ls, and 264 shall close this e6th day of Feb
ruary, 1861. s,.ai
Mr.. MoNAHAN, on leave. introduced II: B.
387-Relating to, school lands in the Ohio
Company purchase; which was read the hrss
The House resumed the consideration Of H. B.
M. BROWNE, Of Miami, said that he had
supposed that the negro question had been set
tied In the early part Of the session. The De-
mocracy charged then that the Republicans had
taken the issd In these discussions. We deni-
ed IL; but Il placed Ohio right upon the question
Of personal liberty bills. by indefinitely poetpon-
ing them. This agitation Is now thrust upon US
by the gentleman from Pike, aDemocrat; not
with the hope or expectation that the bill would
pass, but that this discussion. would result
The Republicans are charged with compliclty
with the John Brown raid. This Mr., B. denied.
The Republican party was in no way response
| bic. The associates of the gentleman from
Licking, by having drawn John Brown to dtspe.
ration In Kansas, were directly responsible
| for his future conduct. He was o mad
man, and more ft, inmate Of o lnuatie asy-
lum- than for the galloves He charged
that the Democratic party, BY misrepresentine
the position of the Republican party Id the
South, where our papers could not circulate, IL
alone responsible for the present unhappy con-
dition OF the country. The Republicans do moi
and never did propose TO interfere with the 10.
stitution Of slavery whereit exists by virtue o.
constitutional law--only TO check its diffusion
i They do not propose to Interfere With the exc
\ cution OF the fugitive slave law; Law which
j he (Mr. d. ) regarded ss constitutional, though
very obnoxious in its provisions. individual
members of the party may resist, but the party
lis no more responsible for those acts, as party
i than we would be responsible for the murderer
or horse thief, who might be a Republlcan'-
'mr. B. then said: .s5psssssisq 20 v.iiyiy
Numerous grave charges are made agAius
the Republican party without the shadow 9
Ijusiice. The opposition, who have never Loaf an.
Thing for lack Of boldness, iR tDords, with al
impudence never equalled, declare that the Re
lpublicans are responsible for the present stat
lof the country. 4 pray you, cir, how-by wha
means areWe to be held responsjblef Isit be-
cause we have had control offhe national Of
fairs? Because We have had the Executive, tn
Judicial or the Legislatiye branches, one or ei
ther, in our hands7 0rfsit then, because th,
! principles Of our organization have 90 commend
I'd themselves 10 the oalm consideration Of I
majority Of the people, that 10 the short spao
lof four Or Ave years We have grown from moth
ing, until now, like the stone cut out of tn,
mountain without hands, that becamea grea
1 mountain and filed the whole earth, wesh
become great party, and by the eonstitnticna
means provided By our fathers, have seiecte'
po.Itio1 81 Chief Magistrate Of fhjs Republic
SIr. Ie are not, nor can We be made, 20 beal
the odiuba ofthe administration oi James Blu.
chanan. or father the lamentabld results whcl
have icwn from the imbecility, the treason ol
yilIsries Of the administration. The Democrat
ic party Il alone responsible for tie actso OF tha
iadninistration. They lied Il into poWer--the!
can not, they shall not lie outlof their fearfu
RESPONSIBILITIES 10 the country for it's acts.--
What arc some Of the results Of the control o
I asF national affairs BY the Democracy for thl
last four vears7 When Mr.. Buchanan came in
10 power. no founda treasury teeming will
millions Of eufplus revenue, o credit unsurpass-
"a ana unsullIed, q Gag honofed and seyered IL
every Land and upon ever sea, the nams
IAneficaii citizen q talisman which mhdeus al
equal with lshe greatest Of any civilized land
the garment IN which, under gil circumstances