Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-06-18
wednesday Morning June II, 1852
Yontilatire oOld Ben Wade. 4,

iu.l., lhe TAX blll helng under COnsldera
ton, Senator CowAN Of Pennsylvania wa
making an argument against the couSttu
tuionality OF the proposed tax Of - pei
head upon slayes, when the following dis
cussion took place. Whether from tho
Ioree Of Mr. CowoE's argument, or the
base conduct of the Abolition Senators on
The occasion, or from some other cause,
we shall not undertake to decide but the
vote was Immediately taken on the mo-
ton to strike out the obnoxious section,
and carried, yeas %, nays Is.
In the campaign of 1860 Mr. Cowan was
considered among the extrome men of the
Republican party. lie may be oyet FOR
ought We have seen or heard Of him-diGa
Ier;ng with the Democracy upon every
controyarted question, except that ofsome
Of the proposed means Of conducting the
present war for the Union Because he
will not sanction all the reasonable meas.
ures OF such men as Wade d Co., they
denounre him in the coarsest terms as the
watch dog Of slavery" &c. For this
magnificent thrashing he gave the brag.
ging Wade, he observes the thanks Of the
whole country
Mr.. Cowan, (rop.) Of Pa, claimed that a
fair construction of the constitution WIS
clearly against the proposed tax 1t was
perfectly evident that the trainers Of the
constitution intended 10 prohi bit lust such
tax as IS now proposed to Oe laid, and it
seemed to him no true Union man would
try to avoid the spirit and intent of the
constitution. The very men 8ho propose
to lay this tax on slaves would, with their
other hand, free all the slaves of rebels,
and thus destroy the very source Of rev.
enue which they propose to collect. Bu,
he was sorry 10 say he was obliged to come
to the conclusion that 81 per head was
not the real reason for the measure. 1t
might be said he was approaching the
Senate. Well, he intended to do SO. It|
might be said he Intended to lecture the
Senate. If he thought they deserved it,
by passing acts which were calculated to
trample on The constitution, he would dO
so. 1t might be saTd lie was dogmatic.-
Well, he intended to be- dogmatc
Mr.. Wade, (rep,) of Ohio, in his seat
All but the "matic."
Mr. Cowan-When that Senator settles
n little acCOupt which he has with his col.
league in ihe other House, meaning Mr.
Nalandigham, presume it will be time
enough for me 20 pay attention 10 that
kind Of romark. Till then he must ex>
cuse me- When be said he intended to
be dogmatc. he meant that he intended
10 express his own opinion firmly, as he
had right to,
Mr.. Wade did not see any use in the
Senator getting up and declaring his cs.
pecial devotion to the constitution. lie
was willing to listen to argument, bat he |
would not permit any man by implication |
TO reproach him with perjury. What right !
has the Senator from Pennsylvania to lee |.
turo the Senate and reproaCh the Senate .
Who was he, and where did he come from ? /.
Who ever heard Of him? Yet he has the /
presumption to come here and lecture the
Senate. lie was willing to be criticised .
but be wanted it done by somebody with
some authority. lie would rather be lee,
tured 10y any body else than the Senator
from Pennsylvania. That Senator had /
perfect right to be n mere advocate and
watch dog Of traitors in the field but he
did not come here from the wlds OF Penn, |
sSlvania to lecture she Senate What vote !
Ind he ever given here but az an advocate !
Of traitors Oh all occasions? Let him not
rise and assume TO correct the Senate
Mr.. Wade cOntendcd that this was slmp /.
ly proposition to tax the owners Of what .
they claimed as valuable property, aud .
was constitutional, and would not iniure !
nF n Il /
OF the border States are not Shareholders
not one in twenty.
Mr.. Cowan said he might be very hum
bic individual, and might be inexperier-
ced and unknown. but he was here as the (
representative Of Pennsylvania. lie rep.
resented three millions of people and lie
was not going TO apologize for his people
for his ineXperience or his youth. He.
never understood that age and long SER
vices bore would satsfy.folly, or give char, /.
Rcter to billingSgate, which might he learn !
ed Of fshwomcn. lie would leave his past
history to those curious to inquire, and if.
the Senator who made the unwarrantable
attack on him can reconcile his conduct
TO his own conscience and sense of propri. .
ETY. he (Mr. Cowan, was willing to leave
the matter. lie (Mr. Cowan) had made
an argument; whether good or bad, is not
Of consequence. Tue Senator from Ohio
made a low, vulgar ejaculation, to which
he (Mr. Cowan) replied. Did the Senator.
from Ohio answer the argument when he
INDUCED in hall hour TRADE, charging
him Mr.. Cowan) with being a watch dog
of slavery, and a hundred other equally
unjust things? lie was here as a repre.
sentative of Pennsylvania to preserve the
constitution and restore the Union Ifhe|
had to defend himself in that duty from
unjust attacks, and resist projects which
he considered wrong, he hid nothing to .
regret.
SHAN'T De HURT.-Our neighbors of the
Journal are evidently as much frightened
Mt Yallqndgham as "old Ben Wade" was.
Now, we assure them that such fears are
altogether useless. Van. is evidently a.
man Of inoifensivA habits, and has unin-
tentionally brought all these terrors upon
our Abolition friends by harborirg the