The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-30

hould take such liberties with my person.
Ion't think he ever saw me. have not The
lonor OF knowing him. nevr saw him but
nee, and that was at distance; and he can
,e seen with or without a glass at a great
listance. Yet this mountain OF mummy, |
Iweled to unusual Importance by an Aooh
ion nomination, preSumes to question my I
size and nv Democracy Laughter tie
rorgets that am the Representative ot
large number of very large people, Laugh |
teri There is no constitutional limit to
mans size in running for Congress or Gov
.rnor. A man ma; have much bluooer
without brains, and much meat without man
hood Laughter and DO a Governor. so
man NAV he elected to Congress whose fem
ur and ,ibia are several inches short ol the
avererage human leg laughter, nor IS II any
for Off ie ia this country that
a man has an extraordinary protuberance ad
ed posetumors beneath the abdominal mus
sles. tGreat laughter.l II am obnoxloqs
to criticism for my undergrown re. let ack
Brouch look to his overgrown oleaginous u.s.
sues. and be careful OF his tissues oil faise-
hoods and of his personal globes. why
should be call glorious, true and nooie ueo'
puph little? In intellect, John Brough is to
Georpe Puph as h tallow candle TO the sun.
Laughter,
The Republican party, desirous OF making
ever memorable this campaign OF 1900, nave
set up this inordinAte incarnation OF sweiIiFg
vanitv. 10 withdraw the attention OF the
people from the real issues Of the campaign
to the curious sport OF nature whlch mas
thrown such a behemoth into our politics.
Laughter. But Shakespeare has anticipated
the sport. In glancing over the wor.d OF
mind and matter, he rested the lame OF MS
comic genius on the creation OF or JACK
Falstaff. Rolling into one lumpsh, oleagln.,
GUS mass, his whole soul OF iun-faiStal'
the fat knight, was the result. There is a
great similarity between Jack Falstaif and
Jack Brough. Falstaff is remarkable for six
points: His lechery, his lying, his cowar.
dice, his carcass, and his wit: Laughter
| do not know whether John Brough can
boast Of all these fine attributes lie mas,
am sure, the lying, cowardlce, and carcass
without a spark of his wit or crinkle OF MI
drollery. Laughter. | cannot speak al
to his lust and roguery; indeed, ii any on
should charge the former upon him, | wouit
defend him, by the same irrefragible !ogi
which SIR Jack used to Prince Hal: ''ln
state OF innocency Adam fell; and VIVA
should poor Jack Brorgh do in the days
vilany. Thou seest have more flesh tha
another man, and therefore more irallty.
| Laughter IT. therefore, so carnai natur
as Brough's should sin, there is much to
said in extenuaton, and an overpoWeIin
argument against his final punishment. 81
lack found it when he said, ''That the d eVl
will never have me damned, lest the OF
that's in me should set hell Cd fire" =
Laughter.
When he left Cincinnati and the law, h
took charge of the Madison, and lndIanapo
lis Railroad as President and Superintendent
The road had some remarkable vlcisSltude;
1t once declared twelve and half per cen
dividend. The stock was disposed Of at
advance. and afterward 1t went to smash.
do not know who played these tricks "oi tn
road" But this / say, that SO Tar as brons
is concerned, all the tie that has hound n'l
to Ohio the past twenty years mas been
; railroad tie [laughterl and fear not SCUM
tie either. Laughter He has in val
: tried to explain away his full fare to soldiers
II Other railroad Presidents have given klnde
treatment to the soldiers; bat Brough aion
eni,ys the distinction OF heartiessnsss in h'
own and his railroad corporation
As to his lying, have no hesitation
, giving the palm to the knight OF Abo'itio
over the knight Of Shakespeare. lie lalsilie
the truth, when he charged me with bein
both Wing and Tory. He maliciously lie
, when he said that I obtained my seat i
. Congress- bv fraudulent and false pretenses.-
: FaIstaff never fabricated sogrossly and mean
e have obtained success in this district
D spite of Abolition gerrymander and nes'
' votes in Xenla; both frauds. | have obtai'
$ ed success, because have been faithful
' the Constitution and to the interests OF n
: constituents. [Cheers. When this Wi
appeared as speck on the horizon, l plea
Q and voted lor concliaton. voted for eve
n compromise, including that Of Crittende
d which Brough "spurns." | preferred u
e bonds of Love to the aTmor OF Force,
d read the sermon on the mount, and found
j. it wisdom beyond that Of Lincoln, or eve
e Of the priests of Chicago. | never went
# far as Charles Sumner in bis speech on t
oi "True Grandeur of Nations" when he pr
d nounced "all international war TO be ei
it war, and the partakers in it to be traitors
vi God and enemies TO man." When he gu
ir ted Cicero to show that he "pre'erred
= unjustest peace to the jnstcst war;"
1t Franklin, to show that there "never was
GOOD war or bad peace;" or when Sumr
ol declared "thas in our age there can be
3 peace that is not dishonorable. p Sumne
ut works, vol. l, page IL.
as But did and do hold that in our la
al it was wisest kindes and best to agree
,e any compromise which Crittenden franz
10 Douglas advocated, and which Davis a
ct Toornbs acceded, which would have avert
j. these horrible calamities. In thus believi
e, sought to carry out the Democratic prin
IS, ple which Madison laid down before
tn late war of 1812--"that war was only a
pit rarely tolerable as necessary evil, to
- kept off as long, and whepeyer it takes pl
ii to be closed as soon as possible" WI
he this civil war began | voted Tor the Critt'
d? den Resolution ol July %, 1861, that it '
he not to be waged in any spirit of oppressi
n nor for any purpose OF conquest or subju
fl ton, or for the purpose Of overthrowing
nd inter ering with the rights or established
e stitutions of those Sta es, but to defend I
10. maintain the supremacy Of the Constitut
ig! and to preserve the Union, with all the
nifty, equality and rights Of the several Sta
lss upimpared. I voted the money and mer
ou the spirit Of Lincoln's Inaugural Of Marcl
Ter 1861, when he declared he had "no purp
aid directly or indirectly, to interfere with
le institution OF slavery IN the States whe |
d. exists; have no lawful right to do so,
q | have no inclination TO do So"
fe. 1t was in this spirit that on the 26ih
he July, 1861, offered resolution in Cong
-- to make undimini shed and increased e.
to. tions by our navy and army to maintain
aus Government and that q commission be
pointed. consisting Of Millard Fillmore
to others, to meet Commissioners, not from
ave- rehel Gn4ernInent but from the secet