M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-03-16
Eloquent ssrEanrks Of SenaIOl
salisbury OF Della ware.


from New Hampshire Mr.. Hale has
impressed Others, hut ono thing |
know, that | have been very much
delighted att. Sir, I recOlect that
when this party cane into power, aud
when it was struggling for powe. -,
the good old glorious Democratic
party and its representatives told the
people OF the country not to listen to
iis siren song, We told the people
then that the Republican party was
tying to get possc6rion oil the Gov
ernment Of this country by lalse pre-
tenscs. The Republican politicians
were telling the people that the Ad-
ministra;;on of MIR. BuchanaL had
cost 800, 900 900 in single year;
that there were great corrupions in
tho Democratic party; and they
therefore appealed to lho people in
their indignation to rise up and turn
the corrupt Democratic party out Of
power. We told them hat ii they
listened to these pu,ilica1 adventures
and taey got control Of the Govern-
ment OF this country, fraud and cor
ruptOn would be their stock in trade.
And now, sir, VIC have been delight
ed to-day ia hearing one Of the esrli
est cham pions uf that party arise on
the floor OF the Senate Of tho United
States, and in Methodjstc love feast
make confession Of the sins Of him
sell aud his whole garty.
Mr.. President, the honorable
Sepat,r from Now Hampshire said
that lie was in the position, Of the
Methodist who hal relieved his mind.
Let me tell him that his speech 70
minds me Of a scene | have been in
formed once occurred in a Methodist
love least; and We all know who the
Methodist are; ! thirk they are among
the best people in the world. We
know that they have habit Of haV-
ing class meeting aud love teastS, and
III my State Oh one occasion they
met IN q little school house and held
their class. The leader came along
aud asked brother A how he was
progressing in spiritual he, Brother
A. IUse Gud said that he must confess
that he VAS poor, insignificant
creature; that from the crown Of his
head to the sol.s ol HE ie,t he was
uaught but wounds and bruiscs and
putrcyIug sores; aud Down he sat -
A cruel picture he had given OF
himself. There was no song sung,
but tie leader passed on in mourninl
mood 10 the next brother and asked
him to give an account OF his spirit
ual lie, and he rose and said, "As to
myself, brother Leader, | nave moth
Ing 10 say; but | can bear most viii
ling testimony that everything thai
brother A. las said in reference to
himself is literally and strictly true"
[ Laughter,] So, sir, on this Ucca
sion | have nothing to cay myself
further than that every word that
brother Hale has said i'll regard to his
party in my Judgment is literally and
strictly true. Laughter.l
Now, sir | wish the country to
take note OF this. We gave them
full warning iour years ago that il
the now dominant pa'ty-domInanl
iu power, but not more numerous III
hunters, as would have been shown
had there been fair expression ol
the popular will at the last election
obtained the reins OF power, instead
Oi some sixty, Or seVeuty, Or nInet>
millions Vi dollars b1Iug spent in II
year, the amount would reach hun
dreds OF millions. Aud We said
more Il mean no personal ofcnoe,
but the honorable Senator said that
however unpopular 1t was lie must
speak tie truth, aud | AN now simply
speaking The truth we told the peo-
pie then that il this party ever got
into power they would steal more in
one year from the public Treasury
than any Democratic Admlustrali, n
had expended during it's continuance.
And let mv say here that the lhauks
Of the country are due to a diSin-
guished member oil the other House
from massachusetts, who admitted the
first year Of this Republican Admin
istratioD more had been stolen from
the public Treasury than had been
expended during the whole OF MIR.
Buchanan's administration.
Mr.. President, le, mo say TO day,
in my place in the Senate OF the
United States, in the presence ol tho
country, that such exposltions as the
honorable Senator from New Haml'-
shire has made OF his party this day,
caused me to be glad and to rejoice
that | was born in the good old
Democratic party, that pure and
glorious party that commenced almost
with the birth OF the country aud