The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-12-21
DELIVERED IN THE SENATE, DEC ID, 1885,

Mr. PRESIDENT: | had not intended
TO say one word in reference To the loca-
! tion Of the Agricultural College, as |
| did not consider myself the especia
| champion of either of the contendin q
| parties in this controversy. But, sir,
/ cannot allow the extraordinary speech
of the Senator from Vigo, just uttered
| on this floor, to pass unanswered. That
| speech, sir, was an extraordinary one in
many respects. Tha, il was a well di
gested. and prem editated effort. is evi
dent both from the fact that it was read
from manuscript, and from its well pol
! ishcd rhetoric. And while | would
cheerfully bear testimony TO the ac
knowlelged ability. and eloquence of
the Senator, and add thereto my high
appreciation of his brilliant social quail
ties, his generous manhood, and his
high toned chivalry, | submit to the
Senate whether his speech, in wit, is not
inferior to the efforts Of Petroleum v.
Nasty, in high drawn imaginations and
downright misrepresentation, but little
| improvement on the time -honored eff
forts displayed in the history of Sinbad
the Sailor. the travels of CULVER, or
the stories of Munchausen and in Bit
ter hatred of the loyal people of the
harangues of Davis, Yancey and Toombs
or the belligerent proclamations of Lee,
Beauregard and Johnston.
Had leisure, and a well authenticat-
ed Latin Lexicon might be able TO de-
cipher the quotations by the learned
Senator, for I, too, was once school
boy, and INDUCED in the luxury of
translating Homer, and scanning Virgil,
for yrhi hich ho has
such an enthuiastic admiration. But as
| am acting under an emergency clause,
must content myself with passing by
these mysterious mutterings of the an
cient dead, hoping they do not contain
the deadly poison that is to destroy the
Union party in Indiana, and devote my
self to that portion of the Senator's
speech. which comes to us clothed in
plain English. The Senator was so de
voted to his written performance, and
the invited guests being present at the
literary banquet, that it must be deliver
ed, whether in the penitentiary or not
He was SO full OF wrath and spite to-
ward the county Wayne, that his pent
up eloquence, and smoldering logic must
have vent, or prove dead capital in the
hands of the producer.
The county of Wayne was not ligiti-
mately in the debate, as the proposition
to locate the Agricultural Collegein that
county had not been offered by the Sen
ator from Wayne, who has it in charge
Neither would the distinguished Senator
from Vigo allow himself to be question
ed by any Senator during the delivery
of his remarkable speech. His part in
the play was well devised, and he could
not allow himself to be diverted He
nd III Of In
heard young lady had class of
little boys at Sunday School. and had
them we'll trained, each to answer to a
certain question. The first would he
asked ''Who made yon?" Answer God
To the next; -" Who was the oldest
man?" Answer, Methusaleh." To the
next, .'Who was the first man p An
swer-''Adam. To the next, no
built the Ark?' Answer Noah p"
So we'll she had them drilled that she
concluded to invite their parents to a
public examination of the class The
time came, and the class was called, but
the first boy happened to be absent. So
to the first question, who made you?"
The second boy gave his usual answer
-'.Methusalch," and each in his turn
answered the aforesaid question, with
" Adam" d" Noah" &c. until finally one
little fellow explained the trouble. bv
saying, Madam, the little boy that God
made amt here today SO with the
Senator from Nigo, lie cannot answer
single question. for the little boy that
God made amt here in his case.
MIR President, ] shall not attempt to
answer all the charges made by the SEN
ator against Wayne county. In fact,
sir, might simply use the language OF
distinguished statesman, "Old Wavne'
is an Agricultural college of herself
No county in the State can compete with
her in any of the elements of greatness
and prosperity, | care not in what re.
spect YOU view her, whether in her fer
tile farms, her substantial improvements.
her agricultural, mechanical and educa-
tional advancements, her wealth, her in
telligence, her morals, or her devoted
loyalty. Sir, have been in almost eve
ry State in this Union. The fortunes o
war carried me into nearly all the State
OF the Sunny South. l saw their nigh
ty forests, their majestic rivers, AMI
their perpetual summer gardens hav
traversed the great Northwest, and view
ed their grand prairies, their prosperou
cities, their mighty strides toward en-
plre. l have been in all the great mid
die States, and seen their untold wealth
snd their marble cities. And recently
visited every New England State th.
land of learning and science, of poetr
and song, philosophy and religion, ;
wandered hy her sea shores, strolle
along the sloping banks of her ciassi
rivers, climbed her great monuments
erected to commemorate the history Q
great events, and the virtues of he.
mighty dead. l ascended her white-cay
ped and cloud piercing mountains, an
from their submits, at one glance. coul
see the ocean and the lakes | crosse
the great chain of inland seas, and .s
ny republican .oles on the monsrchic.
soil OF her Britannia Majesty. We've
the great St Lawrence from end TO enc
with its great sublimity of scenery-it,
quaint and walled cities, it. terrible rar
ids and its Thousand Isles. And I de
clare to-day. that I nowhere on God,