Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-14

gan mas hdyanood, lie IN his sudden delusion has
and which constStss EhS bSsis Of ali our State be-
nefcence. ThslpEhclple Is, that money spent in
themora and iihleiectuA training of our neglected
and AbandOhed children, Is not lost. Nay. more !;
the past ptoyes to US that it is an investment pay
lrg more than compound interest 1t may for the
time, but in the ond decreases more, than refuSa
TO carry out the same would have done. Such acts
as these tend to do away with so many police COURTS
jails and such like.
The gentleman has referred In the rule Of the
Catholic church in caring ior her own orphans.
Allow me to say that she cares for none but her
own. unless she can make Catholics out OF them--
The children included under this bill belong TO- no
sect or church. am opposed TO any system et sec
-tar,an education, especially so in this case.
They are not promotiye Of he general the great
State If not now, many will be- when under the
dark shadows Of her as and penitentiaries, or 9TH
or aces for the punishment of crime. We must
care for these If we want to prevent and dininish
crime. | want no Methodist homes, no Catholic
homes, much less Democratic or Republican homes
but let Ohio irrespective of sect or party secure TO
herself an enlighte cd moral future, through the
education Of these aband' ned children;
THE speaker here rela cd one two thrilling nci-
dents tied with abandoned children, which
him 10 the establishment Of the "NewsbOys' Home.
Again, many Of these orphaned children were the
boys and girls Of men who in dying on the field 10
defense Of our liberties committed them " our care
Lot US, then, care for those. Our victories will
never be complete until the friendess children ot
her dead braves are cared for live refuse, It VIII
be stain resting on us. that the glory OF our Vlcto
res will never wipe out.
IL used 10 be the boast Of the Roman ma'rons that
their sons were their jewels SO let us take M these
edicts Of war; and mako them our JeWeis priceless
in value, through the means by which they became
orphans and glorious in life by acts OF benevo-
lence. In the palmy DAYS Of Greece. Athens and
Rome, no child was allowed to go uneducated; Nu-
merous institutions were erected at tne public ex-
pense for this purpose. Then q was that the homan
and Athenean was the boAsto the earth, and it was
only when bigotry and sectarianism sought y make
specialtes out Of these schools, that the ureclan
and Roman mind began to decline ,
Expense is not a consideration, when the lmass
are TO be benefited by the same, IL the blessings
of this State and our Republic are TO be
not only unimpaired but increased. it can only be
done by the proper education OF that class OF chill
dren from whom criminals are generally produced.
hope that this will not be reduced to party meas
ure but that every lover Of common humanity Will
vote for this bill. / am asked blythe City Council
Of Cincinnati TO vote near three millions OF money
to buy certain gas works would o muSn Ih;oes liner
to educate the abandoned children Of that county;
aud then make money in the end.
The gentleman from Logan wantedhVe thousand
dollars 10 build monument over kentons grave. /,
demurred but willing TO vote that sum TO educate
our children to cherish the virtues Of our great men,
living in the shape of buildings and homes in which
Ohio youths shall be taught the lessons of sound
morality and the blessings Of good government. ,
A soldier, dying in hospital at Huntsville, Ala
bama called your speaker to his side aud said: II
am dying from my wounds: my wiie has dled since
entered the service | have three boys at h1me,
peop in Ohio" To-day on the floor of this House,
where the Representatives OF ONO are gathered,
demand that you answer that soldiers dying request,
Mr.. PIATT obtained the floor, and replied to Mr..
Gaddis, as follows:
Mr.. PlATT said He claimed q moment Of the in
dulgence Of the House. The gentleman frem Ham
iltnn Mr. Gaddi) had taken occasion to deliver him
self Of bitter tira le against the Catholic Church
Why he did So the heels Of my remarks, IS some
thi1s more than can make out out reIeTTed F 70 tne
as an illustration Of what | had been saying that
charity was one thing, and benevolent institutions
carried on BY pay Is one 70 mad only 70 80
difference between the prompungs OF generous.
christian heart and the motives which are born OF
gain, am not Catholic, or advocate Of Cathol-
icsm and all the burning and eloquent denuncation
Of Catholics has been dragged in here, as Sampson
did bis gates, by sheer force. ln the comic opera OF
Tom Toumb, when that windy little fellow was re-
con1ting his victories over the giants, unbeliev
ing bysander, said the hero frs made bis giants and
then killed them. The gentleman created this fright
ful apparitiOn and then, in tho most tumultuous
We have not been treated to such torrent of
good old fashioned bgotry for long time. IL car
ries US backtO almost forgotten age Of nt0era-
tion when QuAkers were hung and Catholics burned,
and has q flavor Of the dungeon aud tagot really
curious. But it does not become the Honorable
member from Hamilton (Mr. Gaddis) late Chap ain,
to attack the charities Of the Catholic church. There
is not soldier in the Union who does not remember
with throbbing heart the meek forms Of the Sis-
ters of Charity who accompanied our armies in their
long fatigung and bloody campaiens, and stole like
angels amid the dead and dying on the battlefield
before the smoke of battle cleared away to carry re-
lief and consolation to the fallen mem 10 watch
night after night in the noisUme hospital to nurse
the wounded and catch last words Of the dying. | |
have seen these things and cannot forgetthem now
am not theologian, am sorry to say, but am |
something OF politician and believe understand
this appeal to vulgar prejudice IL is safe; the Peo
Pletbus abused DO not belong to our party. M they
just such attacks as these, They feel that they |
have rights we are bound to respect. This is all
Mr.. NIXON-May ask the gentleman if ho did |
not publish certain Senator as a Catholic?
Mr., PIATT-Certainly not
Mr.. NIAON-Such is my recollection.
in this it generally is in others.
ILaughterl. But repeat that my only purpose in
calling attention TO the little army of orphans sus
ained by the Catholics and cared for by the Sisters
Of Charity as an illustration of what may be done
when the only recompeDse is that gwen bya good
God for good deeds. he gentleman (Mr. Coulter |
from Wanen has had a touching and beautiful re-
port from Miss Q. A. Fay read. and it is an Argu
ment against this measure. Wecannot get for pay
what this noble hearted woman gives us. We will |
increase our taxation immensely by purchasing
farm and building Orphan Asylums in every county
Of the State, and when we get through we will have
something akin 10 our work and poor houses, where
miserable humahity comes 10 be regarded as
burthen. and so eager are the gentlemen to hasten
this through. under the impulse Of feeling. that they
will not submit each endture in the county
10 vote OF the people trust they may not regret it.
do not believe anything can be done through be it
enacted" to further the morals or build up the char
ibe bill was then passed-yeas 70, nays 10.
The House then proceeded 10 the consideration Of
The special order for this hOur-Mr. Hills House
BILL To provide for the early publication Of the gen.
sralaws in newspapers, and for other purposes
which ELECTED spicy and interesting discussion,
hat was participated in by Messrs. Putnam, Sted
nan, HILL Piatt and others, in favor OF the bill and
by Messrs. Lockwood, Stanton, Glover, Bruf and
others, in opposition TO it.
Mr. BRU fF moved that the further consideration
~ fha hQ faoa cd uutil Wednpadav |
N January next-Whicn motion was voted down.
yeas 80, nays 48-as follows ........ Z. |
YEAS Messrs, Alexander, Barret, Bronson, Bruf.
Chase Clark Of Guernsey Clark OF Harrison, Coch-
an, Coulter, Dangler, Davenport, Dayey, Deford.
Encell, Fox, Furnas, Gallup, Glover, Hare. Hitch
,ock, Howard. johnson, Kessler, Kerr, Kramer Law
Phillips Read. Stanton Tafel, TestOr. Wiles. VIII
N1Ys-Messrs. Banning. Boynton, Clark Of CO.
%iae Ft:S % FoIi:tt % sdas Gastoo, Gordon Green
Hanson. Hastings, Headley, Heller, Hibbs, Hill.
Houston, ,H9ugh, Hughes, Jones, kagy,, Kibbee.
yers Nixon. Parks Perrii. Pistt, P1t1ar Rhodes.
Rosencranse, Sawyer, Schneider, Shipley, Stedman,
Swain, Thornhill, Welsh, Wilcox, Woods.
MIR; HILL then offered an amendment 70 the bill.
hich was agreed to; aud the bill ordered to be
sDgrossed and read the third time Tomorrow.
kr. BANNING offered for adoption the following
resolution, which went on the table under the rule:
ReS0ISed, That the committee Of Nineteen, TO
whom was referred Senate joint resolution No. 81
Relative to the establishment Of an Agricultural
College, be and they are hereby instructed to report
The same back tothis House on tomorrow.
Mr. HIBBS asked and OBJ aimed indefinite leave Of |
absence for Mr.. Henricks, f
Mr.. DAVENPORT asked and obtained indefinite
cave of absence for Mr.. Patton.
Mf. KAGY asked and obtained indefinite leave Of
Mr.. HD CHE S asked and obtained indefinite leave
of absence for Mr.. Perrl.
Nj. PUTNAM asked and obtained indefinite
cave Of absence for Mr. krskine.