The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-06-19

sculptor studies tho model of the Great
Master of his art" In this position he
has never been traducod till VI late, when
during the impeachment trial the majotity
Uf tho House has connived AZ certain
Quarrcls. but tho Speaker himself has
aimed, in his own language, to make all
" forgeiful Of the nspcrities which should
perish with the occasion that evokcs them
Mr.. ColIax is member Of tho Dutch Re.
formed Church, aud total abstinence ia one
of his private principles, lie is smoker,
however, aud loving traveller by foot and
stage. Ills oratory is fervid and ilorid to.
gother, aud has served his party hand.
somcly in trying times while his judgment
is guarded, yet decisive as his mode of
speech Ol his speeches ! have collected
somc illustrations from various parts OF the
Globe
Thus he said Of the employment ofncgro
troops;
al do not call negro soldiers bettcr than
white ones. II | were to eNprcss my own
opinion il would be that those of my own
color are better and braver For ! have
always told you. in spite of charges to the
contrary, that believed tho Anglo Saxon
race was superior to any other that walks
tho foo,stool OF God 4"
islatiOn;
Whether travelling in the valley of
humiliation or disaster, or keeping my eye
fixed ON tho heavens, believe God reigus,
| don't believe his blessings will TALL on
tho Conicderacy. Gods ways arc some.
times dark, hut sooner or later they reach
the shining hills OF day.! !"
lie first announced tho Republican plat
form after tho breach with Mr.. Johnson
thus:
Let us make haste slowly, and We can
| then hope that tho foundations of our Gov
! ernment, when thus reconstructed ON the
basis of indisputablo loyalty, will DO us
eternal as the stars
In like manner, on April TO- 1866, when
he made mild, but manly iss,ie with johns
son, he said of tho Civil Rights bill, in tho
! first moment of it's cnactmont
"That law, misreprcsented 0s it has
been by its opponents in Congress, will
never be repealed, and in tho years that
are coming il will be the proudcst recol.
lection aud the crowning honor of those
men who stood up in the national councils
that they gave to that American Magma
Charta their cordial support
lie treated in this way taunt of tho
Democracy:
"The new nickname flung at us in Radi
calls had rather be called Radical
than a rebel, ut any timo. am a Radical
for right against wrong Tor liberty against
slavery for justice against tyranUy-O
Radical friend OF my country. and n Radl
cal enemy of every hater of my native lald
believe in n Radical government of the
people by tho people tho world over, and
my symrathics go out toward the Radicals
who are trying to initiate our FREQ instiiu
tions in Greece, Italy, France, Ireland and
Mexico. | wish to sec q belt OF Republics
encircle the globe"
Here is another curt passage:
am for levclng up rather than Lowell
ing down. God do 80 TO me, and more
also, if, do aught moro to crush any mar
down lower"
In short. this is Mr.. Colfax, as described
in the words of his pastor aud poet at South
Bend, his home: t....
Thou art the clear, f...
| Persuasive orator of right; pure,
Unsued patriot; the changeless sure,
Aud genial friend, to NAM hearts how doar