Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-06-08
WHOLE NUMBER t26.a

= liant Of the place, from the proprietoFs
of the Arlington House, whose retjnue
Of llveEicd fiunkies minister to the lux
uTlOus tastes Of the exquisite sybafite,
down to the bOOtblack who Waylays the
unsuspecting fOOt-passenger upon. every
corner Of the streets. LaUghter1 If,
therefore, those WhOare. benefited bVltb
location of the seat Of governments here
should not on that acCgunt. be held re-
sponsible for the improvement of the
city, upon whom does that responsibIfty
rest? Upon your constituents, or upon
my constituents, or upon anybody out
SIDE OF the corporation of washington?
Understand me, sir am finding no
fault with the people Of Washinft0n
about any Of these things. / entertain
nothing but the kindest feelings in tie
world toward them aud rejoice TO know
E that they are so fortunate as to have the
I privileges of enjoying the fruits OF the
I governments mUnihCRnceininpro
I the nations capital But. I do hone
I that after we shall have psVeds and
( lighted all their streets for them, after
/ we shall have supplied all, their houses
with water, after we shall have contrf-
buted in every possible way to theif
I comforts, convenience and tastes theF
4 VIII not insist on our making an apDf6G
| priatiOn TO pay salaries to the little cast
/ iron nlggers which / see some gentle
men have put up in front Of their houses
to hitch their horses to. ~- Great laughs
ter. E-G rS7W
THE OFFICE SEEKERS AND OFFICE HOLD
ERS, s an luuzuE
! Mr. Chairman, have heard one reason
| very frequently urged for the passage lOfI
this bill which eandoF cOmpels .nneto t4lI2I
NIT almost convinced me that we OUGHT
/ not only to appropriate this sum OF. 1g0. 1
/ 600, but any other amountthat might S4iI
necessary to Fepave Pennsylvaufa aveN.aI
ue at the very earliest possible period aoI
time and that Is, THAR It lis so naeh
used by the horde of Office holders that I
thrOng the thorough ghfaFes- of this oitgq fH8
numbers almost equal to the hosts which !
were hurled with LuOifar from the ba6-
Elements of heaven. Laughter and atl4
plause.J For, sir, if there is q being 5f1
this earth for whose comfort and 6oRui
venienoe : entertain the pFOfoundest sa1-
lieitude, if there Is one whose SMALLEST
want stirs my synpa pathetic soul to its se-
renest depths, 1t j. VnHF nfira- hbldef-I
your public functi0narV. Laughter. III
When l see one of that noble army OIL
martyrs bidding 6di6u TO 1isJ hon1B a88i
all the sweets of private life,J for which
he is so eminently fitted by nature, to
immOlate himself upon ths altar Of bfs
eOuntFY's services for four long wears. 4
HOmer's touching picture of the last sad
scene between noble HeCtOraHd his W5eeu
ing family rises before my synapatHet=t
ic Imagination. [Great lRUghter.l WhehE
see him plungtng reOklessly into an ofIf
flee of the duties of which he fsrbro-
found IVT urnH r7nfin
minded Of thel elf-sacrificing herOisFn OIL
CuTtiUs when he leapsdlintO the yawn-I Z,
ing gulf which opened in the Roman To-
rum. When behold him sadly con.
templating his majestic features in one
Of those gorgeous and costly mirrors
which is furnished at the public expehse
my heart goes out to him I'M sympathy.
when 1 see him seated sOrFOwfllllY at a
miserable Tepast of sea4tkrrapfn. and /,
champagne my very bowels yearn for
him. LLaughter] And when I see him
performing perhaps the only duty for
which he is fully COmpetent-siguing
the receipt for his monthly pav-T am AL
overwhelmed with pity for his miserable
condition that wish I were ia hist
place. Great laughter.1 When sdebt
considerations as these, sir have come
orOWding upon my mind, appealing to
every generous sentiment Ofmy4 bebteri
nature; when I have thought how the
official nerves of our poor neglected pub
lie servants are racked by the car rat i
Ting DER the stony street,, I have felt :
under the sudden impulse of the mo-
ment, that we ought to tear up the old 7
cObble-stOne pavement on the avenue T
and supply its place with one Of the
new fashioned patent wooden ones, over ~
which the splendid carriages of our gov- g
ont 0fffnfnIu Tr-fFh -.riA-
arms and iveried Outriders might Glide :
IS smoothly and nOiselessIy as the aerial Il,
ar Of the fairy queen through the rose 7
7nted clouds of the upper ether, Zap =
llause and laughter. a 1affI r
But, alas, the house is estopped,s Mr.. In
chairman, bV its own action to entertain q
my such considerations as these: for tc
when my friend from Ohio (Mr. Mum eC
9en) some time ago offered a resolution ~
nquiring how many Carriages, horses fg
larness, and other trappings Of nobility I.f|
he government furnished its officials at a,
Is own expense, 1t was promptly reject W
d on the ground, as I supposed, that it tv
vas great state secret, and it should
lot even be limited to the plebian tax
ayers in the country that our govern
aent officials here ever rode in Carriages u,
: all, but that they should be eft to in y.
AAlAC LAlc AAAAuUEAiL 4ltNNNlu LIlaE their
servants here at the car
lOl bowed down by the cares of sfa.a
r the painful burdens Of their own nom r.,
erous intellects, plod slowly along. fe,
nth eyes bent upon the ground, while he
heir hearts are with loved ones far an
way. Laughter. Hf rs
Sir, would like to meet one of your Iit
onsttuents Mr.. Paine in the OhaiF) fDIl Ri
is suit Of hOmespun bUtternut--pardon iba
le, l believe some wear butUernut En- I ~
our state. Laughter. I say I would 81,
Ike to meet one of your hon6st-heaFted- 4 he
atriOtIe old constituents, who. feel an M
nnesC pride in thefiuaied simnlieityand Eup
urity of our republican form Of govern "
lent, down here at the Junction OIL sh,
avenue and Seventh St. TN
here the One-legged veteran with uhis4 10
grirds OgJ his Wailing ap- 7 I
cal to the Charity Of his patriotic coun- tb,
ymen as they pass, when some gentle eal
ian, high in authority, sweeps by in of
is splendid phatOn behind a spanking an
ian Of thOTougbreds, driven by fiunky apr
ressed in drab overcOat and a stove-I !
pc hat silver buckle in front Of it al an,
Ost as big as garden gate. Laugh on
r. / would like to see him open his
res and stare at the passing pageant
think 1 can see him now watching the
itteriug equipage. As it fades away T
the dim perspective the old man turns M
Owly away, muttering sic transit glo- - :,
q mWIdi, and the manned soIdier i1c
rikes up That's the way the money lt5a
'esi pop goes the weaseln Laugh tbs
IT, mai
Yes sir; would like to accommodate iDt
r office holder with a smooth and COM Per
Odius pavement; but as I honestly rem
ink we cannot, the best advice I can hes
ve is, ifthey cannot stand It to resign. do1
le whole cOutry viii approve their in ger
gnant resolution. Laughter. ms
-sl-s-- ma,
Platform ana Resolutions nan
The Democracy Of Ohio coming To- scro
ther in the spirit Of devotion to the sub,
ctrines and faith of free representa- eau
e government, and the intelligence of tiOu
3 people, deem the present Convention Is N