Middletown transcript., 1872-02-10
mn. Bssos DErEsDs ssis STATE.

House Of Representatives. Of Friday. the
3d. we take the following:
Mr. Diggs (Dem defended his State
fDelawarcl from the s.persions of Mr.
Townsend Of Pennsylvania. md remarked
that as that gentleman lived near th, |
border line Of Delaware. il was no wonder
that he. aud persons who were given I"
his practices, should be a little afraid of
the whipping post :.
The insinuation against the venerable
member from Pennsylvania was 50 ludic-
rous us To provoke laughter all over the
House.
lie next turned his attention tn the
speech mad. by Mr. fluar some weeks u
90. in which seine allusi.us were made To-
the di.credit Of Delaware. aud said TIM,
he would read the criminal statistics OF
the snintly State of Massachusetts. he
would read the crimes in their alphabet.
cal ordcr--,hcy used up all the letters Of
the alphabet cxcep, the last four. Laugh
ter lie found that in the four years.
lsii6. 1867. 1865. and 1869. the number
of criminal prosecutions in Massachusetts
was 10 G36 they increased .rnm .94J ia
/ 1866 to 3.i59 in 1869 Aud what were
tho>. crimes Arson adultery. burglary,
bieamy, auahtcr conspiring 10 detraud,
drunkenness. dcfacing iolnbs,"nrs laugh
ter forgery. holsc.s,esliug laughter
highway robo"ry. keeping hotels without
license laughler night walking laugh
ter obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. prjury, p"lygnay l'urht"r play.
ing cari~ "n Sunday. attending cock
fights, r fusiug to pny railroad fares. scll.
ing d- 'ascd mca,, threatening to burn
churches. Laughter When the hnnnra
biz gentleman from Mas.achuscit. talked
ahnu, The illiicracy If Delaware he should
tell the House how Massachusetts, pre-
seated such a black record of crime
TI.onehtrr
Mr. lIoar asked Mr. Bgg- il the
source from which he had obtained his
statistics did not show that over eighty
per cpn, Of those crimes were committed
by PERSONS % foreign birth.
Mr. Bigr> tin,crrupipg) That will
do. J. not that u reasonable thing. In
ask me to go into the State of Massachu
,aiis aud ascertain whether if the person
committing such crimes ar these are Eng
liS,ncn or Du'chmcn i,oars Of laughter ]
Mr. Iloar. Eighty per cent and more
"f those crimes were c"nmi,,ci by per-
sous os foreign birth. every man oi whom
votes the Democratic ticket Laughter
aud applause on the Republican -t!c
Mr. Biaas. The lnrci.ucrs who have
ilrl irum their own countries camr over
here, many Of them poor ann illitrraic.
aud i, j. thamc for the gentleman from
Massachusetts tn undertake To- cast such u
reflection on the f"rcien population of the
country.
Mr.. ilnnr II i. the census of the L.
nit.d States that says 81: un, |.
Mr. Bisgs will nov proceed I" read
something which | til pk i. refreshing
The g,ttl nan ,iil III his speech ,hr 9th.
cr day -. With What perfect hatred
with wha, bitter and r,.l,n'icts hatred La
ihe Democratic party pursued those un.
happy States &c the South? How ha,
thni party sought to fasicu on that hcau,i
unfortunate section nf the land every
thing that degrade mankind g Sir. III -
i net - ,nar in America tn lay nu'- H. oi
/ lii ins, as,lnm whn gli,vcs il; the hon
:: nrutlc gentleman himself IN hi GOOD
/ moments raafs of laughter would "a"
have vrniurei To- make that ,t,t.in"Ut
= We. ~ h"mucru'.. are tn friends un
.nly nf the South lur nl tho Nn,th an.
, lll, East nnl the Wrs, Who w. i, th,
!, ,couracrd the Southern peorl"f VIII
was i, that sent down rpau',ited scnun
ilrel. tn the Sourh,rn States Tar III" pur
Pose of prosecuting the South Who
t;nycrnnr Bullock Who is Your Gov
' crnnr Holden! Win was Your 6"vcrnp
' Scott ? aud VINO is your Governor War
: mouih: All layai people oh h",
: they loved the South they lnsri i, Will
!. she had grecptacks far them t" finger
" they served their country aud ,h"ms' lvf
" for pay. and then ,ht whole baud rnckt
up uLd ran away lani laughter IN
yet The honorable MI nnn snt~ 'ha I'll
Y, Democratic party has rnr.nrd III S"u'l
~ crn rsnllr with rclen,lc-- hatred $
!" Undressing Mr. Hear; in the midst
'" general laushter). 20 dawn nn your knee
!" u, and. will, ynnr face in III" dust. ask Gs
y" Ia forgive ynn for making any such a.sarl
e upon the Democratic party Mr. Big;
,' then answered some of ,l,e criticism
u, which Mr. Townsend hal male up,
~ Delaware, aud h. wennd up with n cra,
u, peror,iion which brought down Il
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