Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-06-26
OUR COLUMBUS LETTER.
A Windy Effort.

COLUMBUS, ", June %, 1915.
One of the greatest works the Crea-
tor ever performed was to create wind.
The invention is decided success. If
some Yankee had invented the atmos-
phere he would have acquired death
less fame and an untold fortune. It's
one of the things that never wears out.
The 40 miles of atmosphere around
the earth has been used again and
again for all the purposes that wind is
put 20, and yet it is as good as new. 1t
comes from no place and goes every
where. 1t carries water from the seas
to the famishing vegetation far inland.
It drives the currents of the ocean and
thus purifies the mighty sea; it moves
softly in the fragrant breezes, and ter
ribly in the hurricane; it forms the
lightning's breath; it disseminateS
heat and cold; and it is breathed by
by every one except dead pcople-they
manage to get along without it. 1t
watts the sweet odors of Towering veg
citation and carrieth the effiuvia OF
carrion. It's no use talking, wind is a
great institution! And ever since God
breathed the breath of life into Adam,
man has had more or less to do with it.
He soon utilized it to watt his com.
merce over the sea and along the riv-
ers; and applied its force wind-mills,
and made it do countless things; with
it he drew sweet-scented perfumes from
seeds; but he has used it in all ages OF
the world for blowing his bugIe. lie
has, however, substituted good old
fashioned wind, to a great extent by
steam, and many strange inventions.
But he has failed to apply steam to
legislation, and constitutions are man.
ufactured now, just as they were hun
dreds of years ago; they are made by
wind. Speaking of wind reminds me
that you have chartered my brilliant
talents to write about the Constitution
al Convention. Its Il regular Old cave
of wind. When it lets itself loose,
typhoons, ,tornadoes, storms, hurricanes.
whirlwind5, zephyrs, gentle winds
: and old Boreas himself can take back
seats. am really fearful that the sup
DIV of wind is giving out, and if it
does what, oh what! in the name OF
heaven will the Constitutions makers
do? What a time we have had of it
this last week. How the cave has
roared and rumbled. How the elo-
uuent winds have bawled through it!
How it has echoed until the iron
braces in the ceiling have trembled.-
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screamed, yelled, beloved, bloviated,
advancing ideas enough to sink Il
navy and wasting wind enough to
drive all the Wind-miils in HOiiand.--
But, after all, the debates during the
past week have been very interesting
During the week, We have seen two OF
the grand intellects of the Convention
grapple with each other in debate, and
it was a sight grand to see, and d
wordy war thrilling to hear. There i.
something God-like in elOquence, that
charms the senses and compels admi-
ration. Eloquence is an art, some
thing that all mankind can judge by
Intuition. The heart of the boOr and
the mind OF the scholar, each c0mpfe-
hend and yield AdOration to the genius
of eloguence pouring from the lips oi
Cicero, or Webster, and there is some
thing thrilling to WitEe5s a contest in
debate between two mastery intel
lects, which are keen, cultivated and
brilliant. Hoadley, the able and bril-
liant lawyer, and Liberal from Cincin-
natl, anG Tom Ewing, the son OF his
father, the deep thinker, posseSsor OF
the wisdom of statesman and the
wiley cunning of an astute politician,
with ambition of both, crossed their
intellectual swords in debate on Thurs
day, and the fight was a grand one
The question under consideration was
IL proposition TO ingraft Il clause in the
Constitution, abolishing and prohibit.
ing usnry laws. Several had spoken
on both sides of the question, one argu-
ing that there should be free trade in
money as in every thing, and predict
in@ that day would come i'm Ohio
! when the usury laws would be abolish
ed, and the Others claiming that to
abolish the interest laws, would be to
place the poor in the hands of the rich,
when Ewing, who favors usury, was
reluctantly drawn into the fight, and
IL settled down between he and Hoad-
isy. The latter is free trader and
pard money man, and Ewing is Pen
.lleton. Enqltfrer greenback expansion
ist. The debate grew exciting, and
the question proper was lost sight of.
1t was a fair set-fo between hard mon
ey and greenbacks, free trade and tar
iii. There was charge and counter
charge, repartee and retort. Hoadley's
speech. was an epitOme Of the financial
history of the nation, showing that
greenbacks were WORTHLESS in
themselves, and good only as they
represent gold. By apt answers and
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