Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-09-19

itlbsai = hereto annexed, marked ".
We cannot shut our eyes TO The fact, that this
extraordinary assgmp,.on by the Wing GoEeuos
Of New York which, so far as that State is con
cemed, annuls provision Of the Constitution de-
signed Tor he benefit Of the South, IS the fruit Of
that union between Wings and Abohlions,s from
which he obtains hls office and derives his poNefl
Elected BY Abolition yotes,and relying upon them
for re eleclon.nrw principles are sought after and
new constructions adopted fatal 10 the rights Of
the South and the institutions Of the country, 10
avoid offending the Wild ianalieism which 10 ihaI
| State holds the balance Of power.
| See. fellow ciuzens, what, IN the State Of New
York has bren the effect of the coalition between
| the Wings and Abolhonists. To steal your ne
rroes has become no crime Ciizens Of New
York may steal them from your plantations or
houses Ia the night, ard carry them home IN them
ships Il you seek 10 punish he thieves, you afs
told II is no crime! lfyou seek to recover your
stolen property, New York jury, following tbs
example Of their Wing Governor, tell YOU there
can be no property in mainland If you seek
redress IN the Federal Courts, or Otherwise YOU
Me menaced with fines and the penIlen,iaIy |,
is thus that the Wing Governor and Legislature
Ithat State propose to keep your stolen proper
Iy and to screen the thieves from punishment!
Now look a, the Democracy OF that State =
Every man Of them in the house Of Assembly,and
all but Two in the Senate, voted against the lnfa
nous act No, only so, but at the cluse Of the
session they unanimously adopted, and lncorpo-
rated in their Address to the Democratic Eec.
tors of the State Of New York;" the following re
solution, VIZ
" Resolrsd That the Federal majoriry,in pass
ing law AT the present session, nactng pen
uly Of tive hundred dollars on any person who al.
tcmpts TO recover fugitive s!aye-a measure de
signed to catch Abolition yoles-and at the same
, time giving their support to Gen. Harrison, who
voted IN the Ohio Legislature to sell poor white
, men Tor savcs-funIsh an up, illustration Of Their
/ principles aud their consistency, aud Il the BIZ
, had passed ~ 1t wcs originally prepared by the
judiciary Committee, and ~ which form il was
urged upon the House, the Federal candidate fot
Wee President might have been sent ia the State
. prison for ten years, provided one OF his slave
; bad taken refuge in this State and he had attempt
!, ed to recover hun IN the manner prescribed by q
law Of Congress.
), From his theatre Of outrage and bad faith IN
). der wing authority, II Is pleasant to turn to the
conduct Of the State Of Chic under Democrat
:, rule. Passing oyer the strong resolutions adopted
!. by the Legislature Of that State in lS39,we com
directly to IL mole decisive act. exhibiting the DE-
termination Of her Democracy to maintain ii
compromises Of the Constitution and pteseryu
A. peace and good feeling with the slaseholdlr <
, States.
'rI Suffering from the acts Of The Abouoniss en-
q tcinr away the slaves from the couatles borde
lng on the OHIO rlyer, concealng and sendin
them to Canada, the Legislature Of Kentucky ic
solved to send Commissioners to Ohio 10 ask f.
! the passage of more effective laws by the latte
State, 10 put an end to the evil. In their con
/, municuton to the Governor and Legislature q
" Ohio, dated January 20, 1889, the Kenucky
=. Commissioners thus set forth the grievances Q
which their State complained, viz
. " In calling tho attention Of the Legislature Q
Ohio to the subject Of the foregoing resolutionard
soliciting for il their respectful and deliberate con.
y sidetalion, The undersigned would remark, lha
: the injuries sustained by the citizens Of Ketucky
!, lnhabltlng the counties bordering on The Ohior
er, odi,crnI to thus State, by tho loss Of the.
b. slaves, hus ceased to be confined to a small nun
" Der Of persons. Facts within tue personal know
edge OF the representatives Of those counties, an
:, communicated To The Legislature IN rumefou.
. memorials olthe people leave no doubt thai loss
rs are felt 10 en- alarming extent, threatening, IL
. |
to lessen the value, but TO endauger materially ht
. tenure Of that species Of property in many OF The
counties Of the Commonwealth, and to excite
d,safec,lon and disturbance among citizens Of
:, common confedetacy who should feel hemselyes
:, allied by the strongest ties OF fraternity aud lFenc-
4 ship.
= Late Developments, moreover. Of a charac
| ter go conspicuous as to require from The under
4 L 4. Il L
attracted the attention Of the good citizens, both
= Of Ohio, and Kentucky, to the existence Of nu
organized plan Of operation, by means Of which
after the slaves Of the citizens Of Kentucky are
E eulIced from their owners, they are first conceal
ed, ard afterwards conveyed through the State Of
Ohio 10 the British Northeastern dominions, with
such secrecy and despatch as to eludc, at once,
detection and pursuit"
Responsive 10 the call ola sister State the Ohio
Legislature immediately took ur the subject and
a bill vas reported "relatng to iugityes IRON Ia
Dor or service from other States"
During the progress Of this bill in the House Of
r Representatives., Mr. Lloyd, Wing, moved an
amendment to the eflectlhat the individual claim.
ed az a slave, shall have the light Of trial by jury,
&C., which was rejected. The bill passed the
r House by a vote Of so to IS. or the 50 yeas,
10 were Democrats and IL Wings. or nnys,
every man was Wing.
After resolue opposition by some OF The She
members, the bill passed the Senate by a vote o.
20 To 0. 0f the yeas, 10 we've Democrats and 7
Wings Of the nays, all we're Wings.
The act was approved by Mr. Slannon,'he De.
mocratc Governor Of the State aud thus became
a law. We annex the principal sections of the
act, marked II.
In this just and noble manner did the Demo.
cfauc State of Ohio evince her regard for her Fe
deral obligations, and the interests of her sister
States Il is in the prevalence Of such spin.