The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-06-05
No sLAyERY IN ONO.


An interesting and important decision
has just been made by the s0Prems court
of Ohio, sitting at Lebanon, IN the case
of A. T Brooke and others vs. the Stale
being a writ of error to the court Of com
mon pleas OF Warren county Chief
Justice Lane and Judge Hitchcock on the
bench; the chief Justice delivered the
opinion of the court, deciding, that II the
owner Of slave voluntarily bring him
into this state, or permit him 10 come, al
though it should be only for the purpose
of visiting or travelling through from one
state to another, the slave IN such case
| becomes a free man the moment he touch
es the soil of Ohio; and consequently that
| if, under such circumstances, the former
owner, or any person, should attempt 10
detain in bondage, or carry away the
slave thus emancipated, against the VIII
ofthe latter, such pretended owner or 9TH
er person would thereby become himself
violator Of the laws, and might lawfully
be resisted and prevented In his purpose
in like manner as any other person " no
should be found attempting the commits
sion ofa crime.
1t will be observed that this decision IN
no degree interferes with the provision
in sec. 81, art. A, of the Constitution Of
United States, that, No person held to
service or labor in one State, under the
laws thereof, escaping into another, shall
in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such service
or labor; but shall be delivered up on
claim of the party to whom such service
or labor may be DUE"
Dayton, CO., Journal.
We should never have thought it pos
sible that any one state of this confede-
racy would thus have destroyed at a
single stroke all the ties and ligaments
Of our great social compact avowed her
self opposed to the South on a vitality i'm
portant question, the agitation of which
is inimical to southern interests and
without assuming and continuing in that
neutral position which public good would
certainly demand, and siding with the
enemies of good order and friendly
intercourse among the states.-Come
boldly forth, and say to fellow citizens
of slave holding states. ado not come
within our borders''
| This insdious feeIer is aimed doubtless
mere particularly at Mississippi and Lou
islana than other states. Citizens Of these
two states have frequently had TO 60 to
Ohio for runaway slaves and met with
difficulty there, frequently in retaking
them. And not with "fugitives" alone :
but many that have been roluntarily'
taken there have been furnished with
means of escape from their owners
Such subterfuge and hair splitting as
we here see in so closely shaving the
constitution Of the I. S. is deserving and
will receive Reproduction and contempt
Until reading the above article we had
thought the subject of Abolition was more
discussed b public men and private citi-
zens than was necessary. Butw discov-
er 1t has strong and dangerous arm,
which it is welding with a secret infu-
eHce, and consequently much more d;f-
ficult to combat than all the force which
boldness and candor could array for the
unhallowed cause, and all It's proselyies
armed for the fight. In this con,es, va.
ged by fanaIicism and spirit Of disor.
ganization against the South. whose clti
zens heretofore have not given the sub
lsct sufficient scrutiny and watching
: Mississippi, Is 10 be one OF the principa
n sufferers. She should take a bold an.
E decided stand, yield nothing. be true I,
: herself, and these rebellious, wild fanan
cal dlsorganlzers viii be found born,
down by their own weight-bui II ma,
Y be after they have executed mischie
5 which ages cannot repair. Perhaps B,
;. the dismemberment OF the Union, The,
: may 60 down in the general wreck.
Mr.. JeherSon's opinion Of Congress
J. 4" i served with Gen. Washington i
Il the Legislature Of Virginia. before ID
Revolution, and during i with Dr. Frank
lin IN Congress. never heard either Z
} them speak ten minutes AZ tiuss. nor {
any but the main point which vas - 4
eide the question. They laid their shOu
ders TO the great points, knowing that II
4. little ones would follow Of themselves