Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-09-19
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wv PV''l oihccIs, ana dragged through a
crowd OF three hundred people, to the bar
OF the Court, where the Indictment beinp
read, they pleaded not guilty.
John J. Jackson, the Attorney for the Com
monwealth, here stated to the Court that in
consequence Of an attack of the erysipelas
he should be compelled, in following tho
advice Of his physician, to decline the pros
ecutlon of the case, and unless other MEM
berS of the bar could be induced to fill his
place. he would be compelled to move tho
Court for a continuance of the case till the
next term.
The Court appointed Mcssrs. Fisher and
Van Wrinkle, but they refused to serve in
his place.
Mr.. Ninton rose to oppose the motion for
Il continuance:
"Delay, he thought, would only height
en- the unhappy excitement. Should tho
trial proceed, and the result be an dcquit-
tai Of the prisoners. the people of Ohio
would at once ''rub OUT all harsh and UNI
friendly feeling; but should the result be
otherwise and a continuance be had, he was
sure that AN indictment would be found at
the next term Of the Court in Washington
county, against the six Virginia citizens who
had seized and brought here tho prisoners,
and that 4 rcquisition upon the Virginia Ex-
c%cutive would follow, and if a surrender was
made of these citizens. they would probably
be sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiarv under
the Statute of that State to prevent kidnap-
ping.
"lic appeared. he repeated, In behalf of
the State of Ohio; but should it be ascer-
tanned that the prisoners had, at any timo
wien in the commission of the crime charr-
ed, been within the jurisdiction of Virginia,
he would Immediately abandon the defence
and leave them to rely upon other counsel"
Mr.. Harrison, one Of the Virginia coun-
sci for the prisoners, remarked that if tho
Court were to take a recess, he thought
counsel for the prosecution might be OBJ
tanned.
MIR. Jackson said that the Commonwealth
under the circumstances could not be fairly
represented, as other counsel than those as
signed would act without preparation.
The Court granted the motion for a con-
ti%nuancc, and appointed the 18th of Novem-
her. for a special session to try the case.
The prisoners were then committed till
they could find bail in Firginia each to the
amount Of $500.
To obtain u complete idea of the ~atrocity
OF these proceedings, enc or two other facts
must be known. ''Thc Prosecuting attor-
new says the Marietta lntellipencer. .has
been olt Of health for some time, and it was
una rstood weeks ago that he might not DO
able to conduct the case" If this be true,
the conduct Of this man, and of the Court,
Is utterly Inaccessible. In such a case, af-
tcctlng so vitality the sovereignty of State
rs well as the liberties of its citizens. it was
the high duty Of Virginia TO see that there
should be not a moments delay in the de-
termination Of the question.
But, after all, it seems that Mr.. J, was
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The same correspondent writes to us, that
"immediatcly after the case was put off, no
was able to engage in a suit of dollars and
cents, and made a powerful speech of half
IN hour or more!'
Now, we have a few questions to ask tho
Committee in Mariettl who have his matter
in hand, and whose colldeace In the Gov
cinor's wisdom and in the Justice of tho
Wood county Court, seems unlimited.
Is there any statute in Virginia preventing
this case from being taken up on habeas cor
pus before the Supreme Court of that State,
or before one Of the Judges of that Court
Why has 1t not thus been taken up!
Who authorized Mr.. Ninton to intimate that
if the Wood county Court would discharge
the prisoners, no indictments would be found
against the six Virginia kidnappers} Be
cause a Virginia Court discharges prisoners
WHO nave bttl EulllN Oh no ClOiuilOn oil Viz
ginia law, is that a good reason why Ohio
should decline to prosecute Virginiaus who
hare violated Ohio lava
VIII no effort now be made to take this
case before a Court which has some charac-
ter, which from its position, will feel somo
responsibility-we mean, the Supreme Court
of Virginia.
The more we think of this case. the moro
reason we find for deploring the inefIicieucy
of the Executive of Ohio. The Congress Of
the United States ought to provide for the re-
dress of grievances of this class. Here arc
two States brought into collision by the uu-
warrantablc seizure and Imprisonment of cit
liens of one of them, and yet no redress ia
to be had from Il disinterestcd tribunal. 1t
d~evolves upon Virginia to settle not only
;, her own rights, hut those of Ohio. That
ought not to be-. Provision ought to be
made for carrying up all such cases before
the Federal Courts. Hence the manifest du-
ty of our Executive to open a correspondence
with the Executive of Virginia, so that such
correspondence, by a resolution -four Legis-
%lature, may be laid before Congress, and our
representatives be instructed to obtain if pos
sible the enactment ofa law, providing a rene
dy in all similar cases. But, if we understand
the Ohio State Journal, the Governor conclu-
ded that in employing Mr.. Vinton, he had
exhausted his constitutional power. By tho
way, VIC should like to know where he finds
his warrant for this actionl [Cin. Herald.
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