Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-07-31
From the Boston Chronicle.
THE INTER STATE WAR.

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We learn from the Cincinnati Gazette, that
an Invasion took place ofthe State of Ohio, by
the forces of adjoining State of Virginia, on
on the 9th instant thus showing that the eternal
war between liberty and! slavery is not to rest,
but VIII be actively carried on by the slavehold-
ers, however torpidiy their hostilites may be re-
ceW.J by the free States. The object in this
case@ in tie former one Of the seizure Of Ma
han, blythe Kentuckians, with the aid of Gov
Vance, is the Algerine system of"black mail"
or plumber. They cannot try these prisoners in
Virginia for acts done in Ohio that was settled
in Mahan's case, but having got them within the
jurisdiction, they will arrest them on civil suit
for the lost slaves, hold them to bail, get Vir-
ginia Judgment, and ruin the man, as they did
Mahan, and Ohio will submit to it-and vote
for a Kentucky, Virginia, or Tennessee slave
holder for president of the United States
Odioans Captured, great creitement.-.-On the
evening of the 9th, three men from Ohio, MIR c.
Loarnc, Mr. Garner and Thomas, all of Wash
ington county, Ohio, were seized on the Ohio
shore, by body Of men from Virginia, and
lodged in jail at Parkersburgh, upon the charge
that they had aided the escape of slaves.
The facts, as we learn them, are these that
siz negroes, belonging to Mr. Howard Of Wood
county Va, made their escape into Ohio, that
seven men, among whom we're the three above
named, met these negroes on the bank, and were
aiding them in the removal of their baggage when
they were seized, the other four escaping. This
was done without any process of law The Vir.
ginians say that they had knowledge Of the de-
signs of the Ohioans, which they derived I'M
questonabIy from one Of the negroes, and that
they were thus prepared to defeat the designs Of
both parties. The friends Of the captured whites
tell this story That some seven weeks since,
they we're solicited by white man, aud elder in
the Baptist church in Virginia, and our inform
ant thinks his name is Romano, to aid the es-
cape Of the negroes; that they refused to leave the
State for that purpose, but said they were always
ready to help the bond in their efforts to gain
their liberty and that he returned and entered
n'o'the plot against them for promised reward
Tthey were captured, Of fifty dollars
The Ohioans are to be examined on Friday Of
this week, before called county colrt, on the
question Of their commitment for trial before the
Superior Court in September. The excitement
is very great on both sides. In Virginia hal the
inhabitants Of Parkersburgh are armed and pre-.
pared to repel any attempt to release the prison
ers, In Washington county in this State, meet
ings have been held in for townships (and sew
eral others are to meet,) with the object mainly
to ensure a fair trial to the Ohioans, though ii
two of them threats have been made to cure law
lessncss by a violation of LAWN other words, t,
tear down Parkersburgh JAIL and so give free
dom TO their townsmen.
The cause ofthis excitement all will under
stand. We have nothing to say in Difference t,
= any man, or set ofmen who will entce slave
away. If caught, let the law have its cause
, But we have something to say against our citizen
t being seized on their own soil, and without pro
cess Of law, by people Of another State The
| may be wrong every way; bad at heart and BAT
in conduct but they should no. be troubled
v Ohio has the means or thepower to protect them
t The law of State If limited to the territory O
i the State. Beyond, it is dead letter; and if 70
slavery, or for any thing else, this principle i
I? violated, our State governments are in effect an
initiated Ifths were allowed, Ohioans ma
: seize Virginans for being Shareholders and pun
, ish Them just as Virginians may seize Ohioan
for aiding the escape of slaves. Such state G
c things would result in anarchy, and if general
G would destroy the goyernment-Cn Ga
Y etc.