Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-10-28
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INDIGNATION Meeting at Garrettsvilll


IA as*ssF For The Portage Sentinel.
Indignation Meeting at Garrsttsville
=. :, Ata meeting hali in G,rrettssille on
Saturday, the lath inst, for the purpose
. giving public expression Of feeling, reid
tive tosthes "Fagi,ive Law" Judge Con-
verse Of Pafkman, was called 10 the chair
and s. Taylor, IT., was chosen Secretary.
= On motion, committee on resolutions
were appointed, consisting Of ]. My
.Ier. George Heath and s. Taylor,J Jr. .-'
Rev. L. G.. Todd deing called upon, took
-the s,and, and for an hour and a half en-
chained the audience, in speech Of great
power !, and .,eloqenee, demonstrating the
unconstitutionality nnd injustice of the
Law. and strongly urging resistance 10 its
provisions Us the duty Of all the friends of
freedom, AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Todd's
speech. Judge Converse took the stand, and
urged the same course Of action. His re.
marks were listened to with much interest.
-Fs The following letter from General
Bierce was read by the Secretary: -. =.
-sss g sz'= Akron, Oct. 10, 1850. !,
GENTLEMEN "a :. - =. -. 80
Your favor Of yesterday Is Al hand, in.
siiing ms to ustend q mass meeting At Car
ssasssiile onihe 18th instant, ssto give pub
tic expression Of feeling relative 70 the in.
faiaa1s Fugitive Law" ! regret that /
cannot be there, as more urgent call has
mt been made on the patriotism of the
people since they assembled to resist the
Stamp Act Of England. II the people Of
the NoHh will submit TO this Infamous law.
they are 10 state Of slavery more lament.
ahls .tian Jhatof the S5uthern Negro, for
it ID q slavery Of the mind. .aaz: .ss7'5@a2 st
l know it is unpopular to say that s'there
is a law superior TO all human law"-but
the man who seriously objects to that doc.
tfi1e must be hampered by party ties TOO
strong to be broken by reason. What!
are tue laws Of humanity to be violated by
human iawsf Are the very laws Of our
naturs TO be yiola,eil Are We bound to
stifie those generous emotions that prompt
" 70 '.feed tbs hungry and ciothe the na-
kede-because an inhuman sIaveocracy at
the South, backed up by a cottonocracy st
the North, have said we must? Shall
eighteen millions Of freemen at the North
h,wain seryiliiy to 2itiful minority .of
200, ,000 Shareholders al the South, because
those shareholders. aided by Northern
Trnilofs 70 liberty. have passed a lawsthat
they must S8e& 1s% 2
aiwiH nehher support the law nor sup.
port man for office chat will. : not only
go fos I repeal Of The law. but for; open
nnd manly, resistance. TO it while il is unre.
rpealed. i7hold that .sresistanee to lynn
ny. isobsdience to God, and Liberty
No human law has fright to forbid my
exefcisipg The duties Of humanity-no hi-
ninn Law has right 10 compel me 10 Go 10
my neighbor the most grieyous of oil
wrongs. 10 mid in depriying him Of his lib
erty, and send him into hopeless bondage.
| will not do ii. | hope there is independ.
snce enough LEFT ii the North for an unan.
in,ous Mo- 10 go fo:th when called upon
TO- aids IN carrying out that law. Let such :
a response go9in the tones of freemen. and
with an emphasis that shall arouse the
Slave Tyranls of the South, and make !
them know that, with The immortal Jeffer.
sons swesbass sworn upon the altar=of our
God eternal hostility 10 every form Of tyr
amy. whe.her existing over the Lodies OF
minds of men,. }5z.rsz ~ -..,..-,.s.,.s
lathe ediscussion of the subject, hope
pafty politics may beeavoideG as much as
tossible. As The election Is now over,
think Il can te 80 discussed as 10 do justice
10 the law. The political parties sof the
day afss almost eequally IN the guilt of it,
and 1t is tuther difficult for onesio call the
other black On the one side is Fillmore,
Webster and Clay Ion the other Cass, Bu-
chanan aud Wnodbury-alI stepped 10 this !.
eurseds abomiRntion, until no rival cam
make himself any more accsp,abie to the =
South By any deeper and more contenpti- !.
ble setyifity '..sl s. re sf 'ess.l =
AL leaye for Cincinnati on thet, day, il, of Of
your meeting. il will be oul Of my power
10 aatendsand utter the full amount OF my
detestaiioH 40 that law, and its supporters.
Yours, 'Sszx T.. " BIERCE.
Thp canmiiiee on resolutions, by thsir
';s:.iFassn ! saa ! " Tyler, then reported The ]
|oiioMigs which were adopted unanimuosly.s 3.
Hesolued, That 10 our opinion the pat DAT. !. :
'iosics ffanaers of the constitution, sof, The
American Republic, neversdsleeaied 10 i
songrfss. tho power to pass isws .con1psh. q
ng the, people Of the Free States Of mi,
to become men ca:ci,ers fol- for-
lave holders and slave dealers: thus :
rambling dpen State rights. and making j
mo por!lon Of his Uuions Tho servants Of j
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