Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-04-19
Ohio L. s. Senator.

1t is well enough to put on record the opinion
of the new Senator from Ohio The Submission
ist declare he is sound and we wish readers to
see on what evidence they predicate his sohabllity
We call him a Seward abotdiOntst, and all who
sustain him no better than he, good, for
they, to deceive the people, are compelled to en-
courage open falsehood.
! On the 9Th of November last, he delivered a
speech at Havana, Ohio, in which he said
"The law, (the fugtive) bristling like porcu-
pine, with pains and penalties, was the most inta-
nous enactment known to the statute books of this
country, and such as even the corrupt govern
ments of the Old World could not pass aCithoW
driuiaq the people to revolution. For himself, re-
CARELESS of fines and Imprisonment, if called upon
he would grant TO a fugitive slave the writ of habe
as corpus nay more, would give him his liberty
under it. He would not counsel the people to
forced and armed resistance against the execution
of the law but he would say, that in his Judgment
should they initiate the example set by the old
fathers in regard to the Stamp Act and the Tea
Act, they could not err much!
He said we were appealed to by our love of the
Union to sustain this law. He paid glowing trl-
butte to the Union and said it was glorious so long
as it was restricted to the appropriate and legit-
mate purposes of its creation namely, the security
and universal liberty and happiness of the people
but II IL was 10 De turned lnIO dH tuSIuC Ol
cruelty and oppression, used as an instrument of
crushinq trauny acarped round the ercIusige benefit
Of shareholders its power and its vengeance invok
ed to deter free citizens from the exercise of the
most common acts Of humanity, and itself CONVEX
ted into grand slave catcher, THE SOONER WE GET
RID OF IT THE BETTER. ="
Here the doctrine is ayowed in the strongest
language, that the people would be justified in re-
movinr from the statute book " THE INFAMOUS
ENACTMENT, " even at the point of the bayonet ;
and as an example he cites the resistance OF the
colonies to the expressions OF the mother country
To show the spirit and temper Of the meeting In
which this speech was delivered, and to show the
state of public mind in Ohio, will quote the res
olutons adopted on the occasion:
g Resolved That the acceptance of the Office OF
Commissioner or Marshall under this bill, (Fugi-
tive Slave billy by any citizen of Ohio, knowing
the duties devolying upon him. will prove him to
be man utterly heartless, and devoid of humani-
ty-and a fit associate for Haynau. Now we
expect to escape the vengeance of Heaven if We
f do not TRAMPLE THE LAW IN THE DUST, AND INDIG-
, NANTLY FRowN UPON ITS EXECUTORS.
g Resolved, That those members of Congress
from free States who voted for the measure DE
SERVES TO BE BURIED IN THE GRAVE OF INFAMY sc
2 DEEP THAT THE HAND OF POLITICAL RESURRECTION
CAN NEVER REACH THEM And those members
who Intentionally absented themselves when the
question taken, are less to be respected thai
t those who boldly recorded their names in the af
iirmatiye-as they but added cowardice to the
t perfdy.
. The Cleveland True Democrat says
"CoME, BE FRANK.-The Ohio Statesman of tn,
10th, devotes column to Judge Wade.
And wherefore?
5 To froa coil nd
inconsistency of certain wings in voting for him
Nobody hereabouts disputes the first proposition
Nobody any where who knows Judge Wade vii
, do that.
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S AS to Judge Wade there can be no mistake
a True, he might deceive the public-true, he NIGH
at Washington, prove a traitor to his published
sentiments, and recreant to his private vet mos
deeply cherished feelings. But do not believe
he will; we put unyielding trust in his integrity
t fearessness, and frmness So feeling, we say
then that he has gone further than we have ha
used stronger language than We have used, boil
as regards men and measures has he assented t.
an opposition which we have not urged, in all tina
G pertains to the Fugitive law, and the official actor
thereon at Washington. We hare given proof O.
this. More IS at hand. At Warren Ravenna
S Garfield indeed, wherever he has been, though
: presiding Judge he has embraced every opportu
It nifty, publicly, to express his sentiments-and afte
such expression, resolutions like those at the Can
:, field meeting, were universally adopted. The
e are
e i" Resolved, That we acW not, under any pol;ti
: cal necessity Whatever vote for any man for an
i office Of trust, honor, or profit, who voted for
n aided, directly or indirectly, in the passage of tn
act or approves Of its infamous prouisions or AID
IN ITS EXECUTION. -
. Resolved, That come life or death-come i'm
e prlsonment or fne--we will neither aid nor assist
IN the return of any fugitive slave, but on thu
Il contrary, are aClH harbOr and secrete and bv al
1t just and honorable means, PROTECT and DEFENI
y HIM, and thus give him practical God-speed t.
:, liberty.
i The Statesman is in error in supposing the free
If sellers cleared" Judge Wade's welding" ant
e that this caused Dr. Brady to write to him. N
!, such cause operated Every free-soiler kne1
what Judge Wade thought and he is as free il
expressing that thought to-day, openly and befor
+ all men, and as strongly too, as he was or coul
have been, in writing to DIR. Bradley. Let US hav
! fair play all round
If CANDIDATES FOR THE SENATE-B F. WADE
Many good men have been spoken of in connec
ton with the office of United States Senator an,
the claims of each have been urged bv their friends
g Without wishing to disparage the claims of any q
IS the gentlemen spoken of, we express our prefer
ence for B. f. Wade, of Ashtabula County TIL
) people all over the State demand that the office h.
gwen to some new man, and that the new incum