Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-14
DEMOCRACY" m OHIO.

+ DEMOCRACY" IN OHIO.
! Al Democratic political meeting a. Toledo in
Ohio, few days ago, Senator CHASE of that State,
in defining his position, said:
"Some years since elected Senator Of Ohio
in the Congress Of the United States was elected BY the
Of Democrats in the great cardinal doc
tines of the Democratic faith, though they differed among
themselves to the practical application Of those doctrines
IN regard TO certain questions of public elect
ed as Democrat recognising and well known recognise
the duty of carrying out Democratic principles in their prac-
cal application every subject Of legislation Every body
VINO Knew any thing about knew that not likely to
except slavery from the universal and impartial application Of
these principles.
With these views and with these ideas Of public duty
took my seat in the Senate have not swsrved from nv
principles hare gone straight on where Democratic pr
cPes required me to 60 turning neither 10 the right hand
nor the lett hand, no matter who was pleased or who was
dispeased."
As he proceeded he denied the constitutional
power OF the Federal Government to lesislate at
all in relation to slavery or slaves and insisted that
upon the States alone the Constitution of the Uni
ted States imposed the duty of returning fugitive
slaves, and Congress had no power TO pass anv
law on the subject. He pronounces the fugitive
law unconstitutional. He opposed it, spoke and
voted against it, and will cease TO demand it's
repeal. He would not have the Democracy vote
Tor any man to Congress who will not insist upon
its repeal. BY the authorized appointment of COM
missieners and deputy marshals, he says, the
country is filed with Federal officers, acting upon
the most delicate questions of personal liberty and
state soveregnty-a manifost violation Of the plain
sense of the Constitution" The Democracy
should agitate until the act is repealed
Eolloyiao Mr. Acr c,r,a I,lr, O.,
the Ohio Supreme Court, and addressed the Demo-
cracy. He followed in the track Of the Senator,
clarifying the Democracy, and urging the party on
ward IN its course. In noticing this speech the
"Toledo Blade" says:
Judge SrALDISG is the Supreme Bench He holds
one Of the highest Offices in Ohio yet he told his audience
yesterday that the fugitive law nudity; that he should
let every fugitive who should be brought before him under
its provisions He would put down any thing like that
which had occurred in Boston, He also announced bis in
tenon, understand, Of going Russia to commence
crusade against slavery and serdom there soon as he had
succeeded in putting it down in this country
The Judge was not satisfied with what he said
and did at Toledo, but entered the field again at the
Courthouse in Cleveland on the I'd of June, where
ne repeated bis views. The Plaindeaer' and
the Herald both report him there. We copy
below passage from each.
g repudiae that of Congress which gave to Texas
So 900 square miles of land and pressed on her accept
with side gift of SlO OO0 600. would take it all
back and consecae it to freedom regard the late fugitive
law unconstiutiona null and void and say proudly
that shall esteem the browning Of my judicial career
il can only have slave brought before under this ug
tive law. will set him free as cheerfuly as eat meal
when hungry"
According to the Herald, he said
As Of the Judges Of the highest Court of the State
OF Ohio, on oath believe the fugitive slave law
situtona null, and void. And here declare that should
be heartily glad to discharge fugitive in the hands Of the
United States Marshal under this law brought before me by
writ of habeas corpus, should to meal Of vcuals
when hungry"
Thus (says the Cincinnati Gazette) we have the
views of " the Democracy Of Ohio" explicitly put
forth. II is not our purpose to comment on this
phase of the Democracy, or speak Of the impro-
priey Of Judge entering the political arena to in
vte litgants before him by public declaration of
the way he will decide their cases if they come be-
fore him. Weleave that to "the Democracy