The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-24

ing tribute TO the Union, and sajd h MA gion-
Gus 10 long q II was rsatnttikto thenppfoFeiats
and legitimate purposes Of n cEeataon, namely,
tho security Of the universal liberty and hsppi-
ness of all the psople--but lit was to be turned
into an engine of cruelty and oppression, used 40
an ia stsument of crushing tyranny warped round
to the exclusive benefit Of shareholders, it,
power and its vengeance invoked TO deter free
citizens from the exercise Of the most common
acts Of humanity, and itself converted iuto a
grand slave catcher, the sooner ace are rad Of The
better"
At the meeting where this speech was made
by Judge WADE, the following re -olutions v ere
adopted, precisely in accordance with his senti-
ments:
'Resolred, That the acceptance of the Office
Of commissioner or marshal under this bill, Fu-
gtive.slave bill, by any citizen of Ohio, know
ing the duties devolving upon him, will prove
him to be man utterly heartless, and devoid Of
humanity-and fit associate for Haynau. Nor
can we expect to escape the vengeance OF
Heaven five do not tromple the law il the dust,
and indignantly from upon its executors.
RESOLVED, That those members of Congress
from free States who voted for the measure, de-
serpe to be buried in the grave of inan.y so deep
that the hand of political resurre>h on can neuer
reach them. And those members who intention
ally absented themselves when the question was
taken, are less to be respected than those who
boldly recorded their names in the affirmative
rs they but added cowardice to their pertidity"
At Garfield, Ohio, Judge Wade also partici-
pated in the adoption Of the following resolu-
tons
Resolved That we ,ciA moi under any political
necessity ,0hoteUer, vole far any for any office
Of trust, honor or profit who voted for or aided,
directly or indirectly in the passage Of the act,
or approres Of us infamous provisions, or AID IN
ITS EXECUTION.
Resolred That come life-or come imprison-
ment, come fine,-come death, we will neither
aid or assist in the return of any fugitive slave,
but, on the contrary, oe ,oiH harbor and secrete,
and by all just means, PROTECT and DEFEND him,
and thus give him practical God speed to lib
erty.
1t is thus demonstrated that the opinions OF
Judge WADE are identical with those of the ul-
ira Free-soilers and it is apparent that his elec-
ton, and that of HAMILTON FISH, determines the
position of the two powerful States of the
North, New York and Ohio--a position which
the compromisers, North and South, admit to be
incompatible with the continuance of the Union
For here is the evidence that the Compromise ia
not to be respected-thatag agitation is not to cease
and that the pitful consideration of the Fugitive
slave law, for which equality an empire was
surrendered-has failed
Now, it is important to the safety of the South
that she should have notice of what is going on.
Yet here are organs, central and Southern, that
announce the ascendancy of her mortal enemies
to the highest council of the Union, with appro-
baton and congratulation-and endorse them
to the confidence of the Southern Wing party
thus lulling the South into an fusion of Sc
curity, in which, if she were to fall, she would
awake only when it would be too late.
The appeal to the North for Union on the ba-
sis of the compromise, has failed in Massachu-
sets, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, New
York, Ohio, and Wisconsin. These States are
numerous and powerful enough to control the
two national parties on these questions, or to
denationalze them If the two parties refuse
to submit to these States, then they will form
powerful Free-soil party, and the two national
parties will be restricted to the border States on
both sides of Mason and Dixon's line, and of the
Ohio river. In fact, there will be Northern, a
Southern, and a central party
go 1t is astonishing how much in the dark
the whole New York press seems to be in rela-
ton to the last triumph of the Administration y