The southern press., 1852-01-15

must sec. At = single glance, that il this deciaio
stands, the fugitive slave act is mockery and
deluson. If this be the law, then why wer
those trials undertaken! Cui bono1 Was
to smooth over an unprecedented outrage wit
, soft phrase0logies and the formaties of legn
routine This cannot be supposed. It is pro
per here to remark that the jurors stand blame
less, because the charge of the court prohibited
a conviction. Neither will question the integ
rity of the judges, by ascrbng to them any bu
the most correct motives, however fallac0u
their decision may be, through which the bloot
of Gorsuch has gone unrecognized, and thu
Constitution of the country unvindicated
That decision has closed the doors Of the Uni
ted States courts, and the violators Of the law
have gone back TO Lancaster county, to answer
the charge of murder, before juries OF their owl
neghborhood, aud the judges Of their own loca
tribunals. How far Pennsylvania may yet sue
ceed in wiping from her ancient escutcheon the
foul dishonor, shall not venture to predict. Bu
ii is time, representatives of Maryland, that you
should make it known, by positive measures
that the blood OF your constituents shall not be
shed by mobs, in the face Of the sun, and the
Constitution OF your fathers, without a justitca
ton or remedy You should leave no Lawful
and constitutional power unused to bring home
I
Although decided majority of the people OF
Pennsylvania may be, and doubtessly are, in ia
vor of the right yet they will be held accounta
ble for the treason and murders perpetrated by
their fanatics, whose awless violence they fail to
suppress or punish. No people can plead inno
cence who stand by as passive spectators Of
crimes committed within their jurisdiction
They are bound to enforce the right, else we
hold them guilty of the wrong. Let that CON-
monwealti be distinctly given to understand
that henceforth, words will gave place to acts
You owe it to your honor; it is necessary to
your peace; 1t is essential to your domestic Sc
curity Heretofore the cry of "peace, peace
,ohen there IS no peace" has had the effect to
emboden your assailants, who have learned to
believe that your indignant denuncatOns are
mere occasional explosions of light wrath--mere
elevations OF the Southern safety ualUe," as
they have insultiDgly termed it, Beware that
your State does not become a mockery! Re-
member that OF all the bitter curses which can
atflct nations, border welfare is the most dire
fuI. Consider the likelihood of that result,
springing from the eXasperated feelings of
friends, relatives and neighbors, when they gaze
upon the mangled remains of such men as
Edward Gorsuch, who may hereafter be butch
cred, as he was, in the exercise OF constitu-
rional right. Do not shut your eyes to the preg-
nant truth that human reason will master hu.
man passions only so long as hope points to
relief by lawful means. Firmness now is pat
riotism. CandOr now is wisdom 1t may be
too late hereafter.
With an abiding confidence in tho mercy of
Providence, whose fatherly eye hath watched
over the infancy of this republic, commit to
your prudent counsels this momentous subject.
Ohio and Abolition.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Post
thus explains the attitude of Ohio. He seems to
speak understandingy.
, OHIO, Jan. g. 1852.
1t has been stated several tmas lately that a
majority Of the Congressional delegation from
this State are of the Democratic party; 80 that
if the presidential election were thrown into the
House, the vote Of Ohio would be given to the
Democratic candidate. And generally, those
who are making calculations for 1852, set down
this State for the Democratic nominee. All this
is to be taken with some allowance.
Our delegation in Congress consists of ten
old line Democrats, nine Wings, one Freeso
Democrat, and one Freesoiler that was Whig
The Freesoil Democrat, Dr.. Townsend, has
shown by his not voting for Mr.. Boyd, for
speaker, that his vote and consequently the vote
of Ohio in the House of Representatives, cannot
be cast for friend of the fugitive slave law
This is well, for otherwise the State would be
msrepresented. DR.. Townsend was one of the
most active members of our legislature at the
session when Mr.. Chase waa elected to the
United States Senate These two men repre-
sent in Congress an important part of the Ohio
Democracy-the anti isavery part--comprisng
many men who did not vote for Mr. Cass in
lS48, and many more who did, but never would
again if he were nominated
A great majority of the Democratic party in
Ohio are well known to be friends of freedom,
and opposed to the Infamous fugitive law; but
speak now of those who not only feel so, but
are resolved to vote so upon all proper occasions.
These free democrats have been acting with the
Democratic party in its great State measures of
constitutional reform and equal rights, upon
which the late election turned They carried
the adoption of the new constitution by their
votes last summer, and this fall they swelled
the party majorities beyond all precedent
During the last three years, they have been
growing in numbers, and they are conscious of
their strength. They hold the "balance of
power in the State, as DR.. Townsend does in
the delegation at Washington; and like his, their
votes will not be cast for an avowed supporter
of the fugitive law; they will not support an
enemy of freedom. ETA.
MONEY MATTERS IN New ORLEANs-I'he
New Orleans Bulletin of Monday says:
Itiswell known by the entire community, and
most feelingly so by the active business portion
of it, that for some weeks past the pressure in
the money market has been most uncomfortably
severe. Some Of our most responsible houses
have been strained to meet their obligations,