The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-09-01


atrocityi and we warn the two hundred and
ffty-thousand southern shareholders and their
northern tools. by the seven thousand free
votes in 1s40, the sixty thousand in 1874 and
our three hundred thousand in 1e46, that our
manifest destiny" and theirs. are written
upon the sky, in the /" fnality'' Of !" higher
law" enternal and unchangable as God. which
DEGREES that Right shall triumph over Wrong;
and that the promise draws nigh its fulfill
ment in the day when the sound of our feet
shall be heard upon the steps of the Capitol,
and from the halls of National Legislation
shall be announced our terms of ss final set
tlement," and last compromise" "no more
slayc States, no more szave territory, no ma
tiondlized siauery, aud no national legislation
for the ertrddition Of sL1res."
Z. We respectfully call the attention of ev-
erp Democrat who reveres the name OF
Thomas Jefferson. to the following expression
of his sentiments upon the subject Of slavery
and its legislative protectors. "Northward
of the Chespeske you may find here and
y
cipation) as you may find here and there a
| robber and murderer. but in no greater
number"
With what execraiion should the states
man be loaded. who, permitting one half of
the citizens thus to trample upon the rights of
the uthsr. transforms these into despots and
theseinto enemies. destroys the morals of the
one part and the love of country of the other /!
For if a slave can have country in this world,
it must be any other in preference to that in
which he is born to live and labor for another -
"What an inoomprehensibie machine is
man! Who can enlure toll, famine, stripes.
imprisonment, and death ITSELF in vindication
of his own liberty, and the next moment be
deaf to all those motives whose power sup
ported him through his trial. and inflict on his
fellow-men a bondage, one hour of which is
fraught with more misery than ages of that
which he rose in rebellion to oppose = \
Whom the measure of their tears shall be full,
when their groans shall have involved heaven
itself in darkness, doubtless God of Justice
will awaken to their distress, and by dffusing
light and liberty among their oppressors, or at
length By His erterminating thunder manifest
His attention to the things of this world. and
that they are not left to the guidance of a blind
fatality"
8. That upon all national questions. equal
ly as upon that of slavery, we are in favor of a
truly Democratic administration of the gener-
al government. To US the people are indebted
for the establishment of the cheap postage
system, in spite of southern opposition, and
we were the earliest advocates of the free
dom of the public lands, a measure on the
very eve Of its accomplishment but for the
Opposition of the slave power, and the GRIN
ging servility of northern senators. We are
in favor Of the establishment of an Agricultu-
raj Bureau. 90 ably advocated by our Repres-
entative in Congress, Hon. Eben Newton, ,for
the Advancement of the farming interests Of
the country. and would urge the subject upon
the attention of the present Congress, did we
not know that it is hopeless to ask from it.
any legislation except that which will be sup
posed 10 make some new improvement in the
grand man trap i"ta which our Union is turn
ed, and that for every such truly National
henefit yielded to the people. the greedy
stakeholder viii proudly dictate the terms up
on which that glorious Union may again be
saved! We are in favor of strict economy in
the administration of the Federal Govern
ment, of such amendments of the Constitu-
a. -. al, IS;
GERS as far as practicable by the people; for
voting for candidates for President and Vice
President directly, without the Intervention
of electors for the election of Senators by
the people of the several states; nnd for
changing the plan Of our apportionment for
Representatives SO that no portion of our po-
pulation, deprived of their natural rights. and
made properly by state laws, shall be
forced to put power inte the hands of their
oppressors TO be used in perpetuating their
bondage.
9. That in our State Policy we are in fa-
vor of leaving to the people the largest liberty
consistent with the good of the whole, of strict
equality and the smallest justifable rates of
taxation, of guarding the interests of labor
against the encroachment of capital incorpora-
ted or individual, of the elevation and educa-
tion Of the poor, and of all measures ca'cula-
ted to promote the cause of true democracy
and the progress of humanity
10. That we heartily accept the nominations
made by our National Convention at Pitts
burgh ''with the resolutions annexed" .snot
becsuse it is expected of us'' as party men, but
because our heroic leaders JOHN P. Hale
and GEORGE w. JULIAN, are the men of our
first choice, worthy to lead the forlorn hope
of liberty against the train bands of Slavery
allied with sham Democracy and degener-
ate Whiggery. and because the platform adop-
ted commands the appreciation OF our judg-
ment" as fairly and truly setting forth 80 far
as it goes, our sentiments, and purposes. as a
NATIONAL PARTY.
IL. That we cordially invite all good citi
zens of our County to unite with us upon our
National and State platforms of justice and
equal rights to all men, and aid US to accom-
plish their practical application for the regen-
Grafton of our nation, and the preservation of
pure republicanism in our land.
12. That we earnestly recommend to our
friends the organization of Hale Clubs in their
respective townships and school districts, and
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