The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-07-13

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rency ant 10 trehsine good soantt banks just Ike
other business es.abiisi ments. rot ireiiy taxing
b, and breaking oyen their nlts for The amount
and co,t Of this uriust levy. She believes in the
rule of ,h- upright p,u,lrnt and reputable, rather
ttlnu that of The rowiy. DIS ou'e and pr'f:ne :
Oain is an anti. slavery state The elies bor
# the Jrtf.rsonian Ordinance of 1887 could MT wei
be otherwise. Her people have honestly differed
to the extent and mt"rion Of their power to act
slavery under The Federal Constitution; they
have differed as to the Proprieiy and policy Of GER
tain acts done in the Of Anti S avery they
have differed rs to the wisdom and duty of sacri-
icing immeciately practical and nPeriled inter-
-sis to remote abst, acrions but they have of diff
iered with respect TO the injustice aud impoicy of
-as-Fy.
Is there any real reeessity fer keeping up and
aggravaing the differences in the ranks OF the
jo, i:y which have for some years gwen them over
helpless to tho iron sway Of the minority We
can discover none, imagine nnne. 1t seems to Us
one Of these incidents of suicidal discord which /
have no impulse but blind ho:ti!ity and nuiish OBJ
stinacy.
Way should not the mmj riiy come together and |
agree TO act hence:orih as brethren Why not |
calmly compare uut~s, and decide whether there |
is aay good for their destroy ing each othe
Why not agree to harmonize so far as there shall
be found 10 exist substantial identity Of sentiment,
and to bear with each other those points where
on perfect agreement ia i,upraelihahis -
Happily, there is Paramount and pressing
topic Wherein there is very hearty agreement
among The great body of wings and free soers of
Ohio. The grog-shops IA body are the natural
en-mies OF bu,h-the fountains Of Political as we'll
as Moral deformity. Not the dsseyersd Majority
alone, but large SECTION ofhe ruling MInhIity al
| SOC imposed Of its most intelligent and wealthy
members-ar ripe for decisive action against these
nurseries of pes,i!ence and death.
! Why not unite, then TIE MAINE Law a
common basis, dr"ppins old and incongruous des
! gnatons and agreeing tn act together for the &c
verance If the State from the curse of Rum 3
We should advise thar no ut empt be made TO an
force agreement On her questions, though where
such greeent already substantially exists. it may
be well to proclaim it. But let THE MAINE
be the rallying point aud watch word of the Ma
joriiy, aud the rule of the Minority is at an end.
Has it not been endured long enough ?-I'ri6unr,
e The following fr'm correspondent OF the
Oho State Journal, " he'd for by that paper
g-ntIcman of Intelligence and the highest respec-
liability has some common sense views, which.
| while they commend themselves 10 our renders
will also show. that the Jourualcannot have it alt
Its own way, iu its own Party. Intelligent men
are every whsre speaking out, and such men will
act as they spenk.
| From the Ol:o STATE Journal.
Ma EDIT, R: have notced Your rerna Ks up
Oh the - Free Sou Olive B anc!i,'' running
through several numbers OF the Daily Journal.
NJ sensible man Questions the binding force Of
the Constitutional provision for the recap II
fugitive slaves. Whether it should be executed
by National or State legislation question which
the Federal Courts must ultimately decide.
Assuming, for the present. that it is the duty oil
Congress 10 pass proper iuws tho subject, there
are some things ibht too obvious to be overlook
ed Que Of these is, hath execution OF any law
upon the subject in the free States, is repu.llanl
10 tie moral sense. and at with the sympa,hles
urd feelings Of almost the entire population.
| Great pains should therefore be taken to satisfy
the community by some proper mode Of trsal, and
the claim Is, in each case, legal and we'll fuun led
An arbitrary, parte. inqrisiiori4i nude of pro
ceeding, such tR,t prescribed bJ the law OF $50
is exceedingly uuwise aud is sowing broadcast the
seeds Of tiscontent. 1t ought also 10 be well un
derstuod that the rerngnarce which any man Of
any chat az ter or statdng in the free States feels
at being re qared TO render personal assistance III
the re- captu:s ef runaway slaves, mikes sue.
I II, i {;o:,
All that should be required. is tia. officers shall
perform their tGlics and that tho resistance
any forr should be punished BY suitable penalties.
ttIink therefore, that the provisions Of this law,
especially the mode Of ,iAI, and The imruaton If
want Of palrl"tsm ngaiust every man who refuses
10 make ii bloodhound of himself. does
thu appreciation of the Wings of Ohio,
will.
Ill understand your article. you are willing to
abandon the Wilmn Proviso as to future acquisi
tions mid trust TO Providence for the admission or
| exclusion OF slavery.
Ifthis is not what you mean, then you nre be
hind the Baltimore Whig platform of 1853 snd
any idea of pr eserripg lie entity Of the Wing
party. north and eouth, short of that point, Will
prove tn be i-lusron. l do not believe there ev-
er was the slightest danger of the dissolution Of
The Uuign about the .Proviso." or any other COM
prom, Sc measures. and therefore will not say so
You say that the Wing party is in the minority.
That is probably true, bat not the whol~ truth
lfit were, should by no means despair of succsss
in short ti.ne as the fruits of Licofocosm grad
'ually deveiope themselves in increased taxes and
incompetent and corrupt public functionaries.
But We are divided. hopelrssly aud ineurahly
Efotiunly nerlh and south, bpt The division runs
through every State. and .cauply. The ooly sal
xaipq Tor us wsf, in coasigang the past to silence
and .ob!ivon.5 This the Baltimore convention re-
fused 10 do; ihe e!ectan developed many ipstan-
erseof bad faith u high quarters. and Of extensive
EiFfueness on the part Of comprpmsers, and7the
urnrressire as are only whiting an opportunity ply