The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-07-06

cial observer imines.
The journal sayss
The DETECTION of the New Fork Free SoiIe
defeated Mr. Clay ftni ls441 and elected Mr..
Folk, and with it came annexation T" (of Texas.1
The Journal is needless in its staiements.-
There was no Free Soil party till ls4s, and John
Tyler administration consummated Instrumentation
of Texas, before Polk's administration commenced.
Mr.. Ciay's defeat was owing to his equivocaI at
titude on this very Texan annexation question:
His iuckiess letters TO southern gentlemen, sealed
his political fate. But the letter that did him the
most mischief, was the one addressed to the edi-
tors of the Tuscumbia North Alabamian, which
appeared in the columns of the Ohio Stale Journal
August 27. 1874. This one letter. in reference to
The annexation of Texas. drove off from his sup
port thousands of northern ant-slavery Wings, and
made diversion enough in New York to lose him
that State, and with thst the Presidency. Free
Solers of course cpud not be responsible for that
defeat for Free Sellers not heard of till four
years afterwards. The defeat was, we know. at
tributed TO the numerically Insignificant Liberty
Party in the State of New York in 1874, but we
have always thought wrongfulIy. Mr.. Clay by a
series of most amazing bluuders. defeated himself
But it is useless TO dwell. The Journal IS i'm.
practicable. 1t rudely repeis the Olice Branch 1t
Gays TO Free Sellers, in effect. stand asde-we
will none OF you. You refuse to sustain the Fu-
giiive Law, therefore, you are disioya totbe Con-
stituton, therefore there can be no union between
US.
The Journal thus welcomes disastrous defeat,
aud powerIess minori,ies, and with eyes wide open
hands over the State, and State legislation to the
tender merces of reckless, rampsas Loeefeeeisn.-
W " shall not yet believe that the Journat in this
position can command the sympathies of the mass
of its party.
Men will be truer, more just TO each other.-
All will not thus coldy spnrn the Olive Branch,
rendered in good faith and with the utmost SINGER
ity.
With the Journal and politicians Of that stripe,
| for whom nevertheless wish to retain personal
respect we can expect no union. With the open
and avowed advocates of the Baltimore Platform
and the Fugitive Law, we neither can nor viii
unite. The procIiyities ofsueh men are all hunk
erward. and Wing and Pierce bunker, must iney
itably in the end. come under the yoke.
We turn away from hunkers, encased as they
are in triple steel, upon whom no impression car
be made, and make our appeal to the people, tt
liberal. humane. phllantlropie, patriotic men. We
ask cordial, hearty, fnaplike CO operation, with
sfI such, without regard to old party names anc
distinctions.
If we would do anything for ourselves or hu
| in hope
less minoriiies, and throw ourselves, uuresislin
victims into the hands of the enemies of our hopes
our principles and our efforts, should call upe.
all men to unite in action, who are in favor of r.
peal of the Fugitive Law, who would Lave n
slave territory, and no more slave Suites, VIII
would free the National G9yernmsntfrom aliinyovs
ment iu The support continuance of slavery, WI
would make.a united, vigorous, persevering effo
in behalf of the Great Pacific Raj Road prniec,
| who would free the Stale of Chic from unsis,
reckless, partisan legislation, eho would overthro
the accursed traffic in in' oxicatiug liquors, wt
would make all legislator f1patrntie and benefcien
and not aitempt to egseize acts Of punder and rot
bery-we should ci-l upon all such, we repeat
look away from mere party leaders, to disregar
the anxieties Of mere politicians and unite as
patriotic brotherhood 10 a mertorious. justiGab
purpose, and endeavor to EeYolutionize countie
and put the Legislature 10 ssafe hands
Follow not the bad and insane example of th
Jo1anal. and court positive and hopeless defea
by rudely repulsing, hawking at and tearing tn
extended Olive Branch in whose green yerdur.
and in that alone, may be found at once the pre-
sage and the warrant of victory.