Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-07-02
T III E B u G L E
Mr. MediIl,


The Ashtabula Sentinel gives the slavery
antecedents Of the Democratic candidate for
Governor with some minuteness. lie is Ger.
tainly good representative of the Baltimore
platform.
From the Ashtabula Sentinel.
The GUBERSAroRrAL CnNDrDATE OF THE
HUSKER DEMocRAcY.
Our readers are conscious that slavery
md the slnve trade wns established, in tile
District Of Columbia and is now sustained
by act of Congress. II il our law which
,upholds that commerce in men, that deprn.
dntion of mankind. The people of Ohio
were altogether unwilling to share in the
crime of sustaining il, aud they petti0ned
TO Congress for repeal of the law that nu.
uiorizes IL. To prevent the people from thus
respectfully asking repeal of this enact
ment at The hands OF their servants, the gag
rule was adopted by the House OF Represen-
tatives.
This rule provided, that such petitions
should not he received, read or entertained
~ any manner whatever. Nothing could
have been more opposed to every principle
Oi democracy, or to popular rights, than this
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southern slavery.
On December l4th, 164l, MIR. Adams pre-.
rented the petition of sundry citizens Of
Hamilton County Ohio, praying n repeal Of
this obnoxious rule, aud respectfully moved
20 refer IL to the committee on rules: MIR.
Merriwether, n stakeholder from Georgia,
moved TO lay the motion on the table. This
would have been substantial rejection of
the petition. Yet Mr.. Medill voted for the
motion; but the motion wns rejected. The
petition came up again for consideration on
the 4th of January. 1912, and Mr.. Wise, an
other STAKEHOLDER, moved to lay the petition
itself oh the table, aud Mr.. Medill ngnin
voted with shareholders, and against the rights
Of the people of his own State.
On the same day, another petition OF the
same character came up for consideration,
and MIR. Gamble, stakeholder of Georgin,
moved to lny it on the table and Mr.. Medill
again voted with the saveholding despots
agninst the constitutional rights of petition.
On The same day Mr.. John G. Floyd,
democrat from the State of New York, pre-
scented the petition of 36l citizens of that
State, nsking the repeal of said rule, and
Mr.. Gamble moved to lay it on the table. aud
MIR. Medill voted again with the shareholders
against the people.
January 6, 1S42, Mr.. Giddings presented
the petition Of certain legal voters, in Lenox,
Ashtabua county, Ohio, asking Congress to
pass laws protecting nll such persons as may
be oonsiiiiiionalIy entitled 10 their liberty, by
going to sen with the consent of their mas
ters, beyond the Jurisdiction of the laws of
any slave State
WIN. Cost johnson, n stakeholder Of Ma
ryland, objected TO receiving the petition nn0
moved to lay the question OF reception on
the table. Mr.. Medll voted with the slave
holders in the affirmative. II would he diff
cult 10 conceive a greater insult TO The people
than such n vote. IL was distinct dcclnra-
tion, TINT the members Of Congress would
not receive the petitions Of the people, asking
them to maintain the liberty of native born
Americans who are constiiutionaliy entitled
10 Il.
MIR. Giddings, on the same day, presented
the petition of u large number of the citizens
of Trumble County, Ohio, praying that the
"people of the free States may lie relieued
from all obligations 10 sustain The institution Of
Slavery"
Mr.. Wise, a stakeholder, objected TO its
deception and moved to lay that question on
the table. Mr.. Medill again voted in the
affirmative, saying to the people of Ohio,
a. You shall not even nsk us To relieve you
from the crimes and obliquy Of slavery and
the slave trade.
On the same day, Hon. S. J. Andrews pre-
scented u remonstrance against sigmatizing
petitions on the subject of slavery, or placing
ihem on any different footing from those on
other subjects. Mr.. Campbell, of South
Corolina, stakeholder, moved that this pc
,iton be laid on the table, and Mr.. Medill
voted in the affirmative with the shareholders
against the people Of his own State.
On the 18th of January, MIR. Henry of Pa,
presented petition praying Congress not to
5mpar or limit the constitutional right of
9etiton. Dir. Campbell of South Carolina
moved to lay il on the table, and MIR. Medll
again voted with the stockholders against
fhis most reasonable request Of the people.
Are our people to be thus told that they
shall not even ask Congress TO relieve them
from the digraee OF Slavery? That they
shall not ask their servants to protect native
born Americans who are constitutionally
entitled TO their Liberty? Nor for the repeal
of the gag-rule which disgraced our nation,
and which shareholders themselves dared not
sustain, and which was soon after repealed,
and no longer suffered to disgrace Congress?
No despot of Europe could have retained
Ills throne, had he have exercised the same