The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28
Gratifying.

GratNy1nE.
The liberal tone and spirit of some Of cur aphig
cotemporaries, is encouraging and gratifying II
Candor, forbearance and reasonable liberaty may
yet cement union of all liberal and progressive
men, and thus the government be rescued from
yandal hands, and from the malign influence of
that curse of curses, American Slavery.
The following remarks from the Buckeye State. |
and Warren Transcript, will be read. we doub I
not with interest and pleasure:
From the Buckeye STATE.
More Cooperation.
The Western Reserve Transcript is out strong !
ly in favor of the union and corporation Of all lib
eral, progressive citizens in opposition to the 'com
mon enemy" In speaking of the criticism of the |
Ashtabula Sentinel free soiD upon an editorial ar
ticle of the Transcript published few weeks ago,
the editor says:
"IfLiberal Wings are met, then, with the prop
er spirit, and real position recognized, there
can be trouble made, jealousies excited in the
formation of u new front of opposition to the Hun
ker dynasty which at present rules US. We An
ti-slavery Wings are body having somewhat CT
unity and earnest purpose, and any attempt TO ig
our existence, or to look upon us as disunted
Individuals, comes with bad grace from Free
Soilers, who. of all men ought best to appreciate
our position. If. on the other hand, they would
frankly say, 1--WE know that you, as subdivision
of the National Wing party. have never differed
very much from Us belief and we think that
you are now prepared to coincide with US in
plan for action; let us endeavor therefore with
fair recognition of each others existence, to COM
| E,rc onTp
l1nger waste our energy by disunon;" there would
be little in the way of harmony.
! Some of the Fee Soil papers have proposed to
call for Convention at Columbus, to deliberate
upon the best means of uniting liberal and progres-
sive men into ons party. This might easily be
done in such way as to be perfectly acceptable.
Our experience Of literally toorded calls in this
County, is not very satisfactory, but We believe
there need be No cause for complaint on this
count again: we confident that our rec Soil
friends regret their last summers action much
as we We do not believe that Wings care straw
about any arrangement as to the selection ofoandi
dates. In the event of union they would be will
ling to support heartily such nominees the
venton of the wtple party should select. When
thsy demand fair union, if any, they mean that
they wish to be recognized as taking position,
which they have always been prepared TO take.
when the right should demand it, and as uniting
with those who have been called Free Soilers no
more than the Free Soilers unite with them, mer
ging together because their course run parallel
Such new party could not be less Anti-slavery'
than the Free Soil party. We have for many
years strenuously contended that there should be
no more slave states, and no slave territory
that slavery should be abolished in the District
of fColumba-that the Fugitive Law should be re
peaed, and that there should be no special Con-
gressional Legislation for the recovery of one spe-
cies of chattels mors than another: if Southerners
want to recover stray possessions of any kind, let
them prove properly. according to the laws OF the
State where the property may be found. What
more can be asked on this subject?
in opinion, oil that is needed to secure the
result which the Sentinel processes to desire. is
that their party should be reasonable and candid
We may bs mistaken, but it will do them no harm
to try it,
We are accustomed, continues the Buckeye
State, to look upon the Transcripts one of the
most conservative ard cautious whig jouI nails o
the Stste SO much go, that for some time previous
to the appearance of its editorial entitled Our
ture,'' we did not exactly know where to place it
10 fact sometimes little suspicious tha
!, it might be (ogy! but having taken the position
which it has. all our fears dspeed, and we
must acknowledge our gratitude for the timely ad
vent of another wing journal to defend the rIgh
and condemn the wrong. TO be Frank, the Tran
script will Wade through the corruptions of Hun
kerism with vengeance. To such men as Sew
ard, the freedom of the nation will soon look fo
protection against the yandas of centralizat,on.