The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-07-08
..... From the Toledo Blade.
Cuba and the Senate.

promise, no man can deny 1t partially
compromised freedom. 1t even compro-
missed the principles of true republicanism,
on which its founders pretended to base it,.
The senate is an illustration Its organiza-
ton had no regard to numbers or Just
and equal representation of the people
The trainers of this generally profound and
wise system of government, never dreamed
however that they were Incorporating in it a
wrong similar to that which has rendered
the rotten boroughs of England odious.
| In the slave states there are now about
| 100000 of white people.
In the free states there are at least 15,000,-
1000.
The former are represented by thirty sena-
tors; the latter by thirty-two.
| One senator from free state represents
100000 white people. One senator from a
slave state represents 100000 white people
In the United States senate northern
man is thus equal to about two-fifths of a
slaveholder-hc is two-fifths of man.
This is republicanism as the constitution
made it, and as the people have abided by it
and tolerated it. Strange, that infatuated
men should provoke an examination of its
rank injustice. The annexation of Cuba
will render the wrong more glaring-and
give a still greater preponderance to the
slave power The claim now openly pro-
claimed, is, that Cuba shall come in, and be
represented 10y four more slave senator's
This addition will degrade northern man
into a still less fraction of man. But let
us look upon this annexation as it bears on
the population of Ohio; let us see to what
degradation your Oldses and Disneys are pre-
pairing to bring you. New York has more
than 100000 of people. Ohio embraces
more than 100000 of people. Thus New
York and Ohio embrace more than 50O0000
and their whole influence and voice in leg
islation, having but four senators, will be
neutralized and destroyed by four Creole SEN
ators, from Cuba representing but about half
a million of whites. Thus one miserable
Creole who cannot even speak our language
much less have any sympathies with us or
comprehension of our rights, will be equal
! in the senate of the United States to ten free
citizens of Ohio. Among the people of
! Ohio, we have known men who bore the
honored names of Putnam, of Stark, of
Greene, of Washington and of HARRISON
Ten of them will enjoy as much power in
the senate as one Creole slave driver. This is
indeed delicious entertainment to which we
are invited
Farmers Mechanics Laborers of Ohio.
Strange as it may appear, there are men
among you ready to promote this unholy
scheme. They are mostly demagogues and
office-seekers. Through all the recent series
of aggressions on the free states, they have
sided with the slave power. They tell you
now there is no danger, no cause of alarm.
They seek to lull you to sleep, by specious
arguments. They intend to use you to rally
around an organization that shall place
them in office, and maintain them there
Some Of these men will have the audacity
to tell you that there is no matured design
to conquer and annex Cuba, in spite of the
fact that the southern country is in fever
of excitement growing out of the fact that
a military expedition is matured for the con-
quest of the island The whole purport of
information from Washington is, that Off
GERS, high in the councils of the nation, in
spite of oaths of Office are cognizant of all
the schemes of the fillibusters.
There can be no doubt in case of extreme
Emergency, that the Captain General of Cuba
is ordered to proclaim emancipation to the
slaves, and in that event southern men pro-
claim that the whole power of our govern
ment must be exercised to reduce them to
slavery. That indeed will be a glorious