Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-17

sWeeRublgheds Tow days ago. II resolution
x paSsed at an indignation meeting at Memphis,
Tenn, N relation 10 the mob al Salem Ohio,
which iotCibly carried OF from heE mistress (NIs
u! RoblnsON,) young slave gill while stop
ping q lev minulesin the cOrs OF Salem. The
mob, Il viii be remembered, was headed by mer-
chant Of Cincinnati, WHO dragged lie girl AWAY
whilst Clinging 10 her mistress TOT projections
against him. The resolution ofthe Memphis meet.
lins called upon the city Of Cincinnati to Eepuli-
ate the action Of Tho mob, and the lNwless conduct
OfBlaOkwell, otherwise the citizens Of Memphis
would use every legitimate means in their power
10 discontinue the commercial intercourse between
o. Memphis and Cincinnati. 10 this resolution lilo
steamboat msli only OF Cincinnati have responded
in the following resolutions, which we hnd in The
Cincinnati Gazette,
n rnE SrEAhBoAT MeN AND TnE MEMPHls REso
rioN.-A meeting Of steamboat mHn wOs held
Thursday afternoon at o'clock, at their hall on
Broadway, 10 hear tue report Of the committee
appointed al previous meeting to consider the
Memphis Resolutions and the case OF Mt. Black
we'll Tbs ijllUNviUg gentlemen were present;
Z " fRobt. Getty w. r. Hamilton,
SAINT. Hubbard, Ross ChenOweth, .0
BIS, Butler, ". Dean,
y 4, III Hpgep, w. o. Mann,
James BugheJ
Samuel Hib6aEd was called TO the Chair.
II q Minutes Of the previous meeting were read
10y Ross ChenOwelh, The Secretary, alleF which the
chairman Of the committee, +. S. Butler, read tie
following report, which was ullaUmosy adopted.
ResoiUedt That we dOcOnlemn the assault made
by mUb az Salem, Ohio, headed liy Air Black
we'll, Of Cincinnati. upon Mis-, j. j. Robinson, of
Memphis, Which, even II Ia accordance with tho
II Laws Of land, was cerlanly nOlin ksepins with
the laws OF pUpeftY OF genlility and that the
fu IN tgnv fell tpit hp aiIv
OF Cincinnati IN trade or tEniic, lutls as distant
from CilCimuah, IN commercial noint Of view, 0S
any Town in 0nolheI Siale-We should not be held
accountable lOI the ocs Gifts oiliEeus. That Mt.
'BlActEsllig only single Nitizen Of Cincinnati,
and elnaluIali1ed citizen Of The United StNtes
Who, Win . few Others thinking aud feeling rs
hey do in regard to slavery, folm a very small
I,JTi Of our mercantile community AS proof Of
bis assertion, another Of our chlzeus present at
Tue time the assault on Mis- Robinson YVES made, at
tempted 10 compel saij Blackwell " dsSisl but was
oyeinOweTsd by the citizen Of Salem.
kesVlped, That we take pleasure IN reminding
the cltiEens Of Memphis that ueEs has not been
demand, under the laws OF tho land, ior Tie EecOv-
cry ora fugitive Slave, lhatthe courts OF Hamilton
county have not cartel out tile law aud tile oiii-
kenggeel to is olseTganCe.
. itthfFtfors further FsSOlDed, That ps the acts
Ot the said Blackwell and Of the Cizecs Of Salem
are not endorsed by this community, but ON the
goVnlTary condemned BY Them and our public jour
HATS lVllB glleuh VI Nlgll"
plus, and os the town Of Salem is not IN any mbn.
neT commercial yoT Otherwise connected with tile
y ioIy OF Cincinnati we can see no just cause OF
complaint on the part Of the citizens Of Memphis
nRalsl ths merchants, manufacturers and steam
boat owners Of Cincinnati, who have always
maInioinela desire 10 cultivate a friendly feeling
towards their southern friends, aud TO extend aud
cherish the growing trade aud iTnfio between the
two cities, and 10 project The property Of their
southern neishbOrs n al the oct OF a single Judi.
Vdual meIohanl in,no way interested in the trade Of
the south, together win citizens OF Salem, town
500 mles of, is not sufficient cause for the CHI.
Zens OF Memphis TO condemn the whole meTcnn-
tile and manufacturing community Of Cincinnati
acts over which tIe merchants Of Cincinnati
ihgd no more cOntTol than the citizens Of Memphis
themselves. AS we'll might tile mechanics o.
lIoslon, New York OF Pittsburgh, be condemned
iUE the same thing.
ResOlpsd, That we are Of the opinion that but
few IL any of our business men VI citizens hive
any other feeling towards our Southern fellow.
citizens, fhaniihose OF kindness, and an inherent
respect foE all their respective rights.
ReSOlpsd, That the SecteIaTy lie requested TO
furnish a copy Of the above ioT publication in The
Cincinnati aud Memphis uapeg,
rt Els. BUTLER, Chm'n,
orra a n, DEAN,
NIT. HAGAN,f
4 - .. i - ~ tW..C. MANN, 20
hs JAMES BUGHER, t
3 oincinnuii, Oct, II, 1884 Committee.