The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-09-09
THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.
factotum of the town caucus. Abiding to

factotum Of the town caucus. Abiding to
his speech, the printed account says:
He alluded to these facts Isome facts he
had been manufacturing for the occasionl ir
a very forcible manner, and showed that the
principles of the democracy are eternal ant
cannot change-[what are they we thought
they were progressive that they stand there
in all their original beauty and majesty, not
a feature mutilated, not one of the ancient
landmarks removed-not a blemish upon
their lofty fame. He then alluded to the
principles Of the Nebraska bill. He went
on to show that if the right of communi.
ty to regulate their own local and domestic
concerns be not sound, democratic and con
stitutional, then no right or privilege haC
these characteristics. That if the principle
Of self-government does not lie at the basis
of our constitution, our government anC
federation, and if our institutions do rot
rest on this principle, then they have nc
foundation. This is tremendous reasoning.
He showed most clearly that the effects O.
the passage of the Nebraska bill would be tc
take the agitation of the slavery question
out of congress, where it has been creating
-burnings and divisions among the peo
pie OF the different states, and to throw il
among the people Of the state, territory OF
locality Immediately interested. A very
clear mistake as is daily seem That il
would do away with an imaginary line
drawn between the north and the
south, and open the territory south of the
line of the SO called Missouri compromise
to the energetic population of the free states
| Humbug How can it open what has never
been closed? There was no prohibition tc
the erection Of free states south of SO 30
but only prohibition Of slavery north o.
that line. And he went on to prove tha,
good and not harm must be the result of the
passage of the bill
At the close of his remarks, Mr.. Caroth
ers moved the appointment of committee
to report resolutions expressive of the SENSE
of the meeting on this subject, whereupor
the chairman appointed Mr.. Carothers ant
others. And here are couple of the reso
lutions
8. Resolved, That while we are opposed
to making the Nebraska question a test uues
ton in politics, we are forced to meet tn,
men when they declare thai
they will support no man who is in favor OF
the measure, by the declaration that we deem
~ uuC W OulSCLhCo " TIE u6HOCGdtl(
party to support no man lUho is opposed tC
the principles of the bU-believing that mer
who are rotten at the core on any of the
fundamental principles of democratic form
OF government are unfit to hold any Office
of trust or profit in republic like ours.
8. Resolved, That John McMahan, John
Samuel Biggerstaff and Gilber
Beach, members of the central committee OF
Wood county, be and they are hereby re-
quested to erase the name of Asher Cook
from said committee and appoint demo
crat in his place.
This last was because Judge Cook was op.
posed to the repeal of the Missouri compro
mise. Is it not passing strange, astonishing
that the men who passed these resolutions
on the 18th of July, could, on the lst OF
September, unanimously" approve of those
Napoleon resolutions, of such a contrary
tenor, simply at the beck and nod of Judge
Myers and J. B. Steedman? Was there ev.
er more ridiculous effort to "jump jim
Crow?''