New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-03

Of lst Dis in Ohio and ia as tho hr., olo,y u p,a
GERS The SCR born in i767 removed :, oh,ia Ifsx
the sane year was appointed by Gov 81 Clair -C,,sa
in the Mts Justice OF tbs Peace Judge OF the Qsar:r
Seasons end tie Judge of the Common Plsaa Ia 1901
h represer..d Washington County ia the Territorial Ia,,
l.,n- ard in the face Of mob hal the nerve syos;e
,bs f-p.:on Of two States oct OF the present tr.,yof
Obi. 70 be ssparsted By the Scioo River In 1904 10
x,s sent from the sane ccuay with Gen Rufus plnaa
Rsri Ives Gilman aad john AcIntUe 70 the Coaysnsoa
rhicb framed the Safe Constitution Ia this Co-vsa.sa
he rendered sigma services his adopsd susie and as
cause of freedom Prof Andrews has computed tbs pssd
the narrative with great from Judge Casisrs dizzy
ken. al tie tine aad other ooseu,posaneoGS docamss
Let Us quote his statements
"sroher more important psrt o. Judge iuer iaoors
i; Ills Convention relates to the subject Of the ntroiis
ton OF SLAVERY into tie State. Notwin',Aaaas as
rostye lsngusgs of the ordnance OF congress " 49,
torldps forever involuntary seryituie IN tae Sora
Nest Territory there were settlers ia tia Territory sac
bsyiu- cene from Virginia and other slave ho'da Ais
wished introduce slavery IN wait they were pe.seis
term modified form. /, was slan1d that the ofssnes
VS. ret binding upon the State usi bad oeea Grady
rsseuted 10 hy Inc Stale herself IL other words sas
contrsct between two parties ana no. OF ioSs an ooa
paTt,s had rahed it, Upon such ainsy Pre'easea ss
ousIv uroposed 10 asde t0ai noble 0fil ncr Which
vhele viewed in is nsrhs: ohsrsese 50 sanaae and
viewed in tt grand resai,s, vienna ana
,rs,dirg =. tbs waves Of a free population ron 0n
pi,st, 10 tbs Pacic, will stand forenos and oEgoIe1
smong the gOSies of American Legislation
An suuleNt twas OF
before the Committee the subject Of amIIas OF ehciid
ire slavery Nj Brown ian Eaglish Dissenting w'aser
peturalized Marietta, violent man. anu 'e ''''
the slA'oeracy produced seeto9 wacn ' "a
i,ct in effect thus No pcrs0H shaH % pea "a stIVye
male after Ae Is thirty re gears Of age; sHd J>'
after tsezty Jre yts. 81 age >, =. h,a All,
This section, Judge Cutler fully believed 70 nave org
mated with Presidon Jefferson 9r he adds IN ms
bad conversation with Gov. Norhiagton a. asnns
ton City at the time Congress passed the lay ae-S,s
the Convention, and he Informed me tneI ne Jeesoal
hsdexpressed TO him that such or snla srtse ihsh!
be introduced into the Constitution, ana lac hoped
there would be any effort made for any'ans further
for the exclusion Of Slavery n would operate against
the interests of those who wished TO emlgrae iron the
slave states to Ohio observed 70 the Cosanuee.
writes Judge Cutler thai those who ha1 elected mo to
represent them there were des'ous oil having TINS mat
ter clearly understood and must move to have the SUBJ
'ec laid upon the table until our next meeting ana TO
avoid any wsTmh OF feeling, hoped u ~ eica m'noer
f The Comnttse would prepare section which saoad
fully express his views on this important sncl'ot Inc
Committee met the next morning ana was caueu ohtor
what had proposed the last evening i"hn reaa "
'hcz tie section u noe stands IN the C0aIHato" Mr
Brown observedths what lac had introduced was
BY the greatest az Inc nation 10 De- e''sOhnou
our Constitution obtaining great septowara senei@
emapepaton of slavery and was in has opalon greaty
TO be preferred what had Offered At!er the ans
cuson Mir Brown called for the vote, when his owa bill
va. voted down and Judge Cutters adopted The vote.
however stood four 50 narrow an escape dd tue
great cause Of hui freedom have in thi, Con % ntes
This Committee cd sted of Msssrs Goforth Daalavy,
brown BALDWIN, Grubb " GODS, Updesrah, Cutar, and
Donaldson. Subsequently, Mr.. Rely was added but
whethertO fiji vacancy or not am unable 10 ascertain
"sSeyera efforts continues Judge C.s journal were
msde to weaken obscure the sense of the section on
Its passage out the Brown Jeersonian version mst
with fewer friends than expected On one occssion
when was before the Committee OF the whole ma
terial change introduced was uuwell aud did not
attend III 1t day Gen. Putnam and MIR. Gilman having
informed him how the matter Stood went ne conis
us TO the Convention aud moved to strike out the Oh.
'noaious matter, and made objections as ioreDls
was able, and when the vote was taken Mr. hillsan
changed his vote and we succeeded in placing IL 10 ts
sat,n DIN. Il sf0f
judi Cutler in characteristic style "a humble gra'uia
by his wisdom makes of the weak to defeat tbs par
poses of the great and the wise and TO las Name DC me
glory and praise ,
"Te can hardly predict what the consequences would
have been hud there not been few such men as JUICE
Cutler resist the nsdous aggressons OF the monstros
evil of Slavery Had the Committee, of which hs waa
member brought in report fayora ale TO the admsoa
OF Slavery il would at least have led to perllons agra
ton and the consequences in any event, would nave
been sastrous We tito the heroic puritan hmaeH
of Judge Cutler that such report made and to hin
ever belong the high honor OF drsoing tha sace
in the first Constitution aud fundamental law in the great
State OF Ohio which makes tho home OF tho free while
tho State shall last.
Judge Cutler was never easily moved but when some
great occasion called him forth he exhibited crest power
Such an OCCASION learn from another source was the
trick of Brown in the Convention taking the advantage
of Cutters temporary absence fost into the Constitution
the odious feature of modified Slavery. The Judge
from his sick bed thoroughly reused by this das.ardy sh
liberty but when he reached the Convention his ants
onist the tool Of the greatest in the nation w~
flushed with his recent victory and certain that now he was
safe since secured by actual majority. The fact wsa
the Convention divided into three parties Browna
Cutters and third party which held the balance Of power
and stood aoof from the rest AT the first opportunity
Judge Cutler called up the obnoxious Slavery clause and
Brown with the supercious and pstronizng CIR OF one
certain OF bis strength begged to know of his autagon
what there in that clause ich he could objsctl
The lethargic man was row moved thoroughly and took
the floor delivering such argument all repiete with bot
indignation in which the odousness Of the thing itself and
the of its principal friend shown OF viii
master power that the third party the neutrak oil CAM
the side Of freedom casting "the modified form Of
slavery into the abyss and forever consocrang the
glorious Buck eye State to freedom.
IL somewhat singular fact in Judge Cutters history,
that such self control did he possess but once b
get thoroughly angry This same Brown the ofsndsf
in this case "viipg the good Of Washington and
"dtclaring him no better than Atheist" such Ian
gusge Judge Cutler could not bear and in his ndigas
"ton and oethDg Of the man. threatened him with persos
al violence If the remarks repeated Such display
Of passion after the of the tines but not s
"the manner of Judge Cutler"
Let al the free States Of the West pronounce the NAM
Of ErHRAIM Cutler with due veneraton for had he bee
different sort OF for instance, such s
Douglas of Illinois the entire aspec, of Ohio indiana In
pois, Michigan Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota might svs
been changed by its decoration to Slavery. Col gA
that Nebraska and those other States yet spring up
the great North West when the struggle comos may have
such men O. Ephram Cutler rebuke the wretches VII
would fasen on these republics of the future the canca
the slow consuming cancer-the whitening pestencs
cd curse If ne0ro Slayery man wha