Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-06-13

ihal coJb ID sldNnAho service. LII
caled al De Apital,pf lhe siale. with No EX-
ecaiye of lskslaIIFe pat ionuge, aud beyond
the inauenctsof a6ygreat eommsEcial mari
.he,propheIoR arg SmQre bependehl upon q
generous subscription 10 maintain their posi-
,stenv---Itih- -the--present. einereese-ia-size,
,msklng welIy,eighLcolupns in the daily
and dahrty six ID the Feekly, some adfsnce
has been made 1n>iheterms. Il will require
but a sigh. efforl 10 send ls,s-of- or
ten, though more will not be objected TO-
For terms see frs, page.
All letters on business mus be directed
10 the, OHIO STATE JOURNAL co.
The people ol Athens seem determined 10
enforce The new Liquor Law. A public
meeling was held week before last, and res.
olulions adopted. Since lhas lime, several
persons have been sen. 10 Jail for drunkenness.
L would look more like business if they
should confne some Of those poisOhers,
whose business i. iIsJ % mqqqypullaclprs crimi-
nals.an gadeF 1sisHclaa, cl eys mo G1,7 sH,
tt5 4, N
CoMMIssIoNRR WILcox,-This gentleman
being called upon TO aid in relufning lugi.
live slave, has resigned his oficesi The Cihr
cinati Enquirer, Of The 4,h insE published
rather an offensive article 70 which Mr..
Wilcox oxmakes following reply through the
Ohio Safe Journal. We admire the spirit
which has actunted him: 9l.ao ;1siialni
To he Editors Ohio Slate Jownal:
My attention has jus, been called 10 an at.
iicle in the Cipcinnaii Enquirer Of The 4lh,
relative 10 an, application made 10 me as q
commissi oher, FOR q warrant TO- arrest a fu.
giliye slave. Will youollow me room in
your paper TO say few words in reply? y
Ono day last week, belweenthe hours Of
nine and ten in the forenoon, two strangers
called a. my. office. and said they wished a
private interview with me" A gentleman
present retired, and Then one Of The two slran.
gers said they were in search.of fugitive
slave, and desired my advice hoYlo procdSe
told them that j. was moi my place 10 give
,odyice--sayirg at The same time, that every
Up taken by them YOU'D doubtless NEE
with the strongest opposition, and that they
had better get the ablesl lawye they coulC
Ioprepare their. papers and attend 10 their
case. had been commissioner for abou
five years, and in the conversation told then
this was The first application Of the kind
that had ever been made TO me; and tha
owngio the present state Of things in ou
country, had about made up my mind Il
resign my office, but, as had moi resigned
and they had made the application 10 m,
, while in office, | did NOT feel u Iibo rly I,
r resign UNDER such circumstances; so gav
Y them 10 distinctly understand that, while !
! remdnsd in office, should see the law cur
9 red oul TO the bes. Of my ability The.
showed me no papers, and gave me no nam
or residence of the fugitive. During III
d conversation also suggested TO them whe.h
a cr The law did moi allow Them to priest the fl
give without process, il they could, whic
q seemed TO be u new idea 10 them.
They left me without my understandin
wha, course they intended 10 take. re
" mained in my office as usual during the bu;
l.. mess hours Of the forenoon lnlhe a(iernoo
between TWO and three, i went out 10
y piece of land about TWO miles from ,owl
9 where some mon were engaged in putin
n up building for me, as had done for Sc,
>, eral days before, leaving word with my viii
where | was. And all this, let me assur
YOU gentleman, ! did just exactly in the ord
s. nary way OF attending 10 my aifairs--an
$. just exactly as if.he gentleman from ca
is roll county Ky, or his negro, or the Cil
8. cnnali Enquirer had never been born.
!. did not feel called upon 10 stay in my offic
- from sunrise 10 sundown, and abandon e.
81 erylhing else, that nigh, be instrument
n, in trying to catch negro: nor, on the olhs
S. hand, was ii my intention 10 shrink al a
from the full and just performance Of n
duty, under Ihe laws or The land.
all lsaw no more Of these men, and supposl
! ithey either intended to make the ARE
: without process, orihat on consultation Wi
y soma attorney, they had found their pape
insufficient! On Saturday last resign,
in my Office. 9''eA =
r, q Very truly yours, &c, '@ ~.
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