The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-07-25

the ofuer. Hurrah for JeSultlSm OF
the blacklist character.
I would ask the editor of the Guern-
sey Times, who is a member of the secret
oath bound order, who authorized him to
dissolve the Whig party. Were you, my
fellow-citizens, who have been voting and
acting with that party, and supporting the
Times for years gone by, consulted, when
he took it upon himself in this county to
say that the Whig party was HuMBUa?
He should have thought of this when he
charged me last fall all over the county with
having left the Wing party, when, at the
same time, he was engaged in the dead
hour of midnight, preparing for its. fu-
neral.
To give you, my fellow-citizens, his
tory Of the acts and doings of the mid
night faction, 1 will introduce CHARLES
JEFFERSON ALBRIGHT, Congressman elect
on the Know Nothing and anti-Nebraska
ticket; who at one time, was Secretary of
the anti-Slavery Society in this place; and
after the passage of the blood hound Fu-
gitive Slave Law, which was passed under
a Whig administration, there was an in
dignation meeting held by the Freesoil
party of the county in your Court house.
This same, kind, affectionate, Negro-loving
Charles Jefferson Albright (the "Jeffer-
son" ought to be stricken out) marched
to the Court House, meek as lamb, and,
not being able to make speech himself,
hunted up passages in the Sacred Word
of God and handed them to the speaker
to prove that slavery was right; that the
fugitive slave law was right, and that God
in His Holy Word allowed the catching
of colored men by blood hounds on the
free soil of Ohio. This, fellow citizens
was all right, and why O.! only because
it was done under whig administration.
And so it would have been in case the
Nebraska bill had been passed under a
Wing administration. You would have
seen this same Charles Jefferson Albright
marching to the Court House with the
Word of God in his hand, hunting up
passages and handing them to the speaker
to prove that the sovereigns in a terrific
ry had right to have slavery or not, just
as they pleased, but because the bill was
passed under Democratic administration,
Gov. Shannon, the member Of Congress
| from this District, who sustained the
measure, was called ira tor, a BENEDICT
ARNOLD, and dog, by this same c j
Albright, in his Guernsey Times.
Such base hypocri,ical conductis enoss gi
to make angels weep. For ;:-liquity ;ne
Nebraska bill is no more to be compared
to the blesd hound Fugitive Slave Law
Tan Heaven is to Hell Ny language is
harsh, but his conduct and dcsecration oi
the Word of God is more so.
Fellow-citizens, we have in the Q. S.
and Territories about four millions of o
black population millions of whom
are slaves, who are denied the right to
read the Word of God, and treated in
every way like personal chattels at COM
mon auction. The beasts Of the field, the
birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea
fill the sphere for which they were created;
but man has violated, under the stars and
stripes of the American flag all the sa-
cred ordinances of the Divine Law in the
inhuman traffic of human beings. We
have about one million of free blacks
amongst US who are very little more cared
,, for than our cattle. In the Union we
have about FIVE millions of foreign pop
ulation, about one million of whom are
Roman Catholics including foreign and
native born citizens, who are nearly all on
the side of the free soil party. And now,
fellow-citizens, in what condition are we
placing ourselves as nation by our Ma
tive American or Know Nothing move
ment? Can we, as q nation under these
circumstances, look for or expect aid in
time of war if our country should be in
vaded by foreign foe? No, never! On
the contrary if inducements Of liberality
were held out to them by the invaders
would it not be natural for them to take
up arms against our country.
1 would say to the free soil party, you
commenced weak but you have grown
strong and have become powerful party
You have passed through the fiery ordeal
of persecution. Your press in this place
a few years ago came very nearly being
torn down-the house of your editor mob
bed, black-balled, and missiles thrown
through windows at his wife and children.
The editor of the Guernsey Times spit in
his face, which he meekly wiped off. But
persecution has its day, and evidently
produces its effects. You have been
growing stronger and more powerful ever
since. But what have the old bunker
Office seeking wings done here to decoy
you off, by their Know Nothing secret
apparition They felt your power but
dare not come out like men and speak
boldly in your behalf. No! they tell you
they have powerful Know Nothing par
ty, and if you will only follow them, and
give them the Offices they will carry along
with their corrupt, treasonous movement
your free soil principles while you stand
looking on and voting. They tell you
that they, too, love the black man, but
hate the id foreigners-cspecially
the cred mouthed Irish" Will you suf-
fer yourselves to be swallowed by a set
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