The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-07-28

gentlemen have said many pretty things about
the Union. We. too, are devoted to the Union;
first, last, and all the time: and we do not make
Slavery condition precedent to our attach. |
ment to this Union, either. Can you say a. |
much! Thank God! we of the West have high |
er. holier and more patriotic motives We are |
devoted 10 this Union. because ere long, by its |
perpetuity and advancement we expect to be- |
come an empire of Freedom everywhere =
CHEERS. long and Loudly Every public demon
stration have attended here patriotic gentle |
men have attempted to turn into Union saw
ing machine-until am sick OF the endless
prating about the Union-being fully satisfied
that they say Union once and mean Negro
three times. (Laughter) z5.a I.
This Union, rest assured. is in no danger-l
We OF Ohio do not intend to go out of the O. |
MON, or let anybody else do So loud cheer
ing.) And ifyou, illibustering South Carroll
ma gentlemen think OF going out of the Union,
please take retrospective view Of your past
lives. and you will 6nd this is not the first time
you have tried to kick out OF the traces. And
if you make the trial, it will not be the first
time you are kicked back! Remember Old .sBy
the Eternal" brought you mp standing once
and we Of the Central Northern States and
Western States have determined to do so when
ever necessary. (Applause.)
The gentleman from Virginia asks. If we are
so devoted to the Union at the North. how it
comes to pass that We return such men as Hale,
Wilson and Chase to the Senate? will answer
him fully and fairly. 1t is the South that
brought such men into notice, politically. At
the North. the continual agitation of the peace
of the Union for the purpose of extending sla
very brings into notice the men at the North of
giant intellect and moral force. Does he under
stand? mote. like the gentleman or myself
float very comfortably in still and quiet at
mosphere; but it takes the wild tornado to
move the imbeddcd rock. That political tor
nado has been raised Ivy yourselves, by your
determination to extend. by fraudulent and I'M
constitutional means the area of human chat
tledOm. Do you understand me, sir? Yes: we
thank God we hare such men as Wilson. a
Seward, Sumner and Chase !; men who,
knowing the right. have the nerve to contend
for it: men of undoubted integrity and ability,
whose patent of nobility comes from heaven
And mark We. gentlemen of the South. the days
OF llunkryism at the North are numbered. The
Northern Turkeys are all dead and damned
anil if ever another one appears TO your vision,
rest well assured be is illegitimate. We have
elected twenty-one Representatives from Ohio.
all pledged for the repeal of this Nebraska mi
guilty; and you will find. when they arrive
| there, you will have an accession of just twen-
ty-one Haes and Wilson's on that question.
ciM not a Turnkey among them. We in Ohio
do not threaten them with political death only;
but have resolved that it they do not stand up
for the right. in opposition to the encroach-
ments of the Slavery propagandists. we will
| hang them high as Hannah! (Long continued
applause)
gentleman from Alabama cries out, Doug
| las was from the North!'' Ford replied So
| was Benedict Arnold The British took the
traitor and we retained the territory. Our
| Southern brethren have taken the territory
| and left as the traitor. They ought to protect.
| # they do despise him! applause and laugh
ter.)
Now, Mr.. President. we Of Ohio protest
against this plank in your platform as unjust
and unrighteons. The majority of our delega-
| on are from Virginia, the sons OF her SOIL and
Virginia in the purer days Of her common
| wealth, taught us the lessons of liberty. You
will remember by the cession your State made
| to the General Government of the Northwest
territory, you Virginians expressly stipulated
| that ncithcr Slavery nor involuntary servitude
| should ever exist therein. except for the pun
iShment of crime We, then. under the ordi-
nance of 81 are the first born in the cause OF
freedom; and in Ohio your children have re-
solved to carry out your will by seeing to ii
| that Slavery never does exist there; and we
| are prepared and determined TO resist its en-
crOachments upon soil cOnsecrated to frC edom
Yes, Virginians! remember this ; that with
warm hearts and strong arms. your sons will
stand up for Liberty and the Right; and Ohio
cementcd as she is with the mighty West, is ir
resstble as the armies OF Isrea Striking for
the faith once delivered to the Saints we strike
for Human Freedom and Human Rights -
Cheers and cries of 'go On.'')
"a voice in the crowd.) You had better
come to Virginia and see our condition" Ford
answered! We have been in your State and all
over it. We know the situation of your popu-
!ation. both white and black. We know ,ha,
Virginia. in this age OF advancement, has re.
trograded; that the white and black races both
suffer under the scourge of Slavery. l have
been on some plantations. where from one 20
two hundred ncgr ,cs were worked, who in tie
course o. the year, like the locusts of Egypt
eat CT every thing, land the owner was compell-
ed, SO as to make the two ends of year meet. co
send few human chattes Southwark. In ad
dltion 10 this ignorance and superstition
mighty monsters. brood over your land .sbroud.
Ing it in darkness indescrible. We, O. OHIO
have no wish to return to your State. That
white headed old gentleman before YOU spent
half bis days in Virginia. He has known your
peculiar institution long; and be knows that the
genius OF Liberty having been driven out from
among you, has come to take her abode in the
wilds OF the western world. where she NAV
build up for herself institutions and laws based
upon the immutable. principles of right. Tire
mendous applausc)
1uuCu u"e occH bdIO ABOUT new DIX and Sc |
wardsm; and inasmuch as her delegates are
here will say nothing a'out that State; but |
WILL hope. be permitted to speak OF our own
State. Sewardism. gentleman, at this moment |
has its heel on Sans neck in Ohio; and un- |
less you give US liberty loving. justicclike |
looking platform the Ides o: October next will |
find Sewardstn standing with both fee on the |
political grave Of every "Sam' in this land
Already the voices OF Frcemen arc heard. |
marshallng their forces for the contest; the |
fires o! Liberty are now burning on every bill |
top and in every valley throughout the length |
and breadth of the land and may they continue |
to burn UNTIL LIBERTY SHALL BE THE BIRTH
RIGHT OF EVERY AMERICAN UNTIL WE HAVE |
GOVERNMENT WITHOUT DEsPOrIsM; AN EXPIRE
WITHOUT SLAVE!
COMPELLED TO LEAvE.-It will be recollected
that Mr.. Willis. of South Carolina. died in
Cincinnati few weeks ago. after having eman.
cipated his slaves. The Edisto (South Carroll.
na) Clarion learns from private source. that
Mr.. JOliffe avpcnfor of ba Elijah U1l:.