Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-10-04
The device on tie silver pitcher giUsn
Chase By the niggers Of Cincinnati

From the colored people of Cincinnati,
for his various services in behalfof the
oppressed, and particularly for his
eloquent advocacy of the rights
of man in the case of Samuel
Watson who was claimed as
a fugitive slave February
12, l845."
Chase IN facor of negro aDaoigGnation
sDith the 1rhites..
awe feel, therefore, that all legal
distinctions between individuals of the
same community, founded in any such
circumstances as color, origin and the
like, are hostile to the genius of our in
stitutions, and incompatible with the
true theory of American liberty
From page 90 of Chase's speech on
nigger silver pitcher presentation.
Chase in tavor of the higher lar.
The Morning Herald, an Abolition
paper, formerly published in Cincinnati,
of the date of August 13. 1914, contain
Gu InC lOlIOWihS uOblCC VI al AOOiltiOu
meeting held in that county. 1t said:
"In the evening lrrge meeting was
held at the Methodist Church in New
Haven. The same speakers, Lewis
and Chase addressed it. After they
had finished, Polk Democrat produc-
ed the much-talked of Buffalo resolu-
ton, and wanted to hear from the spea-
kers about it. They answered him
thoroughly. They denied that the
Constitution, rightly construed, tolera-
ted slavery at all. They insisted that
if its provisions could be fairly enforc-
ed, according TO their obvious meaning,
it would put an end to slavery. They
admitted that the slavery parties put a
different construction on the instrument
and openly declared that if they believed
the Constitution did require them to do
anything morally wrong, they would
disregard the Constitution and do right.
Mr.. Chase invited ali who would do
what they believed to be morally wrong,
because they were required by the law
or Constitutional provision to do so, to
rise. Not one rose. He then invited
all who would do what they believed to
be morally right, though forbidden to
do so by any law or constitutional clause
to rise. Every woman rose, and every
man except ten or fifteen.
Chase's ultra A5olitionism.
81 believe that whenever Liberty men
shall obtain the control of Congress, all
laws for the maintenance of slavery in
the District and in Florida, and for the
special encouragement of slave labor,
will be repealed; that the coastwise and
interstate slave trade will be prohibi-
ted; aad that resolutions declaring sla-
very unconstitutional in all new States
created out of Territories, and recon-
mending to the Legislators of the origi-
nal States the abolition of slavery
within their respective limits, will be
adopted.
81 believe that whenever the Judi
ciary of the United States shall cease
to be the creature of the slave power,
and the Judges shall receive their ap-
pointments from a Liberty President
and Senate, slavery will be declared to
be unconstitutional in the District, in
Florida and in all States created out Of
Territories.
81 believe that slavery in the United
States will not survive the accession of
the Liberty party to power a single
year" Communication of Salmon P.
Chase to the Cincinnati Morning Her
aid, Sept. 8, 1874.
Henry Clay pronouaces the above doctrine
10 Be "Disunion." So
In speech in the United States SEN
ate, few years ago. Mr.. Clay said:
"a single idea has taken possession
'f their minds, and onward they pur- +