Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-07-18


Ohio all pledged for the repeal of this
Nebraska iniquity and you viii find.
when they arrive there you sill have an
accession of just twenty-one HALEs aud
Wilson's on that question. grith not n
( Nu2ahey among them We in Ohio do
not threaten them with political death
| only but have resolved that if they do
not stand up for the right. in opposition
to the encroachments Of the Slave propa-
gandists. we will hang them high as Ha-
man (Long continued applause
4 gentleman from Alabama cries ont,
= Douglas was from the North ln Eoap
replied so was Benedict Arnold The
British took the traitor aui we retained
the territory. Our Southern brethren
have the territory and teft res the tTatt1l
They ought to protect, if they Go despise
him Applause aud laughter)
Now, Mr. President, we of Ohio pro-
test against this plank in your platform
as unjust and unrighteous, The maiori-
ty of our delegation are from Virginia,
the sons of her sol! and Virginia, in pu-
rer days Of her commonwealth. taught us
the lessons OF liberty You will remem-
Der by the cession your State made 70 the
NSbCi u N'p'pi hiiieut pt Tue NdSb Nttttt-
west Territory, you Eirginiaus expressly
stipulated that neither Slavery nor iugol-
untary servitude, should ever exist therein,
except for the punishment Of crime We,
then, under the ordinance of 81 are the
first born in the cause of freedom and in
Ohio, your children have resolved To car
ry out your viii by seeing to it that Slave
ry never does exist there and we are
prepared and determined to resist its en-
croachmeuts upon all soil consecrated to
freedom. Yes, Firginians remember
this that with warm hearts aud strong
arms, your sons Will stand up for Liberty
and the right and Ohio, cemented as she
is with the mighty West, is irresistible as
the armies of Israel Striking for the
faith once delivered TO the Saints. zce
strike for Human FrcelI0nl and Hu-
man Rights (Cheers and cries of :. 90
on@)
\ voice in the crowd "You had
better come back to Virginia and see oar
condition" FoRD answered: We have
been in your State and all over it We
know the situation Of your population,
both white and black We know Nlr-
glnla, In this age ofadvaucement has ret
rogated that the white and black races
both suffer under the scourgo of Slavery.
have been on some Plantations. where
from one TO two hundred Negroes were
worked who in the course Of the year,
like the locusts of Egypt, eat up every
green thing Except the MASTERY and be
was compelled, in order to make the two
ends of the year meet to send few hu-
man chattels Southwark In addition tn
this iorarauaa aud ..,pr~-t-.-1r,
monsters brood over your land. shrouj.4r
it in darkness indescribable We Of Oaio
have no wish to return to your State
That white headed old gentleman before
yol spent half his days in Virginia iIe
has known your peculiar institutions
long and he knows that the genius oe
Liberty having been driven out from
you has come to take her abode in the
wilds of the Western world. where she
may build up for herself institutions
and laws based upon the immutable
principles of right. tremendous ap-
plause)
Much has been said about New Yorl,
and Sevardism and inasmuch as her
delegates are here, | Will say nothing
about the State; bat will, l hope be per
mited to speak of our own state Ser
aTd1Sa5. gentlemen at tins HI9HJe5tt has as
heel 01e = SANS zlscE ~ Oai0: ami I'm
less zlou gre rs u h5ert7y-k1ciHe justice
IKE looL7hg Phatforn1, the L'es ef Ocl1bcr
neat actH Ji51d SelCara'iSHj StanollRg 1clth
bath feet an the political gra5e IF ccerY
'' Sem III this iy,td
Already the voices Of freemen are heard
marshaling their forces for the contest;
the fires of Liberty are now burning on
every hill top and in every valley through
the length and breadth of the land. aud
may they continue to burn UNTIL LBFa-
TY SHALL BE THE BIRTH- RIGHT or EVERY
AIERICAN; UNTIL We HAVE E0rEBE-
MENT WITHOUT a DTsFoTIsI; "a Bslgr9V
WITHOUT a PoPE, AND Az EHFIRE wrru-
OUT A SLAVE