The true Democrat., 1855-05-08
The Rosetta Slave Case-Meeting
 at Jeffersontown, Kentucky.

The meeting was organized by the appoint ment of the following officers:
 Ed. D. Hobbs President s. Churchill, John H err, - Anderson, Vice Presidents; Captain w. J. Heady, Secretary.
 The following gentlemen were appointed to report resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting: W. c. Bultt, chairman; D. Doup, Geo. Hancock, N. Wolfe, Sherrod Williams, R. N. Miller Dr. R. Miller, Wm. Short, Ben. Cas- saday, Captain w. J. Heady, Jno. o. Bullock, Dr. Sentency Jno. Downey, Joshua F. Bullitt Gibson Mallory, and Peter Funk.
 The following report was made and unani- mously adopted:
 PREAMBLE-It is point of our political faith that the provisions Of the constitution should be faithfully and honestly carried out and on no subject is this duty more imperative than that of slavery. The discharge of this great political duty is alike binding on the States and the general government, and recreancy in either must prove fatal to the Union.
 "We claim no right for the citizens of Ken- lucky which we are not willing to extend to others, and, while we utterly disclam any dis position to interfere with the local policy of other States in reference to the institution of slavery, we do solmnly protest against any and all interference on their part with rights guar teed to us by the constitution of the State and 
 that of the Union.
 "The principles asserted by the State courts of Ohio, and other free States have at last reached point at which the tenure of property is rendered fatally insecure, and our equal rights as American citizens utterly disregarded. Our people can no longer remove with their proper ty from slave State to another, or navigate our geat western rivers-the common property of all-without being exposed to insult and in- | jury, and deprivation of property, under the sanction of law.
 "Ths policy is not only eveled at domes- | tic institution, over which the State of Ken lucky has exclusive cognizance, but is practi- cal and direct interference with our commercial interests Neither the State of Ohio nor any other State has the right, under the constitution of the United States to deny to the people of Kentucky the free navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and to use their slave labor for that purpose. It is the high and solemn duty of the general government to protect us in the free and unobstructed exercise of these rights.
 "In the present disturbed and excited state of public sentiment, our hope Is Ill the faithful administration of the laws by the federal au- thorities. We look to the constitution of the United States and the patriotic and enlighten- ed spirit in which it orig ginated, as our protec- ton against the inroads of that fanaticism which would deprive us of our rights. The supreme judiciary is the final arbiter to which we must appeal before we relinqush all hopes of an ad- justment of this difficult and portentous ques- ton.
 "We cherish the confident belief that the provisions the constitution, and the laws made in pursuance thereof are fully adequate to our protection, and, when rightly understood and properly enforced, will secure the just rights of all.
 Resolved That in view of these principles we take pleasure in bearing testimony to the manly, bold and disinterested course of our fel- low citizen, the Rev. Henry M. Dennison, in appealing, though in vain, to the constituted authorities for a vindicaton of his rights; we say disinterested, because it is generally under stood by the people of Kentucky that the costs of recovering a slave under the fugitive slave law usually exceed the value of the slave
 ResOlved, That as citizens of Kentucky we feel an honest pride that he did not shrink from the faithful discharge of his duty as be- liever
 Resolved, That H. H. Robinson, United States Marshal in Ohio is entitled to our thanks for the bold and faithful discharge of his duties as an officer on the occasion aforesaid. '" ResolUed, That it is the duty of the State of Kentucky to do all things necessary, and which are not prohibited by the constitution oi the United States, for the protection of her ci tizens against aggressions by the legal authori. : ties of other States.