Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-10-03

sOith the Federal Charts. 1t does not de-
clare any one slave, nor does it emanci-
pate any slave LAWFULLY held until
January, 1858.
Suppose Judge Lecompte had taken
Slaves into Kansas, and that this bill had
passed, and that he should attempt to re-
move theml And suppose that Gen. Lane
or somebody else should obtain writ of
habeas ccrpus, compelling him to show
cause WHY he restrained these persons of
their liberty What would be the conse-
quence? Would Judge Lecompte plead
that he held them by authority Of Dunn's
bill? Not at all. lie must show that he
LAWFULLY held them as slaves, In tie
Territory, before the passage of said bill.
How is he to do this? Why, by proving
that Slavery has right to exist in the ter
ritories of the United States, wherever it
is not prohibited by law-that he LAW
FULLY held these slaves, in the absence
of law, by virtue Of the above-named right,
and that slaves were his property, by pur-
purchase, or otherwise. Ifhe could prove
all this, then, by virtue of Dum's bill, he
could remove them out of the Territory;
if not, they would be set at liberty. Pre-
ciscly the same reasoning will apply to chill
dren "born of any FEMALE LAWFUL
LY HELD TO SERVICE"
In regard to extending the Fugitive
Slave Law over. the Territories, we remark
that the Kansas Nebraska act, which these
political beauties (Medill & Co. extol Sc
highly, does, without doubt, and in expires.
terms, extend the Fugitive Slave Law owe
these territories. Sec. 10, of that infamous
"Kansas- Nebraska bill'-reads as follows
Sec. 10. That the provisions of an &C
entitled can act respecting fugitives from
justice, and persons escaping from the ser
vice of their masters" approved Feb. 19
1898, and the provisions of the act entitled
An act to amend, and supplementary t.
the aforesaid act" approved Sept, l8, 1851
be, and the same is hereby declared to ex
, tend to and be in full force within the linn
its of said territory of Nebraska.
In addition to this, the Fugitive Slav
Act erteeds itself over every State and Ter
, ritoy of the United States, in spite of al
law to the contrary.
0 The Missouri Compromise allows tn
return of fugitives, as may be seen. b
: reference to the 9th section quoted above
9 Dunn's bill does not once mention til
Fugitive Slave Law. All that is said c
9 fugitives in the entire bill, is in the las
clause of the 24th section. Read it, an
n judge for yourself
4 Now, honest reader, you have the mat
r ter before you in its true light. We as
you, in all candor, "Have. not these politi
q cal mountebanks LIED-lied wilfully an
i maliciously- lied for the purpose of de
ceiving the people, and of injuring tru
! friend of liberty? If they have not, the
s are we no judge of the meaning of lar
). guage. If they have, then are all the
n statements unworthy of belief.
y In conclusion: Is is not strange that
:. this bill extends Slavery over these terr
J, tories, every member of Congress who
IN favor Of tie extension Of Slavery vote
i AGAINST it, while nearly every memb,
J. who is opposed to tie ertension of SLAVE,
d voted FOR it? Is it not strange, (if tn
IS this Bill extends Slavery that the on
men who denounce it are those who uphoI
d and sustain the foul despotism of Frankl
e Pierce, and who are laboring to elevate IL
# Cincinnati Pro-Slavery Platform to IL
h Presidency? Is it not strange (if it e:
If tends Slavery that the men who voted f
v it are denounced by these same orators,
n Black Republicans, Woolly-Heads, Abol
e tionists? Is it not strange that (if it e
|, tends Slavery that all the orators al
J. presses of the extreme South denouncc
v itas an invasion of Southern rights? Blu
N enough. We grow impatient, when v
" contemplate the depth of depraviiy whic
h must be attained by our opponents, befo
d they could so pervert the truth,