The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-09-04
A Black Record-RcpubIiCans ON
the Side of slavery.

the side Of slavery
If the candid citizens Of the North have
heretofore placed confidence in their Re-
publican leaders, it seems to us that that
confidence must be greatly shaken by the
course pursued by the House of Represen-
T tatives in Congress. The passage of DUNN's
bili is in lagrant violationo: all the former
professions of the Republican party and
shows them up in the light, not of friends
t of freedom and humanity, butas the PRO.
. PAGANDIsTs CT SLAVERY,
That bill, as Mr. Letter justly remrrks,
, perpetaatcs slavery in the territory oil Kan
} sas until Is5s-makes every child born Of
slave mother, slave forever and extends
, the fugitive slave law over Kansas. No
better or surer mode of making Kansas
slave State could possibly be adopted
II seems as if they were determined upon
extending the area of human bondage
How must the honest, patriotic men who
voted for those Republican members Of
Congress, with the hope Of doing something
for the cause of freedom, be disappointed
in that hope; how must their hearts sink
within them when they are forced to the
conclusion that their own chosen represeE-
tatives have bttr0ycd their trust, violated
, their pledges and broken their agreement
, with the people, oil for the purpose of er
, finding human slavery!
The following is portion Of the Gath
: section of Dunn's bill After repeating
, the l4th and 32d sections of the Knnsas-
Nebraska act, and restoring the 9Th section
, of the Missouri Compromise, it contains
the following Proviso:
"Provided, howerer, That any person
lawfully held to service in either of said
Territories shall rot be discharged from such
service by reason of such repeal and revival
T. of said eighth section, il such person shall
be permanently removed from such territory
or Territories prior to the first day Of Janu-
& ary, 1858; and any child or children born,
in either of Said Territories, Of any female
lawfully held to service, if in like manner
!, removed without said Territories before the
It expiration of that date, shall not lie, bv
U reason of any thing in this act, emaacipated
from any SerUice it might have owed had this
act never been passed: And prorided far
" Tier, that any person lawfully held to service
1t in any other State or Territory of the United
l. States, and escaping into either the Terri
tory of Kansas or Nebraska, may be re. claim
cd and removed to the person or place where
such service is due, under any law of the
g United States which shall be in force uDor
IF the subject" , t -..
n Now, here is the vote on the passage o
70 this bill.
ID YEAS Messrs. Albright, Allison. Ball
n Barbour, Benson, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw
ID Brentoh, Butfintpp, James H. Campbell
ID l.. ID. Campbell. Chaffre, C!awson. Cola,
Comns, Covode, CumbaCk, Dumrell, Dean
II Dick, Dodd, Dunn, Dur!ep, Edie, Edwards
Emrie, Flagler, Giddings, Gilbert, Granger
u Grow, Robert B. Hall. Harlan. Harrison IIa.
Is ven, Holloway, Thomas r. Horton. V. B.
s. Horton, Huehston, Kelsey, King, Knapp
-, Knight, Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel, Mattesor
. McCarty, X. Miller, Moore, Morgan, Nor
u ril, Nichols, Norton, A. Oliver, Parker
n Pelton, Perry, Petit, PringIe, Pnrvance
= Ritchie, Sdbin, Sage, SApP, Sherman
r Simmons, Spinner. Stanton Stranahan
fnPPun, iiiurstun Todd, Ttarton, Wade
u Wakemnn, Wabridse, Waldron, Cadiwal
der, c. Washburne, ElIiluc B. Washburnc
| Washburne, Watson, Welch, Wells
Wood, Woodruff and Woodworth-
AYS-lIeSsrs. Aiken, Barksdale, Bell
{ Bowie, Branch, Broom, Burnett, john p.
e Campbell, Carlisle, Carruthers, Caskie
k Howell, ,Cobb,W. r. ". Cobb, Cox, Craige
d Crawford, Cullen, Davidson. H. w. DAVIS
Denver, DoWdeH. EdmoDdson, English,
Foster, Faulkner, Goodc, Greenwood, ]
u. Harris, S. w. lIarriS, t. L. Harrs,
c Houston, Jewett, G. W. Jones, ]. G.. Jones
G Kennett, Kidwell. Lake, Letter, ,Lumpkin. II.
! Marshall, S. S. 6lursh III, Maxwell, S. Mil.
Ter, Milson, Packer Peck, Phelps, Powell
Puryear, Quiman, Reade, Ready, Ricaud
Rivers, Ruflin, Savage, Shorter, S. A. Smith,
t W. Smith, Sneed ,SteP PhcnS, Stewart, ,Swope,
Taylor, Trippe, Underwood, Walk, Waller,
Warner, Watkins, WinsIow, D. B. Wright,
]. V. Wright and IoIlcoaer-74.
Thus it can be seen that these shriekers
for freedom, have for two years past, been
deceiving and de'rauding the people. They
have been making promises which they new
er intended to fulfill, and pledges which they
never intended to carry out. Their love Of
humanity is mere preteXt to gain power
and their shouts for freedom were only to de-
ceive the people. Shall we not condemn
such dishonest y, such contemplate hypoc-
racy! ........ ....... .....-..
These representatives, have now shown
the cloven foot, and the public can see who
and what they are. There should be u stern
y settlement with them when they return
to their outraged and misrepresented con-
stituency Instead of leaving the institu-
! tons of the territory to be settled by the
: people, they have interiered and lega!tzed
! and perpet0ated slavery. .a -.. ... ....
Two Beautiful Extracts to he
Kept Before the People.