The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-05-23

aske0 Tor pf0tccHoh, the pteafdehb ltaA
arrested them as criminals, and caused
hem % Be indicted for high treason
The teachings aud practices Of The faith
etsoftho Republis are disegrdsd, aaa
we arc now called apon to admit, that
slavery Is national; freedom sectional
and that neither Congress nor The Teops
can prohibit slavery 10 our territories.
For ayowing The sentiments announced
in tho Declaration Of Independence, 10
some portions Of the Union. men are driy,
out by mob violence or punished I'M
der the slave code Tho men o, Kansas,
for doing as the men Of Arkansas, Michi-
gan and other states bad done, ia the or
ganization Of q State Government are ar
rested for treason by order of the Presi-
dent, whilst the Infamous Douglas, now
aspiring to the Presidency, and speaking
for his party says to the free men Of the
North ''we wH sa5,iae yoa." For whis.
pcring tho notes Of God-given liberty, in
the ears Of black mother Williamson in.
CURED the dispeasuro Of the despolie
"kaac," aud suffered long months ip
prison
Colorcd citizens Of Massachusetts have
been imprisoned in South Carolina,
charged with no crime. and sold into
bondage to pay jil fees. When the ven
erable HooU Of Boston, visited Charleston
BY commission Of his state to test the To-
gally Of such ootagos before the Federal
courts, he was driven from the state and
only saved from violence by the presence
of his devoted daughter. Tho fugitive
slave law, ouliagingas itdoes, all the die
tates Of justice and humanity, and con
yerting Northern Froenon into sub. Kid
nappcrs has been sanctioned by the Fed.
eml Courts. Tho Army and Navy
moved, at tho command Of venal execu
tive, to aid In reducing man to bondage
who had been found at large in Boston.
For slavery tho Boston Of Adams and
Hancock, was placed under martial law
and $4,000 ofcur money was expended
in the capture Of a pantiog fugitive, in
sight Of the first battlefield of tho Reyo-
luton.
In Cincinnati n slave mother With her
infant in herarms so0gM liberty, but was
pursued by the agents of president
Pierce, and to save her 'Iiaie babe" from
tho retter aud the lash, she shed its blood
and Federal Judge said "ohio cant
punish the murderess. because Mr.
Grimes Of Kentucky, has property in her
flesh aud bones" The sovereignty Of orr
state was trampled upon, aud criminal
was taken from our prison, and sold as
property in the South.
The master now asks to 60 to whore he
sees III with his slaves aud his demand
will be granted. In less than ten years
the boast o. Toombs That he would yet
'call the roll Of his sla'es At Bunker Hill
aud dog them through the eorntelds oI
Ohio, will be recognized as legal right
1 BY the Federal Judiciary The South
controls the government in all its depart
ments,
The oncroachmants Of the slave power
upon the rights Of the North, aud the
integrity Of the Constitution are moro IA
graut and alarming than those which drove
the men Of l776 to pledge their lives,
their fortunes, and their SACRED honor, "
in resistance TO the tyranny Of King
George. What then is the manifest duty
oGtbo lovers Of freedom? Ono says let
Us try to compromise, for the sake Of peace
and the UaiOa say, lot us fight like
rosolu.e moral heroes, for peaee aud sarI.
". Let Us now gird on our armor fol
the .battlel Lst us not evade the issue
forced upon us, for there is no peace bat
in justice and humanity; no safety but in
manly resistance. Whilst sho hosts o
slavery aud their serylc allcsa At the Norll
are nllying for Pierce and Douglas
whose hands now reek with the bloot
of innocence, letus stand firm for freedom
and her champions Freedom or Slavery
in these states must ant will JaH An
aslnisIie, as they are, they cannot unite
and hermonze. Can you mix oil and
water? Can you harmonize vice and sir
tueg
We should begin atoncc. to ponder the
lessons o, reason and history Freedom
may yield. buta crime SO stupenduou'
As A.aosioan Slavery, must sooner or la
er ioel the touch Of Almighty Vengeance
Terrible aud bloody ages will come an'
go, before all men are nee, but as God i
just, ,ha. era will come. In other part
Of Tie earth the masses aro continuall
struggling for moro liberty, but here, il
the ouly free country ON ,he globe, par
~ styling itself Democratic, is pledge