Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18
A DEMOCRATIC CAUSE OF JOY.

The Democrats of this state seem tosbe joyful
and happy just in proportion to the debasement OF
our State under the hoof Of the Slave power. 1t
seem impossible for The minions of that power to
do anything however infamous or bumiliating
which they will not applaud. Tho Cincinnati En-
.quircr expresses its delight at Judge Leayitt's de-
cision as follows:
"There is not the slightest yagueness or eva.
siveness in this decision. 1t meets fully, squarely
and plumply every question raised in this extraor.
binary case, The right and authority Of the INIT
cd States obfcerS 10 resist and disregard all State
process, uh2e engaged in the serUice Of Tie tcrits Of
Tie United States tribunals their duty to prevent
BY ANY DEGREE OF FORCE, any interruption
in the performance of their duties; and exclusive
Jurisdiction of the united States Courts Of all mat
tcrs arising under the act Of Congress providing
for the reclamation Of fugitives from labor; the vio-
lation of the sovereignty of tho United States,
which would be involved IN any attempts 10 execute
'tho extraordinary" act of the Ohio Legislature,
giving the State Courts authority to issue writs Of
habeas corpus against all persons for any cause,
were most lucidly and ably exposed.
Under this act of the Legislature all attempts to en-
force the jurisdictionand the laws of theU nitedStates
might be defeated. The rcry case put by as a te,c-
days ago Were stated by Judge LeariH. Under this
law any friend or accomplish of a party in the Gus
tody of the Marshal, for robbiug the mail or coun-
terieiting the coin of the United States, might OBJ
tain his release by suing out a hddeds corpus and.
IN case Its service wore rcslSteu-aS ~ WAS tue uutH
r Of the Marshal to resist any such process-the lat
ter Nigh. be arrested and detained in Jail for as
sau!t and battery and his prisoner DO taken off to
some other county and released.
f Judge Leavitt unhesiiatingly decided that the,
Mnrshals WERE JUSTIFIED in resisting the ser
vice of the writ in the hand of Layton, and that no,
more force was used than was necessary TO oue,.
come Tic rjotcnce Of he Sheriff and his gSSiStdnt..-
lie saw nothing to censure in tho conduct of the,
%ccrs."-Enqni'er, July, 10, 1857.
Upon this the Ohio State Journal. o Republican
paper comments as follows
"Thnts the talk. The Mississippi editor of the
7 Enquirer knows how to put it to the common, folks.
of Ohio. lie knows how to make Federal Judges
\ in Ohio toe the Mississippi mark. lie tells his,
readers that "the very cases" put by him in tho
|, Enqu6cr or, was stated by Leavitt in illustration and
4 sppOrt of his decision. Very kind in the editor to
. tell Leavitt Low to decide, and to supply the cases
c to be stated in his opinion, very
+, Well, we know now where wo are. Federal Of
fcials engaged in serving federal writs, have the
}, right and authority to resist and disregard all State
sary to overcome State officers executing the writs
OF the State. This is plain language. We are
I, glad the Enquirer has so condensed the essence of
the decision. We have italicised and capitalized
some of its words, 50 ne to direct the most earnest
ID attention of our readers to them. IL the doctrines
stated by them are to prevail, Ohio is no longer a
| free State. Her people are ~despoiled of all rights.
No mans liberty is safe. Will the people submits
Or will they nerve themselves to redoubled efforts
Or to overthrow this new tyranny and It's tools?