Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-30
| Is Ohio a Free State?--Are there
any Free States in Our Union?

1t appears to me according to the lat
decision of Judge Taney, that Slavery hs
become national, and Freedom. not section,
but nominal, that is, it exists only in name
the slsvehoder can carry his property wher
be pleases, that is the decision. Judg
Taney says, IF the Constitution recognize
the right of master snd slave, and makes n
difference between slaves and their property
no tribunal acting under the authority o
the United States can draw such a distinc
tion.' 'As we have already said, the righ
of property in a slave is expressly confere'
in the Constitution and guaranteed to ever!
state.' If to every state then also to Ohio
We 'gresssv mechanics filthy operatives,
or 'hard listed farmers of the North, W,
can now enjoy the company of gentlemen.
They can come land bring their property
with them. Doubtless the Gentlemen 0
the suny South vi come and bring thei
property While here the property car
be PVT to wOrk. upon our Railroads, on Ou'
streets, or in our shops or manuiactories.-
To be sure many Of. our laboring whites wil
b. driven ou f'emfioymeIt that IN; kes nc
difference; cur Constitution was formed FOL
Gentlemen and the protection of .heil
property Ohio is a slave state, the Con.
stilution Of the United States, protects the
master in his prope ty wherever he goes
He may come TO Ohio, or GO TO New York
or call the roll OF his slaves upon the slope
Of Bunker flilI,' he is protected by this new
law of Uur Supreme Court. If the Con-
stitution Of the United States recognizes
slaves as property, .oif.ring IN no respect,
as The Supreme Court declares, from any
from any other property, then no Stat. Le-
stature or State Constitution can deprive
the owner Of such slave property, the lull
use and enjoyment of it in any State, into
which he may emigrate with his negroes
He may open slave pen and an suction
block tor the sale of men, women and chill
dren, in hio or any other state as thev are
property, aud they have the same right 10
trade in them that we have in horses or
J ackkniyes. Slavery is now national. Free
dom has no abiding place. save in the hearts
Of Freemen. Ohio, in law has cessedto be
a Free State. Sir, if Master can hold his
saves one hour in Ohio, he :an a wear or a.
long as he piesses therefore, the questions,
Is Ohio Free Statel Are any of the states
OF this Union Freel
After examining the Dred Scott decision,
have come to the conclusion that there is
not Free Sale, but that slavery is nation
al. Every one should examine carefully for
themselves; Again, The Supreme Court has
settled the Kansas question in advance
Congress cannot authorize 10 do what it
Cannot do iIseli; it cannot confer on the
Territories power to violate the provisions
OF the Constitution This is as clear as
mud. Neither can Congress authorize the
people Of Territory alb, ut to frame state
Constitution to violate the provisions of The
Constitution of the United States. As.the
Constitution makes no difference between
slaves aud other property, the people of u
Territory about tc form State Constitu-
tiun, make no difference bet 1een slaves and
their property No such distinction can
be drawn
Therefore Kansas nor any other Territory
or state can prohibit The introduction OF
slave property, to do SO would make dis
junction between slaves and other property,
and to make such distinclio = would
violate the provisions of the Constitution
OF the United States. If slave property is
prohibited all other properly must be. there
fore every state that comes i3to this Union
rest, ior TO prohIbit slavery would be, to
violate The prov isions of the Constitution of
The United States
The Foreigners. and the descendants OF
Foreigners naturalzed since the formation
of the Constitution, sre not citizens, &C.
cordiRg to Judge fancy. He says, Every
persvn, and every class and description OF
persons at the time Of the adoption OF the
Constitution, regarded as ciizens OF the
several states, become citizens If the new
lor them a their posteriiy and for nobody
eIse.' These are Tdnry's words, and hi.
words are Jaw. atO'FIanuegon and Hans
Scheindr lm are in as bad fx Is the A irican
N this respect. Judge fancy is one of the
Know NUthlngs, or probably trying 10 xiu
them over tu help the niger Democracy
against he Black Republican,. This Ca
sholIc luDrtlohary aud his !utest nlgger de-
nucratic associates, made their decision
against all precedent. all authorities are
asaiEst them but the Cincinnati Platform :
Against the Inform action of ICongress .oI
more Than sixty years, with the approval d
all the Presidents from Washington down
To Pierce. fancy and his associates under
stand the Constitution better than thost
that made it. Tney, it seems are wisel
than all who have gone before them. 'raney
wants the American people to believe tha
the trainers OF the Consttut on did rot know
their own minds. the CousIituti of 81
which prohibited slavery in ali the Terri
tries we then had, was passed in July, I7S'
the Constitution was formed in Septemb
er of the same year. The same states an
the same men ratified DO b, and one of tn
first acts of the first Congress under tn
| Constitution was to re-affirm the Ordnance
and to prohibit Slavery which act was signe
by President W ashington! Which are Tn
interpreters of the Constitution, Washi 10
ton, jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Adam;
Monroe. or Chief Justice Taney! The
created the Constitution, and the Conslitu
ton created Taney. was educated
Democrat, voted for Van Buren,, Polk, Cas-
and Pierce, but my hair has 60. somewhs
kinked, for sir, Democracy is not what
was, those that pretend to reverence Je
fersun, despise his acts. 1t now devolve
nnnn the nennle to say whether thew wi