The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-09-03
MIR. Wnde's Letter.


FRIESD BROwS As you are editor of the
above Journal and your name stands connected
with mine as one of the Democratic committee for
this senatorial district, take the liberty Of ad-
dressing you this for publication My reasons tor
doing SO, are to place myself in right position be.
fore the public conLidng in your honor to favor
me thus far, to exhonorate myself from any charge
of deception or discrimination. From my first read
ing Of the political news of the day, when i boy,
when kind parent placed the Albany Evening
Journal - and the Albany Argus" in my hands
and said, read both sides and form your own polti-
cal opinions :" my sympathies have been with the
democratic party aud ever since have been old
enough to exercise the elective franchise nv vote
has ever been cast in favor of Democratic nonli-
nee, with one single exception. The word " Den
ocracy,' has ever had something thrilling and cleo
trirying to me- have stood by its col0rs with its
honest friends, alike in victory and defeat. Many
OF its friends endedred me by all the ties OF
social and political ASSOCIATION. But with my
present views of politics, cannot act honestly and
cOnscientiously without seyering my former po!it-
cal associations.
am at heart and ever have been, antagonisic
to the great and aIl-lb5o.bing topic of the last
and present administration. No doubt the cry
will be raised, Traitor" rurucOat = &c. but il
man mus, bow down and worship at the shrine Of
slavery to secure him against the above epItAets,
for one, shall glory III them.
A few reasons will be elaine from me for taking
my pre- ent position. | will give them in as brei
a manner rs possible In dong So [ will have to
trace back our political history until the menor-
able year Of 1880, when the infamous and odous
Fugitiv- Slave Law Gf it can be called law }
was passed.. From that time to the present, new
light or darkness, has made its appearances in our
polica, horizon After the passage Of the so-cal,ed
" Fugitive Slave Law" there was one universal
burst Of indignation from the great mass of the
people The democratic party was first anu fore
most in denunciationS heaping epithets upon the
lew traitors in our party and curS!ng the IVAig
party for passing such netarious act which woIld
he n disgrace to any half civilized nation. Bat
behold when two years had passed away aud
candidates were to be nominated for the PreSiden-
cy the zeal Of the Democracy" had gone down.
even below zero. The Wing party met and nom
inated their candidate and spiked down the " Fugi-
tive Slave Law as the great cross plank in their
platform. Then comes triaI test OF the faith OF
Democracy They meet in convention, cuuii-
dalc is nominated, platform is reared, and the
Fugitive Slave Law" spiked across to keep it
from falling down. But for fear the party vii! not
swallow the dose, palliative is administered
No more agitation Of slavery by Congress" The
merits and demerits, Of the candidates were set
forth by opposition Journals the DemoC racy claim
ing the chief preference of their candidate over
the other, in his being northern man with north
erH principles, while the other was a slave no der
with southern principles. The people, smarting
under the late outrage upon their rights in Con-
gress making them u nation OF slaves by that in
famous ouual1, entered the contest. Franklin
Pierce was chosen President by n majority unpre
cedened in the annals of our history since the
time of the first Adams. What was the result
Was the promise faithfully kept? | answer no !
Almost the leading measure of his administration
was the Kansas Nebraska bill" That bill has
set the ball in motion that will not stop until this
government tamely submits TO the yoke that is al
ready placed upon the necks of the pcope, ami
becomes nation of slaves or arise in the might
of their strength and declare, through the ballot
box, that freedom shall be national and slavery
sectional.
have asserted that we are to-day nation of
slaves What is slavery Can there be any worse
slavery than deprivlng person of the exercise of
the most noble and God-like aspirations OF the
human heart | answer mol! Docs the Fugl-
tive Slave Lai1 deprive Il person Of that privilege?
Most aSsuredly it does When my physical sys-
TEN is enslaved, it can only affect me while physi
cal life lasts, but when la1 crosses the threshold
Of my moral obligation and deprives me Of eXer-
cSing those principles that are most elevutiug and
ennObng IN man, that unite him by the ties of as
Smilation to his Creator the effect cannot end with
this life, if iClA yield obedience "Will not the
Judge OF all the earth do right?' We expect
Lawyers, when pleading for their clients, to Oh
scure testimony on the opposite side as much as
possible, aud place the most favorable construction
possible upon their own But we look for the
judge to sum upgive his charge, and pass sentence
with the most strict mpartiaity. Let us hear the
Judge OF Judges sum up and pass sentence.
Was hungry aud ye fed me- naked and ye clothed
me,'--in Prison and be came unto me-, When
and how Ye have done 1t to the least Come
ye blessed of my father Our outlines, would
fine and imprison me for doing this under certain
circumstances and instead Of sending me to pris-
on TO administer to their necessities, would turn me
into Blood H lmd to bay upon their track, to
tOorTy, catch and inprisoH them.' The hydraAead-
sMr. brown wss, until recently, editor of the Bsn,
cock Courier, democratic,