The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-06-19


gho slave Hunt and its geAse-
quenoea
he trial og Charebiil aud his acconlph-
s., b-lors Jasgo Leayiit Of Cincinnati,
~, eomnenoed lasi week. The counsel
fof tho State eonlended tha, the murder.
Gus ssauitupon Sheriff Lay ton y a crime.
5ver which the U. s District Court has
no iurisdiotion--that Il belongs 70 She
s,a.s Courts and hould be punished BY
them. the same as u it had been commit
ted bya private ciiifen--that the fact Of
THAR being United States officers does
no. make thom irresponsible 70 state laws
aud thsl. when they abused and iusul'ed
tbs priaonere. refused compliance with
ths wit Of Aabsas corpus and inhumenly
peat and mallrealed those commissioned
10 serve &, ihoy transcended their au
thorlsy and rendered themselves liable to
tho lsr i6ei-the law Of the Stale. These
positions wero subrtantiated BY truthful
faasoaiaq aud well known precedent and
law. which our limited space compels u
% omit. On the other hand, the counse
for iho defence. headed by GEo. F. PuoH
who represents tho Democracy Of Ohio.
argued tha, United States officers, IN ib'
discharge Of their Official duties, are no
hmsnable 70 state laws--that they had n,
right u obey writ served on them by Al
inferior court, and that state authority l.
absorbed. whenever IL comes IN conlso
with federal authority. Here She partie'
Joined issue; the one upon the immoya
bic rock Of State Soyereignity-the 9th.
er upon the exploded, but nov Demo
cratic (f) doctrine Of feudal despolism
The case has been deferred TO obtain fur.
tber testimony and hear the arguments Of
Atty. Gen. Wolcotl and others.
Thus Il will be seen that the war Of ex-
termination has actually begun--the cru.
eade agains Freedom and the iudepen.
dent aovereignitv Of the states is already
on the march--Lhe North 10 made hunt.
ing ground for drunken slave oatohers
aud every man com ptlled, like dog, to
engage in the chase or be dragged of,
like folon, to prison aud TO chains. Even
the right Of Aa5sos corpus. the dearest
right IAN American OF tizen, is trampled
under foot aud every safeguard torn away,
to 10. in this car Of Juggernaut, TO ride
triumphantly over the neoks Of Freemen.
The people Of Champaign, Clark and
Greene counties are peaceeble, law w.abi.
ding. intelligent citizens--they are mon,
"who know their rights and knowing
dare maintain" Because they did not
Voluntarily degrade themselves TO the po.
ation Of slave .oatohers, to assist those
eowardly rufhans, who under the color Of
law we're trying 10 capture the slave Addi.
500, who had fxed his eve on the "north
STAR determined rather to dio than re.
turn 10 slavety--because they refused
TO ''bow tho knee to BNl." they are ar.
rested. hand cuIed aud, with oaths and
curses heaped ubou them. dragged of
without knowing the cause Of their detsiu.
derl When a writ Of Aabsos corpus was
sued ou1 70 ascertain why these mon
were held in custody. they swore they
would not obey I. and brutally assaulted
the sheriff Of Clark Co.. into whose hand
the writ was committed. An this was
done in the heart Of Ohio. whose Consli.
tuition declares that "SlaverY. except for
the punishment Of crime. shall not ex.
ist here; that the habeas corpus aud the
right Of trial by Jury shall be held invi-
olate. And yet this is Democracy. All
this is done UNDER the authority of James
Buchanan and is AcquieSced in by tho
party everywhere. II is the principles
Of the Dred Scott decision carried out
into practice. Every Loeofoco paper from
the Salesman down 70 the yeriess eight.
by.ton sqni5, defends the action Of these
low.lvsd, pot.house deputies and is loud
10 denunoiation Of the A5olitionisfs Of
Chsmpain. Clark and Green Counties
These arc the facts. Lot them 90 before
the people. In the mean time. we hopo
that Gov. Chase aud the powers that be-
Will-see to il, that the rights aud sover.
eighty Of the state Of Ohio are duly res
Peoled and maintained.
The Sonora Flllbustsrs.
Lsle advices from California confirm