Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
B,Ipcrrop1, April II, 1858.

Mr.. EDITOR: Our town has been very
quiet for some time, the election passed of
very smoothly, and a hot Lecompton Demo-
elected Mayor. Wonder if they
cali that an Administration gainl Wouldn't
be surprised if we get the National Foun-
dry Jbare to pay us for supporting the AID,
ministration. Nosdeubt our town is immor-
talized, or willbe. The Railroad is doing
a better sbnsiness. the river is high, and
plenty 81 boats are running well loaded with
freight, while our coaImen are doing very
good business in sending off soatsi trade in
the mercantile line seems bfk, while the
"ssys" where death and 5pction are
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..elp ''briss asout thai longgda day.
lhe Millennium:
We hear much said IN .prai Seu
C~rittenlen'ss spee4iAths snsie Of the
Unitel&kates, and many are ready 10 90
t~heiszsast.to make him Chit Magistratezof
this Union for this effort. We think be
made a great speech, and coming from the
source, (from a Slave State,) we should
think highly Of its author, but We should ex-
anime we'll before we talk Of elevating a
him to the Presidency. Although, Mr..
Crittenden said many true things, and made
a great speech, he said some things we can
not sa allow. He said, "that while it is a
Territory of the United States, there is no
lsu there. | think. 10 divert the title which
am1 - to his property, whether it be a
sIafe=6r a horse" alt he has title by the
laws of his own State to that property, he
has, in a territory, as much,,right to be there,
as any other citizen, with his property"
'That is the principle upon which that bill
rested; that is the principle upon which the
South have always contended for the right,
and SO far | think, they were in the right"
There are the words of Mr.. Crittenden,
and we wrote them because we have fire.
quently heard it disputed by his friends that
he said SO. As far as we believe Slavery a
local institution, and we consider the slave
free, the moment he goes with his master
out of the Jurisdiction Of the law making him
a Slave. The idea OF extending the law of
a Slave State into the territories, looks very
futile TO me. Slaves are local property.
held by local laws, and Mr.. Cr:ttenden
says that they have as good a right in the
territories, with their local property as
others have with common property, with
property that is such, not only all over the
United States, but throughout the World.
This is nothing more than the DreG Scott
Decision to nationalist Slavery. Although,
Mr.. Critten1en is right in many thi 'gs,
we, as humble as we are. claim the right to
differ with him in this point. We would
suppose a Slave held in Virginia, his master
takes him to the Rocky Mountains, no mat
ter what territory there is no law there.
By what right does he still hold his Slavef
they do not take along the law of Virginia
for the law Of that Stale can not extend out
of the State jurisdiction. and there is no
law there. We say then the slave is as free
as his master, as we believe Slavery to be 4
creature Of law. We have no law of Ohio,
giving title to property that W e can take
into the territories under that title. Snp-
pose we take bank stock, or manufacturing
stock in some company chartered by our
States, we can not bank or manufacture in
the territories under the title given by the
Safe Of Ohio, but Virginia gives title to
her Diggers. and they can be taken there
under that title, therefore. We say the laws
OF the SlissL STATES extend over the terri
tories. This is according to the pro-sIavery
Democracy, according to the bred Scott
Decision or opinions, and according to Mr..
Crittenden. Buta we hope to see the time
when Slavery will be local, and Freedom
national; when slaves will not be held, only
within the Jurisdiction of the laws under
which they are held, when the great Ameri-
can principle, the right of suffrage will not
be taken from the people, when might will
not make right, but Equality and JUSTICE"
and our glorious Union will be stronger &C.
mented by the love of Freedom, when we
will cesse TO hear the threats of disunion,
but will think Of the trials and sufferings of
our fathers in building up this Republic.
and may these free institutions be sperpet-
uated, for we firmly beIieve they will be, if
orr cause prospers, and its influences in
crease as they have done for a few years
past,-let our wa:chword be Union and
Freedom. Yours truly, U. WILSON.