The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-01-01


eighty aud popuial ngm.. be- uesa e,aspieu.
ously manilest % the hc i'ni u ihe ftdefal Cow
crument in regard To- thr Territory ~ Kansas
From the day when thar lefrnurt uns deprived
Of The safeguard Of the Mts-,nri pinsibiiiun by
the passage Of the Kansas. n ehrn,kn net. The
whole action Of the Federal gnvernment setins
, TO have been directed iu the establishment ul
slavery within he limits Instead Of Committing
10 gond faith, 10 the people oi TIE Ieripify the
formation and regulation ~ THEFT own iusiitu-
tinna all the influence of the National Admin
iatrntion has been exerted ior tie subiugatiou
Of the people 10 the Rill ui the prupagandisia
Of slavery The whole prac ical eiieCt 0f the
the Kansas N ebraska oct has heen The aubsti-
tution uf Presidential intervention Tor slavery
instead Of Congressional intervention against
slavery
without resistance or rebuke from the Ma
tioual Administration, the actual residents Of
Kansas were driven FROM the polls A. he first
territorial election, and pretended Legislature
was imposed on an unwilling people by The
fraud and force Of invsders from 40 adjoining
state. The people, harrassed aud outraged be-
yund endurance by The tyranny of the unsurp-
ing legislature aud iis Instruments who were
countenanced and aided byfederal office holders,
sought relief 10 q state organization. Through
n convention assembled at Topeka, they framed
q State Constitution, and after iis ratification
by tho popular vote, sought admission under h
into the Union. Their prayer for such adms-
sion. though granted by the House Of Represeo-
Ialiycs reneciing The will Of The pe'ple. was de.
uiod by Tie seuate rejecting, 10 this, the will Of
the slave Interest.
Every federal officer IN The territory Nho
| manifested auy sympaihy wi The people, was
| from time 20 tiai6. removed. aud bodies Of tfoUps
were sent 10 compel submissions 10 uusurpiug
power
few months since. under IN act which prac.
] ftHn1Iu NfaFfuunbfnHN fuuttftfN ~ fH uftf.
zena. pretended election was held ior members
uf n convention 10 frame another constitution. -
/ THIS cnuven3irn was constituted, as was intend-
ed, exclusively Of the pnrlzaus ot slavery II
/ framed, " course, slave Stale constitution aud
/ provided for its transmission TO Congress with.
| out previous submission 90 the people tor falH-
cation II prupUsed indeed 10 submit to popu-
lar judgment the question Of slavery On nu slave.
/ W, but so framed the terms uf submission thai
no matter how the people might vote slavery
would in any event rKist 10 the new state, n
admitted into the Union under that UOustitN-
tion.
Happily. subsequent to the election Of the
Constitutional Convention, the period For the
second election Of Territorial Legislature ~
rived, and at the election then held, the actual
residents Of the Territory succeeded M selecting
n majority Of lie members 10 both branches
| The people Knocked aud iusulted by the pro-
Ceediugs Just narrated, now invoked from the
Secretary Of the Teruiory, acting ns Governor
| the c0nvOcalon of this body For compliance
witi this just demand, the Secretary was re.
moved from office, For expressing himself In
opposition TO the admissiou Of the State irt0 the
Union, under the Constitution Of the Cunvep-
| tion, aud without previous submission TO ihe
people, the Governor VI the Territory fell uuder
such displehsure Of the Administration, that be
was constrained 10 resign ha position. IL the
| power and patronage ~ he Federal Government
can secure the admission Of Kansas into the
Union under the slave state Constitution, that
power and patronage viii, without doubt be
actively employed 10 that end.
ln all this the people Of Ohio have deep aud
vital interest lt IN beyond question that a vast
majority Of her electors are opposed TO this 10.
torpostion Of the Federal Government iu behalf
Of Slavery. trust that the General Assembly
will give emphatic expression To the sentiments
of the people
II cannot fail to arrest attention that all these
entertainments OF the Federal Government upon
State Sovereignty and upon the freedom Of the
Territories, arise from determined purpose on
| the part Of those who control ls action 10 ex-
tend the domain, and enlarge the power OF slave
| ry, Under this influence the ancient and orig
lnal policy Of slavery prohibition was over
thrown aud reversed by the Kansas ebraskA
act. Under this influence, the whole power OF
the National Government has been exerted 10
force slavery upon the reluctant people of Kan
sas. Under this influence, also, persistent at
| tempts are made 90 suhiugato the people Of the
Free States 10 federal dominRton through the
administration of the Fugitive Slave act Uu-
der this influence. finally, the Federal Judiciary
has promulgated the revolving doctrines that the
Constitution Of the Union establishes aud guar
auties slavery In all national territory, aud con.
Sequently that there Ii no foot Of our widely
extended domain. ontsld0 Of States whose con-
atitulons prohibit slavery, where the free lhbor-
or eau find home exempt from the intrusion OF
that peculiar institution,
The rapid progress of despotism cannot fail
10 arouse aud fix the attention Of refeoung
people. II forces upon the country momentons
issues between two opposite systems Of govern
meRt--iwo opposite theories Of the constitution
These issues are radical aud vital. Shall the
| government VI this country be administered by
the people, for the people, or by n privieg-
ed Glass; Tor prvilegedl classi II the con-
sutution, in fact what It is now claimed TO DO.
the boud and guaranty Of slavery or what the
fathers Of the Republic believed n 10 be, the
shield aud safeguard of Liberty 7 Does IL es-
tahlish Slavery everywhere, outside " Free
States, or Liberty everywhere, outside Of Slave
States9 Shall the power which Il confers be
used for the extension aud perpetuatiun, every.
where, OF human bondage, or of human free.
dom
II ia not doubtful whore, upon these issues,
the mRjurity Of the perple uf Ohio will be found
Their traditions identity them with Freedom
aud free institutions The handspring of their
prosperous progress is in the prohibition uf
slavery by the Ordinance Of 1881. II il this
prohibition, transferred into her Constitution.
which has attracted within her borders the FEE
lahorers Of 40 many lands, who have ~ largely
contributed to that wonderful development ct
energies aud resources which inspires. at once
fervent gratitude and honest eNuhation, The
people of Ohio will never, by their actions.
charge the founders of their institutions with
ignorance nf the true principles Of popular Gov
enment nor oonlrihnie by their sutiruges to the
exlension nr continuance nf an evil aud wrnhE
om which they have hFen ~ happily deliy-
cred by the wise forecast Of the Fathers of the
Republic 5, r. CHASE
ooLuMBus January l. 1858.
Organization OF tho Onto I.eaislatnre.