Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-01-19
COUNTY TELEGRAPH
PMEROY,IO.
nDIroaIAI ooaRnspOrDHnon.
GooDALE HOUSE,, COLUMBUS,
january 4, 1853.


this morning and organized by the election
TO Office of the gentlemen nominated il
Democratic Caucus on Saturday night
viz: Senate-Clerk, Charles W. Blair
Clinton County; First Assistant, DR.. J. H
Van Deman, OF Delaware; Second Assist
ant, James A. Connolly, of Morrow; Ser
peant t-at- Arms, Lewis Hutchns, of Hook.
ing; First Assistant, g. Culbertson. o.
Wyandou; Second Assistant, Elishe
Phelps. of Auglaize. House-Speaker
VIM. B. Woods, Of Licking; Clerk, ]. w
Kees, of Clark; First Assistant, ]. w
McMahon, of Guernsey; Second Assist
anHJs w. Nash, of Mahoning; Sergeant
at-Arms, Col. J. H.. Branch, of Clermont
First Assistant, Thomas Meara, of Ham
ilton; Second Assistant, G. G. Gamble, o
Knox. The Republicans of the House
supported the officers of last session.
The Speaker of the House, on taking
the Chair. returned thanks in very nea
and appropriate address. He is new
member, never having served in a Legis
lative body before. and is, consequently
without experience. He has the appear
ance and manner Of a gentleman, and is
decidedly man of fine talents. The i'm
preston he has made to-day upon the
members of the House is very favorable
and taking it as promise of the future
! he will sustain himself and grace the po
sition he has been called to fill. l think
every member of the House is disposed
to give him cordial support in his new
position. 5.a
Notices of the introduction of innumera
bic bills, on almost all possible subjects
of Legislation. were given. Some for the
enactment of new laws, some for the
amendment of old ones, and many for the
repeal of laws now in force. Among
others. notice was given of bill to re.
peal the Habeas Corpus Act of last ses.
sion, thus showing that at least one Hon
member is in haste to- propitiate the slave
power BY striking doNp,the rights of the
people of Ohio, and delivering them over
to the tender mercies of the oligarchy
The exigencies of party may force the
measure through. 1t is thus proposed
to take from the citizens of Ohio the pro
lection of our own Courts, by denying
them the right to inquire into the legality
Of the arrest and Imprisonment of any one
provided it be done in the name of slavery
and under the forms of the Fugitive Slave
Law. Consequently, if the bill passes.
it will be in the power of every petty
Deputy Marshal, by the order Of the mos
contemplate and mercenary slave catch
ing commoner, to arrest and imprison al
will, every obnoxious citizen of Ohio, and
even our Supreme Court dare not inquire
into the legality of the process! When
it is remembered what kind of men were
contemplated as Commissioners under that
law, the enormity Of the proposition may
be, in part, realized. Be it remembered
then, that the business of these Commits
sioners-who are appointed in numbers
without limit, and without a. designated
location, to act in secret if they choose
and on er parte afidavits-if they choose tc
require afidavits at all--is to send into
slavery men and women who may be found
"loose" in this State; and be it further re,
cmembered, that the slave power, in the
enactment of that law. and to point out
the precise class Of villains who we're ex.
pected to fill the Office of Commissioner
assured that, for Zee or bill of just five
dollars, they would without remorse, con.
sign to eternal chains and slavery, who,
ever kidnapper might bring before them
This is manifest from the law itself, which
gives 20 the Commissioner fee of five
dollars only if he does not consign the
victim to bondage, and ten dollars if he
does And yetwe have creatures in Ohio
base enough to accept the Office with this
brand Of inexpressible infamy indelibly
stamped upon them, and marking them as
the seryile tools and willing scavengers
TO DO work too vile to be performed in
person by common kidnappersI And
these are the mighty potentates who have
assumed supreme power, not only over
those whom they assume to be slaves,
but over every citizen of the State, and
into the legality Of whose acts the Courts
Of Ohio are about to be forbidden to in
quips! E-'''