The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-01-29
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The Democracy IN inc Ohto Leg
islature, arc making most sstonish.
Ing progrrss IN tho way ofIcgislati h
Tor the 'legiti,nsto interests' cfOh}o
They have novWoccupied the Lei s.
laturs fer nearly one month, in he
consideration OF two bills; one Of
which proposes to make it the duty
OF the citizens OF this State, to build
and keep In suitable condition, slave
pens for the accom- notation ofslave.
holders. Tor the storage Of their "hu-
man chattels," and for their better
protection and safe.keeping; and the
other is, to allow shareholders to
bring their slaves into the State and
keep them here, until It suits their
convenience to return, and moreover
II they take fancy to some of our
freemen, that they may with i'm
punity appropriate them, and reduce
them to slavery. The object Of one
bill, 10 to allow slave. holders the use
of our jails to conane their slaves in;
the object OF the other is, to repeal
the law now on tho statute book that
prohibits slave.holding and kidnap-
ping in Ohio, which as any one can
see il in effect to permit slave hold.
Ing and kidnapping in Ohio. This
last bill has passed the Senate, and
poriiaps bcforo thio paper is issued,
will have passed the House and be
come q law. The other bill will fol.
low suit to give place to several 9th.
ers of"the same sort,' that have been
waiting their time. Thus do these
Democratic Legislators attend to the
"legitimste interests" of our noble
State. No one can fail to see the !
tendency ofthings, under Democratic t
domination. Kansas owes to this L
same party, its present distracted '
BY this party it has been :
coptrolled-by this party its institu. q
tions have been framed--by this par I
~ it has been placed in q false posi-.
lion In asking admission into the |,
Union with q strongly pro-slavery Z
Oonstitution-with Constitution h
hat the people have repudiated by
an overwhelming majority. The b
result Of the untiring efforts OF that -
party-the workings Of their pccu. .
liar, distinctive, favo-ito rei;.y he. n
,eep, in plain terms, to make Kan te
as a slave state; and now they are 81
urning their attention TO Ohio, and 10
ire doing all in their power to add n,
bis State to the black catalogue Of hi
lave States. dr.
How often has the last Republican or
legislature been denounced by the X
democracy, for what they chose to IN
all, "legislating for Kansas" which r.,
to nothing more reprehen' IN
bic, than the passage of fsuch rcsolu- n
ons as would give expression to the or
.ntiment of the people ofthe State, N
I'd thus bring the influence Of the :,
tate to bear against the outragcs. - :.
at have brought about the present :" -
afortunatc state Of things in Kan.
g; and yet the Democracy havo mol
'oner got in power than they devot,
cir whole energies, to advance the =,
legitimate interests" Of the slave
atcs. Among tho very first bills d;
at will pass tho present Democrtic 81,
legislature, will be Just such bills. :.
hat do the people of this State y, ~
ink of such a coursei What do ~
r over.buriencd tax payers think r
such lcgislatorsa Are they dis ~ ~
SCI to pay men for thus spending - -.
pir time for purely political ends' ',' M
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