Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-08

,eancc OF the lAIlwshals, wlsoee Schemes Of
'illainy he had in part frustrated 4
From that hour ,i,sIe has been a con-
serted conspiracy to get Uounally into
ihoir clutches. for the double purpose ofE
reekiug their vengeance upon him, and
making another draw on the Treasury Of
the United States for doing it.
So, knowing Connally to be humane
man, some Of the gang went 70 him last
Fall, and asked his consent to let a man
and woman occupy aroom he had IN the
city. Connally consented. The man and
his wife went into the room, and their sup
posed friend hastened over the river and
informed "Col. Wither's" tha. his s'aves
were concealed in Cincinnati. OF course
the marshals would have good time now
plenty of funds. and Connally punished
for harboring slaves--for the man and
wife 1t seems. was decided by slave
catching Commissioners TO be the property
of '.Col. Wither's.' h1A A b
Well the Col. swore the NEEDED oath,
and the Commissioner issued the war
rant, and the Marshals in body. pro-
ceedcd to capture the fugitives. Theman
resisted, the Marshals killed him and cap
tured his wife, and after handing her
over to slave holding vengeance. started
inpursuit of Connally. knowing they had
Il sure thing ON him then. Connally went
to New York and avoided them there for
a time. but rs the U. S. pays all expenses.
the mine was too rich not to be worked !;
80 after any number of trips TO New York,
by any number of Marshals, Connally was
taken, brought back to Cincinnati--tried
by packed jury-on which, the Cincin-
natl Gazette says it is believed the scoun-
drel sat. that laid the trap to get the slaves
into Connally's room. 1t is certain that
one of the Marshals WAS smuggled into
the jury, and, for which, Gov. Corwin
asked, but asked in vain, for new trial.
Judge Leavitt. by a charge, characterized
by all the respectable papers of Cincin-
natl. as an outrage upon law and justice,
obtained from packed jury verdict Of
guilty!
But guilty of what? We wish we had
room to publish Gov. Corwin's speech for
the defense. but we have not. 1t would
tellfor what. Well. it was for harboring
slaves. Not for running them away. or
preventing the owner from getting them,
or even for attempting to do so, but for
"harboring"--that is, for permitting them
stop in a room sometimes occupied by
him. The verdict took the whole city by
surprise, and the Judge did not venture
to pass sentence on his victim for week
or two, under pretence of consulting
whether he would grant new trial, bat
really because he feared the popular in.
dignation.
He has, however, pronounced his SEN:
.tenco: and the same paper that brings the
decision. brings also the fact that he has
appointed three of tie jurors that tried
him, Commissioners under tho Fugitive
Slave law, to get up more such cases.
How long can government stand when
her holiest sane tuaries have become sinks
of unblushing corruption? Wh'n the
President can buy votes in Congress as he
would purchase slaves in the shambles.
and Judges procure verdicts against the
people, by giving Offices to the creatures
who have found their way into the jury-bo
through the favor of such instruments as
modrrn slave catching Marshals are made
of? But Connally is convict,d-the
Union is again saved--and the jury have
got their reward! One of them we know
was a Marshal at the time, and allof them
may have been; for, like the spies Of des-
pots in Europe, the people have no means
Of knowing who are Marshals until they
feel their clutches upon them. Three
more of the twelve brought away with
them their commissions as Commission.
erS, and tho balance, il not already re-
warded, doubtless soon will be, for there
will soon be none bat such left in the party
in Ohio, to do its work. Let Democracy
rejoice! Connally is convicted! But if
we remember rightly. so was Eme'et. so
was Hamden. go was Socrates, SO was the
LORD Himself, when on earth, and by
quite as righteous Judges, and certainly.
for as great crimes. Who says the world
Is degenerating, when the United States
alone can mate Rome's IIerod and Eng
lands Jeffrey?
Lnaest C.AIlGornla sIsema.