The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-09-07

Cleveland Post Master, aud devoted especial.
ly to the glori6cation of slavery aud the ad.
ministration.
Without pretending to deny,-for the evi.
dence before US if not forged,-seems sufi-
cient To- establish the fact that William Y,
Gbolson did in 1874 sell three of his slaves
we wish to call attention to the character of
his accusers ard 10 his own.
Mr.. GhoIson is a native of Virginia born
and reared in the midst of slavery. In early
manhood 1884, himself the possessor of slaves
by descent he removed with them. to Mssis'
slppl. then the very hot bed of slavery and
pro slavery ism. At that time. even at the
North public sentiment was then neither so
general or decided as now upon that subject,
while at the South slavery was by common.
consent regarded as unquestionably right
There were as there have always been, some
far seeing and reheciing mindstwhich perceiV-
ed its tendencies, nf1uencies and inevitable re-
suits Such was Mr. Jeffersen's in his day
Such was James G. Birney's, himself for long
4 years an Alabama slave holder. Such was
EStanley Matthews Tennessee STAKEHOLDER,
who, to rid himself and bis pusterity of the in
,stitutiou, sold his slaves and for long period
conducted acceptably the leading anti slavery
paper oil the United States-the Cincinnati
Herald 1t was not philanthropy in its high
est manifestation with any of these, that first
prompted them to action: but they clearly
perceived that the whole structure Of society
was corrupted. and that to such system there
/. could be but one result in the end. Mr.. Ghoi.
son, a lawyer of high repute at the Mississip.
, pl, bar. dared even as early as 1874, in the
face of an unanimous public sentiment, to de-
clare his solemn convictions that slavery if
not peacefully done away with, must terminate
E in servile insurrection and bIoodshed.
II We do not know. and therefore will not as.
sert that he iemancipated a large number of
slaves; but we do know that such has long
J been the reputed fact in Cincinnati-the city
= of his residence. The charge is, that he sold
three. and the witnesses are not reluctant to
prove as much as possible. Even they do not
, venture to assert that he sold more, or that
he sold all or that he did not remove por
. tion to be emancipated We believe he did
!, He became obnoxious in JMississippion ac
count of his opinions, and even now Missis
sippi paper charges | i'm with seeking, as ar
g anti slavery man in Ohio, to fulfil the predic
i tions be made while living in Mississippi il
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rI75 Mr.. Gholson possesses every legal qual6ca
q ton to discharge the duties of the highest ju
dicial station He is q pure lawyer. no politi
y clan. Among those who know him, no impu
taiIon upon his character as q man of blame
, less life, and unspotted integrity could gail
!. one moment's cIedenee or hearing. He doub,
less, re CARDS it as indelica;e and improper TO
candidate for the bench to reply to or re
:, fute the calumnies Of a partisan press whic
81 would find subject for cavil and renewed in
d vectivee, in any answer however complete an
!, conclusive. ,5.i'925 'sai ~ = 'a5i - - !