Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-09-01
Judge Ranney ON the stump.

The Democratic candidate has now been
on the stump some ten days in Southeast
ern Ohio, and the only notice We have yet
seen of his efforts as stump orator. was at
GAINESVILLE. He spoke there on the 10th.
and according toSthe report in the Courier
he hardly came.up to'public expectation.
Indeed that paper pronounces bis speech
"a decided failure" Mr.. R. apologised By
saying that he had not been accustomed
to politital speech making for several years,
and it was evident that he is somewhat
Rip Van Winkleish. Slate affairs be in
dulged very natural inclination to ignore,
and the Judge occupied bis time almost ex-
clusively with quite common place remarks
of popular sovereignty and the fugitive
slave law. He was understood to take
the side of squatter sovereignty, and ex-
pressed himself in favor of sustaining the
fugitive slave law, notwithstanding his
zeal nine years for nulifying the enactment
which even the Ohio Statesman declared
every membe. of Congress, elected by the
Democrats of Ohio would vote to repeal.
The Courier says:
"He told how the delegates from the
free States in the Federal Convention in
serted in the Constitution the provision,
shat when q slave escaped into a free
State (these were his words) be should
be delivered upon claim. Pray, Judge,
will you tell us how many free States there
were at that time; and in what edition of
the Constitution the words free State
occur?
."But the Judge didn't know where he
was when he pitched into the Fugitive
Slave Law with such Vehemence. Let
him look at the platform, adopted by our
Convention before, and be will see that
We are law abiding people, that whilst
We demand the~repeal or essential modifi-
cation of that law, we will submit to fair,
legal proper execution Of it, and that We
acknowledge the provision of the Constitu
tion in relation to the rendition of. fugi-
tives; nor can the Judge fail to remember
that the State Convention simply asked
its repeal, and that no State or National
Convention of the Republican party ever
counseled, advised or declared that that
law ought to be disregarded or forcibly re-
sisted" --E.g .--5-.-....e
One other point, noticed by the Courier,
deserves attention, as showing the degree
of candor and honesty which Judge Ran
ney manifests while soliciting the suffrages
of the people. Referring to the presence
of Gov. Chase at the Cleveland meeting:
"He said in effect, "that meeting num-
bering 10000, composed of men from all
parts.of the Reserve who had gone there un-
der the promise that they should tear down
down the Jail in were incarcerated num-
Der of men who had violated the Fugitive
Slave Law, met at Cleveland, short time
ago, and he was sorry 10 say, that the
Chief Executive of the great State of Ohio
was present encouraging them" 't
This is grave charge. A large body
ofnen had assembled, the Democratic can,
didate tells US, to tear down the Cleve-
land jail, and Gov. Chase was present en-
couraging them" Now let us see how
Gov. Chase Encouraged" this unlawful
and riotous proceeding. The following ex-
tracts from his speech ON that occasion will
show: -'+
ga few hours ago he was sitting in his
Office in Columbus, not expecting to be
present to-day; he had felt it his duty to
come, but he had net come to advise them
to do anything which they may hereafter
have occasion to regret. He did not come
to counsel any violence. The American
people, having the control of all power by
the ballot boxes, it was for them to do it
in their own legitimate way.
at was not necessary that we, the SOW
ereigns of the land, should resort to any
measures which could not be carried out at
all times and under all circumstances.
aLet the Courts be appealed to, and let
them act in accordance with their con-
science and their duty between themselves
and their God. The great remedy is in
the people themselves at the ballot box
Elect men with backbone, who will stand
up for their rights, no matter what forces
are arrayed against them." ss' a9-er' 81
We cannot put high estimate upon the
moral integrity of man who would so
pervert history, aud utter so pal
pable SANDER against the man whose
place Tin the language of Douglas) be is
after. If we is not mistaken, Judge Ran
ney will find very few audiences in Ohio,
whom he can profitably attempt to impose
upon in this unscrupulous manner.-Lea-
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