The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-09-30
How Judge Ranney has Changed.

10 CApICSS tHc huISuhNOu VI WV POOPIN
at the passage of the Fugitive Bill Du'
ing the debate at Cleveland, Mr. Dennison
asked Judge Ranncy if, in 1850, he de.
nounced that measure as unconstitutional,
to which he replied, II dill not" The
RegiSter has since revived the subjoined
editorial article from the MakOning Lpdcr,
published at Garfield, in 1850, from
which it appears that Judge Ranney acdS
present at the indignation meeting at that
place, and among the speakers who de-
nounced the newly-enactcd Fugitive Law
as inhuman and unconstitutional He was
attending Court at Canheld, a. the time.
OF course, he does not design to ialsity
the record, yet the fact that in nine years,
he has forgotten all his former hostility 10
I that enactment, is lamrntabe proof that
adherence to the Democratic party, in its
downward tendency, is well calculated to
eradicate all hatred OF wrong and Cypress
ion from the human mind
Judge Ranney's change upon this ques-
ton. is not more marked than that Of the
party lie represents. When the Fugitive
Slave Rill was enacted, the editor Of the
PLAIN Dedler became indignant also, and
exclaimed, in the words Of Lady Mac
beth, "Out! damned spol" Neither he
nor Judge Rauney could then foresee that,
in less than nine years, that "damncd spot
would overspread the entire Democratic
party, and obscure all the free principles
it had ever prolesseG. But so it is.
Here is the article from the Hder.-
Let Democrats read and ponder:
From the Mahoning Index Of November /, 1850.
, Death TO Oppression.
f Tho Indignation Meeting for Mahoning
county came off here on "Wednesday, thu
3Oth, in the Court House, and grand. sub
limo aud inviting Convention it was OF the
t frccmen of Mahoning. We arc happy II
being ab,o to say that NO DoCGnFACE attend
cd tho Convention, tor tho blessed reason
that Mahoning county contains none. or a
least but fow who stand ready to justify th'
infamous Fugitive Law, or to sing peans tt
rho slnvo mower of the South, which fattcn
/. unon tho sweat. the blood and death of hi
q follow man No ONE, we say, spoke to tn
nsscmblugo of ono thousand frccmon, ,rh
u did not drnounce as UNCONSTITUTIONAL gH
y INFAMOUS. tho Fugitive bill of 80, an
70 nlodpe himself and all his God given power
+, sock its REPEAL. and to DEFEAT tho or
s. prcssiye aud disgusting features of th
s: 5oughfuco and hGiish cmauation Of inf
D. nous imnious and distcmpcrcd mlnds
", His IInnnr Juduo Wnde. tho Prrsider
~ of this Judicial Circuit, smoke first. for abo,
w one hour. upon the dnmnrits of tho bill,
,is his emphatic manner, dcnouncng II
mr. only the bill, but all who voted for it,
cd skulked it on its passage; and tho way /
IN hold up His AcCiluncy, Mr.. Fillmore, Fl
,nt whom in '48 hu voted, was caution to q
30 political sinnors, 1t appeared to do Il
ity souls of Tho vast audience good to hear Il
hc truchearted Wudo pour out his spirit
in withcriug unathomas upon tho inflmo
css pandorers from tho North Go tho Slav
ocracy of tho South) upon tho passage
,ty this most infamous aud diabolcal law.
,r Next upon tho forum was called. bv Il
united voice of tho meeting, Rufus L. Ra
hv nov, of Trumbull, distinguished dclega
he to mako our Constitutiou-oue of t
90 hriUhtrst minds in Ohio and an old Dom