The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-05-18
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Cleveland, and received therefor the smiling
appreciation of 9 corrupt and inscriptions
Court aud The applause of the depraved min
ions of the Slave Power. When we were in
Cleveland a few days since we we're told ,ha,
the if'fiaence of Judge ASDREws all through
the Rescue trials had been most mischeeions
ons spirit towards the Rescue prisoners. and
had as constantly applauded the ac'ion of the
Court as eminently mild, lenient and proper
But let the Cleveland papers speak forth
the humiliation of this christian apologi-, for
tyrdnts and tyranny. the HeralG of Th rs
day ese ming last saws: e..=ly
LAkGsToN SENTENcED-MoRE WEILINeToS
MEN PLEADING NoII CoNTRNDERE - The
Court Room this morning, Thursday. was
again crowdeddo bear the sentence of Langs
ton. We have given u sketch of the remark
OF this nigger in our regular report And
We hore sone, at least of the jury ,ha convic
ted him were present If the, ever could be
made 10 see how unjust was their verdict. the
speech of Langston would produce that result
We say we hope they were present. and yei
from regard to their own feelings we do mol
hope SO BY the wav here, although very
late. We wish to correct what we said about
tao of the jury being old Whigs One o
these two voted for Buchanan, and if thai
dues not IT AXE man slavery extension Dem
ocrat we do no. know what can.
After Langstonz had received sentence
Judge Andre, 8 in behalf of Messrs. Love
lsud, DeWoif and Wadsworth, asked that {
plea of uoi -contendere might be interposed
We hardly know what to say relative to tht
speech of Judge Andrews He spoke unde
intructioDs from his clients but if there eve
was a complete surrender of ones manhood
these men. through their counsel, laid it dow
at the feet of Federal j dicial power. 4 If th
sentiments OF those men were truly uttered
all they have to do is TO lie down andl Fed
eral a,foe auee roll them in the dust. =
We make great allowance for the excite
ment of the moment; the man was losi in tn
advocate, and IN the T eat of his eloqi Mt plead
ing for mercy TO be extended to these meI
We saw rattlers the lawyer Andrews. wed
ed to legal precedents imbnnnaed in his ad
miration for judicial decisions. thin s. >
Andrews, the etoqnent defender of huma
q rietts, the hater OF infan oiis enactmeDts, til
rehuker of sin in high places 81 p +"
But all people do not thus distinguish be
tween the representative character. and tb
personal character. bet ween the paid advocai
and The man acting purely from unbiased cor
vicfion of right. and hence the bred Scot
niger Democracy were so j hilant over tn
speech of Judge Andrews that their joy coul
not be confined. The sneech of Judge A
was deemed The KEY stone of the trinniphs
arch now raised by Federal Law over tn
rights of the free citizens of Ohio and sine
the enactment of this disgraceiul Fugits
law nothing on the Reserve has given il snc
vitality, nothing so strengthened its shackle
as the speech of Judge Andrews above reIe
redto. s5q 1afii Fol5 1
The character of Judge ANDREWS actio
eredthat be was volunteer advocate, and ths
his services were gratuitnus and not paid fc
. and when, also, it is further understood ths
his representations of the sentiments of tt
men for whom he appeared were unauthor
ed and untrut.fut. All deny that he was al
thorized by them to go So basely on his knet
:. in their behalf before the Colrt two # thel
indignantly repudiate his unnahly he,ray;
of their confidence. and one of them has put
lished the following card in the Herald -
The card below is inserted on personal IT
quest made by Mr.. Loveland. NJ s-
MEssRs. EDlroRs - .. fl y. .-,,.
Afte. reading your remarks in last evening
Herald in reference to me, deem it due |
mvself to ask yon TO state that l did not il
tend to antho,ize my ouDsel esterday t
give NV views on government to the Gouri
and disclaim holding o manY of the doctrine
expressed by hih ] simply anthorizrd hir
TO enter for me The pl a Of noli corien 'er,
protesting az the same time that am nc
guilty et violatitg auv law. and reqniripg tn
protest to he entered on the heeotd<i # 'h
Court. ,ARNER LOVELAND.
The Leader of last FRIDAY morning says
A IiEEP ID, ,GRAcE.-As soon as Mr. Langs
ton had closed ti> statement to the Court an,
h d reg eved his sent ence a scene ensued ~hie
will long be remcmhpred, as anaexhbition a
once qnite as an unit, and as unseenIv, aud a
unacceptable as could then and there hav
been pre- ente9 for i was he voluntary unre
reserved self. ffering of She lock j Andrew
to one of The basesI uses of this Infamous pros
ecnsion Onr readers will 6ud in anothe
coinfnn Sketch OF Lhe scene.
OF Course no person has a right to com
plain that Judge Andrews s' ohid render hi
PROFESSIONAL services. as such on he one sid
or the other of these cases in such manner a
will beet sbserve the interests of those VIII
pay for his services But in this case he eS
pressiv stated that he was not consulted as
legal ADVISER. bnt RAJ her as an old friend: ha
he had fully conferred with Messrs. Wasls
ii n Il L.
fully an, lorized him 10 make the hun iliatin
statemen which he submitted TO the Cour
in their behalf And what was mos obsrrv
ahle and striking was the eagerness whic
Judge Andrews displayed to make the hnni
iaiinn of his old frendl mos, complete H
declared that although their presence at IT,
scene of the rescue was Incidental and tha
they only inquired as to the regniaritv of tn
capture and detention of he aedged fugitive
yet he fully concurred in the ruling of th
Court that even that presence and that inqnir
rendered his friends amenatle to the lawl
The object of this effort on the part Q
Judge Andrews, and the manne.sin hich h
was induced to make it, are most obvious
was a most futile aud vain attempt to palliat
the enornities which have been practiced b
Judge Wilson and his tools upon the victim
he now hol6s incarcerated in the Cuvahog
Jail; and none can fail to see how the euunin.
of Wilson has triumPbed over the weakness
es of his instrument
But what renders this effort of Judge An
drews especially obnoxious in this community
is the fact that his eaeerness to render service
TO this kidnapping Eonrt. BETRAYED him into
betrayal Of his friends. Two of them. de
clare that tht gave him no warrant for SOM
of his statements to the Court, that they dit
not dream he was intending to compromis
them to the extent disclosed by hi speech. :
That Sherlock j Andrews should consen
TO render such services with such degree O
eagerness and zeal will surprise all who ar