Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-09-24

principles Of the Constitution" ! have no doubt
Of the power Of Congress to erect Territorial Gov
ernments, and to provide for the prohibition Of
Slavery within the Territories, and 1 am in favor
of. and would support such a prohibition"
If Judge Ranney maintained these principles
now. be would be compelled to cut himself of
from the Democratic party, and support me for
Governor Of Ohio-for every one Of the principles
in that letter are Republican principles
principles that l aprrove-the only difference
between him aud myself, is, that while we
both believed them then, he has apostatised, while
I remain in the faith.
Judge Ranuey commenced his concluding speech
by saying {;
Perhaps you might expect that l should tell you
where l was born and sll about that. Mr.. Denni-
son told you he was born Of the people. Now !
was not born quite go miscollaneously as that.
Laughter. l was born of a very honest woman,
who is now, l believe in the Kingdom of Heaven.
lCries Of Good
Mr.. Denuison has been pleased to read q long
letter Of mine ; bur be did not read anything from
me that told you to hang federal officers for doing
their duty. lie says he has heard q rumor that
/ had declared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitu-
tional. Now let me reply to my friend, as he is q
classical scholar, that rumor has ten thousand
tongues, as she had two thousand years ago, and
that she hos used two or three Of these tongues to
set aAost this rumor.
The speaker quoted from Webster to show that
Webster believed the South was treated uDjustly
by the North in the matter that northern men
were unwilling to execute the law in regard to the
return of fugitive slaves. But a Governor has
nothing to do with this matter says Mr.. Denni-
son. Where did he learn that Its q pity he
had not mentioned that to brother Chase, who was
at the head of the mob convention at Cleveland,
and who employed the Attorney General to resist
the law. Nothing to do with it2 You've both on
you hal too much to DO with is. Who approved
the Fugitive Slave Law ? Willard Fillmore. Who
was in his Cabinet advising him to approve 1t
Why Tom Corwin.
Mr.. Donnison seems very fond Of a jury trial,
and would secure it for the fugitive. But suppose
a man commit a crime here and escapes to Ken
lucky, and you 60 over there to claim him, making
oath to the facts. Does he get a jury trial? No;
but he's q white man perhaps. A white man
used to be as good as a niger, but he amt now.
Again-A Dutchmau escapes from Prussia, and
is claimed here as a fugitive from justice, ard We
send him back all the way to Prussia without a
jury trial-but then he's only O Dutchman.-
lLaughter.l
Mr.. Dennison says be has opinions Of his own;
he don't take Giddings or Tom CoEwin, or anybody
else as his guide. He thinks for himself, for he
is 43 years old. Well now, gentlemen, Pm 45,
and I'm something Of q fool yet. l don't begin to
know everything.
Judge Ranney then proceeded to answer Mr..
Dennison's questions propounded q. q previous
debate.
Q.-lst. Do you deny or affirm the constitutional
power of the Federal Legislature to prohibit Sla-
very in the Territoriesi
Al deny the constitutional power Of the Fed
sral Legislature to prohibit Slavery in the Terri
tories.
go Odd. Do you deny or affirm the rights of slave
holders to take slaves into the Territories, and
hold them there as property
A-Without the protection Of q Territorial law
I deny it.
Q-3d. Do you deny or affirm that a Territorial
Legislature may exclude Slavery by law; that is,
prohibit by law the bringing of persons into the
Territories to be held as slaves?
Al say that the Territorial law has power
over 1t.
9th. Do you affirm or deny the right of slave.
holders in a Territory to demand compensation, in
the full value Of their slaves, when the Territory
comes into the Union as a Free Slater
Al deny them the first red cent.
Q-5th. Are you for or against the repeal Of thu
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
Aim against it.
9th. Do you approve or disapprove the Ac
of 1857 ''to prevent slaveholding in Ohio?"
A-Now here you've got me. for I never read il
and did not know till now that one had bee
passed.