Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-25

bNlNth DNalNh WIFI hltIh afNthlNN4 iillu no less
upon the Federal Court of Cleveland II was
not much TO be surprised at, that a Judge could
be found who, hopeless of any honorable pro-
motion or preiermont could only hope for il
from executive favor; nor was 10 surprising that
District Attorney could be found, but it was
our shame and 0iir fault that jarV could be
found such as had sat upon this case The
Court was too low TO have any business
brought before except Slave catching. That
should be their sole business; bot to the Stale
Courts we would 70 for the settlement of the
cases OF Bushnell aud L1ugst0n and let them
rant the release Of these men and unless hc
was greatly mistaken, tho executive of the
State would see that It was done, and he trust.
ed that there never would be an executive who
would not do such noble deed We applied To
the Courts, and il they would grant this release
it was well II not we wOnd have another
meeting and talk It over. lie thought that
whatever else might happen, Ohio shall not, iu
Gods name she shall not be made hunting
ground for slave catchcrs (Applause and
cheers) Stand steady,-trust in God and
Keep your powder dry, aud look for the things
that shall be
Gov. CHASE was then received with hearty
and tremendous cheers
A few hours ago he was sitting in his Office
at Columbus, not expecting TO be present TO
daYbut having ngreceived summons to meet with
them to-day, he had felt it his duty to come,
but he had not come to advise them to do any
thing which they hereafter might have occasion
TO regret He had not come TO counsel any
violence. The American people, having the
control Of all power by the ballot boxes, il was
for them to do it in their legitimate way
II was not necessary that we, the sovereigns
of the land, should resort to any measures
which could not be carried ont at all times and
under all circumstance
Some Of the most respected citizens of the
State whom he had known for years, b AL done
what they believed TO be rght, aud which not
one man in ten thousand would look upinto the
bluo sky with his hand on his heart and say
was notright they had been thrown into coufnc-
meut. This was wrong, and what should we
do We exist under State Government aud
Federal Government, and it the Government
does wrong, turn it out. Dismiss the unwor
thy servants and put in those who will do your
will. So with the State Governments Take
the right course always and look to the Govern
mcnts aud reform them
The Federal Government is now acting under
the Fugitive Slave Law of which he had often
expressed his opinion and what is our redress
Tor those men who are imprisoned under that act
The first thing to do was to ably defend them
ms had been doue. 1t was said that his law
WIGS ulNbilnllJuNlolldt II lllh DC hbt al Nblt
under that law is null ami void. lie believed
when the law was passed, and believed now,
that that act was intended rather as a symbol
of the supremacy Of the Slave States, and the
sublugation of the Free, This case has been
brought before the Courts of the State, ard
they are bound to carry out their duty uu-
der such view OF it. If the process for the
release of any prisoner should issue from the
Courts Of the State, he was free to say that SO
long as Ohio was a Sovereign State, that pro-
cess should DC erecuicd IIe was in favor Of re-
cIprocty, but il the State Court issued papers
and process, the Federal Court must show the
same Difference TO the State Court that was
at other times shown to the Federal Court
We can reform the Judiciary, the Congress and
the Administration, and although the process
may be too slow TO suit some of the more cN-
cited OF the audience, yet none of them were so
old that they might not see the operation of
this remedy He did not couns ) revolutionary
measures, but when his time came aud his duty
was plain, he, as the Governor of OHIO, would
meet 1t as a man.
lie then reviewed the circumstances Of the ar
rest and seizure of the negro boy John under
power Of Attorney, and this process Of power
of Attorney gave 10 the agents of the power
the right to take John wherever he was.
found, although at that time he was citizen
Of Ohio. Consequently that paper of author
ly was not peace, but war, against citizen of
Ohio
His deliberate judgment was that no person
could be seized aud captured while he was
citizen of any sovereign State under the Con
stitulon of the United States lie entered
into brief analysis Of the ooustitutiOnalitv of
this law, showing IL to be at variance with the
letter and spirit OF that document, giving, as il
does, tho power Of the Judges to the CJmmis-
sionors under this act,
Who does not see in all these unrighteou5
accusations and prosecutions the doom Of this
law lie remembered the statement Of the
PLAIN Dealer of few years ago, which said
that the origin of this law was internal and It
must he repealed whether Constitutional OF not
But it was never intended by this clause
which permits slavery in the land, that it was
to spread further than the States in which il
theu existed, and had they believed otherwise
the Constitution would never have been enact
cd.
Lot the Courts be appealed TO, and LET them
act in accordance with their conscienccs ana
thcir' 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 mat
ter what forces are arrayed against them
See too it, too what President Won elect again
Let such man be selected as will do as YOU
desire-a man who will represent the people in
the spirit of freedom and right, and administer
the Constitution Of our fathers, the seGuror
Of liberty and not the prop Of slavery.
have said lust what / feel and think. lust
what | will i've by, and lust what will die
by. Go ON and be faithful to your charoe--io
your duty to Yourselves. yonr connt,y and
your God
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