Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-06-02

safeguards around it necessarily involves
itselfin moral Inconsistency by denounc
ing the foreign traffic. The party that
does this can easily enough, slide over
to the southern logic for the re-openino
oftho slave trade.
uABEAs CORrUs, OHERLIN RESCUE
CAsEs.-The Supreme Court of Ohio.
have denied the writ Of habcas corpus
in the case Of the imprisoned rescuers
three Of the Jud geS refusing the writ,
and two in favor of granting it. So
a majority Of the court Of Ohio rein.
SEES to protect lis citizens against per.
secu ion, under color Of an internal and
unconstitutional enactment, called law,
But no one need fear az to the ultimate
success Of the right in Ohio; the PEG,
pie OF the State are already thoroughly
aroused to the fragrant acts of Injustice
and cruelty of the United States min
ions, In the case Of the prisoners charo-
ed with violation the Fugitive slave
act. The voice Of the people will be
heard in unmistakable tones. at the com
ing election in the State The ballot box
and all other legitimate means. will be
employed to right the wrongs +: the
course ofjuStlce may be slow, and many
may grow impatient with the DELAY :;
bnt the day of triumph will surely come.
The courts are educated to conserv-
atlsm-to an almost superstitious re-
gard for high claimed legal authority,
although such authority may be but
sheer uSurpation. Courts, in all ages,
have been blocks in the pathway OF
progress, and can only be aroused from
their fossil slumbers by the sovereign
voice OF the people. SO reverential
are they Of the old mummies at Wash
ington clad in gowns, that were a de
cree like that Of Herod, for putting to
death the first born of every family,pro,
bounced constitutional in this country.
they would most likely bow mceklv in
acqniescence. But the people have
reason to rejoice, that neither Courts
nor Congresses are repositories of SOW
erelgn power in this country; there is a
power, behind and above these: the
people make and unmake Judges and
makers. Although great reforma.
tory measures, and the righting of gov.
ermental wrongs, must necessarily be
brought about in a legitimate way, and
therefore cannot be speedy, yet come
they must and will.
AS has been already said, the people
OF Ohio are awake to the attempts now
being made, to trample upon the sover.
eighty of the State, and to render it 2
mere vassal province. A mass conven.
ton of the western reserve counties, re.
Gently held at Cleveland, in which
about $4,000 freemen were assembled
shows the spirit and temper abroad in
that State. The resolutions adopted
We're bold and manly, asserting the in
allenable rights Of man against usurpa.
ton; while at the same time, they were
in perfect consistency with the const'
tuition of the United States. The adj,
dress of Gov. Chase on the occasion,
was q noble effort, and no doubt meets
with hearty response from the great
body of the people Of Ohio. Inrespect
to the citizens Of Ohio now in confine-
ment, Gov. Chase remarked:
"Some Of the most respectable citi-
zens Of the State whom he had known
for years, had done what they believed
to be right and which not one man in ten
thousand wonld lookup into the blue sky
with his hand on his heart and say was
not right; they had been thrown into
confinement. This was wrong, and
what should we do? We exist under
State Government and Federal Gov.
eminent, and if the Government does
wrong, turn it out Dismiss the un>
worthy servants and put in those who
will do your will"
The remedy demanded to secure the
States in their just rights, and to pre-
vent their sovereignties from being
swallowed up in a central consolidated
government, is expressed in one of the
resolutions adopted in the convention
above mentioned, as follows:
''That in the opinion ofthis assembly
an amendment to the Federal judiciary
system is indispensably necessary, so
that the sovereignties of the States may
be respected, and individuals guarded
from oppression. AS means to this
end, 1t is strongly recommended that
the life tenure be abolished, and that
the judicial office be limited to a term
Of years: that Congress so remodel the
judicial circuits that a majority of the
citizens Of the United States shall have
majority Of citizens Of the justices of
the Supreme Court"
DoG-DAY CoNvENTIoNIsTs TRIUMPH
ANT.-The strife which has for some
time been going on among the democ-
racy, as to whether the state convention