Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-31

tr as stainless as his snowy white hal se
He breaches TO the people of Cleveland
from the windows of the prison, every
Sunday. Another is the Reverend
Mr.. Fitch. a Presbyterian clergyman
OF Oberlin. Another is the Hon
Ralph Plum, as noble a specimen OF
the christian gentleman as ever repre-
S nted the State OF Ohio in her Lrgisla u.e;
ard SO of the others. We venture to say
that tie darkest periods of our Colonial
history presents no scenes of legal oppres-
sion appr aching tlis in Internal atrocl
Yet as we had tories in the days Of the
neutrality-suspicious. Of power, who
upheld the pretended prerogatves Of the
King-so have we now.
AS might be expected, an intense feel
lug exists on the Western Reserve. A
meeting has recently been held in Cleve-
land, at which ten thousand Of the citizens
OF Northern Ohio met to sympathize with
their tellow-Cltizens in prison. and 10 give
expression to their sentiments on the sub
had resolved to goad the people of the flee
States bey md endurance, that il may find
a pretext to use the Federal Armies for
their subjugation. This is boldly threat
ened by the satellites of Buchanan. The
people have utterly repudiated him, and
lis administration, and like other weak
un ~ nj &c D,,l :.
to subjugate them by h'relng and mer-
cena'y aoldery. Are the people prepared
to become serls? That there is real dam
ger, the following observations of the very
conservative Cincinnati Gazette" will
satisfy all thoughtful men. Let every one
ponder we'll the course things are taking.
A truer sentiment Was never uttered tl,an
Jefferson's, when he said. Eternal vigi-
lance is the price of liberty" The "Ga-
zette" says:
"rhe assembling Of ten thousand men
IN mass convention, At Cleveland. on Tues
day, was not a mere chance affair, TO b.
sneered At or scolled about, AMI then
straiyh way forgotten. These were neither
idlers nor the taclious enemies of Jaw and
order. Lab"iing men Were they Chiefly.
leaving their work at this busiest of peIi-
ods, under the impulse of s,r"ng convic-
tions as 10 their endangered rights, and
their pressing duties rs tI++men. Anon.
the number, too, were some of the most
influential men of the Stale ulterinr and
givin guidance to the common Sen im-nt.
pervading this army OF intelligent and de-
iermmed citizens. Such an as>+mbIaue is
one that wise men and sagarious rulers, ia
"a Tree country, are M! wont To regard will,
indifference. 1t is idle 10 think to subdu-
men OF this sort. ti Etl by denuncatiun o,
by Threats oi armed Intervention.
The grounds ui all this excitement nle.
hrSt, an udlu1 s statute, very widely
deemed unconstitutional in many o! lis
provisions, for the reclamation o, runaway
slaves on free soil, and secondly, AN lnlol
eiahly lyHnnical method OF en.oicluy rhis
law, ~ III" particular cases recently ais
ing Oh the Western Reserve. The Funi-
tive Slave Law Was, oi purpose, made a.
'f"nHlv- ae possible To the Nurlh l. has
never done slavtholders any real ood, an,
1t never will. In the nature ,l the case.
they, and evelyb"dy else. must see ila
tins cannot be otherwise. BuI when en-
forced by federal officials after the man.
ner Wilson, Btlden " Go. have CHOSEN 10
adopt, it cannot iai' to awaken Intense pop
ular Indignation. Ii ought to TO so. Tie
law itself is justly called 'odipus.' Such
an execution OF il is palpabjy outrageous.
rLe Cleveland Mass Con, en-. ion. wilhou
vl"lcLcc. threats. or any unlawful proceed
ing. uttered their earnest protest against
all Uul -,
They aIe prepared, To IA man, We duub
not. to back up their words with decided
acts, If necessary.
Will there. then. be collision of the
State and Federal au,horiiies? And il ST..
~ lraI ought good .ciIizens to do? To he
first question, We can unl y answer. that il
The supreme .Coutl of Ohio orders Busl.-
nell and Lansston to be brought before i
II; C"lunhu~, or.even Ia be released, il l.
the duIy Of the Executive to see tha, order
Obryed. And at Cleveland III the presence
OF the Mass Convention. Gov. Chase +x-
pressed himself very decidedly ON this
point He will do his duly. What the
Court will decide. however, We cannot un-
der axe 10 say. nor Eow far the Federal
officers, citizens Of our own State, would
eee tit To resist, ALould lie decision iavur
the prisoners. But should collision ot.-
cur. every good ciizen must decide for
himsrll whethe, he ought. in this -e,,tse, to
go with the Fedeti,i or with tie State au
rholi les. The champions of centralr.
zIng fede' alism will back up the preIeu-
tions of the Federal Cour, and Execut.,-.
G-Euine Stale Rights men, anl-cons,lnla-
tl"niSis. and trlehd> of genuine popular
sovereignty. will maintain the rgh,s .oi
the State. against a crushing GENITAL d+s-
potlsm. The great mass of our people
will undoubtedly stand by the Sta'e 0u-
sh0ritIeS.''
Democratic SI;IIc Convention.
This body, which net at Columbus on