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

FELW Nicola, Cuyahoga.
sECRErARIEs.
JoHN G. GRAMss, Cuyahoga
j. S. HERRicK, Portage.
AUGUSTA THIEME, Cuyahoga.
JosErH II. DicKERsoN, Loraiu.
The report Of the Committee was accepted by
three cheers and the officers took their ssats.
Judge TLDEV was then introduced to the
audience and made short and telling speech full
Of appropriate aud cutting illusions TO the Fed.
eral Court and to the officers who have incar.
ceratod these Oberlin men. After throwing
hot shot into their castle and sufficiently pun
ishing them for their infamous actions, he
passed into the features of Congress .onal poll.
tics showing that the Chairmen of all the i'm.
portant Committees, and the majority of these
Committees were of the untculfed Dem5cra-
cy. Passing rapidly over these, he threw into
his remarks many capital hits al the dominant
party, which kept the immense audience in a
roar
lie showed up the inconsistency of tbe.olli .
GERS of this Federal Court Belden had been
an Abolitionist, but had turned Democrat but
they could mark his words, Beldcn would come
yet to the Republican party, but every man
should have his boots ready nailed to kick him
out Of the party
Outside of some caunibal and heather coun.
tries he did not believe there was such am in
famous Court as this
Three hearty cheers thanked Judge TrLpEN
as he sat down
}. W. VANCE, Esq, Of Mt Vernon, was next
introduced.
He came here as every man who has a mind
for freedom aud is opposed to slavery should
do, and he should be proud to speak word for
free nrtnriplng Hrog 81
ciple of our government that all men had free
and equal rights, and these principles are not
confined TO our government. They have their
source in natural justice, the great source of
all law and all rights. Shall we, ss freemen
stand up for our rights aud defend them as in
the days of the revolution, or shall we tamcly
submit to TYRANNY
The Constitution gave us no right TO make
slaves of part Of our citizens; on the CON
trary it provided that all should have equal
! rights OF citizenship. 1t is true that we should
under the constitution, let the owner of cscap.
ed slaves come and get them as they would a
horse, but the Shareholders were not satisfied
with this, they must have a law by which they
could seize any colored man, woman or child,
and carry them into slavery. They call too,
| upon us-upun all OF us--to help them carry
/ back INTO slavery these persons whom they
! seize, IL, d VIII you DO iti (Cres of "No, no,
never'D We are here to-day, not only To treat
/ Of law Tor ourselves, but to force the admins
tration to obey the laws. CApplause) You
have some men and brothers in yondcr Jail;
now what shall we dol Let us exhaust every
law and legal means in our power, and if then
we should iail, which God forbid, let us show
that Ohio shall be free by the right OF the peo-
| pie. (rhroe cheers
"lIail Columbia by the Chagrin Falls band.
Hon, JOSHUA r. GIDDINGs was next introduc.
/ ed.
/ The old War Horse spoke as follows, being
/ greeted with hearty az pIauso
have met many of you at different times
but this is the greatest occasion of all Forty
seven years ago | first entered this territory.
| bore my musket on my shoulder. The British
fleet lay IN the oihng, and here on this ground
on the 10th of Sept 1872, many of my com.
panions listened to the thundcrs OF Perrys flect,
aud the heroism Of that day has not passed and
gone. But this country for which SO many of
our fathers fought and blej is now contamna-
ted by the presence Of tyrants, and here in this
New England Of the West, men have been ar
rested and imprisoned for aiding fellow man
to gain his freedom. This may be a common
scene in Africa but not here Had this tyranny
confined its operations TO Congress, where il
struck down your Senators and gagged the
Ibod and leirless men who dared TO raise their
voice against THE terrible wrong, you could do
no moro than TO use your own influence
in bringing about better state Of affairs -
| When II invaded our own State and WRONGS
unheard Of before were enacted in the South.
ern part of our State you could not go there
to correct those wrongs. The people of the
Western Reserve could only shudder at the
wrongs and hope for better things.
But now the war is brought to our own
door. Hero among our own residences and
homes, some Of our most respected citizens
have been thrust into prison Tor doing what /
thank them for from my nmost soul
| For thus obeying the high behests of Heaven 3
| King, these men are now thrust into a gloomy
prison which would disgrace the Southern por
tions Of Africa.
But it is said that this man had no rights
which weshould respect 1t was said that God
had given to the doughiacGs in Congress the
power TO turn him from one master TO another
with no voluntary act OF the victim. All the
nobeness of our nature reb 'ls against such
| Alhelsm--al human beings have derived from
their Creator a right To life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness You may brutulize him
and abuse him-buL no more can human gov
eminent trlnsier the right Of human liberty
tnon they can put life into a corpse.
Now had Congress the Iightto consign this
! ulhlif Ut ui1 tHailt ~ tNfild llllH bluhtIf hUu
bondage No. never aud here we leave the
Democratic party If they held the doctrines
which we do upon this point, there would be
bo no point of disagreement between us But
one judicial decision that | know OF has been
given upon this fundamental point--the Drcd
Scott decision know that throughout Chris
tendon there is universal adherence Of this
doctriue-as early as 1865 John Adams an
nounccd that the right 10 human liberty was
antecedent 10 all law or government. Only the
Tories Of the Revolution denied this They
were the men who, like the pro-saYery party
Of this day deny al! human right against the
will oftyrants. Not the Democracy Of this or
any other day, hold TO this doctrine No, such
an imputaton would put Democracy to the
blush, it would insult Hell itself to give it such
an opinion and Characteristic
| / tell you that all men are created free and
equal, and that eternal truth ! for one will
stand by and abide by Men talk of Constilu-
tional laws There stands Constitution that
declares that all have equal rights
have no hesitation aa TO the means for act
ing upon this great matter which is now before
us. ! would have Committee appointed TO-
day, to apply % the first and nearest officer
who has tho power, that he shall issue writ
for the release of those prisuners--not the men
who have now been summoned 20 Columbus,
but those who have not been sentenced, Aud
| want TO he appointed on that Committee, and
II so, / will promise you that no sleep shall
come TO my eyelids this night until l have used
my utmost endeayors 10 have these men re-
leased. Immense applause If il WIS not
for the Supreme Court of the State, for which
| have the utmost respect / would ask for no
Judicial process but those men should bo
brought before you today. LVoeiierous APP