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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-08-24
The Perry Monument.

Very many Of our citizens have admired
the design of the beautiful and exceedingly
appropriate Monument 10 Com. Perry TO be
seen in Mr.. Sargeant's window, designed
by Mr.. Il. D. Jones, the distinguished
Sculptor. On the 10th of September next
the corner stone Of the Monument il to be
laid on the small island of Gibralter, one
Of the group of the Put.in-Bay Islands, the
rendezvous of Perry's fleet, and the burial
place of its dead. The total expense of
the column is estimated at $4,000. The
design is naval column, 100 feet high
The point of location on 1ibralter is 40
feet above the water, making the whole
height of the column above the level of the
Lake 200 feet.
The Grand Lodge of the Masons of Ohio
have in charge the laying of the corner
stone, and the Military of this and adjoining
States will assist. The corner stone will
be laid by Horace M. Stokes, M. w. Grand
Master. An address will be delivered com.
memorative of the occasion, and a large
concourse Of people will be present. twill
be the gala day Of the Lakes, and the lovely
waters Of Put Inlay will present the most
magnificent aquatic as we'll as civic and mill
tary display, ever witnessed on the Medit.
erraneAR Of the New World Cleauslaad
Leader. .... .....,...-...-.- 80
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County Convention.

The Democratic County Convention will
meet at the Town Hall OH Saturday next, at
ii o'clock, A. M. We hope the delegates
will come together actuated by spirit Of
harmony, and determination to nominate
good tcket-one that will deserve success,
if it cannot command it. In the absence OF
any special excitement Of local nature,
the important fact should not be lost sight
of that we have principles to maintain, in
which are involved the prosperity, if not the
safety, of the country. The necessity, there.
fore, of selecting good men to vindicate
these principles should receive the earnest
thought of the members of the Convention.
Let honest, intelligent and reliable men be
nominated, that we may enter the campaign
with some degere of confidence and spirit,
and be the result what it may-successful
or otherwise-we shall at least have the
consciousness OF having maintained our
manhood and sustained the time. honored
principles of our party.
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Judge GhOlsOn Selling his Slaves !
PROOF IN HIS OWN WRITING |!
He WarrGnts them "Slauss for Life" and
"Sound" ChaitelS.

When Judge Joseph R. Swan was struck
down, and refused nomin alton, by the Abo.
lition party, because Of decision made by
him, which ninety.nine one-hundredths OF the
bar Of the State says was just one, and
Judge William Y. GholsoD, of Hamilton
county, was nominated in his stead, the op-
position press and opposition orators pro-
claimed the falsehood that Mr.. Gholson,
while resident of Mississippi, became so
disgusted with negro slavery that he deter
mined TO rid himself of it, and that this he
did by emancipating his slaves and bidding
the bond go free. Falsehood, like murder,
may for time escape detection, but in the
end, "TRUTH Is .oMNIPoTENr AND PUBLIC
JUSTICE CERTAIN"
The Editor of the Memphis (Tennessee)
Avalanche, seeing this statement, and know.
ing it TO be false, deniedit. On that author.
ity, the Democratic press of the State joined
in the denial and called for the proof. That
falsehood, connived at by Judge Gholson,
and by him suffered to 60 without contra
diction, has now come home to roost.
Last week, we published the letter of Mr..
Rootes, of Pontotoc, Mississippi, averring
the fact that Mr.. Gholson, before leaving
that State, SOLD HIS SLAVES, and after re.
ceiving the pay therefor, he left for Ohio.
This authority the Cincinnati Gazette and
the Columbus Journal made half denial of,
as Mr.. Rootes was not known in Ohio and
might be q myth-a man of straw, and al.
though these papers felt confident that the
witness was real one-that his testimony
was sufficient to convict, yet their pettifog.
ging gave the enemy chance to creep out
of their predicament and to deny the charge.
Drowning men, it is said, will catch at
straws, but these Abolition orators and Abo.
litiOn Editors will no longer have even
straw to grasp at, for below we give proof
that no man will dare deny-proof in the
hand writing of Judge Gholson himself
proof from the record, and substantiated by
the broad seal of the Court.
This proof is in the shape of two Bills of
Sale, signed by w. Y. Gholson, the present
candidate OF the Abolition party for Judge
Of the Supreme Court, and by Elvira his
wife, who, for, and in consideration of the
sum of seven hundred dollars each, sold the
negro boy named "Ned" and the negro boy
named "DavY," each as slaves for life, Judge
Gholson warranting not only the title, but
the "soundness of said negro boys" These
bills Of sale, with the proper certificate OF
the Court-that Judge Gholson "sgned,
sealed and delivered the foregoing bill of
sae," and that his wife, being examined SC.
parate and apart from her said husband, &C
knowedged the signing and sealing Of the
said bill OF sale to be her voluntary act and
deed, will be found below.
This proof we give in full. The bills of
sale ore in Gholson's own handwriting, and
from him, or from his friends, ace dare de-
nial Of their correctness.
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Letter from Senator Douglas.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday,)
AuUnSt 3. 1880

August 2, 1889.
Col. JOHN L. PEYToN, Staunton, Va
| Dear Sir-You do me more than Justice in
your kind letter, for which accept my thanks
| in assuming that / do not concur with the
Administration in their views respecting the
rights of natural ized citizens, as defined in
the lie Clerc letter, which it is proper 10 oh.
serve, have been since materially modified.
Under our Constitution there can be no just
distinction between the rights of native born
and na,urulized citizens, to claim the protec-
ton of our Government, ut home and abroad.
Unless naturalization releases the person
naturalzed from all obligations which he
owed to his native country, by virtue of his
allegiance, it leaves him in the sad predica.
ment of owing allegiance to two countries,
without receiving protection of ether-a di,
lemma in hich no American citizen should
ever be placed.
Neither have you Inexperienced my
opinions in respect 10 the African slave
trade. That question seriously disturbed the
the Federal Constitution. Upon it the DEL
egates divided into two parties under crcum.
stances which for time, rendered harmo
nious action hopeless.
The one demanded, the instant and uncon.
ditional prohibition of the African slave
trade, on moral and religious grounds; while
the other insisted that it was O legitimate
commerce, involving no other consideration
than sound public policy, which each State
ought to be permitted to determine for itself,
so long as it was sanctioned by its own laws.
Each party stood firmly and resolutely by its
own position, until both became convinced
that this vexed question would break up the
Convention, destroy the Federal Union, blot
out the glories OF the Revolution and throw
AWAY all its blessings, unless some just and
fair compromise could be formed on the
common ground of such mutual concessions
as were indispensable to the preservation of
their liberty and independence.
Such compromise was effected and in.
corporated into the Constitution by which it
was understood that the African slave-trade
might continue as legitimate commerce in
those States whose laws sanctioned it, until
the year 1908, from and after which time
Congress might and would prohibit it forever
throughput the dominion and limits of the
United States, and pass all laws which
might become necessary to make such pro.
hibition eflectual. The harmony Of the Con.
vention was restored, and the Union saved
by this Compromise, without which the Con.
sttuton would never have been made.
stand firmly by this compromise, and by all
the compromization of the Constitution, and
shall use my best Efforts to carry each and
all of them into faithful oX ,cution in the
sense and with the understanding in which
they were originally adopted. In accord.
ance with this compromise ON irreconcia.
bly, opposed to the revival of the African
slave-trade in any form and under any cir
CumstanCes.
| am, with great respect, yours truly,
S. A. DOUGLAS,
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Accession to Democracy.

AnOtner ACCESSION 10 democracy.
The Urbanna Free Press, heretofore neu.
tra in politics, in its last issue, declares its
purpose to cooperate hereafter with the
Democratic party, in the following sensible
and patriotic language:
When we commenced the publication oil
the Free Press, it was our aim to establish O
journal that would have no connection with
any of the political organizations of the day,
and thus far we have followed up that poll.
cy, and had but little to do with them OF
those connected with them. But when we
see false sentiments advocated, able and ex.
perienced men prescribed for rendering an
honest judicial decision, and resistance to
laws preached and practiced, Gas has been
the course of the Republican party) thus
jeopardzng the peace and safety of society
we feel ca lied upon to lay aside our neutral l.
ity,' and to oppose and denounce such runous
sentiments and practices, and TO use every
honorable means in our power 10 deiea
those who seek to carry them out. 1t is ouI
purpose hereafter to advocate those meas.
ures that we believe to be right und beet
calculated to secure the peace, safety ant
well being of the whole country-to uphold
defend and abide by the Constitution ono
laws OF our country, no matter into Wha1
party such course may lead Us. ...
The Democracy are now occupying the
only true and commendable position with
regard to observation of law, promotion oI
the interests of our country, and the genera
welfare of the people, and so long as they
continue in this way, we will cheerfully CO.
| operate with them.
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The Chrlstian Conventlon.

The Abolitionists OF this State recently
held meeting at Columbus, which, in order
to extend their influence and give moral
weight to their doings, they called Chris.
tian Anti-Slavery Convention. The only
thing that savors Of Christian character in
the report Of their proceedings, as we find
them in q score of Republican papers, is
The title of Rev. which is carefully paraded
before the names of number of gentlemen,
who with such men as Giddings, appear to
have been the ruling spirits.
The object Of the Convention is hard to be
understood. Judging from the proceedings
they assumed the province Of laying down
new code of law, both human and divine
The following are among the resolutions
adopted:
"That 10 enslave innocent men and wo-
men, paralyzing the moral faculties, shutting
out the light of truth from the understanding,
and compelling them to drag out an earthly
existence amidst the gloom and darkness OF
moral death, constitutes one of the most ag'
gravated violations Of Gods will, one of the
most momentous crimes ever presented to
human consideration"
"That the turpitude Of this crime rests on
all who capture, enslave, import, sell, pur'
chase, hold, e.cnpture, or re enslaVe human
beings all who aid, encourage, pass, ap-
prove, or enforce enactments, for the cap
ture, enslaving, holding, re-capturing, or re.
enslaving of Gods images, and the persons
thus offending will be held responsible al
the bar of God"
Mankind generally, we believe, have en-
tertained different opinions as to the grade
of crimes, and not having authorized this
Convention to ennct new criminal code
we fear they will hardly conform their prac'
tce to the tenor of these resolutions. But
seriously, for Convention composed OF men
as eminent in piety, as devout in religion
and as exemplary in Christian department
as some of the members of this Convention
are, to resolve what constitutes crime
against divine law, and who shall be held re
sponsible at the bar of God, is one o.
the "most momentous" instances Of AFRO
gonce and blusPhemy, "ever presented tc
human consideration"
The bills of sale Of the selling Of "pave,'
"Ned" and "Ras," made by Judge Gholson
the candidate on the Republican ticket fol
Supreme Judge, will doubtless place tht
members OF this Convention in an embarras
sing position. L their horror OF "the re.en
slaving Of Gods image" is as holy as they
would make us believe, will they vote for {
man whose soul is stained with this crime
We shall see.
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The Democracy OF Ohio.

The campaign was opened by the Democ.
racy on Monday of last week. Judge Ran
ney, Senator Pugh, Gen. Geiger, VIM. H.
Stafford, 7. J. Gallaher, y. w. Stambaugh,
w. C. Castor, and hosts Of other good
Democrats are on the stump, advocating the
election of cur State ticket. The Democru.
cy all over the State are thoroughly united.
We have no Giddingses or Corwins in our
ranks, and thank God for it. All that is
wanting to secure the triumph of our State
ticket this fall, is for every Democrat 10 do
his duty.
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Statue Of DOugIns.

The Springfield correspondent OF the Mis-
souri, Republican writes: "The statue of our
distinguished Senator, Douglas, which was
ordered by Gov. Matterson, for his new
mansion, have arrived here, and will remain
in George Currant's store on exhibition for
several weeks. The sculptor is Mr.. Volk
of Chicago. The statue is the exact size
and counterpart Of Douglas, and cut from
marble from Vermont, his native State
No description Of the statue could do it jus
tice. 1t has been pronounced by every one
who has seen it to be masterpiece.
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RAVEN N a, H1O=
Wednesday, August "a, 1862
Democratic State Ticket.

FOR GOVERNOR,
RUFUS P. RANNEY, of Cuyahoga Co.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM H. Stafford, of Ross Co.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
HENRY C. WHITMAN, of Fairfield Co
AUDITOR OF STATE,
G. VOLNEY DORSEY, of Miami Co.
TREASURER OF STATE,
WILLIAM BUSHNELL, of Richland Co.
SECRETARY OF STATE,
JACOB REINHARD, of Franklin Co.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
JAMES TOMLINSON, Of Washington Co.
COMMON SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
CHARLES N. ALLEN, Of Harrison Co.
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"Ncvcr IA VyOrd docs he Speak y"

Some time ago, Judge Spalding wrote &c
Judge Gholson, asking him "whether he
would or would not concur with Brinkerhoff
and Sutiff, rather than with Peck, Swan an d
Scott in the Habeas Corpus decision render.
ed in the case of the Oberlin prisoners"
and the people everywhere are asking where
he stands and what are his views on this all
absorbing question. But up to the present
time Gholson has been as "mute os mice"
on the question. His pro.sIavery antece'
dents prevent him from giving an answer in
the affirmative, and as candidate on the
Abolition ticket, he dare not reply in the
negative,
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The substance of speech made by Mr..
Dennison in Clinton County, on Wednesday.
is reported in the Cincinnati Commercial-
In it he says that "SIavery has constantly
aggressed upon the North" that sit has been
riding, booted and spurred, over free terrific.
ry ever since Calhoun, in ls47, announced
the monstrous doctrine, from his place 10 the
Senate, that it is the duty Of Congress to
protect Slavery wherever the Asg of the
Union houted." Mr.. Dennison must do bet.
ter than that. 1t would be an almost un.
pardonable offence in an ignorant cross.road
politician to make declaration 80 devoid Of
truth.
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AN ACT
T No. 2lS.1
April 2, 1859.

To amend an act entitled "An act to estab-
lish Code of Civil Procedure"
Section l. Be ii enacted By The General
Assembly Of the Stale Of Ohio, That Sec
lion 436 of the act entitled can act TO estab.
lish code OF civil procedure" be and the
same is hereby amended SO as to read as
follows: Sec. 436. Lands and teuements
taken in execution shall not be sold until
the officer cause public notice OF the time
and place of sale to be given for at least
thirty days before the day of sale, by adver
tisement in some newspaper printed and Of
general circulation in the county; or in
case no newspaper be printed in the county,
in some newspaper of general circulation
therein, and by putting up an advertisement
upon the court house door, and in five other
public places in the county, two of which
shall be in the township where such lands
and tenements lie. Where such adv ertise.
ment is made in a newspaper published
weekly, it shall be sufficient to insert the
same in five consecutive numbers thereof;
but wherever there shall be published, both
daily and weekly edition OF the newspaper
selected for such advertisement, and the cir
cuation Of the daily in the county shall ex
ceed that OF the weekly, it shall be suffi
cient for the officer TO publish the said ad.
vertisement in the daily once q week, for
five consecutive weeks, before the day OF
sale, each insertion to be on the same day OF
the week Provided that the expense of such
publication in daily newspaper shall not
exceed the cost OF publishing the same in
a weekly newspaper. All sales made with.
c,,t euch sdve vertiSRmnnt shall he set n lido
on motion, by the court to which the execu-
ton is returnable.
Sec. 2. That the original section 436
of the act entitled san act to establish
code of civil procedure" be and the same
is hereby repealed, and this act shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
April 6, 1859.
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8. | AN ACT

I No. 2l9. AN ACT
Relating 10 q certain proposed Amendment
to the Constitution, and the Publication
of this Act.
Whereas, the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio, three.tifths of the members
elected TO each House agreeing thereto, have
proposed a certain amendment to the Con-
stitution, providing for annual sessions of the
Legislature to be submitted to the electors
for Senators end Representatives, on the Sc.
cond Tuesday of October, 1859, therefore,
Section /. Be it enacted Jy. the General
Asse mbly of he Stale Of Ohio, That the
electors OF the State shall vote upon said
pro posed amendment at the general election
in October, 1859, as herein prescribed, (viz:)
Those voting for said amendment, providing
for annual sessions of the Legislature shall
put upon their ballots the words, "annual
sessions, yes," and those voting against it
shall put upon their ballots these words,
"onnuul sessions, no."
Sec. 2. A return additional to the retuyn
now required by law to be made of the votes
cast at such election for State officers and
Senators and Representatives, and also for
and against said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be certified and made by
the clerk of each county to the Secretary O {
Sta te within ten days after said election and
within thirty days after said election, the
Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney
General shall open said returns and count
the votes, and ascertain whether or not
majority OF the votes cast at said election
have been cast for s1id proposed amendment,
and if it appears that msjority of the votes
cast at such election have been cast for said
proposed amendment, the Governor shall
make proclamation thereof without delay.
Sec. 3. This act shall be published by
each county auditor in two weekly English
papers, if two be published in the county,
and in one German weekly paper, if pub.
lished in the county, for two weeks next
preceding the election.
Sec. a. The cost of publishing this act,
as provided in the third section, shall be paid
out of the county treasury OF each county.
Sec. A. This act to be in force and take
effect from and alter its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
April 5, 1859.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, April 6, 1885
] hereby certify that the foregoing acts
are true copies of the original rolls on file
in this Office.
A. P. RUSSELL,
Secretary of State.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI,
Personally appeared before me, r. w.
Edmondson, Clerk of the District Court of
the United States for the Northern District
of Mississippi Charles w. Martin, Samuel
]. High. William w. Leland, Isaac F. Carr,
and E. W. Rootes, who being severaIy
sworn the truth to speak, state that they
know William Y. Gholson, formerly a citi.
zen of this town and State, but now citi-
zen of the State of Ohio that they KNOW
THE SAID GHoLsoN WHILE CITIZEN OF THIS
STATE WAS THE OWNER OF SLAVES, AND THAT
HE SOLD HIS SLAVES before leaving
this State 10 remove 10 the State OF Ohio.
c. w. MARTIN,
S. ]. HIGH,
w. W. LELAND,
/. F. CARR,
L. w. RooTEs.
Sworn and subscribed to be.
Seal. fore me this 18th day of Au.
gust, 1859.
Il. w. EDMoNDsoN, Clerk.
When it is borne in mind that Judge
G Gholson-fresh from the sale of these chut-
tells, selling, as the Abolitonists say of oil
shareholders. human blood and flesh, for
money-allowed his friends to put forth the
deliberate falsehood that, Instead of selling
his negroes, he had emnncipated them, the
reader will see how it is, and why it is, that
these Bills of Sale-these papers that trans
fer negro men, body and soul, TO another,
1--WE thank the Abolitionists for teaching us
these words,) assume the importance we al
tach to them. They are evidence Of fraud
and deception on the part of Ghoson and
his friends-are evidence Of the deepest hy-
pocrisy on the part Of the Abolitioniats if
they continue him their candidate.
Mr.. Giddings charges that the slave dealer
is worse than a pirate. Judge Gho!son-
the man that Giddings and SpaIding nomin.
ated for Judge of the Supreme Court, has
been q slave dealer and has never yet made
restitution, but sought by allowing his
friends 10 falsify the facts, to gain credit for
emancipatng his negro slaves, when in
truth, he sold them, as he sold his cattle, to
the highest bidder.
Such man is the proper candidate Of the
law breakers. He is pledged to Giddings to
disregard the laws and Constitution of the
United States, in order that fugitives from
labor may not be reclaimed. Those who
know him best-who know his sentiments
in favor of the Compromise Measures OF
1850. and who heard his eloquent speech of
that year in defence of the Fugitive Slave
Law, say that he will do no such thing
Either the Abolitionists or the more con
servatve portion OF the Republican party
are to cheated Which is it!
Judge Gholson has cheated the Giddingses,
the Spaldings, the Riddles, the Pecks and
the Buckuses of Aboltionsm by allowing
his friends TO lie for him-he got their votes,
their influence and their nomination by a
fraud-by pretending, through his friends, to
be one thing while the proof we submit
shows he was another, and we now ask the
men OF all parties, is such man fit to 60
upon the bench of the Supreme Court OF
Ohio, TO dispense justice to others, while lie
has such cause to dread Justice to himself
- Cleveland Democrat