The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-15
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The Reverend Rufian from Ohio In the State Con-
gregational Association Of Michigan.
In the proceedings of q religious association
IN Detroit. Michigan. We find speech madei
By Mr.. Hart, preacher of Ravenna. Por
'tage county, Ohio, which is disgracefnl to him
as a man, and doubly disgraccful as minis
ter of the Gospel II was upon the subject
of the Oberiin rescuers, and professed to be q
plain statement of the facts 10 the case In-
stead of beng so. it contains gross falsehoods /
assertions which this Reverend person must
have known, when he made them, to be With
ont the least foundation. He says. The peo
pie who came for these alleged fugitives con-
ducted themselves in manner to lead to the
impression that they were kidnappers Tbel
iDhabitaRs therefore. resisted them. and pro
teeled their fellow men, Now, this is grossly
untrue. The rescuers themselves avow, and
this Mr. Hart knows it. that they resisted the
officers hecau, they hold thatt the fpgitiue EasoI
ough to be resisted The inhabitants, there
fore,' resisted That is what they say them |
selves; and either Mr.. Hart has told convo |
cation of the fathers of one of the Christian
churches deliberate falsehood, or the Ober-
lin le cuers are great liars.
This person continued by saying; The feel /
ing of Indignation in Ohio is very great
They hope to bring the Stale and FEDERAL
authorities into collision The feeling of in
| dignation in Ohio is very great, there is no
mistake in that. The people are indignant at
the wickedness and andacity of the abolition
lists and amaigamatioDists, who hope to bring
| the State and Federal authorities into COLI
lsion'--they are indignant that the Governor
of Ohio, instead of utterly disconntenaRciDgl
the rehes of the Reserve. should be found
pandering TO their fanatical measures. and
holding out prospect of the notification of
the laws of the United States through the
courts of the State He, too. hopes TO bring
the State and Federal authorities into. COLI
sion;' aHd Tor this we brand him as traitor
to his duty, and an enemy to the public peace
4 The people of Ohio are also indignant that
lcIergymen should be found to disgrace the
lState by going to another State, and there, in
a RELIGIOUS assemblage telling gross and wilful
4 ifaisehoods after the manner of the father of
Ilies. Proceeding with his statement, we find
this Reverend person gaining boldaess and
lconidence as he goes on. The magnitude of
his falsehood, increases as he progresses. His
'tnext is that to no other part of Northern
EOhio (but OberliD could these men have come
in search of fugitiyes without being made to
dance without floor The Reverend ruffian
.lavers that, anywhere in Northern Ohio, except
lOberlin, United States officers in search of 3
/ fugitive would be hung. Tins we see that
lGiddiugs' Thug doctrine has already made one
Iconvert, and he clergyman. Now we assure
whoever it may concern, in Michigan or else
lwbere that this mans statement TO the faith
lers of the church in Detroit, in this regard, is
an unmitigated lie,i and libel upon the ma
Ijority of the people of Northern Ohio 1t
may be that the existing fanaticism in some
lparts of the. Reserve may be so fomenled and
Inx, rod h~xA Aln Ok of
i Gov. Chase, and so exasperated by the deliri-
ous rawlings of Joshua R. ,1iddings, as to in
lduce assassination of an officer in the execu.
! ton of his duty in arresting fugitive from
labor. In that case somebody would be made
to dance without foor;' for not even Sal
mon P. Chase, if he were Governor. would
j dare to pardon or reprieve the murderers-
He would quail before the majestic Bdigna-
ltion of the people. and the misguided instru
; lments of his unpatriotic ambition and bis un-
: tprincpled intrigues would pass to the gallows,
j as Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Straford, pass
} led to the block The Rev. Mr.. Hart, ended
!, by assuring the assemblage that we in North.
ern Ohio will not obey this law Now, a
: certain class of people, according to well
8 known adage, should have good memories
He started out by alleging that the officers
were mistaken for kidbappers, and therefore
the people resisted He ends by declaring
that we oil Nortnern ohlo Will not obey tins
4 ing what he had before advanced in excuse oi
! 1.-THE rescuers. We should think that the
lpreachings of Mr. Hart, if be would take for
f n's isAs 'ne .use el niauias anu oappnlra
Al 9e''y - =, - : q q
The spirit aud temper of the foregoing phil
Ilpplc IS disgrace TO American Journalism
i In wholesale remuneration, IN acrimonious ln
vective,i in abusive charges of falsehood, it il
without justification or excuse. 1t is thi
partisan bitterness, this indulgence in low
q vulgar personality, that so much degrades ane
i, lsoiis the character OF the political newspaper
. OF the present day;
!, Rev. j. G. HARr, Pastor of the Conerega
tional Church, in Ravenna, where known. a.
he is in this community, needs no vindicatior
from such a TRADE of spiteful, epithets as tbs
Statesman has heaped upon him. Exemplary a
e a religious teacher, both in precept and ex
!. ample, be not only deseryedly enjoys the conf
!. fdence of his own Immediate people. bnt share
: universally the respect of the entire commr
!. nifty. But lest strangers abroad may be ii
some cases misled by the Statesman's assault
!, we deem it due to a worthy citizen, to motto
and repel this unjust attack.
If to sustain the Fugitive Slave Law. it be
n comes necessary. to blacken the character a
:. Christian men. and ministers of the aGosne
! Who doom, the law barbar;c and onnressivt
and in sn;r;t vbol,v at variance with tbe sent