The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-10-05

pendently as to their course of action. We
would not cajole or deceive any one ; nor ask
any one to vote against his conviction of right.
But this should not be forgotten - Judge
Gholson stands before the Republicans ofOhio
day, precisely as the convention presented
him. The following extracts of letters which
we received recently, from leading Republicans
of Hamilton County, are reliable and worthy
of confidence.
This you may rely upon; Mr.. Gholson is
an ardent Republican, and has uniformly voted
our ticket. He boldly denounces the bred
Scott decision, and the doctrine that Congress
has no power to prohibit slavery in the terri
tories. He maintains the old effersonian doc.
trine of prohibition, and supports it by reasons
strong aud clear. Mr.. Jones of Delaware,
| (Mr. Giddings knows him. had very long
talk with him after the State Convention ad-
journed, and he assured me he had never heard
SO able defence of Republicanism in his life
as he made And what surprised him partic
ularly, was his singular zeal on the subject,
as he had supposed he was quite conservative
| in his views. That he is an anti-slavery man
there can be no question and that he came.
to free State because he disliked slavery, no
one pretends to deny in our county
Another writes: .,--.-.55=
But whatever mistatements may have been
made in Convention by over. zealous friends
of Judge Gholson, he is in nowise responsible
, for them. He never deceived any man as to
f his principles, and never sought the nomIna-
. ton. 1t was only his great desire 10 see the
4 Republican party successful in this campaign.
E and the Democratic party beaten, that induced
3 him to allow the use of his name. Having
accepted the nomination, he has refused to
!. yield to the clamors of the Democratic Press
and others who have appealed to him to re-
fuse nomination which. involved the defeat
of Judge Swan. No one is authorized TO say
how he would decide any question arising un-
der the Fugitive Slave Act. will however,
cite case which occurred in the Supreme
Court of this city. Jesse Becky, partly
colored man. brought suit for damages against
the trustees of the 4th ward for refusing his
!, vote. Judge Gholson charged the jury that
the plaintiff was entitled to his vote being
over half white, and should be allowed DANA
t ges As to his connection with slavery, it
. consisted in his temporary ownership of three
slaves, during his residence in Mississippi
What property he has acquired, has been from
;. his professional labors, and not the toll or
n blood .of slaves. AS a question of capital
q and labor, he regards slavery as antagenstic
to the interests of free labor, and is as firmly
opposed to the extension of slavery into our
new territories or Inc IurlOer increase OF the
. slave power, as the warmest Republican on
the Western Reserve, and adopts fully the
National Republican platform on that subject.
From these extracts our readers will he
. liable form an opinion for themselves and
they must judge of their duty in the premises
: and decide for themselves-as they are capable
e of doing-how far the support of nominee
VI presented as he is, will subserve the cause OF
freedom And we hope they will take from
1.-The whole view of the case-this important
lesson-that at all times, if we would have the
Republican party brought up to the right
standard we must throw into our nominating
: conventions the whole anti slavery force a,
i, our command. @ ~ s-a -