Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-05-26

ton had placed them The sefrespect of the mprison
ed, the sense of honor which Heaven planted in their
souls and which revered parents carefully nursed Will
not permit them to involve themselves in such disgrace
1t could be with them matter of "punct-
o to avoid the dishonor towbeh their only chance of
escape exposes them and the circumstances in which
they sustain 70 good cause beset and imperiled by OPP
presire power make what might in another case be
inconsderale affair, rise into duty of the greatest
magnitude. The imprisoned cannot allow it to be said
that when Freedom was assea on ner iast neia tney
convenience and suffering. They are not willing to have
appearance Of snbssion to tyranncal power on
their part become pledge that the diabolca Fugitive
Slave is hereafter to work its on the Western
Reserves = 1872
II will be observed that both the historical sketch,
and the summary above presented We flor We win here
op the third person. have laid special ste on the me-
cesiy maintaining protest against what We regard
as judicial tyranny and the point OF honor which pre-
vents our liberating ourselves by giving bail Nothing
has been said with respect to the policy Of our
This however is matter which has been kept
in view We have thought and still think that in various
waysS a manly and strag course on our part
would promote our cause. Precisely how the malntan-
ing of determined protests against what we nave re-
garded injustice and alehood would advance our in
terests in the defense would not be polite
for Us to say In time shah give to the publica
iui disclosure of the motives which have acted on US IN
this direction and we believe that such disclosure will
fully satisfy all who have doubted the propriety Of
course, that it has been wisely takeu
We must not close without saving that in all that
have done, we have cautiously inquired what is right,
and what expedient Nor have trusted to our judg
juiicious men we could reach, and our conclusions
have been those to which have been conducted by
what has seemed to us, the decidedly prenondering
opnion of the seven eight eminent LAWYERS with whom
we have been in constant consultations ei-.-ssf
And wtha have constantly looked for direction to
that Supreme Intelligence, which gives wisdom to an
who seek it and upbraide AT every step what
what have regarded as manifest. Providence has
pointed the way We still look to Heavenly Guide
for direction We know that If earthly tribunals deny
the relief we ask the higher court to which look WILL
in time send it. Weassure ourselves that the Great
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which viii degrade ourselves betray agood cause and
we equally confident that if we stand TO our integrity
He viii appcintanissue to our troubles which will honor
Him and fully satisfy We cheerfuly vaitthe open
ing of the ''door which no man can shut -
II. E. PECK. DAVID l. WATSON -
A. ty ". LYMAN, RICHARD wINsoR,
!, JaaEs M se9IT. pIRrLErr Mk ya F1Tca. EFNgplS,
= JOHN WATSON, E7e -
- - News,
In North Carolina the wheat crop is re-
ported damaged by rust.
The Province Journal, learns, from q
most respectable source, that the green
shoots of asparagus, eaten raw, induce
sleep and perspiration, and thus hydropho-
bia can be cured in any stage of the dis
ease, even after the paroxysms have com
menced. -, -s;-rs ,.-.yf .s.s-r
Judge McKune, at Sacramento, has
granted to j. r. Hardenburgh, Postmas-
ter in that city, a divorce from his wife
Eliza G. Hardenburgh, for the reason that
she had refused to leave her home in New
Brunswick, N. j., to join her husband in
Sacramento. 11 7-r ssea3 dir Lzeea
Silliman's Journal states that the be-
quest of Henry L. Ellsworth TO Yale Col
lege, amounting, it is estimator, to $780,
600 or 100000, is appropriated blythe
will to scholarships, and is rather agift to
the public than the College itself. The
will is to be contested. and the issue is
doubtful. If sustained, the College will
receive from it only tuition fees, and these
meet but little more than half the expense
of the instruction. - -.7
: A new idea for strack" for the exhibi-
ton or horses, has been suggested by a
gentleman of Hartford, Conn. 1t is an
elongated figure s, and as the track crosses
the intersection or middle of the figure,
either horse can get the advantage of the
shorter or inside track.
- A, frost has cut off the French cham
pagne crop of this year to one-eighlh. 1t
is not probable, however, that the quanti-
ty of so-called champangne will dimin-
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