Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-31

The Slave Democrats Of the last Legislature,
in obedience to their Southern masters, repealed
the wholesome laws on the Ohio statute books
TO prevent kidnapping, and opened our once
free State to the hunts Of men-thieyes. Aided
by United States M'rshals and United States
Commissioner successful hunts for human
victims have recently como of at Cincinnati,
Zsnesvile, Chicothe, and Columbus. An
account of the latter will be found in our col
umns this morning. In each Of the cases men
have been captured by stratagem, their limbs
manaced, their legal rights denied them, and
they have been hurried into slavery as though
Ohio Law upon the African coast, subject to the
unresisted incursions Of slave dealing pirates.
Even Railroads and railroad employees are
prostituted to these man hunts, the civil officers
Of our State being thwarted in the service of
writs of habeds corpus by them. The Legsla-
ture soon to convene will have work to do TO
preserve the rights and liberties Of our own
citizens, and we trust there will be no shrinking
from the prompt enactment of all necessary
laws to that end, let the Slave Democracy howl
as it may.
Never did horse thieves hurry with sPoils to
their rendezvous OF safety with greater speed
than the kidnappers of Rice The railroads
aided them in their precipitate flight, aud
United States Senator Pugh through the barra.
coon of United States Commissioner Eewhall into
lie slavery. $50 quickly was the business de
spatched, and the victim hurried across the
river" says the Gazette, "that writ of habeds
corpus, promptly granted by Judge Ghoson,
on application prspiOEs to the arrival OF the
kidnappers, (ofwhose coming news was received
by telegraph was too late. Before the officer
had arrived at the Court room with this docu-
Inent, the kidnappers (for such they must
certainly be regarded in this casc,) had accom-
plished their purpose" Honest men, engaged
in legal business, have no cause for such het
haste.
Rice was lodged in the Covington Jail oveI
night, aud shipped down the river the next
day. II, is described as a mulattc, aged about
80, aix feet high, weighs 100 pounds, man
remarkable muscular power, and quite intelli
gent According to the statement of DePut,
U. s. Marshal Manson he fought his assailant
at Columbus desperately Manson, Lowe AM
their assistants followed and fought the unfor
tunately unarmed man they were attempting
TO enslave the whole length of the depot build
log inside, passing out of the west end amont
the horses and carriages, and again into th
building where Rice was knocked down an
handcuned. Il required a slung shot OF som
such weapon TO enable the menstealers t
overcome their mulatto victim He shoute
to the crowd assembled frequently that he wa
free man, and was being kidnapped, ye
with few exceptions, the cravens, like those {
Harper's Ferry, in the expressive description {
Gov Wise "acted like sheep
One thing is certain. II the South wi
continue to SOW the wind" under the infamou
provisions of the Fugitive Aci, it will in du
time "reap the whihwind." Every man
"mi1ed blood" thus dragged to slavery will Y,
strike more terror to their domestic fresid'
than the insane fanatic John Brown.