The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-30
tsmpt.-[MW York Day Book, De.
mocratic paper.

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| Antecedents - Pronosnces the Fugi-
| tive slave La W UnconstitationaI, and
! Encourages Resistance to IL.
The Indignation Meeting tor Ma
honing county came of here on
Wednesday. the 9otb, in the Court
House, and q grand, sublime and
inviting Convention It was Of the
freemen Of Maboning. We are
happy in being able to sag that nc
ldoughface attended the Convention,
I Tor the blessed reason that Maboning
county contains none, or at least but
few who stand ready to justify the
Infamous Fugitive Law, or to sing
peans to the slave power ofthe South
which iattens upon the sweat, the
blood and death OF his fellow man!
No ono. we say, spoke to the Assem-
blage Of one thousand freemen, who
did not denouDce, as unconstitutioD-
al and infamous, the Fugitive Bill
Of 80. and pledge himself and all
his God. given powers to seek Its re-
peal. and to defeat the oppressive
and disgusting features Of this dough.
face and hellish emanation Of iu-
famous, impious and distempered
minds.
His Honor, Judge Wade. The
President Of this JuG icial Circuit,
spoke first, for about one hour, upon
the demerts Of the bill, in his EN-
phatic manner, denouncing not only
the bill, but all who voted for it, or
skulke1 it on its passage; and the
way he held mp His Accidency. Mr..
Fillmore, for whom in '4S he voted,
was Il caution to all political sinners.
1t appeared to do the souls OF the
vast audience good to hear the true.
hearted Wade pour out his spirit in
withering anathemas upon the infa-
nous panderers from the North TO
the Slavcocracy of the South) upon
the passage of this most infamous
and diabolical law.
Next upon the forum was called,
by the united voice of the meeting,
Rufus p Rsnney, of Trnmbull, a
distinguished delegate to make our
Constitution-one Of the brightest
minds in Ohio. and an old Democrat
and nothing else In politics! lie
exposed not only the infamous man.
ner in which the bill was rushed
through the House under the gag
rule of the Southern and infamous
oppression, but in scathing and blis-
,tiing curses denounced the whole
bill as unconstitutional (!) and the
miscreants who assistedtin its in.
ception and passage by their votes,
or fleeing when God and duty re
qnired their aid in behalf of liberty
and the rights Of blood and life, as
unworthy Of our regard - as nm
worthy OF our suiirage--now or here
after!
1t is worthy Of remark to say, that
it did the souls Of the Democracy
good to near the noble and fearless
Ranney denounce, in his chaste and
sarcastic style. this outrageous and
pestiierous bill! Yes, all were ready
to, and did indorse, every word ut
tered by him on this occasion, feel.
ing Of truth that although the apos.
tate from freedom for the sake OF
Office had sought to sell US and our
children to the Infamous slave power
Of this nation, yet that We had in Cur
midst men OF strong. vigorous minds;
men who could not be made, for the
sake Of office, or pu lie plumber, IL
help to approve of the Infamous bill;
men who wonld stand by the free
men OF the North, and aid us to battle
for the right, and Tor the overthrow.
not only of this pestilental law, but
for the political death of every son
OF Belial who aided in the procrea.
tion Of this bill of unmitisated infa
my!
Hon. Matthew Orchard, one Of
our ex-Chief Judges, next spoke
against the communicating bill, ara
the way he delineatcd and exposed
the infamy of this ungodly law. in
his cool, sedate and sarcastic man
ner, is not in the power of our pen
to describe; but it was made to tell
upon the hearts, the sympsthies, and
the Judgements Of the people; and
like an oil Jefferson Democrat, he
denounced all who had any hanI or
took any part in ti.is bill Of villainy;
this bond of blood and death.
Senator SutliT, from Trumbull
and John Hutchins, Esq. also spoke,
as well as Judge Newton, in de.
nunciation of the bill and the aiders
and causes which produced its pro
dnction. And although Wade is a
Wing Of the old line, and Messrs.
Rsnney and Birchard are Democrats
OF the highest order Of political at.
tainnonts, yet no spectator could
discover anything throughout the ex
cited meeting which would cause
any one to suppose that political
feeling or party predictions entered
irto the minds Of the speakers or
the hearts of the audience-so gen.
eral and universal was the desire
and determination Of not only the
speakers, but the freemen in attend
ance. to exert all their God-given
powers to abolish not only this infa-
nous law, but to nail and stamp with
eternal political infamy each and
every villain who aided 10 it's pass
age. God grant that the fire Of lib
erty which this diabolical law has
kindled in the hearts Of the people
at the North and West, may not be
extinguished until every miscreant