The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-06-02
NO.IN

this assembly, passed bv Congress in the excr-
else oil powers improperly assumed, aud had IL
been presented as an original ouest ion to q WISE
impartial, aud independent Court must have
been held TO be In conflict with the Constiiu-
tion and therefore void.
3h,--That one OF the most alarming symptoms
OF degcneracy in the General Governments the
plant subserviency oI the Supreme Court of the
United States to the objects of party politics.
thus greatly diminishing that public confidence
In the Judiciary so essential TO good order; that
the extent 10 which the Supreme Court has thus
compromised its character, renders IL incumbent
upon the people 10 consider what measures are
necessary to restore that tribunal TO its ancient
estate. ~. 'l.
4th.--Thst in the opinion of this Assembly
nn amendment of the Federal Judiciary system
is indisrensably necessary so that the Sovereign.
ty OF the States may be respected aud that tindi.
viduns mey be gu0rded from oppression. As
means to this end it is strongly recommended
thut the lite-tenure of Judges be abolished, and
that the judicial office be limited TO term OF
yesrs; that Congress so remodel the judicial
circuits that majority OF the citizens of the
United States shalt have majority OF the JUS
tices OF the Supreme Court.
oh.--That the recent proceedings Of the Fcd-
eral Court for this District in producing the
conviction oI persons indicted under the provs-
ions OF tho Fugitive Slave Law. by the employ.
ment of the most disgracefu pariiZan mpans. is
without parallel even in the modern history OF
despotisms; that the victims of that Court now
incnrcerated in ynnder prison convicted or ac-
cuscd of humanity TO mon." are entitled to and
we hereby tender to them, our cordial sympathy
aud to make this sympathy etidciual, we hereby
recommeni, 'H...fH .,f
| That fund b, raised for their relief and in-
Identification, to be called the" Fund of Liberty;"
aud to the end that every Republican on the
Western Reserve may share in accumulat tingthe
fund, that contributions be limited to Ons Dol
lar each; the same to be collected under the di-
rcction of the several County Central Commit
tees OF the Reserve; that three Commissioners
be appointed hv this assembly. to called Com
missi0ners Of the Liberty Fund, who shall re-
ceive said fund, disburse 1t for the objects named
and account therefor by periodical publ licatons
until their duties are performed; applying any
surplus to the advancement OF RepuJlicaaism
aud Liberty
That our fellow citizans of L0rain County
who are now in Jail awaiting the pleasure of
the U. 3 District Judge for their trial, are enti-
tied to their liberty ard must have II peacably
and in conformity with the rules of law. In
pursuit Of this end il is resolved that Joshua r.
Giddings of Ashtuhula County and Herman
Garfield of Medina County, and Robert +. Payne
OF Cuyahoga County, be constituted a Commit
tee to sue out the writ of Hubeas Corpus in be-
uul' VI shiu prisOuerS, WitnOut unnecessary
delay, md that they address the application M
their discretion to any judicial ufliner of the
Sihte, having power to grant the writ. a.q
7lh.--That the chiet rcliances of freedom in
the American Repubc rests in the great Repub
lican porty, to which the people and the age
look for restoration of every branch of the
Federal Government TO the pristine purity o
Jcf'rsoninn iepublicanism; that, stimulated at
well bv the wrongs and ourOges which were tn,
immediate occasion Of this vast ossemhlnge, a,
by the late triumphs by the people over Fedora
power and corruption, il is the manifest dut,
of Republicans everywhere to renew their united
efforts with an energy not to he rcmitted unit
that great result be accomplished. .eH ra
The convention was addresse by Gov. Chase
ltuns Columbus DelOno, Il. p. Spalding, j. r
Giddings, J. NJ Root, Edward Wade, Rober
Hitchcock, ID. X. Cartier, d. Il. Tilden, ]. w
Vance, and others. i.7I