The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-05


States-I say when the marshal Is resisted r
" force, evsry man is bound to see that the o
aw is not resisted. No law could be execn z
ed any where if il was allowed men to re-
list, if it was the privilege Of the strong man
10 resist the weak man who was On otnciai.
That is all that is in it. Our people t0on'
believs ii, but have told them so often
but they say they don't believe H.
but / tell yOu that 1t is so.
WHAT HE THINKS OF GIDDINcs' DOCTRINE OF
THE "INHERFNT RIGHT" OF SLAVES TO
FREEDOM.
Some of the people on the other side OF
the river say that they have an inherent right
to 90 end take a man Of my color and whip
him, TLsughter j but l should think that
they would get into a scrnpe in doing it u
then could not sho,0 that he sOGs Dor" s!d"s.
We haus no inherent rights Some people
on my side Of the river ssy that no man shall
take fugitive slave back from here, because
he has an inherent right to freedom. There
is, 1 tell you, no such thing as an inhsren,
right All our rights are given US by the com.
pac! of the Constitution. We see there what
rights every citizen shall have, and what
rights every man in the States shall have.
1t was sealed by the blood Of your fathers,
and he is a recreant dog 1chO viii mol full The
compact of your fathers.
HE DON'T FORGET sPALDrNGAND HIS "HABEAS
CORPUS CASE.
Let them alone, and we can meet on the
banks of the Ohio, and can take to our ira
ternal embrace those of Kentucky and Vir-
ginia as of old, as / have seen in days gone
by, when the footsteps Of the invading army
Of Eugan crossed the lake and came to the
frontier of Ohio with their barbarous allies,
and run waste parts of our Western country
with their tomahuwks reeking with the red
blood of the women they had slain, while the
bloody scalps hung dry over their fires by the
long and beautiful hair of our wives and
daughters, when we were too weak to defend
ourselves. There negroes came ,oit6 their
masters and should then have liked to have
seen any fello,o get a habeas corpus for one OF
them.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF EMIGRANr AID SOCIETIES
AND sHARP's RIFLES.
You say that you ertend the area Of freedom
That is like this 81: 10 make A man tree ynn
put pistol to his head and blow out Ms
g brains. You cull the previous question: and
{ take with saltpetre and lead.
e ON PR RoHIBITIoN OF SLAVERY IN THE TERRI
!, TORIES.
t You have heard what friend Dennson hal
. said. He says it is the doctrine and resoIutt
e determination of the Republican party o
: Ohio, to exert. the power which belongs t.
them, under the Constitution OF the Un'tet
r States, by Congressional action to prohibit
= slavery in any Territory ,ohsre Slavery doe
not already exis.. My own impression is tha
'r that ouoht to be done. That is my belle
about it.
J. ] am not so very particular about this as
y mere matter of doctrine, because think tina
20 there wiH be much more important duties 10
Us TO perform when we get to Congress thai
d to dispute about this abstract proposition
NO MORE SLAVE STATES.
\, I sau Slate bas a right, when che form
y constitution for her internal government
n to make ii after her o~n tcishes. That is nc
~ matter of much account now, because tn
10 question will never arise. --.-~ .
rd HE MrsouoTEs THE CONSTITUTION AGAlNs
in POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.
an The men that nude the Constitution sal
a that "Congress shall have power to max
G, all needful rules and regulations for the 9o'
ID eynment of the Territories" These me
ly, were not common men. They knew that
lat every instrument in the world, men ase
d. ,Oords appropriate to the sense intended TO
rt conveyed, and that they must use those Wort
'rd appropriate to the sense they '0ouId conVe!
", The man who reduced the Constitution in
of words was probably one of the most learn'
IN. men that ever lived under this governme
ny Il refer TO Governor Morris. thenrot Ne
IN. York, very distinguished man. They ga
sot il 10 o committee, OF which he was chairna
to nut in The right English 'Oords, and y
as will observe there is not half as much ~
falu,iu" in it as you have heard from mesin
AY | stood here.
Very true, Oh Tommy. But how com
.,, /, that YOU differ from those learned men,
an, thev used words appropriate to the sense
.,u tended 10 be conveyed. You it seems CT
. I not convey the idea you wish to as leg
10. mate deduction from the provisions OF
rk. Constitution without altering that languai
his Now that instrument don't say that Cotgr
BIZ. shall heve power to make all needtul r r
mes and regulations for the governn'ent o.
tho Territories. The words "for the goVernm'
orc If the Territories are not in the instrume
hev and the right English words equlval'
,eld thereto are not there either. And CorV
bph knew it. He aimed TO deceive. Inc u
The ouoOe Of the Constitution says instead
a.. EsConpress shall have power to dispose Of
q, ,noks All needful rules and regulations
nj ,nec,ino the Territory or other property
,;o,n II, longing 10 the. United States.", Now II !
III cl.im Gives power to make all la'ss for
~, to ooo,ertaiusnt nm Of the Territories the 90
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