The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-09-21
CIV Chase at Timn.


Gov. Chase arrived at TIffiu on the event g
son and Judge Ranneg, after the debate was
closed, Senator Pugh was there, and Gov.
Chase was immediately challenged 10 debate
with him. He accepted the challenged MIR
Pugh spoke an hour aud a half. Gov. Chase
followed. From a synopsis in the Cincinnati
Commercial, we make The following extract
from The remarks of Gov Chase. Said he:
Democratic orators were fond of bewaing
the fate of the Union in The event of Repub
lican success. Republicans are denounced as
fanatics, their doctrine declared to tend to.
wards dissolution, and he had been assailed as
one pron oting dissolution. No man here ev
er heard him sas sught against the Union; no
man had heard him teach doctrines contrary
To its integrity. These specilus charges. how
ever, he had always diSregdrded. They were
made for partisan purposes. They could not
affect his object or disturb his mind. In 18
Sc. we were assured that if Fremont was
elected the Union must be dissolved Such
was the cry in South Carolina, yet if Fremont
had been elected, it is likely that Southern
applications for Office would have been so nu-
merous. the Presi ent could not have attend
ed 10 them all during his term.
Gov. Chase bitterly denounced the Fngi
tive slave law as sample of Democratic leg
islation in favor of freedom, taking strong
ground in favor of its repeal. The yelling
ion O5erliu case was good evidence of the Of
fensiveness of the law, and proof that it was
detested by The people. 1t was charged that
Judge Swan was martyred because he had re-
fused the habeas corpus in that case. Gov.
Chase did not think the Republicans we're un
der obligations to nominate or re nominate
any man for Office, but had the right which
they exercised, of placing their choice in NOM
ination. 1t was sufficient that Judge Swan
was not their preference.
The speaker devoted considerable attention
TO The consideration of the fugitive slave law
which he rega' ded as hot only unconstitution
al in some respects, but tyranncal and sub
versive of liberty. His opinions upon this
subject are SO we'll understood that report
of his remarks does rot seem necessary. He
concluded this part of the discussion by de
claring that the position assumed by the Dem
ocraiic party in relation 10 the execution o
the fugitive law establishes the entire suprem
acy of the Federal over State laws thus de
grading the principle of State Sovereign
ty. The process of State law is of equal dig
nifty with Federal law. and to arrest and take
a man out of the State of Ohio without 6
proper hearing is not only in contravention o
law, but of humanity. Any Federal officer il
equally bound to respect State authority, and
10 obey its process under penalty, In conclu
sion Gov. Chase portra! ed in strong color.
and with impas>ioned language the aggres
sivehess of the slave power declaring the he
cessi'y of the people to resist its invasion'
upon the domain of feedom in order tha
'heir pre- eat and future liberties may not suf
fer. 1t is the interest of the laborer, of al
men del l.endent upon their own energies fo
sub>is' auce. to stop the encroachmeut of tht
South The method to be adopted by tnt
North is to utterly defeat the Democrat par
~, who are the serve instruments of lht
slave power; whose whole career is but Sc
ries of concessions TO Southein demands.