Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-09-30
From the Mahoning Index, OF Nov. l, 1850.
Death to OPPRESSION.

The Indignation Meeting for Mahoniug
county came off here on Wednesday. tho
30th, in the Court House, and a grand
sublime and inviting Convention it was of
the freemen Of Mahoning. We are happy
to be able to say that no DoUGHFAcE at
tended the Convention, for the blessed rea-
son that Mahoning County contains none,
or at least but few who stand ready to JUS
tify the infamous Fugitive Law, Or to sing
peans to the slave power Of the South,
which fattens upon the sweat, the blood and
the death of its fellow mon! No ONE, we
say, spoke to the assembago of one thou
sand freemen, who did not denounce, as
UNCONSTITUTIONAL and INFAMOUS, the Fu-
gitive bill of 80, and pledge himself and
all his God-given powers to seek its REPEAL
and to DEFEAT tho oppressive and disgust
ing features of this doughface and hellish
emanation of Infamous, impious and distem-
pered minds.
His Honor, Judge Wade, the President
of this Judicial Circuit, spoke first, forabout
one hour upon the dement's of the bill, in
his emphatic manner denouncing not only
the bill, but all who voted for i, or skulked
it on his passage; and the way he held up
His Accidency, Mr.. Fillmore, for whom, in
'48 he voted, was a 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 with
ering anathemas upon the Infamous pan
derers from the North Ito the Slayeocracy
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. Ran
ney of Trumbull, a distinguished delegate
to make our Constitution-one of the
brightest minds in Ohio, and an old Demo
crat and nothing else in politics! lie er-
posed not only the INFAMOUS MANNER an
whicA the bill was rushed through the
House under the gag rule Of the southern
and Infamous oppresSors, bit in scATHING
AND BLIsTERING CURSES, denounced tie
aOhole bill as UNCONSTITUTIONAL CD
and the MIscREANTs who assisted in its IN
cept'on and passage by their voteS, or fee-
ing Ohen God andtheir duty required their
aid an behalf Of liberty and the rights of
blood and life, as ,n1oorthy of our regard
as UNWORTHY OF OUR sUFFRAGE-now or
hereafter.
IL is worthy of remark TO say that it did
the souls of the Democracy good to hear
the noble and fearless RANNEY denounce in
has chaste and sarcastic style, this outrage
oas and pestiferous bill Yes, all were
ready to, and did endorse, every word ut
tered by him on the occasion, feeling of a
truth that although the apostates from free
dom 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 our midst men of strong, vigorous minds
men who could not be made, for the
sake of office, or public plumber, to help to
approve of the Infamous bill-men who
would stand by the freemen of the North,
and aid us all to battle for the right, and
for the overthrow, not only of this pestilcn-
tial law, but for the political death of every
son of Belial who aided in the procreation
of this bill of unmitigated iufamyl
Hon. Matthew Birchard, one of our ex-
Chief Judges, next spoke against this con-
taminating bill, and the way he delineated
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 de-
scribe; but it was made to tell upon the
hearts, the sympathies, and the judgments
of this people; and like an old Jefferson
Democrat he denounced all who had any
hand or took any part in this bill of vii
lainy--this bond Of blood and death
Senator Sutliff, from Trumbul, aud
John Hutchins, Esq, also spoke as well as
Judge Newton, in denunciation of the bill
and the aiders and causes which produced
its production. And although Judge Wade
is Wing of the old line, and Messrs, Ran
ney and Birchard arc Democrats of the
highest order of political attainments, yet
nospectator could discover anything through
out the exciting meeting which would
cause any one TO suppose that political
feeling or party predictions entered into
the minds of the speakers, or the hearts of
the audience-so general and universal was
desire and determination of not only the
speakers, but the freemen in attendance, to
exert all their God given powers to abolish