Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-07-28

long us they do nothing for his release themselves
The present administration will say, that 10y i'm
prisoning Mr., Booth they but execute law the,
found on the statute book when they took thu
reins Of government. The Marshal will say, lha
he is but an Executive officer, and is only carryin,
out the order Of his suppriors, and that he doei
not wish to hold him in prison a single dav. Tht
District Attorney will say. that in moving th,
Court TO re.imprison Mr. 10Th, he has but obevct
orders from Washington, and that he had to do i
or resign. Judge Mlller-welLif he told the truth
he would say that no was so enger to convict Mr.
Booth, that he tramplod on law and justice to ac
complish it, and that be considers it his duty t,
follow the teachings Of the Dred Scott Judiciary
All these officials understand that Slavery is the
vital and controlling element ot the national gov
ernment, and that the behests Of the Slave Power
must be obeyed. or their places will be filled by
more sub>eryient men
But Republicans have no such excuse. Mr.
Booth is Imprisoned in violation of the laws, ia
dicial decrees executive declarations authority,
rights and Sovereignty Of the State.
lie is kept in prison now, solely because thc
State has failed to viudicate its authority and hon.
OF, and redeem the pledges it has made to protect
his liberty. That he is held in prison nov, is as
much the fault Of the Republican party. as it was
the fault Of the slayeholJing government in COM
mui"g him to prison. Aud it is as Justly blame,
able in doing nothing for bis release as the U.
government is in not opening his doors And in
one respect far more so. For the U. S. Govern
ment is acting up to its professions, while RepuNli-
cans are 6eiicing theirs. Ahd erery hour That he
remains IN prison. fckle no steps are t0ken for his
'e'eaSe, is 'eprOach TO tie Republican purity of
WiScoHsin.
Mr. Booth, we understand, has given up all ex-
pecta'ion Of relief, ill The inauguration Of "A new
President. Four months Imprisonment may well
have taught him to pc, trust in the-Republican
party Of this State for help Wisconsin. the first
State in the Union to reject the Fugitive Slave
Act, and pledge her authority and suverci nty to
protect her citizens against the invasion of the
slave catchers and kiLuappers hailed by the lit
ery loving in her sister States as the first born of
Freedom, the ohly practically free State, as the
pioneer in legal vindicntion of the Constitution
from slave holding perversons and interpretations
which made the Declaration Uf Independence a re.
Atty, and gave assurance that liberty dwet in the
organic law and inspired her judges to do justice
Wisconsin, brave and honUred aud glorious for
her iealty to Freedom. up to the first day Of March
1850. where stands she now Judge Miller drew
his pen across the judgment Of her Supreme Court
aud it is annulied. He orders a citizen imprison-
ed whom the State has released, the State yields
and acknowledges his dictatorship. No serf ever
OIeyed his master, no slave ever submitted to his
owner, with more quietness, duci!ty and reAdi-
ness, than the great State of Wisconsin has sub
mitied TO the authority of Judge Miller. It's courts
its authority. is sovereignty its liberties have all
been 'whisled down the wind as the playthinEs
Of despot, and if this usurYOIion is permitted to
stand, the Slave Pow T is henreorth the supreme
authority, and the will Of Judge Miller the su
preme law in Wisconsin. Well may Senator Dur.
kee ask, in surprise, Is there not virtue enough in
the people TO maintain their own honor, and vim
lUaIe the decisions OF their own Courts p We.
believe there is, and that all the people need is to
have the way pointed out TO them in which they
,An act We shall have something further 20 sug-
,est hereafter.