The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-12-28


'e degrade the South, but with an hon
q est view to guard the rights of thei
y own citizens from unlawful searche
:. and seizures. | vas exceedingly
e glad to hear the Senators on tn
e other side say that the repeal o
G these bills will not relieve the cas-,
s from the difficutcs--and hav,
u heard it everywhere th,t the peopl
o OF the free states are unlaitlful il
!. executing the Fugitive Slave Law
d 1t has been said under such circum
: stances here, that, although | wa
e sure rs to my own state, yet, coulD
r but rise to say | did not believe {
. word OF what they were saying.
: never did and never could until on
, rnciniea hero -i"~ - .L-:. ri..-.
! and, with magnanin,i,y | commend
have said this was not so. Nv col
: league. Mr.. Pugh ] with magnan
unity for which give him my
thanks, has stood forth to testify
that, in the state l in part represent,
Rtpublican Judges, Courts, and Ju-
ries. have fulfilled this repulsive
duty with perfect faithlu,ness and
go said the Senator from illinois,
Mr.. Douglas, and 80 | understood
the Senator from Indiana, fMr.
Fitch, to have said. Therefore
this calumny is removed from us, 90
Tar as the statements of our political
enemies Can do it. | know our
Courts feel themselves bound TO ad.
minister the laws just as they find
them.
Let me say to gentlemen OF the
Senate on the other side where vou
have lost one slave by the uulaith-
have had ten men murdered hy your
mobs against law. cannot take up
a Southern paper but | read of men
who travel for business, but you
wal. upon them by some committee
and tell them to return. And what
is the cause? Why. sir, you come
from Onio, and they don't inquire
what party you belong to. Many
of these acts have been done under
circumstances that would disgrace II
savage. We have no security in
travelling nearly nchaIf Of this
Confederacy - especially the gull
states. | don't care what a mans
character may be. and If he never
violated any law un Ter heaven; but
it he comes from the North. and
especially il he has exercised his
political rights and votel for Line In
instead OF somebody else, it is an
oftusc punishable by indignity, by
stripes, and by death. And you.
whose constituents are gully Of
these things can stand mp and ac
cnse lis OF being unlajth'ul to the
Constitution OF the land! make
the assertion here, that DO rot
believe in the history of the world
that there ever was nation or
people where a law 50 repuG
nant to the general feeling was cvT
executed with the same raitliUlnrss
~ has been this most rcpugnant
! Fugitive Slave law. You have q
law in South Carolina by which you
take the free citizens of Massachu.
sctts or any other mara'ime state
and lock them up in Jail under a
penalty. If the poor man cannot
pay the Jail fees, eternal slavery
stares him in the face. 1t is a
monstrous law, revolving to the best
feelings OF humanity, and in conflict
with the Constitution OF the United
States. don't say this by way of
recrimination. know the excite
ment pervading the country, and
do not wish to add a single coal to
the flame. Nevertheless, | wish the
whole trnth to appear. Then, what
is ltf You have the whole legisla
tion OF the country; you own the
whole Cabinet and the Senate, and
! may add You own the President of
! the United States, as much MS you
own the servants on your planta
: tions. But ! can't see why Southern
men should rise up and complain OF
the action OF This government. !
} have already shown it is impossible
l0 point ont any acts OF which the
Republican party have been guilty
OF which You complain. Therefore
i understand that Senators who
, justify the overthrow of this govern.
ment, who would break it up and
! resolve it into it's original elements
, d. it on mere suspicion that the
= Republican party may somehow
y affect their rights, Now. what doc
/ trines do we hold detrimental I,
il you? Are we the setters forth o
t any new doctrine under the Con
n stitutioU2 ] tell you, nag. Their
d is no principle held to-day by tn
}. great Republican party that has no
% had the sanction Of your govern
's ment for more than seventy years
lou have changed your opinions
II we stand where we used to stand
y We stand on the slavery quee
ton in the place formerly occupies
st by the most revered statesmen {
n. this nation, every oie Of then
Washington, Jefferson. Monroe, Ad
or ans. jackson, and Polk inclusiv,
10 And that revered statesman, Hsnr
10 Clay, Of blessed memory, with b
I'd dying bresti; asserted the doctrir
- we hold to-day. Why, then, are "
no held up before the community {
ve violators Of your rights2 It is la
= in the day to accuse US Of harborir
I'd these opinions. Then, what do
nd trines do we hold that are complain
I'd cd of2 You don't complain ofour Lii
es erty bill. You don't complain tb
.te Mr.. Lincoln 10 violent man al