The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-01-26

slave holding States, any other than thei local
rights, in connection with the inStiuttiun ur sla.
very, but such Us it expressly declares: First,
That the lorelgu slave trade should no, b. abul-
ishcd before lS0S; Second, That any law or
regulation which any State might establish in
favor OF freedom should not imnair the legal
tcmedy, supposed at the time OF the adoption Of
the constitution to exist by common law, for
The reception by legal process, in such STATE, of
,ugitlvrs from labor or serNiCr escaping from
other States; anl third, That three hfths of hll
slaves shOuld bs counted in settling the basis of
IN the several StaleS. Btvund
these, the Trainers of the Constitution intended
to make no peculiar concessions to the slave
holding States, and thsse were made because
they had UalnH of the States tn cteate, aud
tn their ardent anl generous minds the vuluntu-
r. removal ni slavery hy the action of the State
themselves, without Federal intrricrnIce seemed
not Ouly certain. but clos. at hand" The neo.
PIE ot Ohio have tuthcr declared ihat III their
opinion. the people Of n PrrTitorv have no poy-
or under the Constitution, or from huy ohrr legal
Sohrcr, To establish slavery as Onr of their nsti.
lutions, Daring ther territorial cx s,rnr,@ that
the * rCisG oi su, h u power would be q mani.
lest uSurpslion ut the individual rights vt the
c,t1'ns of the Territory, aud u,rttIy S,,hvrrsiva
all the true popular snvctrigHtv, which .msuls
"a prlmnty rss utial con 'inn the reruruitiuu
ul iu,Iienuhie personal rights Ihrv msistalso.
that coupled with the power it is the duy ot
Congress to prohibit bv express enactment he
extension OF slavery into any fre territory of
the United Stats that the cxar.iSp ol this pow
ct hrs been repeatedly approved bv every de-
partment OF he State aud National q ,vrft,nent
aud To the universal acc. pinuac ut rhc p,upe
aud that it, recognition us a Nndamental rriu-
ciplc, to bc hereafter rx rci,rd. whenever uycu-
sion may he presented. is indispensable e. 10 r-strre
the simplicity and puuty OF the govemn nj and
~ carry out the great purpoS' ct the Constiiu-
tion as declo,cl N its preamble: ''ro form
more perfect union, 10 establish justice. insure
dom site tranquility, promote the general well
fare Nud curr the blessing of fibcrt, to ourselves
and our puStrity"
Such are The judgments of the pcople nrOhio.
1T pcu,edly exp,e,s1d on the subject ur Slavery,
as IA social aud politi"al question. Bn; tnev
do not conceal Jum themselves that the pruc,i-
CeS ot the Federal Government have long been
opposed to their CONVICTIONS on The suhirct--
Tuey know that it hos been Administered for
many years in sudscrviency tn the purposes of
the slavery cXtcnlioniSts OF tn slave holding
states The war To extend the boundary of ,la-
very to the Rio Grdnde--ihc violation OF tho
Missouri CumpaCl--the " ar against Kansas To
extend slavery TO the Pacific, Slc all sacrifices
to the public opinion aud the moral sense of ,hs
masses ni the county, by ambition incumbenis
III the Ftdcrul A minisiration, to that cnmhi-
nation IN the SJuth which briugs the vote of
fifteen slave states in phaonx to divide and
conquer the ir2e and SO continue their tri-
umphs in presidential elections This combins.
lion has Ong been absolute IN It's mastery over
nominate elections. admins ions and
even lcgIslatinns, touching the maintenance aud
expansion of the institution ui sluyery,,o which
it owes its political strength.
What is the Result? l. the combination sat
isdrd? Far from it. There is growing power
Impaired by hee institutions in the untsluvrrv
stdtes-hy their industrious eC0n0my--hy their
intellectual resuurSes. which gradually render
ub1r,iNe nll the acts of intrigue that pefvprt the
organs OF the natonol will into Instruments ola
sectional oigarchy. The selfish combination
in vuiu subOrnS nuhhcrH usprduls To its pur-
poses, tcudcrlng all the corrupt influences its
consolidated force can command. to sedlce SUP
port in The North to carry the chiel mag gistrucy,
dnd thrcn lcnlng N case of defeat, the overthrow
ot the Union, to 60 rec Patriotism itsell 10
submit 10 the mlunr 10 avert the gfcatGr mis-
chiel. In VAIN lis leaien Scepjrc has stunned
aud swaycd the national iuuClouarirs-. hrnk IN
the CunClldtiug compaClS of 1921 aud lSj9--
and mIerpoiated slavery ns a part ul ihc nation's
constitution, The Spontaneous yigor Of fru
labor overgrows and heals all The wounds it,
llictcj hy these blows of its rnemi,s. Freed m
is giatlt which while asleep LIlliptmus IA. v
bind may bind TO the carth with inuumerab.l
Iiue cords, but aroused, he b.euks with ease the
neshcs, aud holds the pigmies in the Aoiluw of
his hand. Kansas Nebraska, California aud
Oregon show how incllacual are the inlrigucs
of Sll-Stekng politicians TO dwarf TIC gIowlh
of n free people. The prosperous and populuu-
free soil sends forth lis chil'rtn over the myi-
ing territories, ana the resistance Of balbaIism
is Overwhelmed.
The politicians of the oligarchy SEQ this with
4 k
their designs, from that OF seeking II prrpetna-
ton olthcg collrol over the Union by muitiply-
ing slave states within 4, 10 that oI abandoning
/ an making vast acquisitions oi Properly be-
Yond H. tn f'l by neW importation ut a rlCuns.
rnls must result in tht subsection of the free la
botirg native class OF every complexion io.n
common condition oIsIdy,ry BY lhr plut follow.
lnS the lueS OF ml riado ul uahrd uegrues, - 0rk-
ing like the oX unde, The gnad, Uud ted olEy Io
support the yoke, reducing The price Of labartp
bire subsistence. a ull supply Of ueg,n
strength will render tbr master, OF The d, main
independent Of the poor whites holding urllh.r
land nor slaves They must become saws
thtnsrlv,s To escape starving
We have heard II aunouuced that u l. agpa
has beau ,Ormrti 10 Compass this nan --tiAl ns
ramfcclinu> cover ali me slave stales-r,hat
'he pracW,l unlig rs rrcrN wh-rr ARE in lh, con.
spirocy nnd that Il Is ID pat OF the Scleue Ia
leave Vagina aud MARYLAND K"nlurkry and
Gcnnrsre und MeSnur in th. Union for d innr.
u cover the seeding Safes itom the invasi,ai
OF Nlrthern force, 10 restore the government of
the Conf'd-racy over the lower Alississipni .rI
the borders OF the Gull of MsSico ri,, pnl,.,y
ot leaving tier of slave states, in connection
with the free states condling in lhe nesfcri pra.
iectiun OF the pecllar institution unlrr the
wiuSs of th' latleG while lhe npliiCying stat,sEy
oil to open The slave Irtie, eHl suhne tho en-
fronchl,rd r'pu6IcS of thr Srluh recognized IL.
The Consultation are safe iu the Union. ID makes
manifest, too th,ir iearS. that in abandoning il
aud entering upon 4 pi'slical career against the
liberty OF two hemiSphrrcs, ,tey hoard a revo-
lnii0n in the hosom oi their own communities.
full OF bloody issues lhs least fatal of which
would be the iuslunt overthrow of the istin-
ton lur The ext.uSlm at whrh they nut every.
thing else they holi dear into jeopardy. II al,