The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-06-07

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Gov. Harris. Gov. Dennison asked
timo to deliberate, before giving his an
swer, and in half an hour returned to
the hotel and advised Mr.. Swan that
property in slaves was not recognized
by the laws of Ohio, and Therefore 1T
was no crime, by said laws, to steal
them,
The Memphis Appeal, in writing OF
this affair, says:
"Thus has boon consummated by the
Governor Of Ohio, n Of the most la.
grant violations of the constitutional
comfy between the States, ever perpe-
trated 1t is an aggression upon the
rights of Tennessee which calls tor the
severest remedial action, in order to OBJ
tain "indemnity for tho past and secu-
rity for the future" 1t is a movement
Of Abolitionism that demands the scru,
tiny and reflection Of every citizen OF
our State. The rendition Of tugltives
escaping from legal justice, from one
State into another, is provided for by
the Federal Government, and the action
Of the negro-stcaling Governor Of OHIO
is q high-handed usurpation Of power
and Il notification of the Federal Con-
"stitution hat must DO rebukcd and re-
scented by every honest citizon. The
Northern States must hurl from power
such fellows as Dennison, and place up
on their conduct the seal Of their stern
est rcbuke, or consequences, fatal to the
longer existence Of Union, are inevlta-
BILE"
But will Gov. Denison be rebuked for
this? Never! The majority OF the
Abolition State he represents will re-
ward him for it by giving him Office
See if they do not. And yet this vry
Dcnison is the n who engaged i n the
great Union movement u short time
ago, during the visit of the kentucky
and Tennessee Legislatures to the Capt.
toll Of his State. He was loud in his
protcstations of devotion to the Union
and tt Q Constitution, and in his WELDON.
ing speech declared:
THE erclusi0e right Of the people @er-
"ery Statc 10 estubhsh and ma'ntaW IN
" dtSlurJed their domestic tnStttutlonS, lies
"at the foundation Of the national con-
"lcdcracy. Without its recognition
" there could have been no union Of the
" States. Without its continued recog-
milton, as the basis Of all national
" Legislation, N FOR TIE REGULATION
cor THE INTERCOURSE BETWEEN TIE
" pEopLE OF THE STATES, in theory and
in fact, there can be no practical
" Union of the States. The sovereign
ETY. of the States in all matters not
" clearly delegated to the Federal Gov
" ernment MUST BE MAINTAINED"
Again, we find, by examining 4 book
of the proceedings of this Union meet
ing, presented us by Mr.. Speaker New
man, that Gov. Denison said on the
evening tie Legislatures arrived there:
81 have arisen more for the purpose
Of repeating the assurances | have al
ready given in references to the senti-
ments oftho people of Ohio, whose Elk
ccutive | have the honor to be. | say,
as before, give nc heed to any distrust
Of the people Of this State they will
stand by You in all yourrights all COM
promises Of the Constitution shall DO
enforced in favor Of the protection of
all yourconstiJutional rights"
Now all this sounded fair, and the
dulcot sound was ro.echocd and rolled
as q sweet morsel under the tongue of
Southern Union lovers. But the Gov
ernor of Ohio has belied his sentiments.
As if the justice Of God intended to re-
veal the w~ickodncss Of the Governor,
does it soon that this circumstance
happened after the Governors profos-
sions Of nationality, but 10! whom he
comes to Gct, it is pronounced "no
crime to steal our negroes, no crime to
violate the fugitive slave law, Or rather
the Consultation, for you violate ono in
violating the o.hcr. No crime to vio-
lato the Federal compact, for according
to abolitionists there is a "higher law"
and since higher lavish in the North
will create highorlawism in the South,
we say there is Il higher law than the
Union, and that law is our Rights. "No
crime to steal negroes" ooh Liberty
what crimes are committed in thy
name" exclaimed Madame Roland,
; when led to execution in the name Of
Liberty, just as the North would lead
us.
When Spencer conspired to seize the
ship, Mckenzie did not wait for an ovort
act, but hung him. These freebootcrs-
abolitionists-bIack republicahs-(syn-
onymOus terms)-intend to deprive the
people of fifteen sovereign States of
their Constitutional rights. In the
name ofthc Constitution, they arc 60.
ing to dedicate all tho to- ritorics to
frecdom"-that is, seize all the public do.
main for the exclusive use Of the North
They are traitors, and tho election Of
their sectional standard bearer will be
merely the cbullition Of an ungoverna-
bic mob, and no election at all. 1t
might have the "forms," but not the
substancc-for il would be essentially
a reasonable combination to overthrow