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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-06-13
arA woman named O'Connell, residin

OrTA woman named O'Connell, residing
in Albany, so enraged her husband by con-
slant abuse, that while she was administ err
ing curtsin lecture TO him, he seized her
by the throat, checked out her tongue, and
nipped off the end Of it with a pair OF
shears.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-06-13
Groceries, Fruits, Fish !

Brown Sugar at cents, extra Tea at 50 CENTS good
Chewing Tobacco at 25 cents Rice at ST cents, best
quality fne. cut Smoking Tobacco at l2s cents, Mo-
asses at so cents, Syrup at 90 cents. Coffee, Coffee
sugar Crushed Sugar, $: G: Soda, Pepper, spi ces,
Soda Biscuit, Nutmegs, 1.-THE best that grow cts.
per oz.) Cloves at cents per quarter pound or is
cents per pound. Everything In the line cheap and
good. Good Raisins at cents per pound, best
Bunch Raisins at Is CENTS Turkish Prunes at II cts,
Zante Cnrrants at II cents, Figs ut is cents, fresh
Lemons and Oranges. Fruits very nice and (resh.-
Spiend(d George Bank Goldfish. Sole Leather. 5000
pounds Wool Twine at Is cents per pound.
We have the largest and best assorted
stock we ever bought, (being under obligations to
| meet our constantly increasing trade,) making tho
| best stock of goods in this section of country. We
take extra pains in buying and feel confident that
there is not better bought lot anywhere. We mark
at very low prohts-our selling rates being on many
articles less than our competitors pay for them. We
hire no $1,000 men to snperntend our business and
capital play second fiddle to nobody, are on hand all
the tme have no house rent to pay, taxes are low,
live economically and give the advantage OF all these
things 10 our customers, along with many other very
! heavy and favorable items which we have neithe
time nor epace to metions' .. go
Thankful for past patronage so literally
granted to us, we hope for a continuation and OK.
pansion Of the same RevPecun1y' GnSy' ppSh
| HPHighest price for roduee.,
=. EdinbuTg, April u, lsSo'
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ROOtS e Shoes.

Mems calf congress Caters at IS shillings, mems
onomeled Congress Caters at II shillings, mems
0atent leather Caters at 90 so. Mems kip, calf and
enameied BrOgans. Mems enameed and calf Ok:
Brogans and Oxford Ties. Boys and youths patent
leat t6er congress Caters. ChiIdren's roans orien-
tails, kid, enameled, brown: check, button, goat and
congress CATERS and fine Boots. Kid and enameled
heeied and spring heeled Boots. Womens heeled
lace an congress and satin and lasting Caters:
| Lace and congress heeled and spring heeled sewed
and pegged e1ameled, kid, morocco and goat Boots
and Caters Good Caters well made at so cents q
pair. No trash. Spring heelcd enameled Boots at
| al no Der pair.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-06-13

OJThe cattle disease, which has lately
DESTROYED 90 much stock in Massachusetts
and the other New England States. has, it is
said made its appearance in Berks county
Pennsylvani
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OtTNew Haven has elected oil its city
officers, Democrats, by majorites varying
from $50 10 7s5. Herman M. Welsh is
, elected Mayor.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-06-13

OrThe President has signed the bill
which increases the pay OF the oficers OF the
Navy, about IS per cent.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-06-13
HOPED SKIRTS,
.aTa5ol5.4

Keep off Tan and Freckles.
Our assortment is in part as follows-Plain Poi do
Sol. Glace Borders, Foulards, Fringed, Moire An
tiq1e, Green Bordered, Jasper Silk, Satin Frnged,
Figured Centres, Plain Black Frnged, Plain Black
and Brown Large. Black Moire Antique, Poi de Sol,
Brown Fringed, Figured Centres Fringed, BrocSde
Figured Inlad. This is partial st OF our assort'
ment-if you desire choice, come to U.S.
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we have complete line, embracing all the late styles
Of the season.
shawls Of every description, and at prices
TO suit the times.
Silk Lace Mantillas and Lace Poiats Of
every style, as cheap as the cheapest.
Bonnete, Ribbons, French Flowers, far-
Jewery, &C., &C., can be found at prices 70 please
inc ''''s'' anu Gie' noSSPED SISEfS' Skirts!
All we have to offer on this subject is:
.hot a bave niles Of them and will not be undersold
| SV spy estapishment on the face of the earth.
! We sell good Calicoes for FIVE CENTS per
yard We sell better Calicoes at g. cents per yard
than can be found elsewhere the American Contl-
nent. :,
We have in oil nearly cord and hall
of Calcoes, ranging from to IL cents per yard
Also, few choice pieces extra width ~ lSf Genus.
We have pile of bleached Sheet'Dgs ahu
always sell them at lower prices than our nelgncors
A good stock Of Ready-Made Ciothing
A A new e supply of Carpets and Oil Cloths
"" Hats and Gaps for Men and Boys-ar
endless quantity, and cheaper than ever.
Summer Stufs OF the very oest H,d1n. makes aa,
we sell at small advance rom cost oio'hs sh'
Cassimeres of every style cheap
Metallic Toed Shoes Tor Children, SO Gel
abrated for durab iy, bought direct from the mnnu
acturers and warranted, for sale very low. Also,
general stock of Boots and shoes o. every oS''''p
Wall Pepper and Window Shnaes, Hard
ware Queensware, Glassware, Sole Leather, YANKEE
Rsisins, Cod Fish, White Fish, Trout, White Lime
Water Lime, Plaster, Flour, &C., &c., and thou
sand other artclee too numerous to mention, wncl
we Keep constantly on hand for sale cheap. Please
call and examine stock before making your spring
! Butter aud most kinds Of Produce taken
in exchange for goods, fer which we Will pay th'
n'sn''' "A' ~ ~ sTREAToR, DAILY & co.
D. shaiersville, April IS, 1860.
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OUR STOCK consists in part OF an as
" sortment of
DRESS GOODS,

Muslin Robes, Gingham Robes, Organdy Robes,
Lawn Robes, plaid Auglaize Robes, organdy Bere.
ges, fancy and plain colored Brilliants Zenobias,
striped De Bege French Prints, fancy and plain ali
wool De laines, (at 40 and IS cents per yard, always
sold at SO cents) beautiful Challis, handsome Lawns,
best Chambray at 90 cents, black Bazarene, figured
and plain black Lawns, figured and plain chocolate
Lawns, fancy and organdy Lawns, fancy Silks at SO
black Silks at lower prices than they sold by our
ghpriced competitors. Prints-a very heavy line
selected from the best brands In the world, at 1Of
cents per yard Fast colored Prints at ecents-cant
fade them. White Goods everything desirable, way
down. White Brilliants-a pile Of them. Embroid-
arnd Eirt1u
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-21


RAKNUMs AMERICAN MUSEUM
$ saorsa s
Who WIN Sls 4. bEkR s n : s,s
Mans ctss. ~. sTsrssssd islnssiv'. sshy
EvssY psY Isb yksisG TfIs WEEK
COMMENCING \. sp MssS Oct e. 1850
CHANG and ENG wHo win VIII Two Ss Or THEIR Chill
rHxs ns III W! % % ssheon Day ard Eysn9g Srsr
YESsS Ok s. ssEPSskBfys SsiTsp ~ Ihs Ff
one he r sp heir sss ss
- ''''0"' As s ii "a Fs ii1T or WALES
Eismnsd these twins mnusy conversed with them and pro-
MCsr MARVELLOUS CURIOSITY
:. So, Positively rHvIE LAST WEEK
OF exhibition, before s.iaz FOR California and probably
~ W. ~ = 's @SoI aia issoNvzLEY
'p''Has Sp''"sin II Re P,oiiTaSsHU
hhiiPpppooPofHAssSSs s
Olippopuamus IeITls,risp
time ss9 M + Ess slfs'
traced he saS scsd he cy tie
- NA"0A fE r fR sssPs u, ~ Sa AZ a''O
having presented Mr.. Barnam With hs
Il NAV be seen ;. Al tines rs i "a he au4saa
WITH SrrrrSSSS & WISS e e z. u,rs OK
WOOL AND PINK EYES
With all The features znd olAss ptcliAIes OF the
Afiisa They acoDps led BY .ber Natarr who as
well As their Father, ARE PxR5 ECrIY BLACK.
iHA s' Fh wA AsP hsssr 4E2 81 ASlAALs
TIE FAMOUS LIuH1NIrS CALCULATOR
THE FINEST AQuARIA IN TIE WORLD
Beautiful ANaEL Fish FIXING FISH. LIVING
SHARKS, LYING ALIIsAroks, LYING URogo.
DILEs &c. LIVING MONSTER SNAKES LIVING BABY
AkACorDAs, LIylsd HAPfY s4MIlY great variety Of
new WAX FIGURES The wonderful fOATuNE TEL.
LER- Consultation fee. IS celts
Notwithstanding the great HISTORICAL DRAMA,
JOSEPH AND It's BREtEREN,
has been performed every afternoon evening for
weeks Mr.. 5arnam cannot EesE. The opportunities u h
irons 10
CONTINUE II ONE WEEK LONGER.
with al s gorgeous Ecenesy nd Appontmel "a aid there
fore. It viii De repeated syIRY AFTERNOON, At O'Clock,
aud EVERY EVENING 4. ~,
ADMISSION, IS cents Children under l0 - cents Par
Gusis front seats 10 Children 10 cents extra
d. PAYING ONIE WILL ADNir /. NLI ONCE.
There viii be rsadmh sion under circumstances The
immense attractions the Mueu with the attend
ant expenses VITA the trouble and coni uson
created by such reafns "a a. The entrance eompe the M
nsgemont 70 this Morning vssfF however are al
Ways permitted TO remain 70 wnsss the Afternoon per
tcrmances.
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UcoR sALE-A HIGHLY BRED SETTER SLUT, PER.
fe trained By Of the nrst trainers 10 the state she
beautiful specimen OF the breed rDs ad~ci0nse but
hrst rate watch Address Juno b3r ITO Herald once
be sseu at No Willow street. Hobokeu. N. J.
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nHRoUeH pRRreHr ARsAxaExExr-Fos NOR

THRCUQH rRRroHr ARaANGENESr-Fos NOR
folk Portsmouth,, City Point And Riskmord. cynnecnr
sh Norfolk and Petersburg and South Size Railroads. for
Lynchburx hislol. Memphis and ist~smedsie sstlsns
received day and through furnished
Steamship tAMEsTowN Capt Skinner lesves eyery Tues
say NJ taking freight for Portsmouth, Cy Point and
Rrhmon'.
s,eamshlp ROANOKE, Capt Couch, every THURSDAY, At 8
r NJ anA the YORKTOWN, Capt Parrish every Satnrda-
al r. NJ taxing freight Tor Norfolk, Cty Poia ADD Rich
Frssh, 1, Portsmouth Norfolk cent? per foot City
Point re1ss, sad " Richmond, Gets
passaxe n Ncrfok sseroor and meals included. So
Peters a 81 Ri IA oad 80 CHI d-en besee tas.Hss Of
.at maj ne LUnLAM n HEINEKEN,
us Rruadwa
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ADJUSTMENTS.

AMU1E MENrS.
UrAILACKs THgATRx
w NV lscs Lossee Mr. Lester wal.ack. Stage Mas.
FOURTH WEEK.
FOURTH WBBK.
CROWDED NIGHTLY,
CROWDED kI0HfLr.
hR. LESTER WALLACE, M W. X. BLAKE
MR. A. n. DAVENPORT. Ex NORTON
hrs HOEY. hlaS GANNON,
HRS VERNON. MISS rRpE
AR. JOHN BROU0HAMS
NEW COMEDY,
FIRE.
Received With
ROARS or LAUGHTER.
ROARs or LAUGHTAS.
III is ACTED
= EVERY MONT
Places may bs secured ten DAYS a ACE
Doors open Al ~ to commence ct 3 O'Clock.
Notice The tree isi entirely suspe nie5 the exception
o. tie press.
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< nm GERMAN AND BELGIAN CAytgfEs- Also
oOuO slnge variety % osher song sna fsney Bird,
~ All pATs 81 The word, who'esais a4A rgtSl, NJ
.H.ELrs hklCHx BROTakRs, No Ell Ctslsa1 street.
Wild Animals OF ~ kinds bouga. and solt
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MADAME SrRoEs THE GREAT PHRsNoLoorsr,AHB
w tpMuslsi Of PARIS he consulted short only on
NJ aasirs Of ne emorscng love business marriage &c and
vas revsr Known 10 fail X She Il also q true female
physcan ird gives al Ice ~ all Who trouble be
seen ~ 70 s2 Bovsry over the confectionery ladies' rs
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RAILROADS.


HUDSON RrvEK RAILROAD -roR ALBANY AND
IL Troy, connecting viii trains Sortb and West rrsi
rNos eH.snrrs srRsrr: rrox rsrnrr rrasr srssrr:
Exrress, and IA A. M, aud ~, ll5 A. NJ. and % r.
Troy and Albany, Mail sisis
rruy and AlhsDy eth sleep si5 r. N, Sundays lac,a
ing rsrD 90 ~ dedD
Peushtsegse train 80 AN .,m,
Psesskfl train, s1P.M s8p.M
sing siss rain Su A. n and 10 u A. r., as and 7as
4 p. SMITH. supsru,sndea..
NEW YORK AND HARLEM RATLKoAD.
IN For Albany and Troy making direct
New york Central Railroad for riAArs rsa Buffalo Al
points West Northwest ard soushwest
~ srith street Station New Tori. ~ foliovy-
Albany Knows Train. A r. and sP. ~
Albany Mail ftain, 10 A. ~
For Crotou ralla r. n, sDppns Al al stations above Tort
vile
For White Plains SIS A. T.. 40 and $40 r. H., stopping
for wSas Pl.ins SIS r. H. iron wine Depoo stop.
vcr williams Bridge II A. r. and 30 r. NJ iron Twenty.
sIih street Depot, sioapnE At all stsfions.
EEfunrrrc, LHAvn
Albany, A NJ sFsst AlbAny. O. Is A. N-Rrpre@ Train.
Aihany. 4 P NJ Esa Albany. tlsP.M.
Albany, "a East Albany, DIS A. N.-xal rr.n.
cruton Falls A. NJ. sopvinT ~ Al stations n1rh Of fre
wsas Plain, ST. IoA N. and 40 P. NJ, Stopping - AZ
wliisn, Bridge GO A. ssdIr.N, rsgs a Il n 81
Lsrs aOHN BracgfLI
AsssSsIs supefssssrteut
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JsABz. LrSs-fRoM GU .RLss-os TO HAVANA
II Via Key wea-uried slaes mall ate, mship lsABEL
Wm. Rollins comma der TIE Possmsses GENERAL hAvi u
changed the day OF Ealing OF ths pe steAmshp ISABEL
w sfr chsrleon on The lat m and 2sh Now mber and
viii ve Havana The 6h and l7th November, ID
Der tner ~h,h da.e abe p. cave charlesan the io.
nd 1 NJ zach mouh, and Havana the l6h and Ia Of
ach For fey, speed. comfort and pleasure this line
sDrpsansd PnsasRe be
81 OROTuAI 4 co. Charleston.
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(tAkTIRBrRY MUSIC HALL. 81, BROADWAY.
~ Canterbury Music Hall. 6f3 broadway.
Canterbury Music Hall. CO. broadway.
The greatest variety OF entertainment inrhe city
COR sAr4E-A FIRST CLASS LADIES THEATRICAL
MISUNDERSTANDING AMI N eSceleut order Apply for
week At al trosby street bei~een II A. NJ and II. ~
VII be sold By tie piece 10 suit purchasers entire
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TvoR cH ARLssfoN's. G., sAvANsAH "a: AND TIIE
IN south snd ssuhwesi-sem weekly United ,tates Mail
side ~hss si-snshp IA " The splendid sesmshp nAhI
on, Foster commsnder. VII leave pier No North
river Wednesday Oober "a At O'Clock II. ~ Rats OF
pssss- val Though ilske.s - io.lo.s 10 ssvsarah g.
SIS, honu onery, rs, Esshyle Tenn si Is senphs 81
IS Chattanooga SIS Knoxvffs f25 30 Augusta Ga s7 90
Atlanta 81. roiumb a @ so Charlotte O., 81 For
yresbi o. passage Apply 20 sPOFroRD, rlLEsroS Co.
~ BroabAay, The fsvorts Jas Adger j. ID Phil
ups connsnder w susceed on Saturday, October ~ The
AdAms uxpse@ Companys great Southern express "a
saiinR dAyn, Ac.
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SPORTING.

A yOUko WIDOW LADY, ABOUT LEAVING I'M
~ ccuairy e pellet IN c,nsequeaos 70 disposs O
that should be well lre.ied has been . VERY great pet
Please address O., station =, Eghh avenue.
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HUDSON RIVER RArLRoAD-roR ALBANY AND
Ii Troy, connecting viii trains HortS and west rrss
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sTOFrsHrHo.-MADAMB MORROW, BDvBNrr
n oauyht-r borr with cau and R OF foresight tes hov
and often Will marry, and evcnts-evsn ron
Very bousha Fee until oshers sop copying my
vetsemenu ~ Ludlow strest, below Housson 0entie@n
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-01-14

peace with us but united to us by the bonds Of po-
btical union, and all attempts to excite within
their borders, s%ervilo insurrections, necessarily
tending to involve the country 10 the ealamities Of
civil, as well as %servile, war.
That a spirit Of distrus. and alienation has aris-
en- in the country, it were idle to deny. That it
Is not shared, in any great degree, by the masses
In either section, is, l trust, equally true. The
people desire Union and Concord; not Discord ard
Disunion.
Claiming no absolute exemption from blame in
behalf of the free States, we cannot admit their
liability to exclusive censure.
In repeated instances, without ~pretence of JUS
t%i6cation, the territory of Ohio has been clandes-
timely entered, and peaceful inhabitants, guilty Of
no crime but color, have been cruelty kidnapped.
The Fugitive Slave Act, necessarily repugnant to
public sentiment, and believed by a large majority
to be unconstitutional in some of its conspicuous
provisions, if not in its origin, has been executed
within her limits with circumstances of aggraya-
ton which could not fail to excite the deepest feel
ing; and cases have no. been wanting where her
citizens, travelling on lawful business in Slave
States, on mere suspicion Of obnoxious sentiments,
have been subjected to espionage and indignities,
to arrest and imprisonment. TO these particular
causes of complaint must be added the general
grievance of the repeal Of the Missouri Prohibi-
ton, manilcsting the determination OF a large ma
Jority OF the slave-hOlding class to extend Slavery
throughout the National Territories.
Notwithstanding these causes of complaint, and
in confident expectation Of their ultimate removal
through the influence Of better information and
juster sentiments, the people of Ohio have held
last to the Constitution and the Union. They have
ever resi- ected all the rights of all the States, and
of all tho citizens Of the States. They have never
resisted with illegal force even the execution of
the Fugitive Slave Act by federal officers acting
under legal warrants.
Ohio has uttered no menace of disunion when
the American people have seen.ft to entrust the
powers of the Federal Government to citizens of
other political views than those of q majority Of
her citizens. No threats Of disunion in a similar
contingency by citizens of other States will excite
in her any sentiments save those of sorrow and
reprobation. They will not move her from her
course. She will neither dissolve the Union her
self nor consent 20 its dissolution by others.
Faithful to the covenant of the Ordinance. she
will resist the extension of Slavery; confirmed in
the principles of the Constitutions; she will op.
pose its naturalization true to the faith in which
her youth was nurtured, and calm in the concious-
ness of her matured strength, she will abide in
the Union, and, under the Constitution, maintain
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-01-14

ing submitted to n vote of the people, they decided
by a large majority in the affirmative"
As l was peranbulating the streets noting the
solemn faces of the pious throng as they wendell
their way In the direction of the church. going
bells, my attention was attracted to a procession
Of men and women approaching me. First came
two villainous looking white men; then followed
nine couple, eighteen colored women, some Of
them nearly white-two white men; then twenty
one blacks, the rear guarded by three more whites!
After closely scrutinizing them. / turned and fol.
lowed with q sickening heart this poor forlorb
company Of men and women, whose solemn faces
were not put on to do homage to n day, bu. to-
cover broken hearts, torn and lacerated by cruel
separation from friends and kindred, to tho sound
OF the tolling Sabbath bells Of St. Louis. We
marched to a New Orleans steamer at the lower
ena OF the levoe, where these thirty nine human
oeings were consigned to q southern market. The
ringing sound OF the iron manacles that were to-
secure these poor creatures flight, closed the scene
and brought to my rememberance the declaration
of the prophet :"-"When ye spread forth your
hands, | will hide mine eyes from you; yea. when
ye make many prayers, / will not hear. Your
hands are full Of blood"--
He gives a passage from the St. Louis Democrat,
whiJh ends thus.
NEARLY every Sabbath morning witnesses the
exodus of these people from our Shores"
When MIR. Mitchell quoted from the Pittsburgh
Post respecting the lager beer drinkers, it is a
pity he did not also quote from the western tray
eller, and the 81. Louis Democrat.
j. GORDON.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-01-14
THE ANTI-sLAvERY BUGLE.

as that once rendered to America and Greece; apC
The public opinion of an enlightened world will
rank them among its heroes of noblest mark.
Capt. Browns expedition was a failure | heal
IL said. l am not quite sure Of that. True, i
kills fifteen men by sword aud shot, and four OF
i've men by the gallows. But it shows the weak.
ness of tSe greatest Slave State in America, the
worthlessness of her soldiery, and the uttei fear
which Slavery genders in the bosoms of the mas.
tiers. Think of the condition of the City Of Wash
Iington while Brown was at work
Brown will die, | think, like a martyr, and also
like q saint. Ills noble demeanor, his unfinching
bravery, bis genileness, his calm, religious trust
in God, and his words Of truth and sobernoss, can
not fail to make a profound impression on the
hearts of Northern men yes, and on Southern
men. For every human heart Is human &c. |
do not think the money wasted, nor the lives
thrown away. Many acorns must be sown to
have one come up; even then, the plant grows
slow; but it is an oak at last. None of the Chris
tan martyrs died in vain; and from Stephen who
was stoned at Jerusalem, to Mary Dyer, whom
our fathers hanged on a Dough Of the great tree
on Boston Common, | think there haze been few
spirits more pure and devoted than J Ohm Browns,
and none that gave up their breath in a pobler
cause. Let the American State hang his body,
the American Church damn his soul still, the
blessing of such Us are ready to perish will fall on
him. and the universal justice Of the Infinitely
Perfect God will! take him welcome home. The
road to heaven is as short from the gallows as
from q thronei perhaps, also. as easy.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-01-14
MESSAGE.

From the somewhat lengthy document presen-
ted BY Gov. Chase, we copy the following passa-
ges, which we believe is all that he says in rela-
ton to slavery, or the people of color.
An act of the last General Assembly directs
the judges of elections to reject the votes Of per-
sons who may appear to have n distinct and yisi-
BILE admixture of African blood. 1t is not very
easy to determine what is a distinct admixture of
that description of blood, or when it may be said
to be visible. 1t is quite certain, however, that it
is beyond the power of the Legislature to enlarge
or abridge the right of suffrage defined by the
Constitution. By that instrument it is restricted
to white male citizens. The question, who are in
cluded In the description, is not for the Legisla-
ture, but for the Courts. An attempt to decide it
by enactment must necessarily be mischievous,
both ia itself and as a precedent. The act refer
red to is mol only such an attempt. but it gives to
Judges of elections, under a loose and uncertain
rule, q large and dangerous power, capable of be-
ing perverted to extreme abuse. l therefore rec
its repeal. n n X
doubt not, gentlemen, that l expressed your
own sentiments, as we'll as those of cur common
constituents, when l declared my conviction that
it is the duty Of the Executive authorities of
Ohio to exercise whatever power the law may vest
in them for the suppression of unlawful combina.
tons against the peace and safety of ether mem
bers of the Federal Union; and that the people of
Ohio, while they will suffer no invasion of their
own territory, will countenance no invasion of
the territory of other States; but, expecting from
them the ful6lment of every constitutional obliga-
ton, will require of their own authorities the
promp. performance of reciprocal duties.
While we will not disovow just admiration Of
noblo qualities, by whomsoever displayed, we
must not the less, but rather the more, earnestly
condemn all inroads into States, not merely asI