The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14
ASHLAND UNION, WEDNESDAY, MORNING.

"a Person charged in any State with Tree
son, Felony, or other crime, who shall flee
from Justice and be found in another State,
shall, on Demand of the Executive Authority
of the State from which he fled, be delivered
up, to be removed to the State having j urls
dictioA of the crime"
BRowN and MERRIAM were charged with
Treason, Murder and melting slaves to insur-
rection within the State of Virginia. A
Grand Jury of the country, upon the oath OF
the Jurors. pronounced them guilty of these
crimes. They fed from that State, and were
known to be in Ohio. TIL executive author
iity of the State from which they fled, demand
ed authority to arrest and to remove them to
| the State where the crimes were committed, IN
order to try them for the offence named. The
| Governor of Ohio refuses to yield them up
refuses to allow the criminals to be taken from
this State-refuses to carry out the positive
requirements of the Constitution of the United
States, which he is sworn to support. Why IS
this?
1t is we'll known that Governor DENNIsoN
is the fat friend of Governor CHASE as the
nominee of the Chicago Convention for Presi-
dent The edict has gone forth from JOSHUA
R. GIDDINGs that none but a Representative
Man of the Abolition party can secure the
votes of that party or be nominated. CHASE
made DENNIsoN Governor, and DENNIsoN Is
bound to do all he can for CHASE. Had Gov
erner DENNIsoN permitted these men, lndlct-
ed as Traitors and as Muderers, to be arrested
and taken to Virginia, it would have given a
death blow to Chaseism among the ''irrepress-
ible conhicI" Abolitionists of the Heller
school. and hence the demands of CHASE. and
the requirements of party override the PLAIN
provisions of the Constitution, and Ohio Is
made the city of refuge for all the Rogues
and Murderers who commit their crimes
against the men and States of the South.
When a candida e for election, Mr.. DENIM
SON made speeches in southern Ohio. avowing
doctrine far different from this. Ex-Governor
CoRwIN then Speaking with him and by his
authority, held that all who opposed the Fugi-
tive Slave law should be "elevated to a purer
atmosphere'-that is, suffsr death on the gal
lows, and under the belief that Mr.. DENN1soN
would faithfully execut the the laws-that
CoRwIN, in speaking for him, spoke by his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. silence giving assent
to all CoRw1N said,-the conservative men of
the opposition gave him their votes. How
these men, thus sold, thus deceived, and made
to play the puppets part; will like Governor
DENNIsoN's overriding the Constitution of the
States by refusing to fulfill its impera-
demands, remains to be seen. His con-
iuct is but a part of the "irrepressiole con-
waged by the Abolitionists against the
Constitution of our common country.
When men thus high in authority-men
clothed with the power of a State, as its Chief
Magistrate, thus set at nought the require
nent of the Constitution, to shield thieves
md murderers from just punishment-when a
of a State thus, in effect, says to a
,and of miscreants, murder the men of the
as you will-arm their slaves to cut the
hroats of their masters, and come to Ohio,
nd ye shall be protected, is it not time for
he honest and the patriotic men of all parties
o pause and reflect upon the consequences
hat must ensue if such things are suffered to
20 unrebuked ?-NutiOnat De1mocrdt.