The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-12-27


of the Black Depublican patty and of Mr.
Lincoln becomes a wholly different matte
than injustice to them, lor which car
nothing. 1t is a question tCupning an in
terest far higher and nobler than any maj
or party--the Union Of these Stales. TO
which care everything. Accordinpl,
and formally, | despise these proposition
There is in the Republican platform n,
assertion of right by the President, Con
grts', or the National Judiciary, nor b,
the Northern States or prop!e, 10 abolisi
or interfere with the institution of slayer,
In the States On the contrary. t5es,
powers are disciplined and denied. Ther,
IS indeed an assertion Of such powers il
Congress, in reference to slavery in tn,
territories. This is very different cues
lion. 1t is a question OF grave doubu
with many candid minds Of all secions.-
AS for my single self.<I must say | diffe
wholly from the Republican doctrines
whether as to the equity Of the case or it,
constitutionality. But see no cause il
th's creed of party for dissolving the
Union. l never shall see it until som,
one can make me see the profound wis
dom of Hsop's dog on the bridge, who
dropped his real meat to snatch at the
| illusOry shadow.
Nor is it true, in the next place. that
Mr.. Lincoln, either before his nomination
or 9ft"een that event and the election
has ever said, written or printed so far
as The public knows, any such claims o
duly or power for either government ol
people, as is here alleged. On the
contrary, all we know of his record O,
opinions on this question of slavery in the
States, is also disclaimer and denial
And whilst the Congressional record
shows his constant vote was against the
abolition of slavery in the District of Co.
lumbla--it is notorious Tact, that afte,
all the efforts Of the aboIitionists, during
the campaign, to cajole or dragoon him in.
to recantation of that vote. he has stead
lly refused. And oil we know OF his prin
clpIes since the election, is statements il
the papers, Of his repeat declarations
that he will f,ithfully OK cute the fugi.
tive Slave law, and that he would not at.
tempt TO interfere with Slayery in the
District OF Coumbia, nor with the inter.
State slave trade. So much Cor these re.
cords. Nor, again, is it all true, as mat.
ter OF fact, outside Of tile record, that the
campaign in the North WAS conducted up.
on public or general understanding, that
the existence OF Slavery in the States,
was the issue In this election. On the
contrary, you may take up any Northern
paper you please, and you cannot fail to
see, that such WAS not the understanding
OF the question in issue. A voice In the
crowd-''We want no more of these
Black Re- ublican arguments."1 Mr.. A.
phey are no, Black Republican argu.
ments. They are simple truths, used and
used alone, to prevent you and your con.
tederates from disappearing them, in
order to deceive and infame The mind and
hearts Of Southern men, as to their being
cause for the dissolving tile Union. MOI
am | coward enough to fear such taunts,
aud to prevent me from boldly denouncine
such Statements when used for such nm
Eholy purposes. I have, say, met and
r'sented such assaults in other crowds,
where, to defend your rights, required, .t
leastreal manhood. Any demagogue--the
shalowest of your candidates for Con.
gress--will be very brave and Jealous fol
your rights, whilst in our midst. Would
he, if in the thick of your enemies9 vii
he tell you of your faults and iollies?
PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS.
Mr., Anderson spoke Of these nulifying
and reasonable laws, and said he had il
the North freely uttered and largely pub
lished his unrestrained execration Of thi.
insane and Infamous legislation. They
would, therefore, excuse him from repeat
ing it.
But it was not true that the Northern
State Courts had sustained and enforced
these "null and void legislative forms. -
Here Mr.. A. said:
So far as | have been able to learn, n,
case of conviction and punishment has ia
ken place under them. All the Suprem
Court Of Massachusetts, (where Lincoln
, majority is 10000 by the lips of lha
venerable Judge, Chief Justice Shaw, ha
decided to be unconstitutional this "per
sonal liberty biil,'' Gas with their usuo
purilauic cant and hypocrisy they call thi
legislative proceeding and the Fugitiv
Slave Law to be expressly constitutions
and in force; whilst in Wisconsin, tina
next darkest corner of pseudo philanthro
pies and novel humbugs, when the Legi:
lalure (I believe it was had turned cut {
his office Supreme Judge for sustsinin
the Fugitive Slave Law, he appealed I
the people and was actually re,electr
over his anti.fugitivc-slave law oppon+n
on this simple, single issue, by a majorit
ofthousands in that small population. B'
it does not suit the ends OF our agitatol
in politics to disclose such things TO Il
Southern people. They are not suflicien
y inhAmma,ory for the requisite lisunit
! heats. And, still further, Gin this OF
process of eliminating some little good OF
J Of the great mass Of Northern mis- deeds
Milard Fillmore, as President of the Uni
ed States-lhank GOG!-Gid by our NJ
tioLal forces and authorities. from Il
great city of Boston, the very heart an
center of that now disgraced State, wi
its crazy State House in chains, and wht
Q it was a test question, seize, try, adjudg
: convict and drag home and deliver to h
lawful and proper owner, one ofthese san
fugitive slaves. Here again is an nnplea