The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-01-18
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OhIOn--the centre oil It's population, It's pfoduc>
ton and its tseonsumption. From the great liI-
ing fountain OF her boundless resources, the ma
tion is enriched and sustained, and upon them
ITS prosperity and power must always chiefly
depend. Never denying to any section Of tho
country its legitimate weight iu the administSx.
ton Of the government the West will be fese.
Lutte in the assertion of her rights. Conscious
oi her great political power which will install
her in the control of the government after the
coming national census, she will demand the
Inauguration Of that broad, generous, national
policy, for guarding and promoting the enterr
prise and industry OF the country, which while
conferring its inestimable benefits upon ths
people ofall the other States, will secure TO hef
agricultural and commercial interests, that de.
velopment, and those unobstructed and untax.
ed outlets to the markets Of the world, which
their necessities iInperatively require. their val
ue will abundantly compensate, aud the dignity
OF the West demands shall be no longer post.
poned.
Briefly, but in an especial manner, do re,
gard 1t as my duty, to urge you to invite the i'm!
mediate attention of Congress, TO the import
ance of its granting prompt and liberal aid iot
improving aud securing the practical freedom Of
the naviA alton Of the Falls Of the Ohio River.
The necessity of scme more extended and
|
land Canal, as now constructed, to cheaper and
tacillate the conveyance Of property around the
Falls, is recognized by every person familiar
with the navigation and trade of the Ohio Riv-
er Owing to the insutficiency Of the cons;ruc-
ton of that work, and the contracted size Of
its locks, it IS estimated, that more than one
half oil all the tonnage OF the 0, and Mississippi
rivers is prevented from passing through the
the canal. The practical effect Is, to destroy
the unity of the Ohioh River as great channel
OF commerce, by dividing it at the Falls, and
so making the portion above, a tributary to the
portion below them. The consequent inius.
tice and heavy pecuniarY loss to every branch
of industry above the falls. are too obvious to
need argument. Nor does any other interest,
or any other section Of the country derive any
benefit from these results The serious delay
from the obstruction to the transportation Of
the millions of property that annually pass
through the canal, with the excessive tolls i'm
posed upon it, rfict most grievous and uR.
reasonable tax upon the industry and enterprise,
everywhere, that contribute, in any way, in
making up the commerce Of the Ohio and Mis-.
sissipp rivers
The subject, therefore, is not OF mere local,
| but OF the highest national import.
The canal being virtually owned by the Uni
private corporation, prevents any improve.
ment of it without her consent, and renders
State legislation powerless for relief
! cannot but express the hope, that this i'm.
portant subject may receive the early and "a.
liable attention of the Legislatures Of the sew
eral States bordering upon Ohio River, and Of
the other States interested in its navigation,
and that they will unite with the Legislature Of
this State, in urging promht and liberal appro-
| prations by Congress, for the construction of
| such improvements around the Falls, as will he
best adopted to the present and future wants Of
| Western Commerce.
| Firmly loyal to the Union Of the States-re.
verencng it as the precious legacy from the
Fathers ofthe Republic acknowledging their
obligations as sacred to maintain its integrity;
and secure to the people Of every section Of the
Confederacy the blessings it was intended to
confer; TO defend the Constitution which is its
bond, and to faithfully observe all Of its limita-
tons and authorities, the people Of Ohio, accord
to the citizens Of the other states all the poIiti
cal and social rights which they claim for them
selves, and as they would promptly and reso-
lutely resist any attempt, by force, unlawful
combination or otherwise, to disturb the enjoy
ment of their social rights on imperil their So
cial securities so do they deprecate and unrs-
to invade the rights or to leopard the peace Of
the citizens Of any other State.
But the Union is threatened and The Com
sttution is assailed in the very citadel OF its
Iilc-the right Of the majority Of the people Of
the United States to control the government,
being denied, and efforts are not wanting TO
uetcat the great purpose of the government, to
extend and perpetuate the rights Of freedom,
by degrading the Union and the Constitution
into instruments for the propagation ofhuman
slavery.
On the subject Of slavery, the people Of this
State occupy no equivocal position. They re-
Ject the modern dogma, that slavery is essen
tia to republics, that such system must fail
without it, and that slavery must be extended
and perpetuated, to extend and perpetuate our
form of government; but in opposition to it they
have deliberately declared, that in their judg-
ment, slavery is pernicious wrong and that
patriotism and humanity unite in demanding
their resistance to its extension into any free
territory, new or that may be owned by the
United States. They deny the binding authorsp
ity Of the dlctum Of the Supreme Court of the
United States, asserting the right Of property
IN one man over another, as fundamental prinS,
ciple and making the federal constitution the
instrument Of rendering it universal as not
'lihitSa " Ihc iCaeH vi tHC LOCAL pOWef WHICH.
created the relation Of master and slave; but on
the contrary, they declare that the idea, there
could be property in men, was expressly exelas
ded from the constitution, which contains no
such word as slave or slavery in any of it's pro-
visions, and which in every clause, construed, or
that can be construed, as referring to slavery.
regards it as the cresture Of state Legislation.
and dependent wholly upon State legislation
for its existence and continuance. s -
They deny, that the constitution guarantees
to the slaveholding States any other than their
local rights, in connection with the Institution
OF slavery, but such as it expressly declares:
First, That the Foreign slave trade should not
be abolished before 1908; Second, That any law
or regulation which any State might establish
in favor of freedom, should not impair the legal
remedy, supposed at the time of the adoption of
the constitution to exist by comman law, for ,
the reception by legal process, in such State.
OF fugtlvts from labor OF service, escaping from
other States; and, Third, That three -ffths of
all slaves should be counted in settling the ba-
sis ofrepreSentation IN the several States. Be-
yond these, the trainers of the constitution in.
tended to make no peculiar concessions to the
slaveh0lding States and these were made, ba-
cause they had Union of the States to cre-
ate, ana to their ardent and generoas minds the
voluntary removal Of slavery by the action OF
the States themselves, without Federal inter-
ference seemed not only certain but close AZ !.
hand" The people of Ohio have further de-
clared, that, in their opinion, the people of .
erritory have no power under the constitution.
tr from any other legal source, to establish sla-
very as one OF their ingti utinns anr;ne5 ,has.