Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-02-15

"God iorgive her
Sh-'sa ~c-inring with tie rest.
She 'ha Ought to have eIang forever
nher grad "a Eagles net"
was surprised, sir, to hear the Sena
tors ~allusion to the rec mt C change Of
Inequalities between Us and our neighbars.
To sly nothing of its TASTE. | cannot ad
miro the force Of the lngic which would con
clude that corliality is inconsistent with
sci respect. or that the fraternal weleom,
we gave Is Il bar Ter in tie way of our owl
rights, or committed Us to any concession
which woul be unworthy of the dignity
and ind,penl nee of the State. | belicy,
in cultivating a friendly feeling. | would
give i brotherly welcome to all our nci.h
bors: but when the discussion Of our reel;
rocal duties becomes timely AMI proper. 4;
manly self-rcspcct demands that We shouIt
use 4 brothclly fran ness in stating gu
own views Of right, ami a brotherly direct
ness in insisting that their Observance O.
Il riIhts and our citizens rights is ne
ceSslry in or cr To preserve the family hlr.
mOny uubr ksn. We shall he far more
hk5!y to earn the contempt than the respecI
of our nci.hbors if We proclaim here hat
an interchange OF social festivities IKE,
away our courage to demand an even per.
formmce of federal Obligations.
feel no embarr ssment from the Scna.
tors assertion that the similar ILL lately
introduced into the United States Senat,
would be here met 10y the argument that i
was a Species OF legislation which Should
be left to the States. That argument is d
good one. Whatever legislation is needed
| admit should be done by the States. am
50 far | @ with the gentleman in ais doc.
rinc Of State rights, The simple question
is, whether the bill presented Is necessary
and fit to be passed, and it is because | be
lleve it to be unnecessary and obnoxious t.
the people of the State that | oppose it. II
viii be rightly regarded as identical policy
with the sO-called Bi.lcr bill in Con rcss
and might well have come from the slmC
political side ufthe Senate. That bill pro
poses to make cOnstru :tiv; treason of lie.
signs. unaccompanied by overt acts. and Il
hang men for them: this one calls the same
DESIGNS. iSlcmelnorS. and would send mel
to the pen~itcntialy for them. Whether
You hang men under that law or imprisor
them under this, or hang them summarily
under Federal authority, and try them af
tcrward under the State law, the people
VIII regard it as the carrying out of Il stu
gle line of policy, and viii declare that it
should have been LETT to that PARTY with
threatens Disunion unless the slave powe.
can rule supreme.
Another singular argument urged. WAS
that unless the bill passed. the Stat, of
Ohio night. at some future time. be dis
g AGED by the presence Of su,h men as Jhon
Brown. 1t is suFi- ient to answer as | have
said. that laws stringent enough to prevent
men from planning To break the Ieloc in
Ohio, will be strong enough to prevent
them from plotting against others. As for
the disgrace sir. when y. reflect that the
man whose presence in Ohio Is declared a
disgrace. was a man that Virginia declared
honest AMI truthful, a man whose fault was
that his deviation to a benevolent impulse
made him fanatical and led hi1s to forget
that oppression and slavery even may not
be oppnsel by ereTy msaus, [ think We
may safely say that If the es;utcheon of
Ohio is never stained by a fouler blot than
the temporary pre- snoe Of such a nun, nei-
thcr we nor Tosterity viii have great
occasion to blush at her 'Gissrace.' ID Of
ten happens that punishment Cor political
offences cannot be condemned. whist eve
rybOGy feels that the moral guilt Of the of
fender is in no way simill To that of Grim
inllS against whom our laws are generally
leye.led aud mel may die upon the scat
f d. whilst even tho e who are forced by
a poi iAl necessity II put them TO death.
will bear witness that they are personally
men the word Night lie proud of. The
gentlemen who feels the presence Of such a
man as a disgrace TO the STATE, will find
little sympathy in any part OF the country.
There could re no objection to putting men
under bonds to keep the peace toward 9TH
er States, as we bind them to Keep the
peace toward individuals, but there is no
need of showing our zeal to be freed from
tie presence of men like John Brown 10y
this bill.
Mr.. Hlrri5on i will ask the Senator
whether the punishment fixed by this bill
IS such as he would regard TOO great for the
offence?
Mr.. Cox-I answer That the protec-
ton We afford ur own citzens is a far
Of the penalty to be attached to
like offences against others.
Mr.. Harrison will the Senator answer
the question as | put it!
Mr.. Coz.-!f the Senator from Madison
will answer me a question, | will give him
A categorical answer to his. Are the pen
and provisions of our own law sufi-
,icnt to protect the citizens OF Ohio from
and designs against their lives and
property? If they are. then they will be
'uai ;ient t. protect the citizens of other
also. If they are not, let the bill
'egin with its protection at home. and send
0 the penitentiary every one now bound
yer to keep the pace.
We were told when this ill was intro
.uael. and we have BEEN told again today.
hat although it is true there is no ncces-
for the bill, there was no more neccs-
for the law passed by Congress in
Nashington's administration, against set
on foot foreign invasions. am a lit,
e at a loss, Mr.. President, to know what
entlemen mean by this assertion. Moth
~ in the history of the country is more
glorious than that citizen Genet. the
'rench Minister. " at that time eq ip-
ing armed vessels to cruise against the
e OF Great Britain. with whom We
then at peace. BY the aid OF Jacobin
Iubs, and in f &c of the circumstances of
I~ashington and his cabinet, the public
Of men and arming of a schooner
as carried on. The vessel lay at anchor
the Delaware River. and citizen Genet
procl lined that lie would send
IT to sea despite the Government. by
admission of the dvocates OF this meas !
re, no similar state of facts and no need
action exists in Ohio. They must either I
tract their admission that the fear of any t
Ich combination or conspiracy in Ohio, is
l~iculous and b%lseless. or they must ad-
it that their precedent has no force. J
But. sir think have said enongh IN -,