M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-09-27

sols to induce slaves to rebel anC
make insIrrection;" on the 8th o
March, 1850, upon the ground o
some shallow and fimsey infermality
Dennison, upon the advice of his Re
Publicap Attorney General, @. p
Wolcott, an old line Abolitionist, re
fused to comply with the requisition
and Brown and Merriam remains tc
this day in Ohio, laboring for Lincolr
and the Republican party.
On the Goth OF May, 1859, a meet
ing was held in the city of Cleveland
presided over by Joshua Il. Giddngs
having for its object the overaw,ng O
tie Supreme Court in thc "Oberlir
Rescue" Cases, and at which a series
OF most violent and incendiary resolu.
tions were passed. To this Ccnven.
ton VIM, Dennison addressed letter
dated "Columbus, May Goth, 1862
in which, be saidl,;; dl,;;ss.sg .s,.,ls.... *. 3.
Let rne express my ardent hope
that the proceedings Of your Convcn,
ton may be such as will permanently
contribute to the advancement of the
sacred principles Of freedom, Justice
and humanity, which have been SO
violently ;assailsd by the impriSon,
lnent your county jail of>Pq1m and
Peck, and their devoted colleagues,
LamoRg who were Q. II, (LangstSn,
and other visible admixture" speci: i
mens,l pndeE the insulting provisions
of the fugitive slave acttS )
HARRISON e. BLAKE sUPpoRTS LIN.
NHaI cOLN-HIS, RECORD.
This genuemantis "a Republican
member Of Congress- from Ohio [Iu
the House, Of Representatives oH StkS1
10Th March, 1860. he offered the fail
lowing preamble and ResoltRion: \
''WHEREAs: The chattleizing of hu-
manity iana the holding of persons as
is contrary to natural Justice
and the fundamental principles of our
political system, and is nptoriously o
reproach to our country throughout
the civilized world, and serious hin.
1erance to the progress Of Liberty
throughout the nations of tho earth;
therefore, III. 'I
Resotged, That the Committee on
Judiciary be-, and the same is hereby
instructed to inquire into the expedi. {
ency OF reporting bill giving freedom
to every human being, and in!erdict-
ing slavery wherever Congress has the
constitutional power to legislate upon
he subject" ,'.. -lg
Sly ty Republican members of the
House voted for this resolution, iaclu.
ling Q. n AdQms, Aldrich, Bingham,
3lairs Burlingame, Carey, Conkling
SSsgerton, Grow, Curly, Helmick,
.syejoy, Morrill,, Potter, Sherman,
,yEG<WAta asRurVn, y, B. Wasburn, Win.
oS NsROoT SUPPORTS LINCoLN-
HISSRECORD.
This geafIemah ChaS.ssr years been
N old line Ab%1ti6nist, Of the Gid
!ings' scRSol, land is pow one of the
Republican Electors at Ierge for the
'tate OF Qlio. .fIe WIS in attendance
nd spokc,at tie Cleveland Oonver,
ion, of the 55m.May, 1859, callsa to
verawe the Supreme Colrt in the
)berlin Rescue trials, above alluded
.. He was a member of the Aboli. ,
ion State Convention Of Ohio. in
S51, which nominated Brinkerhoff
,r Supreme Judge, and as a member !
f the Committee on Resolutions, re- .
oFted as foliows:> is.l.. .s, 2 Tug !
iPssoIyed, That the Fugitive Slave
aw, enacted by the last Congress, is }
] derogation Of tho genius of our free :
lstitutions, an unwarrantable en-
upon the sovereignty of :
lie State, violation of the pricisples
f'uatural and revealed religion, = an
sumption of Legislative power not !
institutional, and a monstrous exhi- =
ition of tyranny, injustice, cruelty i:
nd oppression. WE WILL NOT .
'EGARD 1T AS OF ANY BIND.
NG FORCE OR EFFICACY
Iii the language Of :
'atrick Henry we say, ''lt this be !
'eason make the most of it."l r
1HN' WENTWORTH SUPPORTS LIN. :
COLN-HIS RECORD. sv 7a .
John Wentworth, editor Oft the Chi. S
lgo Democrat, Republican paper, I
hU was recently reelected Mayor of h
hieago, by the Republicans Of that L
ty, and a particular friend of Abra. /
AIM Lincoln, in commenting upon
Speeeh1ih the Senate on the V
h of june above referred to, said: Z
fThis speech is the en- hodiment of n
epnblicanism. gThe spirit which 1t S
eathes is the spirit which auimates "a
ID gives vitality and force to our or .r
The spirit bas never be. n
re been so faithfully and powerfully il
nbodied as il, now ia in this speech. II
ere, as ina:mirror, can be seen the m
rbarismoofslayery, painted in all its B,