The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-10-03

S6LueTeU CO&etueC auu trauSIerreU luCO
four equal gangs of tB licensed
THIEVES, RUFFIANS, ROBBERS
and. MURDERERS,- -@ society, we
feel assured, would suffer less from their
atrocities than it does now.''
$50 it seems that the total number of
actual slave. owners, including their entire
crew of cringing liekspittles, against whom
We have to contend, is but three hundred
and forty seven thousand Eve hundred and
twenty-five. Against this army for the
defense and propagation of slavery. WE
THINK, 1T WILL BE AN EASY
MATTER-independent Of the negroes,
s0ho, in nine CAGES out Of ten soould be de-
lighted aoiM an opportunity to cut THEIR
MASTERS THROATS and a0ithout
accepting a sihnk recruit from either of
the free States. England, France or Ger
many. TO MUSTER ONE At LEAST
THEE TINES AS, LARGE AND
FAR MORE RESPECTABLE FOR
ITS UTTER EXTLNCTION."
"But we are welded to one purpose,
from which no earthly power can ever di.
vorce us.-WE ARE DETERMINED
TO ABOLISH SLAVERY ATALL
HAZARDS-W DEFIANCE OF
I'LL OPPOSITION OF WHAT.
EYER NATURE WHICH 1T IS
POSSIBLE FOR SLAVOCRATS
TO BRING AGAINST Us. Of this
they may take due notice, and govern
themselves accordingly"
with the intelligent Protestant ele
ment of the Fatherland Germany on our
side, we can well afford to dispense with
the ignorant Catholic element of the EN-
erald Isle, In the influences which they
exert in society there is SO little difference
between Slavery, Popery and Negro
driving Democracy, that we are not at all
surprised to see them going hand in hand
in their diabolicsl work of inhumanity
and desolation.' f.,...s7 --.......-.
I The book containing the above, the
people will remember. was endorsed by
Seward, Giddings, John Sherman, and
s'xty>eight other Republican members o:
Congress. Ef
JACOB BRINKERHoFF SUPPORTS LINCOLN
| - HIS RECORD. ~
| jacob Brinkerboff, the Republican nom.
inee for Supreme Judge of Ohio, ran in
1851, as. the Abolition candidate fol
Supreme Judge, upon platform of which
the following is one of the resolutions:
Resolued, That the Fugitive Slave Law
enacted by the last Congress. is IN deroga
tion of the genius aof our free institutions
an .unwarrantable encroachment upon th,
sovereignty Of the States. a violation O
the principles Of natural and revealed re
Hgion, an assumption of Legislative powe
not constitutional, and a monstrous exhi
bition of tyranny, injustice, cruelty and OPP
preston. WE WILL NOT REGARI
1T AS OF ANY BINDING FORCE
OR EFFICACY, WHATEVER. II
the language Of Patrick Henry we say
"If this be treason. make the most of it.
4 In August, ls46, Jacob aBrinkerhoh
) according to his own claim, drew up th'
original Wilrnot Proviso, and handed
to David Wilmot to be offered.
IN l84S; Jacob Brinkerhoff, being re
jected BY the Democratic party on accoun
of his AboIitionism, supported the Abo
lition candidate for the Presidency il op
position to Generol Cass and Genera
. Taylor, the Democratic and Whig nomi
r nees. q esz8fa5 srse sf,lF
8 In 1851. Jacob Brirkerhoff was th
7 regular nominee of the Abolition party {
: Ohio for the Supreme Judgship of ,h
: STATE against Allen G. Thurman, of Chill
s cothe. and Peter Odlen, of Dayton. th
Q regular Democratic and Wing nominee
and received about l9 600 votes, foul
ffths of which were cast on the Wester
Reserve. &e
In 1852, he supported John P. Hal
the Abolition nominee for Presiden
against Pierce and Scott. the Democrat
!. and Whig candidates for President B
a also supported and voted for Milton Su
} lid, theAbolition nominee for Supren
Judge, against Daniel A. Haynes.
>. Dayton, and VIM. B. Caldwell, OF Cinci
natl, the Whig and Democratic candid
tes. st4 a s''' ~
!. In 1853, he supported and voted f
Samuel Lewis the Abolition candidate f
a Governor. of Ohio. against VIM. Med
Il and Nelson Barrere, the Democratic al
Wing candidates. ''' p
= In 1855, he was the regular nomin,
of the FIRST Black Republican Conventie
Is held in Ohio, for the Office of Supren
y Judge, on the same ticket with Salmon
Chase. 7segia1
: e In the spring of 1859, along with So
> lift, he concurred in dissenting opinio
% pronouncing the Fugitive Slave Law u
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