The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-10-12
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Mr.. EpIroR: In the Seneca A dUertiscr of
DIE July IA 1854 is the following Ed-
tdol mat ter;
Frauds upon Public Crcdulity.
The Tribune is attempting to create the
impression that slavery is already, or will
be established in Kansas, and cites for
lis authority the resolutions passed by
soc Southern Squutters at "Salt Lake
City% (briny plQccl OF course the
sfatcment that slayory is already existing
in.KansHs "a humbug, Sheer shameless
humbug, An attempt to impose upon
the credulity Of the public. Slavery cOn-
not 90 TO Nebraska or Kansas for the all
sufficient reason that there Is no law per-
mitting il. We believe the position OF
the Detroit Pree Press ,unassailable when
it contends that it is perfectly, well es-
tahlshed, legal proposition that slavery
is the creature Of local law, and that II
can exist nowhere except by the form Of
law. Nmust be created belnFs itTn-' '-----
AN ,xistence. Every man in Tho country
!. I, e..cu,an nnless ..'0de otherwise by
ies,islo,i ,,a atssement. Free Soil makes
rec rssn. The Soil of Nebraska ant
xansas Is free as the air, and every mar
who sets his foot upon. that soil, Is. ai
free as he would be upontbe soil OF ONO
Fugitive slaves can be reclaimed from
these Territories, as they can from the
States, but beyond that freedom is un
shackled.
Whenever the legislature Of Nebraska
or Kansas shall establish slavery, then
may enter there bH not before. Ever
slave that is removed thither until slave
nv shall be iegalized, will be declared fire.
/ by the Courts.
These territories are not open to slave
ry; hey are free. They can only b
made slave territory by the action Of tn
people, and the Missouri Compromise ac
was poweress to prevent the people lron
this action if they choose to pursue il il
the formation of State Governments
As States, Nebraska and Kansas will b.
sovereign, and just as competent to ere
ate or prohibit slavery as Ohio Ond ever
other state.
What monstrous fraud then tn
Wing and abolition presses commit upo
the people when they iterate and reitei
ate that Kansas and Nebraska have bee
opened to slavery by the repeal Of III
Missouri Compromise act. What a glu
ing deception is sought to be practiced !
this falsebood manufactured Of who
cloth. The wonder is not so much thl
re ckless and INSCRIPTIONS press shou
seek thus to deceive the country, as tn
any position of an intelligent peop
should have been made victims Of the d
ception."
Does the editor Of that sheet still b
lieve, with the Republicans, that tho no
NAL condition of the territories is that
freedom, and that "slayey can nowhel
exist except by the force of local law,
"that il must be created before it ca
have an existence" Or does he hol
with the Supreme Court of the Unite
States, that the rtght to hold slaves is
right of property guaranteed by the const
tuition, and consequently the right TO no
slaves exists wherever the American III
waves, or the American Constitute
rulesl
Will the A AdUsrtissr man harmoni
the doctrines advocated by It in 1876
"that every man who sets his foot up'
that soil Cthe territories) is as free as
would be upo the soil of Ohio" with d
following opinion of the Supreme Cou
(see 10 Howard, P. 462) "that Meth
Dred Scott himself nor any Of his fami
were made free by being carried into Il
territoryj minnesota in 1866 even fifth
had been carried there by the owner wi
the intention of becoming permane
resident"
viii the A dUertiser confess that II "
not so good a prophet in 1854 as we
! the Anti-Nebruska men Of that day, y,wh
It says that "every slave that is remoy
thither, until slavery shall be legoiiz,
, will be declared free by the Courts"
viii it now confess that the VIII
and Abolition presses were not comm
ting a "monstrous fraud" when III
j, "iterated and reiterated" "that NebFas
and Kansas were opened to slavery
the repeal of the Missouri ComPr ON
q act"
( And in this connection let me ask
Z A dVsrtissr three questions which CHI
lengo him to answer. I. Dare the RI.
(the abstract right, not the power to he
; slaves exist in the territories independs