Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-22
Secretary OF the Council.

from to pay the Peace Commissioners. This is
Just as constitutional as that. a. 1
The question recurring upon the passage of
the bill, IL was lost 1rf vrt
Those who voted In tho affirmative were:
Messrs. Breck, Brewer, Cox, Fisher, Garfield,
Morse, Parish, Potts and Ready-9.
Those who voted In the negative were: Messrs.
Bonar, Collins, Cummins, Eason, Ferguson,
Foster, Glass, Harrison, Harsh, Jones, Key, Las
key, Newman, Perrill, Potwin, Smith, Sprague,
Stanley and White--l9. ~1 II
The Governors message and the memorial
we're ordered TO be printed. al-.j s...-f,--s
amend the act of April 9th, 1856, concerning
County Commissioners; and the amendment
thereto of Feb. 26th, 1857. -
The Senate adjourned. 7'. 1lf Hsff 10 e.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. .
PRAYER BY Rev. Mr.. HOGE.
p Mr.. BALDWIN presented q statistical table
of the salaries of County Treasurers, which
was ordered to be printed. :, iisas ser'a5 "a
YESTERDAY, on the question Of postponing the
bill to repeal the act to encourage Teachers' In
stitute, the report does not exactly state Mr..
Ress,' position. The following Is q corrected
report OF his remarks:V c3Tr ..T-oN j
Mr.. REES, of Morrow, advocated the pass
age of the bill on the ground that the teachers
were literally paid for their services. and did not
ask for an appropriation of the State. Only FIVE
counties In the State bad availed themselves of
the benefits Of the law, yet Teachers Institutes
were held In many of the counties where no ap-
propriations were made. Mr. .Rees did not desire
that the profession of which he was an humble
member should 60 begging; be also wished that
all necessary appendages should be stricken OF
from our excellent school system that had o
tendency to make It unpopular: AJ.l9q ( Z y
The question pending from lsst evening, be-
ing the postponement Of H. B. 350--To punish
the assisting or giving aid TO fugitive slaves,
Mr.. SCOTT, Of Warren, offered the follow.
ing amendment; = syHAI3I VI As5~ R II
Amend by inserting after the word estate"
In line 5, section ly "0r give cup OF cold water,
or mo.sel Of bread, to such fugitive slaves, or
look toward the North Star while In the pres
ence of such slave, or In any way direct any
such fugitive to any underground railroad"
After the word ''heren in line 10, add--"aud
IL the offender be widow, whose husband has
recently died. her right to remain Oh the home.
stead, or the usual one years support"
In line 2, section 2, efter the words "such
slave," insert, "and If the fugitive slave be
female cha.tel, end occupying social relation
to her master conflicting with the principles
contained in the amslgamation statute, double
the value of said female chattel shall be paid to
the beresved master, together with any other
losses be may have sustained in affection, do.
mestic peace, or otherwise"
Mr.. SCOTT gave way for Mr.. Tanneybill to
offer resolution, which was adopted, ordering
national salute TO be fred in the State House
yard at noon, in honor OF the birth of George
Washington.
Mr.. SCOTT spoke to his amendment, aud IL.
lus;rated the subject by the Democratic sup
port of R. NJ Johnson in l840; and then refer.
red to the opposition to slavery manifested by the
same party aboutten years afterwards, and argued
that il the opposition to slavery and the fugitive
slave actsis the cause Of the recent secession diff
culties the Democratic party is responsible for It.
He read from the journals OF tho Legislature
aud messages Of Gov. Wood to show the anti
slavery position of that party; and cited the
troubles under the present administration, during
which some forty millions of dollars had been
squandered, and the national treasury bankrupt.
ed--all Of which, he said, had thrown the nation
into fts. What the doctors will do he could not
say.
Mr.. PLANTS said he regarded this subject
as one Of great importance. It was not this
bill, and Its bloody provisions, and its etrooious
1
step, q beginning, at which we may well start
Things in this world come by growth. The oak
ct first may be destroyed by grasshopper, but
escaping dangers, Il at last defes the storms Of
ages. So with this. tits growth from germs
within the menIof the nation. He desired to
look at the principle nt issue. II is not the
negro. 1t 10 tyranny, that manifests itself in
Boston as in Charleston. II is oppression of
the weak. Il has unfortunately happened that
slavery existed In this country and 1t has IA
yored this impulse of tyranny, and we see 1t
manifested In this institution. The irrpressi. Z.
BILE conflict elbows itself on the slavery question;
/ but it is conflict between right and wrong -
We cannot control 1t. God has constituted us
go that We cannot repress it.. The evil and tho
good grow from germs within US. He read
from Jeiferson's Notes on Virginia, on slave.
ry and its effects. Have your fugitive
slave laws changed these things7 said he.--
Can you dethrone the Almighty, and arres.
the operation of these lava of Eter-
nal justcef He wondered what Jefferson
would have thought, to have seen grave leg
islators, to.day, In the middle Of the nineteenth
century. proposing the atrocities Of this bill.
We propose to appease this pnappeasable insti.
tntion by sacrifcing our humanity to It. You
might as well attempt to appease the wild beast
by feeding it upon your flesh. He deprecated
! the tendency of measures TO lead US from the
idea that our rights are given by God to sus-
tain our humanity, and substitute that other
blasphemous idea that our rights are derived
from human enactments and constitution e.
There might be jubilee IN He'll over the
enforcement Of this act; but he did not believe
the peopleof Ohio could be made to enforce such
an act. He blushed tor his race, when, he found
men willing, for little political advantage 10
thus appeal TO the basest passions Of the degrad-
ed mob. And this is done TO save the Union
Ifthia Ia the condition Of its salvation IL is not
worth saving. He did not believe the Demo-
cratic party Of Ohio IL 90 demoralized as to take
such means to save Il. And yet they ask the
Republicans to 20 these lengths, to save it, The
Republicans do not claim the right to interfere
with slavery 10 the States, but we do claim
and insist that II shall not go into the Terrific.
ries He compared the condition Of Virginia with
free States in illustration. To the question, what
will the Republicans do, he ssid, will show
after the An of March, whether we nustuse the
powder deprecated 60 much, or Kentucky hemp
But.we will take the Constitution and the law,
and live by them like men. He thought
this bill should not pass, beoauseit was q step
in the direction Of despotism. You cannot re-
press this conflict in the nation any more than
YOU can repress the confct Of good and evil In
The individual man. There is no place to stop
IN this progress Of tyranny, till the pail Of dess
potism ID epread over the enfife scene, Except
for some ovcrehadoWin6 poll Ikicai motive, such g.
on could. not pass. Honest men from hon-