The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-03-29
Uiftia St'rrhIg GriNuur.



Surely a Callsey moro croundlcss has
mover had popular run. To examine is
% explode IL,
docs the Cot stiludon wrong the
South Tho only unequal advantages
conferred by TINT instrument arc wo.--
II htstovs ,u the South the privilege
OF capturing escaped slaves within the
limits OF the Statc1 which have prohibit.
ed Slavery; thus, 10 that extent, curtail-
ing the local sovcrCigntysor the Free
States and suspcnding tho operation
the worlds common law. Again, it on
aows the slovchoiding States with an OK.
ira representation IN Congrtss, aud a su-
Ipcrior franchise In the election ot all
/ Federal officers, by adding thrcr-itha of
/ the slaves TO the number OF the lrou pco-
| PIE Of those States ~ the hssis Of repre-
sontation, thus cndowing them pcrmu-
'ncutly with vastly moro political power
than it cOnlgrs on communities Of simi-
lar size in the free States. These may
be wrongs, but are they wrongs Of the
SOUTH
| Has Congress wrougcd the southl It
bought Louisiana md Florida, fought the
SCmnulcs and MoNicans, rccJtcd from
the Jefferson policy ofslavcry restriction,
enacted Fugitive Slave bills aud cufore-
ed them, counivcd at the slave trade,
packed the Supreme bench, Ufd wirked
at Disunior-all for Slavery. Those
may be the wrongs hut are thcy the
wrongs Of the SOUTH
Has the Judiciary wrongcd the South
Consider the comparative efficiency in
execution OF the Federal laws, ia the in.
tcrest Of Freedom, Tho other day, at
/ Cleveland, in the extreme North, the
poor girl Eliza was arrested aud proved
to BE- fugitive slave The Free State
Court and Personal Liberty bill uvailcd
only 20 demand evidence. The evidence
being produced Ohio withdrew her pro-
! ltccting hand, and abandoned tho innocent
woman to her fate. The bond undcrthc
Constitution was paid, even 10 the pound
Of flesh. Dut at Norfolk, the captain ol
the SLAYER Storm King was acquitted, our
! IaticnOl laws ,gainst the slave trade be.
ing dead letter. We have kucwn nu-
mCrCus Instances Of the rendition vi fu-
Igitive slaves, but we cannot recall sin.
gle instance Of punishment under tho
laws against the sloyc-trudc. These may
be wrongs, but are they wrongs Of the
| South
Has Popular Sentiment wrungcd the
| South There Is not u spot on Northern
soil whore our fclow-cit zeus of the
South may not freely come, freely hold
and freely speak their opinions on any
topic, and find personal freedom aud free
| dom Of speech conceded TO and main
tniuCd for them BY Northern sont.mcntu az
well us by Northern law. Their every
personal right, and every right Of prop.
crty known TO the.word's common law, il
rCyercd end guarded ns cur own. But
innocent Northern men, and Southern
too, who merely dissent by silence from
the prevalent pro-sluvcry sentiment IN
the South uro not safe. They have 10
many instances been murdered. and 10
many more they have been iRnominious
ly expelled Arc not these facts! Per
hups they indicate wrongs arising from
popular sentiment, but are they wrong,
Of the South!
Among the picked men Of the Soutl
now convened at Washington Is there
T not ono clcnr-sightcd enough to discrilni
nate between equal rights under the Con
, stitution, and the common law, which Cy
cry Southern man enjoys perfectly IN cy
cry Northern State aud in all nationu
territory, as distinguished from those cX
ira constitutional guarantees and tina
national propagation Of slavery whic
under the term "seecssion'" is dcmandc
by the SOUTH And is there not one gal
liant heart ready to stand by the trut
and his country, and to expose TO hi
+ compeers aud constituents the emptinos
and injustice Of the cry, Wrongs Of III
. S1uthp