The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-04-24
MEN OF ONO.


ahSt came from thSt state IL ONO AMI SeiuSil ~
the south psr, cf Goauga County, in 1919, when
Albert was about year cid. At the ags ut ssvon.
he last bio flasher, he being tns Of ,h' Younger
Of sight children. The Country was very .
now aud employment difficult. To D,an, aud ho !
was obliged to live with one taini anl another. 1
as he could be OF service, until siA ecn wears "a
age. During ihc winters he aitenisi Schrol vt thn
log school house o. the district, wh,rc he happen
cd IN reside. Ia lis b,yhuOd habits Lc VAS way !
ward and stubborn, fond OF hunting aad iislsrs.
A lows of reading. which he ahCi tc.l ftUui lis /.
mother, finally tiumlhcd orerl is reel 'cs ness, and
beIN zen the Ags of seventeen ani twc,ny. he pick
eA up, unsiicd good english cGrcAi on brring
she same period, thinking io improve hi- conA,i,.
ho ran away irIm lame, Tut q lid, rxln rirncc 81
tue world convinced him q his mi, .nke and he rM.
back again. Finally in ls3s. ha tered the ofic,
OF Scsbury Ford. la,o Governor oi D 10. os ssh
dent 81 Law. lie was great" s.ta he'd - Gov.
Ford, and experienced ut his ands many tavurs
for which he was duly grateful
lie WAS sdmi,icd to tho Lar in ihc fall Of lStO
snl immediately elected Prose ut X Attorney o
Gemga County. Io held thr, ,Ice six years,
and cngagod in the general pra tice OF His prof,s-
sion IN Clcardor, the county scat. of Goauga coun-
~, doing the loading business thcse.
In Is4S Mr.. Riddle was In ho lcai of moyc-
neut TO attach Mo wings of Gsaugs tountY % the
c-Soilers, then party in the pro o org, Vi
cation. He was elected tn the low,r House of tnc
Ohio Legislature from tlt District composed #
Geauga snl Trun 'u!l. Ohio had been divided ir ~
! electoral districts III Ter the State Appor orn,e,i
| Law and this division, the democrat at this
~ Nk.,I, il.
Law divided IIai liliOn County, 50 as ir give ihree
/ Of tho five mem ,ers the wings. Thr Dens Gratis
ct the election, liSrc ,arded the law am elect the
| FIVE from their own party. On thc morning q! the
dav dt meeting Ct thc Leeislalui,, the Dem Gratis
broke into ,lc Hall nt the House, Rel -csrnt tyes
before daylight, in their ueiubeis and lcct
cd their Speaker. Tha W lgs came nttrr ards,
and effected an organization, imposed ot iiccis
of their faith Con,usi,n re gncd in IT,, iiou,o .,r
period of five weeks, Mr.. l.iddie rae n.in' being
thc My man who recognized both or anza ions rs
equal and to VI ON both organization would 'is'cn.
The Do mOcrats for period of fcm wcci ;. navei
adj, urucd totk recess. AT len; il, aitura good
deal of turbulence, an organization acceptable to
both parties wss effected upon plan furnished BY
Mr.. Riddle.
j His ccrr,: in She Ohio Iegisl sure was highly
popular, aud tho speeches he made won for Him
the esteem of all parties lie was reelected the
next year, end was IT nincnt candidate for
Speaker, 70 which position 10 would have been
elected but tor ih. trcachcry "f u frle-scribc who
cas. lis vote for Setter, The Democratic caadidAe
Hen John Hut hins, lis collca6u in Congress
was thea hiS eolleaGu, in the Legislature.
In tho summer of 1850, Mr. Riddle changed lis
place of residence TO the city of Cleveland, and en-
gagged there in the racticc 1t Luw, with marked
success. His fine overs as All advocate soon gave
bim u large AMI lucrative practice in defending
criminals, OF which he had much the largest share
of any member ct shat ar. lIo was elected Pre-
scouting Attorney, thc cutics Of which office he
performed With signal ability irom 1853 to 1851.
Among the important criminal case LIN whi,hhc
,mk the ieadhIg raii, Gus taadeta Will remember
that Of r oks fcr the muldrr OF a Railroad Cen
ductpr, by pushing him fit IN tie train, where Nj
, Riddle Was for III, defence. lie prosecuted Parks
foi the murder OF Beatson at Cuyahoga Falls, aud
o Cole for poisoning lis wife al Btinb,idgr lie has
b!en engaged, at Out tine ami another, i'll twelve
or fifteen cases Of h, ncile lie was also employ
cd of the leading counsel, in the case of bic
Obcrlin rcScuers and his argument to the Jur,
, in the Bushnell case, and before the Supreme Cour
9 on the Habess Corpus, are reptrted at length, al
ID also his able argument in the prose- Of Cole
! for murd.r.
g Mr. Riddle first acted with the Wing party, snC
+ toak nh Sctive part upon the stump, in the mcmor
y able cumpaigu of lS40. He LccGIie Free Soilci
when thu party was first formed and affiliated a
once with the new form which that party ttok
II when ii became known Republican. He is il
the fullest seuse of the word an anti-slaycry man
:, and nominated for CONGRESS- I've Il tho pS.riet
co.. pc. I'D u $40 yoOn,les Of cGyah6Sa, Lake an,
!, q: Q:augd, III l3dO after sharp contest, having fo
. his ccnpotitich, such mon ss Hen. Edward Wade
his ors'i"""--"' H. H.. F. I Backus ani Hon Il. +
:, Paine H. WAS elected ..mA sF;sYva tppGpss i
,ue eStEa sess'cp 2i 1884.
n Iu person Mr.. Riddle is o. inldium siza, sand.
l. conn lexion, full Lushy head OF hair, and eoun
A! .enance of agreeable and intelligent expression
), He 10 lAe speakef, has good VOICE and nanre'
/, bu, prefers to be classed among the working mem
bers to those who are given to much speaking
4 Tho following extracts fr'm speech delivered b.
\. him in the Military Academy Philhdelphis, Janu
=. airy 2Y, 1882, fair specimens OF his powtrs
re argument ana oratory.
ar 81 mast here discuss another ol, m,ntary ques
,t, ton, less trte, of Importance. II the sav
%nD 4l sosao SasS'PGS' IF hc s1 +t r
the master, and above him. .till ano,hr AMI grca,
er power Fl which the slay} spst'ina f%l'lifs il
=, dependypI pf his m4sler2 Did ityysrne9ur to een
W uehen thsl the slave had such relations to pow
70 er higher than the ma sleg, through which claim
10 upon him might DO asserted at utter variance wit
,s the master elaimsS ! know thatwithous questio
- or argument 1t has bnen conceded that no such re
H. laIion Exists. -m h-ui. iJy no such concession
y and am 10 establish the contrary, and maintain
if l may .. .TI...
Il i, o., f4nt..uentai law, slaves are Known Lui
as persous - recognized al part Of the great mas
Of psrSops, Docs tina, instrument erase from thei
the universal quality of subjects, on s.amp gro
the universal quality Of subjects, or stamp npO
them one, Inconsistent with that character! Thc
e ara persons owing Service" which Is Il rocOgn
tion of an obligation imposed on them by anoth,
. power; but they the nsclYes sdbordnated to Il
iN power created BY the Constitution, Nthn whiC
is they are brought by apt wprds Of es, gpttl, "a
this ,.eW power may hpoSe on thep obligations il
II consistent with the old. They are persons oNir
~ SERVICE, just are minors and apprentices AN
., in the same sense, are subjects. 20 far as III
- Constitution has created legislative so, ercignty
- all, it has conferred il the two Houses of Co
80 gress. IL makes them sovereign over all person
with lno exception whatever. The relation thu
between this legislature and your slaves il that
sovereign and subjects and demand to know VIII
power there is ON earth that can eoule between IN
y sovereign and these subjects, Do they owe VI
service? They owe us allegiance Are they va