Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-16

In tno d6noIhl plihnt SUD
servency Of the Supreme Court ofthe United states to
he objects OF party politics, thus greatly dimnishing
that public confidence in the Judiciary essential to
good order that the extent to which the Supreme court
has thus compromissdi character, renders 1t incum-
necessary 70 restore i'd tribunal to ia ancient slts
9TH. That IN the oPlnion Of this assembly an amend
ment OF the Federal ndeiary sysem ID indiSpensably
necessary, so that the eoveregnty Of the States may be
respected and that individuals may be guarded from op
preston As means OF this end 1t 10 strongly recom-
mended that life tenure Of judges be abolihed, and
that .he judicial Office be limited to term Of yearsi
that Congress remodel the judicial circuits that
majority Of the citizens Of the United States shall have
majority Of the justices Of the Supreme Court. j
9th That the recent proceedings Of the Federal Court
for this dtric In producing the conviction Of persons
Indicted under the provisions Of the Fugitive Slave Law,
BY the employment OF the most disgraceiul partisan
means 10 whouta parallel even in the modern history
OF despotsms that The victims OF that Court ncar
cerated In sonder prison, convicted accused Of hu
maniy to man, are entitled to, and We hereby tender to
them. our cordial synpahy; and to make this sympathy
That fund be rais a for their relief and indsnniRca-
tOn, to bo calledsthe Fund Of ISsrtg; and to the
share In accnmulatng the fund, that contributions be
limited to One Dollar each the to be collected nm.
DER the direction OF theseyel Co. Central committees Of
ne heaerve tnat thfee Commissioners be appointed by
this assembly, to be called commissioners OF the Lib
erty Fund who SHAH receive said fund.- disburse II for
objects named and account therefor by periodical
publications Until tnelr duties are performed applying
any surplus 10 the advancement Of Repubcanism and
Liberty .ttl-
9Th. That our fellow citizens Of Loran county who
are nov In ial awaiting tho pleasure OF the D. Dis
tet Judge for their trial. are entitled TO their liberty
and must have It peaceably and In conformity with the
rules Of law In purrut Of this end 1t isresoved that
Joshua r. Giddings Of Ashtabula county and Herman
Oanheld, Of Medina county and Robert y. Payne, Of
ouyahosa county be constituted committee to sue out
the writ Of hdbeda c0rpus In behalf Of said prisoners,
without dssy, and that they address the ap.
plica ion at their discretion to any judicial officer having
= power to grant the writ.
can Republic rests In the great Republican party to
which the YeSple sd the age look for restoration Of
purity Of Jeforsonan republcanism; that, stimulated
as we'll by the wrongs aud outrages which we're the i'm.
mediate occasion Of this vast assembage, a. by the late
ton, Il 10 the manifest DUTY Of Republicans everywhere
to renew their united efforts with energy not to be
renitted until that great result be accomplished.
: [Prom the Cleveland Leader.l a ..l
y The committee subsequently met, and Mr..
10 GiddiDgs dissenting decided to await the de
lie csion Of the Supreme COuIt in the case OF
= Bushnell and L4DgstoD. ,r
"a Hon Joseph NJ Root, OF Sandusky, was here
introduced and greeted with cheers
O. He came down upon the Supreme Court Of
the United States with stern severity, and no
less 70 upon the Federal Court of 0leveland.---
IL was not much TO be surprised at, that Judge
could be found who, hopeless Of any honorable
10 promotion or preterment, could only hope rit
4 from executive favor; was It surprising chat
al q Dietrict Attorney could be found, but IL was
t our shame and our fault that q jury could be
to found such as had set upon this case. The
ID 1ourt waa too low to have any business brought
a. before 1t except slave catching. That should
]. be their sole business, but 20 the State Coarts
20 we would 60 for the settlement of the oAses Of
'. Bushnell and Langtton, and let them grant the
IT, release of these men, and unless he was greatly
w y, mistaken, the Executive of the State gould see
w shat 1t was dole and he trusted shat there
n, or would be an Executive who would not do
u; such noble deed. We applied to the Courts
=. aud If they would grant the release II was well
n. If not, we would have another meeting and to
70, it over He tnoug1t that whatever else migbl
happen, Ohio shall not, In Code name she thal
II Il not, be made huOtns ground Tor slave oslcbe.s
10 Applause and cheers) Stand steady-Lrust IN
u God and keep your powder dry, and !o,k for the
70 things that shall be-
Gov. Chase was then received With three
y hearty and tremendous cheers. -rf.
a few hours ago he was sittin: in his Office
In Columbus, nos expecting to be present TO day,
he had telt IL his duty TO come, bus he had moi
come 20 advise them to do anything which theJ
E. her eater might have occasion to regret. Hs
v had rot come TO counsel any violence. The
III American people, having the control OF al
p poser BY the ballot-boxes, 1t Was for them Il
T. IL VAS not necessary that We, the sovereigns
le the land, should resort to any measures Whict
could not b6 carried Gus at sll times and uuoe
all circumstances.
Some OF the most respected ctizsns Of th,
&, State, whum be mad known Tor years, had dout
10 ~nat they Delieved to be right, and which 10
one man In ten thousand would look up int
e the blue sky, with his hagd upon bis heart, AND
l. say was not right; they had been thrown into
oopfnemert. This was wrong, and what
should we do2 We exist under State Gov
ernmeut and Federal Government, and If the
Government does wrong, turn it out, Dlsmisl
the unworthy servants and pus in those who viii
q do your will. So withthe Stats Governments
n Take the right course always and look to ths
4 Governments and reform them.
, The Federal Government 10 now acting uE.
4 dor the Fugitive Slave Law Of which he haC
often expressed mia opiaion, and what 10 our re-
h. dress for those men who are imprisoned uldeI
that act2 Toe fret thing to do was to aoly de
fend them 90 had been DONE IL was said tha
this Law was unconstitutional. II this be 80
!, all done under that Law ia null and yold.J H,
m believed when the law was passed, and believes
= now, that that act Has intended father as Gym
bol Of the supremacy OF the slave States, an'
pS the subjugation OF the free. This case has bee
broughs before the Courts of the State, and the
ss- are bound to carry out their duty under such
N, view of it. II the process for the release o
u any prisoner .should Issue from the Courts o
/, the State, no was free to say that 60 long a
h Ohio was sovereign State, that process skoaL
d / be szccuted He was In favor OF reciprocity
bus 1t she Safe Court Issued papers and process
w the Federal Court must chow the same deler.
les snce to the State Court shat Was OF o.hes time
ri shown to the Fedaal Court. We oan, reform
DO the Judiciary, the Congress and the Admins
be tratiop, and, although the process may be So
lch GLOW to suit some OF she more excited Of th
audience, yet none of .hem we're 80 old tha
mn M they might not see the operation Of THE RENE
ri. dy. He did not counsel revolutionary measures
but when his time came and hia dusy was plan
he, as Governor Of Ohio, wouid meet it %
Ia man. .a 81 l- ssa ltsa ibistii. i,
the He then reviewed the circumstances Of th
md arrest and seizure Of the negro boy John unde
~ power of attorney, and this procese OF pOwt
lon of attorney gave tho agents Of the power th
% right to take John wherever he aas found: 81
ell though az thasitime he was citizen Of Obi,
~, ~. Consequently that paper OF authority was NJ
ern peace, bus war, against a citizen of Ohio.
rev His deliberate jndg Rent was that no perso
ub could be seized and captured while he was
sl loitlzen of any sovereign Sate, under the Coz