Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-08-20

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The Crilienden compromise vas me-
5 er directly voted upon.by the House,
An attempt was made to bring IL o
lorf Of its regular order, bat IL reqsirin
vote OF tNc- thirds to do so, it lsiIe,
In the Senate, as / could show, II
very men from the Southern State
fsho iii said uohld have voted for I
made speeches against Il. Look at Ii
triekery Of these men. On the vote I
ltake up the measure out Of its reeuIa
3order. these men voted for it, 60 thai
ss Mr.. Pugh says. il could be said thu
tthey Toted for III The raseafiry. d
these men was fully exposed BY Mr.
Latham Of California, and Mr.. John
son Of Tennessee.
j Mr.. Grittenden stated over and ovel
again that he preferred the bill pro
1posed by the Peace conference to hi,
own proposition: The proposition wa,
that the Gesernor should select III,
oldest and uisest men to 60 to Wash
ington to deliberate. upon our national
calamities and see Shat could be done
to avert the war. This proposition uf
the Peace conference was opposed By
nearly all Ibe members from the South.
ern States. 1-e.r.
siaI wish now 70 come To the first oil
Eilss,matteT. Is there a Democrat OF
Highland county. ,hafis willing to be
taxrd 70 pay the full value Of every
negro tat may escape through the in.
capacity !. searell lssness or cawardice OF
the marshal Is, there such MANI
/ don't believe there is. l have sever
seen one, But that was one.sofkhe
propositions of the Critienden c6ppfs
mise. Article 9th says that. CD fIpress
shall have power to provide bf law,
and it shall be its duty 70 pfsssas .sby.
law for the payment OF the full s&lue
OF any slave that may, by coDuiyance
or intimidation. be enabled to escape
from the officers having him in custo-
dy. How easy for the Marshal to
swear that be was inundated, when
a resoluIe officer would have :ex.
perienced little difficultyl There has
been no difficulty in executing the Flu
gitive Slave Law in Southetc Ohio
II was odious enough to may, but
this Criitenden Compromise proposed
to make it a thousand fold more odious.
IL proposed to make you the "nigger
catcber" for the Southern STAKEHOLDER!
Are you willing to get down upon
your kneesto the Southern nabobsG
MOL DoI"] ] have always been in fa-
vor OF according TO the South all their
rights under the Constitution, and the
prople of Ohio have been willing to
accord them to the full extent.
But should the marshal ask you to
volunteer to help him catch a nigger,
would you do IL? / would not. | !
would tell him to go to hell first and
catch his own niger. Great laugh
Ter. They are welcome to catch
heir own niggers, or hire others to do
he job for them. But when il comes
% ordering Us out to catch them for
nothing. We beg to be excused: But
should we refuse, that Criltenden
amendment of the Constitution pro-
posed to make Us pay for themk Had
voted for it never could have
ooked my constituents in the face
'gain.
Again, that compromise proposed to
place property in slaves upon perfect
quality with all other property in all
he territory south of SO degrees 80
minutes. Would any Douglas Demo-
,rat agree to that7 Would he then over
brow bis cherished doctrine of popu-
ar sovereignty? Mol That compro-
Mise went farther than the demands Of
he South at the Charleston Convention.
Z went far beyond the claims OF Cal
loun himself. 1t proposed to establish
Slavery forever in all those Territories
md all that might hereafter he ac-
luired. 1t proposed thus to forever
xclude the people Of the Northern
states from the privilege Of settling in
he territories south Of that line. unless
hey would cucumber themselves with
his evil. And yet they had incor-
'orated the doctrine of popular sover-
ignty in all the bills organizing the
Is there a single man here who is
Wiling to make Ohio a slave State?-
The Critlenden Compromise would
ave fastened the Institution upon you
ssisted by the Dred Scott decision
Under that compromise | could have ;
fought negroes and held them in my
'ower, and been sustained by the
ourIsl Do you wonder therefore, that
he Republicans could not sustain that
MEASURE? ["No. Sirl"1 Pugh said
q bis speech at Washington. Faye,te ,
ounty, that the Crittenden Compro- ,
Mise only extended the Missouri line
o the Pacific Ocean: when he said ;
hat he knew he lied. / have told you {
That it proposed. but il was to be part ,
Z the Constitution and irrevocablel--
wen were it true. is it very consist
Mt in Pugh TO ask us to re establish &
he Missouri Compromise, tha. he end !
he whole Democratic party have pro- .
ounced unconstitutional? But this is }
My one Of the damnable inconsisten- .
les with which they attempt to de-
eivs the people, and ons Of the many
'lsehoods BY which they mislead q
be multitude Of their partyl
Mr.. Trimble concluded by saying t
hat If he bad time be could conclusive q