The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-07-23
Linc01n's Supporters.


JOSHUA Z GIDDINos. Who, in q letter
to Corwin, spoke as follows: Il do not OBJ
ject to your giving uttsrances to you, sen.
timents. l only objec, to your represen-
ting them as the ssntimeats of the Repub-
lican party. 1, as one of the party, de-
test the Fugative Slave Law 1 would
slay any slave catchrs who should polluts
my residence to capture fuga,ivs."
RUFUS r. SPALDING--who, in reply to
letter which had been published by Mr..
Weston. editor oi the Republic. at Wash.
.ington City. said. "The writer is deceiv
ed if he supposes that Juege Swain was
left off the (Republicsn) ticket on accoun.
OF his residing in Columbus. He was
dropped for the reason that he, as judi
cial officer, recognized the Fugitive Slave
Act of 1889 to be Of binding force ia Ohio;
and she other two Judges. who were with
him in opinion. will be dropped in the same
way. as soon as they are reached in the
order Of time. We do not recognize men
to be Republicans, here in Northern Ohio,
who will for a moment, sus.ain that mis-
erable enactment"
He also declared that ''in the slterna-
tive being presented Of the continuance of
slavery or dissolution Of the Union, we
are for dissolution. and We care not how
quick it co mes"
SALMON P. CHAsE--Who said. upon be-
ing presented silver pitcher by the ne
groos OF Cincinuati--"I embrace with
pleasure this opportunity of declaring my
disapprobation Of that clause in the Con-
siitution which denies to . portion Of the
colored people the right of suffrage"
HORACE GREELEY-who stated in the
Tr;6une--"I have no doubt that the free
and slave States ought to bs separated
The Union is not worth sup
porting in connection with the South"
CHARLES SuMNrR-~ho said: THE
Fugalive Slave Law is filled with horror
we arc bound to disobey this act.'
ANsoN BURLINGAME-who declares
The times demand. and We mus, have an
anti slavery Constitution. an anti savary
Bible, and an anti slavery God"
WILLIAM. SEwARD-who states that
"there is Higher Law than the Cons,itu-
ton which regulates our authority over
the domain. Slavery must be abolished /.
and We must do il"
The New YoRx TRlBUSE- says "the
time is fast approaching when the cry will
be too overpowering to resist. Rather
than tolerate national slavery as it now
exists, lot the Union be dissolved at
once"
BESJAMAN F. BLAKE-st present Rep
resentative in Congress from the State OF
Ohio, who said: Away with your negro
seats in churches--away with your negro
cara. l know that those fellows in The
southern part Of the State will say that
Blake is negro man, but what care so
long as l am conscious of being right"
BENJAM1N F. WApE-used the follow.
ing language: al loths from the bottom of
my SOU, any man who refuses to nyshng
in human shape all the rigSts and privi-
leges he claims for himself l know no
high, no low, no black. no white-all are
created by one God, and all are entitled to
the same privilege"
Mr.. WAsHDURSH--a Republican Nom.
ber Of the present Congress, at a rsiiica
ton meeting in Lorain county. O.. said:
"If, because l stand up for the equality
Of the negro, socially and politically. with
the white man, they call me negro
worshiper. let them 60 it. shall perse.
we're to the end"