The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-02-16

reeled. There was great esultation
Snorg tho .bonjmen OF Washinion, aud
and fho nation rtjulced over The great
dsliyeranae thes grsntcd. AZ lcust the
scspanl WIS forcscr freed from tIe pO,m.
tiDn OF slavery A
n ~. A seri sof minor enactncnis then
I followed, al! of which wcrt evidences
that a new era had dBwned upon the nt'
liun. Lpws aud ordinances IN The District
ol Co,umbiu which pressed with mercilcss
rigor on colorcd people, wcfc nbrogntsd,
aud II was ordained that they should pc
tired for tue same offences, in the same
manner, aud subj ct To the same pun'sh'
mcnts. rs white men. Congress also en-
acted that they should be allowed 10 tes'
tisy in the courts of,hu District. IN the
Capital colprcd people h0d been inxcd to
support schools which their children were
moi allow ed to attend. GOngiess repeal.
cd the unjust law and provided for The
education Of colurcd children. The rail-
wnya churturcd by Congress were also
forbidden to exc udc colo ed people from
tie r..
V. Tue u Xt important nnti-slavety
nisusurc, was The passage of thu joint
= solution, recommend by spcclal message
to Congress, that the United States
ought 20 co.upcruic with any State IN the
graGull abolition of slavery, giving COM
prnsbtiOn lof "incUnvenicnors, public and
private, produced by such change ofsys.
tenn" The io IT re.o ulcn was pa's'd
ard received 'h' approval of the Pres :
dent on the 10Th Of April, 1862.
vi. Immediately upon these measures
GllJwed the important one TO make Free
dom national aud Slavery sect 0nal. a
bill was nlrOduc ID in tho lloOs' of Rop'
rtscntalvcs on the 24,h OF March. 1859,
preventing involuntary service, ~ all
territories now existing or hereafter to.
be acquired, I'd, 10 all places Obtained
".OF tho erection Of forts, mag zinc, dock
yards, arsenuls aud other useful buildings;
81, in oil vessels on the high scue; iili, IN
all pnccs where tic National Cover
mCnt Is made supreme vr has exclusive
jurisdiction or power. Tho bill passed
~ the the l2th of May, 1869, Ia the
iouse, BY n vote Of 80 to 30, the demo-
e uti subhornly runtcrdng all the WY.
~ nuhHtu VI Alli - UNNi WI NilN fAN ~
] nr, aud was approved by tho President
ua the 18th or Juur, 1869. THIS wa. Il
great step. The great t'objccl Oi the u
publican party wps thus signally nchiey-
ed. There yet rcmained some strong.
holds Tor Slavery that must be battered
down.
VII. Congress saw that the hoe and
nd, were doing the rebellion Us much
s,ryioe rs tho rifls Of the soldier. IL
therefore enlarged It's oct OF cms ncipatlon,
declaring that oil slaves Of pcrs ms giving
did and rnmfort to the rebellion upd os-
Gaping into our liues; all slaves captured
from such pcrsonr; all slaves being with
IN any place occupied by the rebe armies,
but subsequently by our armies, should
for yer be free. -
VIII. The niquitiuss Fugitive Slave
Inv still remained nnrcpraled up to. this
'ine. The first step wus to prevent dis
10y ~ masters from pcrsuing their slaves
int, thu Free States as they had brcn
allowed TO do before. a bin was intro
durcd into tho Seilnlc TO nbrUuatc the
Infamous law, o. the 20'h of December,
1861. This bill VIA discussed at length.
Various other balls hnvlr,, the same objce,
In view, we're subs Qusntiy introduced,
aud. nj ursr, received the Il rvcst oppo-l
si.ion of the sluychoid r. and the b,mG-
cratic Congressman. The tide was too
strong, however. The bin was finally
passed ou the 90 OF juno, 1864, receiving
the approval orlhr PfttidchI ON the aSth
of June, 1864. llrre YVES another gigun.
Tic step in The march ol Ftccdom.
lN. Under this heed are TO be grouped
those auti.slavcry mcosuJcs repeating the
'upsl. Wis tsadc, lcgn''Zsd in 1907; ih,
bill allowing colurcd pcrsOus to testify
In oil the cuurs of the United Slulos; the
bill allowing them To carry the mnils;
the bill to cslObi- Frecdmcn's Bureau,
but recently passed.
\, The last aud crownipg act in this
wonderful progress of tho Anti slavery
Sentiment was reached ON Tuesday last,
u day 10 be hold memorable in the uunuls
of the Republic. This Congress, by a
vote OF 10 to 80, res llyed that the qucs-
ton of utterly ubolisbng slavery from
the land shall b. submitted to the people,
The ratification of this act by three
foulths Of oil the Slatcs. makes the r.
public free Throughout, oil its borders.
& vi grant that this may speedily take
place, aud that We may be one people
again, -Cicpeldnd Leader,