The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-08-11
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oLD-TIME POLITICS.

10 OnlO III loOU-hUN AhoiA @'b'''~'NNN
State OHiclals We're Received, and How Men
Made Speeches that They Didn't Belleve-Cin'
ciunatI ia Its Gala Dress-GOV. DennisOn and
GOV. Magcflu "Playin GOvernOr"-Th Great
Kentucky Dinner at the DennisOn House, &c.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
The Compromise Measures proposed
by Congress and enacted into lawn
which such men, eminent in the coun-
ellis of the Republic and Of their party,
as Clay, Webster Clayton, Crittenden,
Cass, Douglas, Benton and Dickinson
participated, which were intended at
once and forever to settle the vexed
question ofslavery-athough for a short
time seemed to be popular with all class.
es, in the end added but fuel to the fame
these laws we're designed to smother.
The Fugitive Slave Law, portion of the
compromise, although it contained ob'
noxious provisions, yet as a whole was
safer, better law for the "panting fugi'
tive" than that enacted in the early days
of the Republic and which received the
sign mammal of Washington as President;
for that law vested the power to remand
to slavery in a Justice of the Peace, and
instances were cited to SOW the abuse
OF this power by ignorant and venal
men, who sent 20 slavery men entitled
to freedom. The men Of the North who
foretold IA 'irevitable conflict" between
the North and the South-the wish be-
Ing father to the thought"-used this
law, by stirring up agitation, to prove
Themselves prophets of evil
To aid in kicking up fuse generally,
the Kansas Nebraska Law was passed
bv Congress, as was charged, in deroga.
ton of the Compromise measures of
1850, and bv its fauds it best carrying
out its principles. The veins of "bleed-
ing" "bloody Kansas" were opened, and
no question was more discussed than
slavery and secession. Many men
good patriots and sensible men became
alarmed, and I mon parry North and
S'uth, sprung up, in whose ranks, not
with heart an soul, but because for the
time being it was popular, were men,
both North and South, who shortly af,
terward did their level best to urge on
the war of the sections.
In January, 1860, the opening of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, unit.
ing Kentucky and Tennessee, was cele.
brated by the two States-the Tennessee
Legislature and it's State officials visiting
Kentucky to have a grand time. The
proprietors of the steamboat line be.
tween Louisville and Cincinnati, as the
papers of the day said, anticipating the
wishes oftheir Cincinnati fellow. citizens
and cert in of their hearty co operation
in measure combining patriotism with
commercial libcrality, offered the use of
their palatal steamers to the Leyisla
ture and Executive officers of Tennessee
anu Kentucky to enable them, with the
authorities Of Louisville and others, to
visit Cincinnati. Upon the receipt of
this news a public meeting was call ID
on the 2lst of January, 1860, at the Mer.
chants Exchange in Cinciunatia at which
Hon R. VI Bishop, the Mayor of Gin
cinnati, presided. Resolutions of
highly patriotic character were adopted
"a Committee Of five citizens Judge
Hail. Larz Anderson, Henry Stanberry
J. 5. Chenoweth and Washington Nc.
Lean, to which Mayor Bishop was add
ed as Chairman), was appointed to pro.
ceed to Louisville ito express TO the
members of the said Legislature and the
citizens of those States Of Tennessee and
Kentucky, so assembled, our earnest
and cordial congratulations upon the
completion of a work 80 important to
the commerce of the West end to our in.
tercourse, prosperity and union as peo.
pie, and also respectfully to invite the
members of the said Legislatures, the
Mayor and City Council of Louisville
and the Directors and officers of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad tt
visit our city and partake of its hospital.
ity."
The same day the Ohio Legislature,
then in session. passed a resolution in
viting the Legislatures of Kentucky and
Tennessee TO visit the Ohio State apitaI,
and Messrs. james A, Garfield. of Port.
age, Cuppy Of Montgomery, Reidy Of
TusCarawas, Holmes of Hamilton, and
Foster of the MerCer-Allen District, were
appointed on the part of the Senate; and
Messrs, Parrot of Montgomery, Collins
of ScOto Vincent of Llrain, Blakeslee
of CuyaIoga, Woods of Licking, Flsgg of
Hamilton, and Andrews of Auglaize, on
the part of the House, as a Committee of
Escort and as beal els of the invitation.
These Committees went to Louisville,
where banquet was given on the night
of the 245h, where, in introducing the
first toast, Judge Bullock made a strong
Union speech. The toast was "Tennes-
see-In this national crisis she will cher
ish in her heart of hearts the noble SEN
timent of her patriouc hero The Union,
ii must be pre8erUed'" And Mr.. New.
man, Speaker of the Tennessee Senate,
responded, making Tennessee and Ken.
tuCky a sort Of Siamese Twins in devo.
tion to the Union.
Governor Magofin of Kentucky spoke
for his State, svowing that there was no
danger to the Union, except a sectional
party, "We have got" he said, to stand
under the law. We have got to stand
by the Compromise of don't like to
use that word Compromised mean the
adjustment of 1850, asking nothing but
what we'will conCede, g.
A toast TO Ohio as zone of the giants
OF the Ameri an Confederacy, brought
Senator (now President) Garfield to his
feet to respon which he said, he did
with pleasure undissembled. 1--WE meet
here tonight, and we greet you as
brothers of this great Union, Jealous for
it's common good and its common ,lory.