The License Question In Ohio

1 he Legisiature of Ohió was beset áüi ring its late sesSion witH íiumerbüs remonst ranees ngnin.st porpetuating the curse óf tlie Liceiisesystcmiand feelihg the Üecèssity of doingsomoihing to ollny tiië popi lila f clamor, íhey passet] the following abt, which seems to us to amourit toabout notliing at all. "Bc it cnacted by the General Assembltj óf the Slae of Ohfo, That whenever any rèmonstrnnce shall be presented to any Com-t of Coriimon FléaS in thlS Stftte a gainst grnnting any tavërn lieëhse petilioned lor, it shall be the duty of the cour-t to receive and ennsider the samo, vhetlu fr such romonstrnnce shall cHntain any statement of focis other thnn tlie general dissent of the remotistrants, or not, and on considerntion of such remonstrancëj whether any testirriOny is offered tb the court or not by the remonstrants, and ori colisideration of ahy peMtioh for tavörrl licenso, whetlier remoiisiratcd ogaihst of Hot, the court may, in itsdiscret ion, grnnt r refuse ihe litiense piayed for notwit.h standing the applicants mfiy Have proved rill the quniincntiöns icqiiii'ed by laV to authorize tlie cdUiH td gránt eacli li cense.'''S'avcry Iwh nut been "emnblished rn the Opean' - tl? Si.Minl oiirlit to know betten For whot nre oitr tieU. in&iriiailu'tl oh the coal of Alrifca, nt micIi n ei-rly c'o-l to tin livrs tjf pallnnt sailorsnild íe Nationat trenpnry' fur v!n are our vpsfëls of Ivnrsont i'nio tlte Gtilf nf Mi-xico and the Corrilbrnii Sou? - tor h'it, hut tb1 take fcnre thnt tliw ijjtivfi ira'le is imt riinod on imder the Ameri can fl..p!"-.fAv Hurón Obsciver. Tlie übsehr liiis nit ilg-hlly npprrhrfrlèr! lo pojnl under (JifCUstnon, Slavery c a Stute insti'iitioti, rxisiinfj by virtue of State lnwr, nd ronM hut lmve bren extended bryond the Imiil.s of the oriffioKJ Sluve Slotcs wiihoiit lite lptr'.-l-ii'M) of' C)i){rre38. The flavf ho'ders oftrn wiüh to trnnspnrt theirslnves frotn one State to nno'her, and it t freqnently more convenient to tío t b)' sa than by land.- Whcn a V;rjinia mastei" 6tarts for Norfulk with liis sluve, he hilds liim as snrh hy virtue of the laV9 rf, Virginia, fititaf.erho haa llaced hini on board a vesítl, and taken him on to the ocean, llie romnion highway ofnations, the laws of Virginia are no longor opifrative. The slave beromes a free man, and the master loses liid lea] right to bis hun nn property. Iu thie slu'.e of tbing?, Congrces has 6tppped in to aid the slaveholderR, and lcjr r."(] and sanctioned the holding of plu ven on the Ocean. It ha9 done this by direct legiilation - by enacting h law that elavcs ahotlld not be transported coast-wise in vessels of !eB than forty ion burthen. Congruas has f-nuctioned slavery on the Ocean by negotiating for the purrender of slaves ao propefty Who had been cast away on the Bmish islandt, nnd hnd bccume free by British laws. Convress mnde a deniand on the Brttish government for payment for the cnrgo of slaVcs of the brig Creóle, who rose on tlieir mnstert, and obtuincd their own freedom on the"Ocean. Conreí?s has sanclionod slavery on the Ocean by employing the netional vessels, ofTicerc, nnd men to delect and pursue fugitive blavcs wlio had escaoed from ïlicir tnasters on the Ocean. In doing thpse things, Cungresshag kstablishkd Sluvory on the Ocean: and nat establifched it in direct contraventioa of th Consiitution, which givee that body no more power to iinke a Slave than to make ft King!