Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-09-09
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Or &;lt) an afftay occurred in
this city between It, George Aatas. ol the Navy, ana
MIR. Samuel E. Sewa Of The Abolition Society. nI!'
Adams being friend and relative OF Mr.. NIGHTS Il" D,
timorc owner Of the two female slaves VINO were tee'
~ rescued from the Sheriff, has taken considefate iS
to aid the officer in pursuit of said slaves Mr. oewa
is we'll known took leading part IN the is'auo" vi
said slaves Yesterday, !.!f past ocl"ck MF ADAMS
entered the office of Mr. Sewa in State street and asKeG
him why he interered with the TT"pcTty OF srangts, ana
in particular why he had made Iimsefso busy in the
rescue Of the female slaves above alluded to. MT
Sewu!l REPLIED and violent words ensued; where poo
Mr.. Adams exhibited a COW hide, ana applieu ~
eipht or nine times to the back Of Mr. Sewa,
who made slight resistance Either the noise or Tue
cry for help attracted attention. and Nh Ellis ar Tor
ing also Of the Abolition Society, whose othce was
in the same building, and another person fnsaeu II!
TO the uid of Mr.. Sewal: tic three immediately
as,a:!ed Air. Adams: and MIR. 4Iorr1E .sersed hn
by lhr throat, and our informant stated, :. c"ked
HIM " and between the three lie roughly handled
In the course Of minute or two having cxirt
Gated himself Adams picked up his hat, and quietly
marched out Of the Office. He has no. Stree been
SEEM and may possibly have left the 'oity 7ur atlore
We have not heard Of the moving prbvocatlon to this
assault hut it was Yesterday currently iumorrd, that al
the time the slaves we're rescued ON Mr. Sewas being
asked why he was in such hurry TO have them eleos-
ed, replied, that il to enahe them to escape iroa
that rascal -allvdmg TO Adams. Whether tins was lhe
case or not we cannot arouch expression OF The Ku
was attributed to Mr. Sewa!l in the newspaper reports
of the next day lfsuch epilct were applied |" MI
Adans it would go far TO mitigate the ofte nee, IN est'.
NATION of the public Mr. se%aIl is rather slender
man. in appearance, and hr. Adans is much s'naller
man than he, though apparently onr of more activity
and muscular strengh.-Boston Gazette
1t is reported that MIR. Adams has note 90 the
Police Court stating that he may he found at The TIE
mont !ouse.-Boston .4drerttser.
IM-. Adams we learn, returned to this city. yester
day afternoon T. EdtocS Baltimore Chronicle.
THE SLAVE CASE IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
HaJcQS corpus for the WsTe.;oa tG CHILD BORN Sfcee
but brought into .HaSyachuSctSby The rsit-
Chief Justice Shaw, and Judges Putnam, Wilde and Nor
ton on the bench Council for the Petition Laban H.
Harris; for the liberty of the Child, r: Chcae and l.
G. Lorng, EsQrs For the respondent, Thomas H. Ives
possession Of the child, subject to the order olts
owner Charles z. Curtis and Benjamin Curtis, Esq7s.
This has excited considerable attention in assa.
chusei.s, and its Importance will demand the attention OF
readers. Upon the principle decided, which is,at
the slave having been brought by lis master scssent to
Massachusetts,, becomes free, slavery hng against the
policy and settlcd law of the State; and that the pros
of the Constitution and law Of the United States, in
relation 10 fugves. does apply to in Which
they with the masters CONSENT; il would seem
ttGt some provision necessary in this State unless
would prohibit citizens Of the slave holding States from
travelling in this Stale and unless would permit such
of them wish emancpae their slaves to throw them,
Of their pleasure upon the people Of this State. Both
these evils require to he guarded against and the remedy
lies no. with the court, but with the Legislature
N. T. Ezpress.
The Boston Advertiser remarks:
CoMaoywEAL.u rS. Thomas AvEs-This E'as a writ
Of Habcas Corpus issued against the defendant de-
tanning in his cuslod unawiuliy female colored child
The question argued some days since before single
JudTcbut owing Ia the importance of The case, it
continued till Friday the 2Gth to be reergucd before the
whole Court. An affidavit of the defendant was read
stating that the child was the pronry Of his sonn.la",
Mr.. Slater, citizen Of Louisiana and had accompanied
Mrs. Sla:er upon visit To her relatives in this city
sister of Mrs Slater testified that tie child be
taken back to Louisiana The question presented to the
consideration Of the Court, was whether the relation Of
slavery could exist in massachusetts, to any extent, be-
tween the citizen C. vc.holding Stale and slave
whom he had voluntarily brought within the limits Of
the State. The question argued very ably and ella
boraely By Messrs BeHjanin r. Curtis ard Charles p
Curtis for the defendant, and Messrs Ellis G. Loring
and Rufus Choate, for tho petitioner.
For the defendant it contended .hat the slave be-
ing brought here merely fer temporary purpose, tic
master !iau right 10 retain much OF the custody Of
her would enable l:m to carry hcr back 10 his
State. The child slave BY the laws Of Louisiana,
and upon tho bread ground OF national comfy, are
bound to recognise the laws Of that State and give force
to them wilhn own limits. The Constitution had
ecosniscd slavery, and therefore could say that
il was immoral IN such q sense as to bInE II within the
list Of exceptions TO The general rule of national comfy
Our policy is 10 lie consulted and not liai Of any
foreign Stale Movable property always follows the
person Of The These and analogous positions
illustrated al grea: length and enforced by the cit
ton Of numerous al judged cases
For the petitioner II was conteHded, that slavery YVES
unknown in Massachusetts: That il had been actually
and expressly abolished By the declaration IF rights ard
virtually So long before before the case Of Somerset
in England, in i'll That was for the State to decide
how far it wcud recognize the laws Of Louisiana: That
comfy not TO be exercised in doubtful That
The provision Of the Constitution Of the u States
the result of a compromise II was bargaiii-and the
slave -hpG ham h,prpn
the strict terms Of the bargain That slavery must be
deemed an immortality !ur Massachusetts is
cerned Our policy is against slavery England allows
slavery IN her colonies bat never upon her c":;, SOIL
great number OF cited in deeEce Of these pa
sit'ons The whole Of Friday. the goth inst, was
snmed IN the argument of the case.
On Saturday. the 9Th inst the opinion Of the Court
was gwen ny Y. J. Shaw. After noticing the ability
WIN WHICH 'he question had been argued, and making
some genera remarks upon It's importance and recapi;u
1Iing the lacts ne proceeded state that it had long
been the impression Of Lawyers and Judyes in Ibis Com
lnonwea that the relation of master and ,,e c,uId
not exist IN II, even lot moment tyr Tor temporary pur.
pose, and, upon consideration, it believed TINT ,s
doctrine was correct. 1t is necessary Ia ipnn;ro IN;
10 the Of slave who comes Voluntarily with his
master and returns with him. The law OF England and
the law of this Commonwealth alikc in this ,espec,
The general principle that slavery contrary ,.
law of nature and naons part jurisprudence
whatever laws and regulations were adopted by other
States We are to recognise IL as existing in othr;
States, not We deal with other States if
they had established slavery within their limits.
and lend our aid enforce contracts made therein,
growing out of and resting upon the institution of
slavery, because they lawful at the place of con.
tract The Constitutional provision in regad to tu-
gitire slaves 10 be construed strictly. That
article Of paramount necessity. But il was an
exception against natural right and therefore to be strictly
construed Its application is to be confned TO cases Of
slaves who escape, not to be extended slaves who are
voluntarily brought here. The Court did not now MT
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