New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-10
.lare-Catchink in Chicazo.

We published ss-e-al weeks $50 letter fun
Chicago. giving an account otthe escape OF tvopen
VINO had been apprehenisd as fugitive Slaves
We subsequently rece5-ed another letter from The
same Correspondent. gi-iaz an account OF cer-a;n
proceedings which grew cut Of that event This
letter re were unable publish me tine for OF
room and e nus, nov content ourselves With girng
the SUBSTANCE Of the information :: contains.
Il seems tbs, zn e5ort wss made by feE perfons
principally Loco-Foco ofice holders 70 stgnatze as
an armed negro mob TIE peacea5le assembly b.
whose aid tue alleged iasitves were protected Il aei-
rights md hi. notwithstanding TIE nuoer CT coo74d
persons preseu, vas onl ti-I forty while he 7hi:e
people numbered Two or three thousand The fuzi.-es
lad been seized without warrant otte- legal process
asd were 10: il me ieFz custody OF arr the ,e
,hey escaped The 7<hole proceedings aEas2st t5e-1
Ike those Of o1r Mayor snd Police sgains1 George
Kirk were AZ outrage boa On Law and humanity sri Il
the uiti~e= had even killed their s'sasn:s in order 70
e5ec, their ESCAPE the law ould have held :heu quilt
less The LocoFoco Office holders. however es-.as C
dspease their Southern masters need. make CT
effort d.cate the honor of inc city The CoUron
Council Accordingly advised the @s-o, &c cali public
meeting Of the citizens take srch measures nigh:
be thought necessary pEesere the city fro farther
disgrace
The meeting ~as held on TIE 4t ait. TIE protectors
of the Psrarcha Institution did all il their power to
muster their forces The house densely crowded
and hundreds we're at the door and under the windows
unable 10 gain adrnittance One OF the w:-epulltrs
Curtiss ESQ LocoFoco stated the object OF tire meet
ing 10 be tine pre- enton oe recurrence Of the disgrace
fr scenes Of the 25ih Oct J. 7 ScAai,oS, ESQ. Ovai
protested against the assumption that -he asse5age Q;
the 18th Of Oct was mob. Ills protes. vas recevei
with such demonstrations a. con~inced the Hirep uers
that the people assembled would do he WORK which
hsd been marked out for them Ar effort therefore
made 10 procure an adjournment but the motion vas
summary rejected
Mr. Sc,MMo, one of The ablest lawyers in the otste.
then took the door and in clear and convincing
ner stated the law applicable to the case. HIS opinion
is contained in tie following propositions
Firsf--That no judge Magistrate has any power
authority issue any warrant or process 70 arrest
fugitive slave such. or 10 commit him 10 jail, under
any law Of the United States
SecouG-Tha, there Is no law whatever which imposes
upon any Statc officer any duty obligation Whatever
to aid in the tral detention slrrerieT of fug
tive slave.
Ttird-No officer therefore, while engaged in the
rest detention or surrender OF fugitive slave claim
any greater protection from the law than any private
person who may be end vile enough 20 engage in
such an employment and any officer thus employed Is
entitled the respect and no more, as should be
given to The base and mercenary slave.catcher-
When Mr. 5 had concluded his speech, series Of
resolutions in accordance with the facts above pre-
sen,cd. was adopted By laundering AZ that sent DIS
may to the hearts OF the mercenary who mad in
yoyod themselves in the disgrace OF attempting,
trary to law to consign unfortunate negroes 10
Slavery We venture guess that thc VIII no,
soon BE- played again.