Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-11-18
THE NEGRO CASE.

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THE NEGRO CASE.
This case, which has been the cause Of con-
siderable excitement in this town, has taken
several hues since it first came before the Ie-
gal Tribunals. Justice Cloud decided that
the negro was free. This Judgment was sus-
,ained, no doubt, by the law in the case
The negro came to this State by The act OF the
lady who was in the habit Of controlling him,
and has remained here since the first OF last
June. In addition TO ths-but Of no conse.
auence TO the case-the negro has been IN the
habit of coming to this State, for several years.
with the lady with whom he las, came.
Alter the case had been disposed Of ny Jus.
tice Cloud, the person who had come on here
TO arrest the negro went TO Judge Dyer, OF
Dubuoue, the dis,rc, Judge for the United
States, and procured precept for the re. arrest
Of the negro. When this was served upon
the negro Jim, the attorney of the latter pro.
cured a writ Of Habeas Corpus and had him
taken before Judge Hastings, the Supreme
Judge Of the State, where the case was argued,
a, length, by counsel. The Judge gave
learned and able written opinion; deciding
that the arrest by virtue Of me precept from
Jndoe Over was illegel. inasmuch as the court
Of Jodo BE DYER was court Of concurrent jnTisdi'-
ton. under the law Of the United States. with
,ha, of Justice Cloud, and therefore could not
entertain the cause after il had been disposed
OF by another.
This opinion is no doubt correct.
We may. hereafter, by the consent OF Judge
Hastings, publish his opinion in 'ul'
After the delivery of this opinion by Judge
Hastings, the attorney Of Mr.. Hughes--'he
claimant in the case-mGved the court Tor the
issue of Mandamus, to be served upon JUS
uce Clcud TO compel him to gran. an appeal
and, also. to place the negro Jim under BONDS
or in confinement until the term Of the Circuit
con,, shall arrive, to decide the appeal.
This was also refused, by Judge Hastings,
on the ground Of wan, Of power to do so.
How many other efforts the prosecutors IN
the case intend TO make, we DO not Know
But, from the spiti, and 'enaci'y which they
NANTES, they may proceed In the way 'hey
have for some time 10 come.
We strongly suspect the end IS not yet
There will be an end, however, some time.
One thing we are sure OF, the moral sense
of this community; nor no other In this tree
country, will long tolerate the persecution OF
any man. black or white. Whop. the law
makes free, is free, sad he tina, is unwilling
to supper, The law, when il frees man, is uu'
fl, to be freeman himself, and possesses all
the attributes of petty tyran,.
We will here remark that the ST. Louis pa.
pers-those that have made the scand alons
mis-. STA ,emen.s in reference to several OF our
citizens, the Organ and Reveille in particular
have s,ept aside from the truth in a shame
less manner, and placed flemeelves upon
level with the rufiian spirit tina. dictated their
sayings.
We VIII here state exactly that DR.. Has.
tings did do. The Doctor was requested 10
walk over The way by Mr.. Woodward-one
Of the attorneys for +" Jim''-in company with
himself and the Fugitive" The Doctor did
as requested. and when arrived on the steps
of the American he placed his hand upon the
arm of - JIM" and said 'Gentlemen here
is freeman " He did wba, any gentleman
would do, and wha, no man with gentleman
" feeling would fad fault with him for dong.
And for doing this tie Organ and Reveille
coin downright, and slanderous falsehood.
There is no such an animal in the town OF
Bloomington as an aboliionis,. Bntthere are
men here who will not see injustice done to
any man black or white, and those, too, who
are no, willing TO see shackles placed upon
the legs of any one whom The law makes free.
The black guards Of ST. Louis may make the
mos, of this. Gentlemen, there, will sustain
the laws.
/" BENEFITS magnificent, s,eam-milI
is now Up and inclosed. 1t is II feet
high in front and 81 in the rear. The
chimney ia ~ feet hiph and contains 90