Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-10-17

NRws Il was pleased with The tone of
your leader in Yesterdays paper. Permit
me The use ofa small space in your col
umns for few remarks upon this fugitive
bill--this abominaiion Of the times, which
is creating in the North one general COM
motion. aye ard very justly too this
commotiun does not exist simply among
her colored citizens, who entirely repud.
ate the law, no, merely because il is Anti
Humane OF Constitutional, bu, because
il is against tho prece,iis Of HIM, whose
right il 10 TO command ohediecce 10 HIS
laws-but like spirit seems to animate
every homes, Nor,herner.-aH,s save a few
truckers, poor doughlaces. who hang up
on the South who are los, to all seli-res-
pect, TO that dignity that marks a man.
Why it this }! Why !, il that the bill can
only secure the advocacy, that il is the
law Of tho land, by its having passed Con-
Rress, its having received the approval of
President Fillmore, and that we are there.
fore bound 10 obey it-oh slaves that ye
are-oh trucking supplian,s 10 oppression.
Know you not that honest moral sen,i
ment can make sbJect the most stringent
law! Know you no, that this unrgh,eous
law could never be enforced in Newport,
were the moral sentiments Of the place to
frown upon il; that i,s provisions would
be powcrers !
What has this bill done A., II has strick-
en- down the safeguards Of Liberty, which
al Of us, as Americans, have prded our
selves init has smolhnred the trial by
jury, has slrangled tho wri, Of habeas
corpus-it has ramplej under foot the
provisions Of the constitution which de-
clare that no x.pos, facto law shall be
passed, its provisions ,olei ates sx-parie
proceedings, in part it is an outrage upon
| the ase--upon all for which our fathers
foueh, an died. .il not trouble you
with detail uf its sbominations .suffics j.
TO say, iha, the South has bu, 20 select its
man, and he is their slave, it matters not
whether il be Perry Brown, Isaac Rice,
any other citizen, whether he has grown
up in your midst or noi, let him be made
the mark, and he is doomed.
Can such law long remain to disgrace
our statutes, to make US a fitting mark for
the scorn and dcrison. of chr s,endom ,
II so, be assured that the subjects especial
ly affected, who are eminenily in peril, be-
ing driven to he wall, will resent il uno
death, for which they are generally prepar-
ed they have disposition 10 be, in fact
have ever been, good law abiding citizens
in the face Of degradation and insult but
when thus made liable 10 he kidnapped, 10
he deprived Of their iiltle comforts, their
homes and their liberties, if they do not re-
sist, every spark Of freedom-of anhood
must have become extinguished, they
should not be entitled TO an identity with
Americans.
Al important question is, how will you
Newponers ac, in this emergency Will
YOU become aiders and abetiOrs Of this law
should case be presented I! No no |!
for humanity's sake, resign your commits
sions first. ye United States Commission
ers. Let no Ne~por,er accept a commis-
sion under its provisions. Let the one that
does, receive the execrations OF all pres
ent, in common with all New England, a
united front Of opposition, for the sake OF
God aad Liberty.
ONE OF THE OPPRESSED.
Newport, Oct 8.