The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-31
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called on neghbor 10 become witness TO identity the
slaves The constitution Of the United States the acts
of Congress- and the decision Of the Supreme Court de-
iveTed BY of the brightest ornaments OF Massachu-
ses (the late Judge Sory,) all concued in recognising
the privilege of the owner, and in securing and demand
ing the enforcement Of the right thus guaranteed The
process issued; federal Judge and federal marshal
applied to to execute the law; and forthwith riots
take place-mpartia lawyers demand OF the Judge what
wr,s he has issuedthe streets of the city filled with
armed negroes foot and horseback-loud threats
uttered-he efforts of the officers paray zed-he
Of the fugitive slaves and his witness arrested
upon false charges put under heavy ball. and nolently
notified to leave the city Meantime the blacks barricade
their houses. threaten the officers and defy the law The
courts and the GLOWING citizens look in silence, and
quietly submit to this negro dominatonhis open, bare
faced contempt for the constitution, and armed nuifca
tion Of that instrument OF its most vital and essen
tal provisions Whether the negroes have beseged the
whites or the whites the negroes stated but the
blacks evidently chuckling at their triumph
motion" No. is OF a different character. Here is
phas against aohe engaged in setting the law at def
ance. town constable goes into mans place of bust
ness sezes his property; behavesas they always do
rudey and impudeny, and is handled little roughly
for his palms, gets his coat torn in the fray, and
obtain prompt payment of his taors bill for mending ii
and he Indignantly applies 10 the court for redress The
offenders promptly arrested, hropa into prison. fined
and ordered 10 pay the costs. ..
These are the two pictures of equal and exact
Justice" to all dealt out in Boston Negroes
who resist the officers and the law OF the Union
with arms in their hands, hailed as heroes and
martyrs-whte men, who lift finger against cor
poaon constable in their own domicils are cast into
IL
and abiding spirit Of the citizens OF Boston This is
the mode in which they dispense justice 10 the citizens OF
other States This is OF the immunities enjoyed
there by negroes white men! Boston is, indeed
the city Of refuge" Why need runaway negroes slope
for Canada They will be received with open arms in
Boston, and protected from all danger Why should they
not at the election elevate Fred Douglassso the dig
nifty OF mayori
Let be said thai these are outrages perpeated by
few irresponsible negroes and that the great body OF
the citizens Of Boston ought not to be held accountable
for their lawless acts This no excuse The auhori
ties OF Boston should have in,efered with prompttude
and vgor They should have dispersed these negro NAL
contents; they should have arrested the leaders for riot
and breach OF the peace; they should have abated as
dangerous nuisance the negro barcades and thus might
the honor and peace OF the city have been and
threatened bloodshed have been avered But they have
acquesced in this stae OF hings-aken no steps 10 arrest
or 10 punish those concerned in -and in the eve OF the
law and OF the world they little less culpabe than the
negroes themselves and in fact stand forth in the
enpiabie light OF their abettors throughout the whole OF
these shameless and pitifu proceedings Unless the ci
zens oil that place bestr themselves and redeem the char
acer OF the city from this foul disgrace they may have
the honor OF setting example which will tend with
fatal certainty TO accelerate the dissolution OF the Union
and the tearing asunder OF all those ties social and po
ltcal that bind us together people The choice
is before them-the Union, the unrebtked rescue of
runaway saues There is other aternatiye-there is
no middle ground On or the other must they take
their stand:
From the Boston Post
ADDITIONAL EErALiAToRY RELATION TO THE Fus
Willis Hewe., agent, Ia search " Ca M and wi Ga
were again arrested by deputy sheriff Coburn civil suits
Tor consplfng to kidnap said Crafts The damages were
ssin the cases stated in last laid 0oO and the de-
maSs out by chs ot . ~ and SI, The wits Were
term OF the common pleas, but supposes that they
collection OF large crowd In Court san,pe
consisting chiefly Of white people, mixed up with whom
defendants Several went up Tudors bnildng where
Mr. Cobun has his Office for this purpose 4 Intended
trance on Court square, and carriage brough, there
for that purpose bur Hcwes only had time TO into be-
The driver found necessary TO clear the track by whipping
UP MS team, end starting OF at smart One
VINO was little too the oh.horse, spread in
'front.' 81 PaIkcIs establishment, but seriously by
zoe la some OF the excited after the
csaRe ntteIing various exclama aud About
Wehy minutes after Hewes driven of, Knight into
oso a the Courtstreet door OF the building, and
.I,sen vi without molestaon. II dtllorita lively
su yeseIuay that the badyspclt letter, pufporling
nsve oeeh written by him Crafts and printed in some
Oh rne pHpeIs, was neither written sent by him
riom 70 ast evening Court square was again filled
win an excited mnitude chiefly coored some Of whom
dphycd pistols Another pair writs for cons had
been placed IN the hands OF tho deputy shefn and h
supposed that he would again bring the deienants 40 ~
Office in Tudos building but he arranged Inc a,,s, oba,
WISE 1t alleged in these AT Tue re- w. als -
spirscy kdnap Cfsss vile. As soon a. n gas nda
stood that third and bainR process hs h
effected elsewhere, the crowd dispersed One coored n
who horseback talked very brsvey being the
first attack Hewes and Knight II they should them
selves; but he did not wait long.
REsisTIse PRocEsss--n the DO.
lice court yesterday Matthew Mergan and Maurice
non were brought up for sssaung Constable Neale on
Thursday last, when he attempted writ for $40
said Merrgan, in his in Purchase street, and aach
some goods therein Merrigan aid the goods belonged
some other person and ordered him but Neae refused
70 go Until some evidence produced that the goods
were owned by some outsider Mergan called upon
ms acqnsmances in and about the stand by him,
and they soon had Neae down. tore his clothes and
scratched his face and neck He however, recovered HE