The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-14

ought at lsast to prove that his allegation il true
ana this proof should be made before compe-
tent legal tribunal. A commissioner who holds
MS once during the pleasure of the court who
appoints hlm--whO receives no fixed salary which
shall not be diminished during his continuance
IN Office" as other Judges do, and who is temp
ted to decide in favor OF slavery by the promise
OF fee Of $40 if he goes in that way, and of
only 30 If he decide in favor of liberty, does not
constitute such court as the Consultation con-
templates, or justice will sanction. .All good
citizens are commanded" by the Fugitive slave
law, ito aid and assist in the prompt and Elf
Client execution of that law whenever their serv-
Ices may be required for that purpose" This
provision, to be sure, has no sanction--no PEN
atty attached; but @good citizens" recognize the
obligation of obedience to the law as duty and
when required to assist a slave-catcher in redu-
cling his human chattel to bondage, their con-
sciences demand to be satisfied that the law
winch contains such requisition is one which
Is entitled to their obedience. If unconstitu-
! uonai, 1t clearly is not. Notwithstanding the
talents and learning arrayed on the other side, we
think this law Observation-Disclosures we wrong !
sB~ The Cleveland (Ohio) True Democrat
has the following items. The Free Press, Gen.
CAss organ ut Detroit, came out, it seems, the
ddy after The election, in favor of the Fugitive
slave law. We presume, however, it was under
stood to some extent before, Mr.. BuEL, the
candidate of the CAss party there in his own
District, was defe ted
FIRM TO THE LAsT!-General Cass has pluck
He bids for the South, and he bids boldly He
does not mean that Daniel Webster, or any other
man shall outstrip him in servity.
His organ, (the Free Press,) the day after the
election, has an article endorsed and adopted b,
it on the Fugitive law. The first sentence of il
reads - ." .".. ',E
| "We not only stand by this law in its integrity,
but we take ground against any alteration of it,
unless the more etectlaly to carry out lis propi-
Sions." $3.50
| Whew! Unless-what? More effectual pro.
vision be made to carry out its provisions. What
will thai be? Nothing but the army! That alone
would be more effectual provision.
The Free Press goes on
"To shy that it shall be obeyed, and at the
same time to denounce its material points, or to
declare that they must be repealed or amended,
| is the course of many Of those who profess to
be alarmed at the movements of the ultra Abo-
litionists in regard to this very important law.
We talk Of no such nonsense. We throw no
such tub to the whale. We are IN tapor Of The
lao as ii stands 1t may be defective, as all laws
may; but we are opposed to its amendment,
unless the more effectually to enforce that plain
provision Of the Constitution upon which it is
basel" ..~.. ,....'.
Is the Free Press ignorant of the intense
hatred felt for this law 1t realizes that, in all
its depth and breadth Does Gen. Cass know
how this hatred will shake his party? He sees
it-most bitterly does he feel it. Yet he takes
the strongest ground for the law.
Hear the Free Press again
ITO repeal the Fugitive slave law, is to repeal
the Union To alter it, Is to alter the Union
To resist it, is to destroy the Union. In brief
terms, such is the issue presented to U.S."
So, then, Gen. Cass-the party wherever he
leads ;t-or wherever it supports him-goes for
the law as it stands-goes for it without repeal
or modification, ercept to make its provisions
more etectiue!
BATH ANTI-FUGITIvE Law MEETING.-The
citizens of Bath, in Summit county, had meet
ing on the 22d. Morris Miller was made Chair
man, and John Rhodes, Secretary,
| The Cleveland resolutions were read by JOS.
Furgeson, and on motion Of Judge Voris, were
| adopted as the sentiments Of the meeting
The following additional resolution was of
fered by Judge Voris and unanimously adopted
! Resolved, That as citizens of the township OF
Bath, we hereby pledge ourselves to each other
to the amount of our several liabilities (mora
physical and pecuniary, that we will sustain
each other in resisting the enforcement of SC
much of the Fugitive slave law of 1850, as con.
fcts with the duties we owe to our felIow-men
as citizens, philanthropists and christians.