Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-07


last week F''NS' 1''N'''''e'' NOM ''iose "
"nats continue in stcady demand full prices Of the IRE
, stal lot Of low quality Carolina rice sold at Is,
'oi,sos nave slightly declined, and closed al 95
american Stocks continue in good demand nj preyiou
quotations United States SIS Of 1853 % "a; do. Unite
vtus Mrs US OF isG2 1867 l01s; Ohio Is of S62 los
BTRYir4MnfXcE BTRYrorn y M,sE, nEIWEEN WI & TIE lzENs or NEW
! Letter efAe Cai.ens of NerJurypo4.
! To he lion. Daniel BtJsfer: ''i''" . i''''
or We address you 10 make known the satisfaction w
nave derived from The pcrusa Of the speech reccni ey,
ed bv you in the SENATE OF the United States on M rs,
toplc ol lhe day We admire lis manly tcmp.r the her
~ 10 's II expresses and The
o!s ana infhns Ne true priacp!os Of the constitution
we noncE especially The courageous patriotism which per
Nass Ill -c''lin. to :e Gf The constitutional obi
cations the Ncgt!. - well as The South
we therefore, beg you 10 Except heartfelt thanks fo
tEc rcenlncnt service you have again performed 10
wards preserving and strengthening national Union
We have the honor 10 subscribe ourselves with pride an,
| pleasure, your friends and constituents
lSigncd by Edward 5. Rand, W. Il. sanist.r John P.r
Ter and three hundred and sNtsx other citizens of New
buryport.
h Hr. Hebsier's Repy.
h WAsHiSGTToS MAY Is, 1850.
II GESTLEMES | have the honor acknowledge the re
celpt OF y"n letter OF the ah Of April approving The sent
u
March last As considerable differences of opinion prevail
IN Massachusetts The suhect that speech grateful
receive IN letter 80 Respectfully and numerousy signed
opinions 20 decidedly c"ncurring with own.
Circumstances have occurred within The last twenty wears
TO create degree Of feeling the North on the sbec
oi slavery and from being considered was nj the aop
on ol the constitution mainly political question: ha.
come 10 be regarded with unusual warmth question
religion and humanity. IL Obvious enough that the gov
rFnnent o the United States has slavery a.
exists III The several States lsprope jurisdiction in this
respect sconincd tolts Territories except lar as il
Is ITS duty TO e that that part of the constitution which
pccs the surrender OF fugitive slaves bc carried fairly and
honestly into execution
The Constitution oi the United States in the ID section
vi the 18th article declares:
~ person charged any State with treason felony or
other crime who shall flee from justice and be in an
other State shall demand OF the executive authority OF
The State from which lie He'd he delivered up 10 be removed
| 10 the State having jurisdiction OF the crime.
NO person held IL service labor State under tie
laws thereof escaping into another shall in consequence
law regulation therein he discharged from such ser
wee or labor hut shall be delivered up claim OF the party
! 10 whom such service or labor be due
lhs provision OF the constitution have net with
little exception opposition ALL 50 TAR as know
III Massachusetts,. Every body have regarded II u
necessary and proper. The e;lbers Convention of
that State tor adopting the constitution particularly
jealous OF every article and which NIGH, in anv de-
gree enircnch on personal liberty Every Iage their
bates svlnces hls spirit And yet do not remember that
any one Of them found the least au With ths proysuu-
The opponents and dcrdes OF constitution Of tls tay
aye sharper eyes lii discerning dangers liberty than Cun
Thompson, Holder SlocuR and Major Mason mad in l7--
~ say nothing ~ .Onn HdTcoch, Samuel Adams
cuc, os tic constitution among Them ,hc ,crv e,n-
nent who delegates in thar convention from New
huryPo Rufus King b,nann Grcenieat Thcoh!lus Par
sons, and Jonathan lilcomb
The latter clause, quoted above be worth while 10
remarS borrowed, in substance crcbra cd Or
dnancc OF ls' which drawn ~ by that great nrn
your own county, ana contemporary al yor fathers, VA
than Dane.
Mr. Dane had very venerable New England authority for
the insertion .! thus provision IN the ordinance which he
prepared.
In the year 1913 hse formed confederation between
the four New England colonies Massachusetts Bay, Ply
mouth Connecticut and New Haven; and in tie Sh article
Ill i. also agrcaJ that i 'ity 's6feais, follows viz
maSter any Of these concieatcd Jurisdictions
that in such cases, upon the certificate OF one magistrate IN
the jurisdiction which the said servant He'd or upon
other due proof the said servant sa be delivered either 10
his master otter that pursue and bngs such ce.
catc proof And in the ARTICLES OF agreement entered
into in 1850 between the New England colonies ard "the de-
.uates Stuyvesant GQyernor OF New Netherland
was stipulated that hc way and course concerning
frirycs should he observed between the English colonies
and New Ntherand had been established in the arcles
confederation between the English colonies themselves
On tie 2rh of February '793 under the administration
al General Washington Congress passed an ac Tor carrying
to eject both these clauses oi the constitution II Is en-
ti.ed "1n respecting tgirs from justice and per'ons
escaping from the serrce gf Msir masters"
The rst sections Of this law provide for the case Of
fniiyes Justice; and they declare that whenever The
Executive authority OF any State or Territory shall deh'aha
any person fugitive from justice 81 the executive au
thory o! any State Territory 10 which such person shall
haye He'd and shall produce the copy oi Indictment or an
affidavit made before magistrate, charging the person so
demanded with having committed rcason felony Or other
crime certified authentic BY the governor o! clei iasis
,ra Of the State Territory from whence the person 30
charged od shall be the duty oi the executive authority
of tie State Territory 10 which uch person shal nave
fed 10 cause INN hcr 10 be arrested or secured, ana
notice of the b. given the executive autho
IL making such demand 10 the agent o such authority
appointed receive the fugitive and 10 cause the ugitVe
10 delivered 10 such agent when he slh appear; ou II
no such shall appea within SIX months the prisoner
NAV dischagrd and all costs expenses incurred by ar
resting securing, transmitting the fugitive shall be pad
| ,l,
any agent who shall receive such fugitive into his custody
shall authorized transport him to the State or lcrrto
~ from which he fled And any person. escing or setting
such person a; liberty shall conviction, be fined not cx
ceedng five hundred dollars and be mprsoncc not exceed
ing year. ,,,
fine two last sections the respecting persons held
m labor in any the United States Territories escaping
into any other State Territory, are in these words
.SEe g. And be i, further enacted. That when person
h.. 10 labor in any Js the United States or IN ciief o. inc
Territories the Northwest or South oi the r.vor ono
,ner lie laws thereof shall escape into any oner oi he
said States Territories The person o whot suc ooi VI
service may be due, hi. agent or attorney ~ Eereoy I'M
voed 10 seize or arrest such fugitive from abo and 10
sc him her before Judge ii The circnit o fistiic
o,T; of the United States residing or being wthln me
S,e or before any magistrate Of county, city, or town
ornorc wherein such seizure arrest sa! be made and
noon proof the satisfaction OF such Judge or magistrate
hcr bv oral testimony affidavit taken before and cert-
I'D hv magistrate of any such State Territory, that the
so seized arrested DOTH uder the laws o the State
m Territory which he she fled service OF labor
10 the person claiming him her ii shall be the duty OF suc
i
claimant his agent attorney which shall be slnceh.
warrant removing the said fugitive from labor 10 the
State or Territory from which he or enc ned.
"SEc l. And be il further enacted That any person VINO
shall knowingly and willingly obsruct or hinder such claim
AMI his agent Attorney in 40 sczng or aesns auc III
qtiye from labor shall such fugitive rom suc
claimant his agent attorney, when so aesteG pursuant
10 the authority herein given decared or sha hatpor OF
conceal such person. after notice that he or shc was
i've from labor as aforesaid SHALL for either o tne su o.
Gnccs forfeit and paw tine OF five hundred aoars
Which penay NAV be recovered by and Tor the oeneh oil
snch claimant by action Of debt any court proper - Fy
m, sue: saving moreover the person claiming snc IA
hor or service his right of action for or on account OIL M
said INJURIES or either of APprored FEBRUARY /,
| 1913. ..s. ,,os
II will be observed that in neither of the two cases does
The law provide for the trial of any question wna'cvei ny
ury in the State in which the arrest is made me iuge
from Justice Is to be delivered the production o an III
dctnen or regular affidavit, charging the party WIN nav
nr committed the crime; and the fugitive from service - "
h removed 10 tho State from which he He'd upon PROOF ne
c any authorised magistrate in the STATE where he may
he found either by witnesses affidavit at tle sIsp
claimed doth owe service the party claiming hl uhaet
The laws of the State from which he fed In bon cases t
nroceeding is TO be preliminary and summa in bo'h cases
hn nary TO be removed the State from which he iea
that his liabilities and his rights may all be there regularly
red and adiuiged BY the tribunals OF that State according
J., lis laws In the OF alleged fugitive from us'se
charged with crime il is 10 be taken Tor granted III m
safe 10 which he has aed that he guilty Nor IN ha
State is he TO be tried punished He only to tie rentIeS
for trial 10 the place from which he came In The case