New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-23
Fugitive slaves.

TIE Isdepsslcaf, we presume the writer 4
HKSRI WARD BEEcEEKl in trumpet timed
Editorial on the late Speeches IN the Senate, thus
touches the question OF Slave Reclamation
Does M weS..rr believe thai he Is he Exponent oi
Asssschasets Of New EngA7d. IN tets moostroas IN
A1mNniyi Psss enActeuts eucG a 10 Gil Al the archives
ZACH tssef artaer lhan does IA he North Every
W d un ne saw a.. tr,p ne ssS-ei@ss harsr Rr~sd
md shelter Proseel ant drect0s VII Re ne slaves
pcraon north Of Nsson ard DxOss hne. with NOR
sny 40 edeci every year hai esrses Until me isy u
EmeacpAnc Il vii BE- o., not rom any speci, hknz %
ne becks for they not tsvOres ron hostility
y the south for oa every other question hsn slavery
BE- 80 becs1se sncs the world begsa the svmpsihes 81
COMMON have been With he weak and oppressed Ia
that sympathy they have couforned fund 1rentAl an
e humsny which hes deeper The consciousness q hon
ssl uen than any nau0ra. compsct can ever 20 Mar
esnn9 plant parchment. a. deep .. God plants principles
cad her cUuas-ls are ri-s 81 mgaL But and
seuse Of men, when once me eve. OF eomrpun nv
open 20 question % hamany can reasOa and them
oacs asain 70 OF Indifference and s less they
enlist hsm Gong with the renorseless hunters % human
1-rh Ard Of All he very vko VII i1sufy Nr. Web
sters adhesion 10 tie SOUL trembling Scuan r spent
WITH svel ard want holding her babe - her dy oOsn
trae IN her utmost misery ~ motheihood shVgh Im,dy
beg niorse of bread plsce 20 sleep, orr nghts hiding
place from = swift pursuefis there one Of hetn All who
would hesitate what 10 DO Is taer- New England
village that would vcuil The Wretch that should
dare har The slavemoher There are h,ussnds OF er'
chants hat will say Mr. W,bster Il night who the next
goucui VIII eve . fugluve save q dollar 10 speed On
with There thousands no will say oaght ~
sck 70 The Constitution who vhrn the eOmes would
their night hand OF lhsn be party To slaves
recovery.
a fss weeks ago lai OF sAesn wears age escaped
10 schooner from Norfolk Arrived IN New YOrk, "a the
lead ofWlner with only slaves clothing he lay hit IN
he hold Of the craa for week. actually freezing and
starving bg. enduring both rather han moan or show HIM
sell tie would iie By nches rather than 20 bach lie was
discovered and i ss- enough 10 there consigned
there ov-seer thers merchant 10 be found hat
wogh have discovered this wretched heroic f1sve Ia
his owners
NJ Calhoun who Il seldom al faux IN his facts and
~ ens though IN bis principles he 10 craKy enough de-
csred The truth that wOad be Of use
',s r Of the North ndspOsed 10 arrest fugtuue
slaves TIE people opposed % 'lre c1tAiae free
sDi No eusctmrn,s cU be OF any use Ten thousand
Every rr ztous paper Save few whose subscribers are
the valley of vision great army OF dry bones Is stand
ing for the right Some few here be that dare not speak
for the oppressed but they equally too cowardsy 81
speak against the public sentiment II humanity ich lives
the North And Daniel Webster might well pour oil
Niagara calm H. honeyed words the true con
and oubursnng humanity Of Northern recuen and
Christians 10 quiet them Il Il becsuse Mr. Seward has
done what Daniel Webster ought TO have dOEc ard did aos
ao-represened he sentiments Of the yeomsn, the mer
chants the religious o. the North ills because b. has
iried The great question IN dispute BY tests Of justice Il
because he has spoken mAnfQly and night thai we com
mend his speech to readers II Mr. Seward has adopt
ed for hts policy the simple policy of Right
dsownug self seeking he will seek the public good h.
will have ere long brought 70 him hose hOnors which
others have stripped themselves bare 10 asr and
who having lost h@r moral principles FOR tho sake OF The
prize, Os, the prize a.so.'