Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1850-11-13
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.


more had ordered troops Boston for the purpose Of
sustaining and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Law.
This ruaor, it appears turns out to be totally on.
founded. The Washington Republic of Tuesday
quotes the following from the Baltimore Sun:
.. fCvre.pondenee Of tie BaAimore SUM-
-. - .., WAsHMGToN, Nov. 3.
The President yesterday gave orders for the i'm
mediate concentration of the dsposable force Of the
United States artillery and infantry in Boston har-
bor. There were some few troops at Fort Iudepen-
dence and the companies of Fort Preble, Maine,
'at Newport, New York harbor, Fort McHenry, and
Fortress Monroe, are ordered to that station. All
the troops that can be spared from Florida and some
of those that had been sent Texas for the defence
OF the frontier, were also ordered to Boston, The
larger portion of the army is employed in Cal;for
MA, New Mexico. and Texas, and probably not
more than twelve companies will be concentrated
at Fort Independence within two days.
-, This important movement seems to have been
suddenly determined upon, and in consequence of
information received by the Executive from the Uni
ted States marshal in Boston. To show that i. was
not contemplated on Friday, it may be mentioned
that the troops in Florida were on that day ordered
to Texas, but, the next day, they were ordered TO
Boston," ~. <.
The Republic, the organ of the President, contra
diets these statements as follows:
"The above statement has, doubtless, been com.
municated to other journals, and comes from
pondent so generally accurate and well-informed
to demand formal contradiction.
1t is not true that any communication has been
made to the President bv the United States marshal
in Boston, or by any other marshall in relation to any
actual or apprehended obstruction to the laws the
cause assigned by the Suns correspondent for the
alleged orders of the President. 1t is true that
the President has issued any orders wth regard to
the concentration of any force in Boston harbor,
or anywhere else, with reference to any such nfo-
nation or apprehension as is above suggested the
President has received communication from any
marshall and has inflammation that leads him to be-
kepe that any peculiar disposition Of The military force
toiH be rendered necessary the execution Of The h,cs
1t is true that there have been some changes made
by the War Department in the position of the troops,
but not in the directions for the purposes alleg
ed. 1t was deemed proper to relieve some Of the
companies that have heen stationed in Florida
of which have been ordered North, and some to Tex
as. Others have been ordered from the North to the
South. Among the changes, one company was or
dered to Fort Independence, in Boston harbor; but
on information from the proper bureau that the bar
racks there were not ready fo the reception Of troops,
the order was counte rhanded. These changes, hav-
ing reference whatever to the assigned fol
them. have given rise to suspicious and rumors that
have assumed the shape of positive allegations in the
Suns correspondence.
If the exigency should arise making it the duty oi
the President to resort to the vested in hin by
the Constitution and the laws TO enforce their due
execution, there is no doubt that his duty will be
promptly and prudently discharged. We have entire
faith, however. in the law-abidng and conservative
disposition Of the American people ; and have rea-
son to believe that any forcibe resistance will be Of
fered to the execution of the laws"
This, then, is conclusive. The President has mol
ordered out, does he expect to order out the mill
tary fetceto execute the laws Of course he intends
to see ia the Fugitive Slave Law is enforced bu,
it has not as yet been resisted set at naught, but
is erecutmg ITSELF in Boston and elsewhere, in the
most satisfactory and gratifying style! There are
two three hundred fugitive slaves in Boston alone
the Marshal has number of warrants, it is said
in his pocket for the arrest of these fugitives but
Southern who claim them are arrested the shall
lowest pretences, held to bail in large sums and al
last driven from the City by mob! ,
The Republic-the, organ of the Presdent-says
it has en,ire faith in the law-abidng and conserva
tive disposition Of the american people, !" and that
has no reason to believe any forcibe resistance
will be offered to the execution of the laws" Why
did not that paper say Boston 'peoplep at once
That would have given point and meaning to the ex
preston; but we suppose the Editor intended Il
include Boston, which amounts to the same thing.