The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-21

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sons posss nsa' ana aav; psIsaaink me whole Union
naolabs Nv s,s,s say"s, - suc'nsoioa ana IN
ssn ana GUY a,s coe1'snsse and uniform ~ remedy and
~ - NJ W.. & 'ne Whole ohon Inc owner has
Same from state regulations and control through
W. msny states he may pass with the fugitive slave
Here the Supreme Court emoha,eallv aecar. ,h., this
clause in The Constitution manfssv son,smnIass he
y positive; nnqualned right on the part Of the
ownei ~ siave, wuich no stale law OF regulation can
Soan 9, a.a wnoa. wnca lne Union could not have
~ anu iu:.neI, hat me figh 70 seize ana re-
a 49, ''asss y wna'evei o.aIe q me Union .ney
no ss, " - ~ aoSolue posse nfnL bul we sIe
Congress IN 1913 passed an act designed 10 put the pro-
v,Sioh ao scca opefauoh' 'ne last TWO secuons Oh
~nien are as Ioilows'
SEC. And be IL also enacted That when person held
10 labor any Of Uned States in either Terri
tories on the northwest or south OF the river ohio under
ns Jaws na, escape INTO any other q me sara
ed 10 sezs or arrest saea fugitive from iabor ana . aLe
him or her before any Judge OF the ccu or district
OF the United States residing or being within the State
before any magistrate oil county, city, or town corpo
rate wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made and
upon PROOF 20 tue satisfaction o sucn Judge OF magistrate
s,ngi ~ orsl esmony OF amaa saxen before and ces
the person 80 seized or arrested DOTH under the laws Of
lhe State or Territory from which Size or he aed owe ser
vice or labor TO the person ca ming aim or her Il shall be
the duty of the judge magistrate give certificate
thereof to such claimant his agent attorney. which
shall De sncien warran, Tor removing the said fugitive
om aoo 70 'ne o'ae OF ierroy rom wnich ne OF sue
Sro A.d i, 4, 6,,he, ,.ae,d Tia, ,nv .,.on who
shaIr Lnowin.Iv sn ,; ats,,na ~ 49, snnb
his agent or a,ionsv IN 40 se;zny or ays,iaa
such fugitive from labor or shall rescue such fugitive om
such claimant, his attorney when arrested, pu
susnt the authority herein given declared shall har
Dor or such person after notice thar ne or she was
iasve rom laool ~ Aforesaid, snail Tor either q ,he
lars which penai,y NAV IL red 10 nj sar h hen
Aft Of sch claman bv action az ehf IN any proner
10 try the same saving moreover 10 The person claiming
such labor service right action for or on account
Of The said injuries OF either Of them.
Now, sir, how have the -savehoding States treat
ed those provisions Instead OF CARRYING them out in
good faith, they threw obstacles in the way OF their en-
forcement by infaming the public mind against the ns
ute book and never have BEEN and never can be- OF any
practical utility to the STAKEHOLDER The moment the
slave reaches territory that is Free he becomes by force
oil public opinion as independent of his master as il he
had his deed OF emancipation in his pocket II pursued
be is taken into the and under the protection OF The
aooionls u of ana plaes, VINO oa aenance % me
owner Il me owner appeals 70 me authorities, ne =
property, he is subject to mob law and violence But the
people o. the Nofn say that TINS course 81 soas Is
,;ncons;aerabla nor,;on M he chmmnn;,v Tn;s ~
doubt true but why do not they arrest The aboonst
and PUNISH MN lot TINS violation Of law why do they
II citizen OF slave State goes into free State,
and forciby takes and carries away the property of an
GA ma se ~ hs % suo n
raa,;s,,on Il ade mon anr govsrnnr and M than
-, ~ H. -. &C. =, "; aaJ ..st ~ r. -
offence under laws Of your own enactment Pursue this
policy towards u.s. and we will soon pu an end TO his
dsmnable system Of wholesale larceny You will then
hear no more complaints against aboltonists and aboli
lion societies Tor The widow and ofphan will no Longer
be robbed by these seconstitued phianthropiss and
thrown upon the cold charities OF the world But cir
hey have moi only rendered this Constitutional provsion
nugatory and inefecual but in some instances have ac
ually adopted legislative enactmenis making Il fe.on,
to pnrsue and reake fugitive slave: In Other words
legislative enacmens subiecting the citizens of slave
States who might be caught in The act of pursung and
reakinr their lost pioperty TO fine and imurisonment
This knou "a serious rharoe b, one 81. -
true and which can be he'd by record evidence
will cite for EXAMPLE a Stale which has purs,,eJ TO-
wards us AZ mild and concaiory course as anv NON
slavehoding State in the Union and whose delegation
,non ,hs Hoor 10 mimi ~ ahv and h,gh rorai ,yor,h
Would do honor 10 anv deseratiye bodv In The World
refer s;r 10 the Sate ~ whosa
in 1904 ssed law the sf sectioo ~ which s IN sub
4 stance M follows.
r.,r
as f az, G en ns rom sna ades ne
a =, ~ @ =, \. ,s d n w, o.nos, ae anu
rand or false nr,enoe sedace or eansed ~ ~
auempt take, carry away sednce any negro Of
muatio from any part Of this Commonwealth with de
sign and intention OF selling and dsposng Of causing
70 Dc sod or OF Keeping and deunng or OF causing TO be
ana sucn neg'o o. moato as slave OF ser
sn or ns,sons nj. Or ,be , s,a ~ h ssyy sucn PEI,
ya,lon ,bercoi he deemed so,i,v S ,elon d t @
feit and pa sno NO, les. shan Ave band,sa no, non
than one thousand dollars And moreover shall be sen.
fenced undergo serynde for any term or terms OF
not less than years, exceeding twenty
years. and shall be confined and kept 10 hard labor. &C.
Mr. THOMPSON, of Pennsylvania That statute re
lates TO kidnapping
taken for II he will examine the case al Prigg ps The
Common wealth nj sylvan;a N which I6ava "a