The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-29

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above the Constitution bat sent bach. nsfsrtbs-
less, chained and Iaanarisd, to slavery and ~
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daily toll, by orgies ~ ths night, deyoted 90 tie
| same outpourngs of philanthropy min Cling, all
The while, their anaihcnas ~ what they cell "nisa
catching" with the niosi hosrid and psofane ID
jurgatons IL tlse Christian Sabbath, and. indeed,
OF the whole oi Divine Revelation. They sanctify
their philanthropy by irrolision and profanity;
they manifest their charity by conteinpt OF God aud
II is well 10 inquire what undation there 10 ios
all this rhapsody OF opinion, and all this violence
in conduct. What. and how many, are tha Ia
stances Of the seizure OF fugitive slaves which these
persons have seen or which have happened ia New
England in their time, And what have been the
circumstances of injustice, cruelty. and aifociy
attending thems To ascertain the truth la this re-
spect, have made diligent inquiry al msIpbers 0f
Congress from the six New England States. On
| subject general, cannot be sure, of courss,
that the information received is entirely accurste
and, therefore, ] do not say that the statement
which am about 90 present may bc relied on
altogether correct; bat suppose Il cannot be ma
terially erroneous. The result, then, of all can
has ever been made in Maine. No seizure Of am
alleged fugitive slave has ever been made la New
Hampshire. No seizure OF alleged fugitive
| slave has been made in Vermont. No seis-
ure Of an alleged fugitive slave has been made
in Rhode Island within the last thirty years.
No seizure Of an alleged fugitive slave Is known
TO have been made In Connccticut, except one,
about twenty hve years ago; and IN that cas-.
the negro was Immediately discharged for want ~
proof Of identity Some instances VI the eeixure of
alleged fugitive slaves known 10 have occurred
in this generation, In Massachusetts; but, except
one, their number and their history uncertain
that one took place in Boston twelve fifteen years
| ago, and in that some charitably disposed
| persons offered the owner sum Of money which
he regarded less than half the value Of the slave
| but which he agreed 10 accept, and the negro
| discharged. few cases, suppose, may have oc-
Cured in New Bedford, but they attracted little
| notice, nor, 50 far az can learn, caused any com
| paint Indeed do not know that there ever was
| more than single case, two, arising la that
| place. Be il remembered, that ! am speaking of
reclanations of slaves, made by their masters
der the law Of Congress. ] am not speaking Of in
stances OF violent abduction and kidnapping, made
by persons not protesting to be retaining their
own slaves.
New England within the last thirty years respect
ing the arrest OF fugitive slaves, aud believe il
substantially what Is there 10 justify the pas
sionate appeals, the vehement and empty declama.
tions, the wild and fantastic conduct Of both men
| and women, which have long disturbed and 80
| much disgraced the Commonwealth and the coun.
try? What is there, especially, that should induce
public men to break loose from all just restraint.
| TALL themselves into the vagaries. and fan
with what they call eloquence, the fires ready
to kinde, of popular prejudice and popular excite
nienR suspect all this TO be the effect Of that
| dering and vagrant philanthropy which dsturbs
and annoys all that is present, in time place. by
| heating the imagination ON subjects distant, re
| mote, and uncertain.
| II is admitted, all hands, that the necessity
for any legal provision for the rcclaming OF fugi-
tive slaves Is msfortune and an evil, as IL is sd-
mtted by nearly all that slavery itself 10 a msfor-
| tune and an evil. And there States in which
the evil attending these recamations Is practically
felt But where the evil really exists there IL. com
/ paratively, little complaint, and excitement.
Maryland and Pennsylvania, for example, lie, the
one the slave side of the line the other on the
| free side. Slaves escape from Maryland, fee into
4 Pennsylvania, and are there arrested. These i'm
stances arc not unfrequent. and usually create no
/ disturbance and excite cxaspcrated feeling ln
one instance, indeed, mob assembled to rescue
| the fugitive, violence ensucd, and life lost
This of course created popular ntment and for
a considerable time agitated the neighborbood.
But in general the people Of Pennsylvania under
stand their neighbor's rights, and are willing that
| they should be secured and enjoyed Massachu-
setts grows fervid on Pennsylvania wrongs, while
i Pennsylvania herself is not excited by any sense
| of such wrongs, and complains Of injustice.
| The Abotionists Of Massachusetts,, both the out
| and-out and the quasi, rend the welkin with
sympathies for Pennsylvania, while Pennsylsa-
MIA would quite willingly be left TO her own
| care Of herself Massachusetts tears fall abund-
antly for Pennsylvania sufferings; but which suf.
forings, Pennsylvania herself knows little no
thing OF. No people more opposed 10 slavery
| than the people OF Pennsylvania We know. es-
pccisy that that great and respectable part Of her
population, the Friends have borne their testiIno-
| ny against il from the first Yet they create no
excitement; they seek not TO overthrow under
mine the Constitution of their country. They know
that frmness, steadiness of principle, Just mode
ration, and unconquerable perseverance, are the
irtues, the practice Of which is most likely TO
rect whatever s wrong in the constitution OF the
social system. No doubt there sometimes to be
| may be permitted TO add. in note, an ex-
tract from private letter from Of the most dis
tingushed men in England dated as late as the
29th of January. Religion is an excellent thing
in every matter except in Politics There, II seems
| 10 make men mad; and do not know OF any peo-
pie more mad than the Anti Slavery people on
your side Of the water, and ON ours. Up 20 the
present time have doubt they have aggravated
every evil they have endeavorcd TO mitigate, or
prevent If you tell Of them what has been
the result of his oiciousness, he answers, Libavi
amman mean may have done wrong, but
shall 90 TO heaven for H. So believe that your