The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-12-25
!. OHIO, WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECENBER % I85O

gitivo Slave Bill was passed chiefly to rel
edy this defect, aud to substitute such of
GERS instead oil the Safe magistrates who
powers, had been nuIIi6ed under the dec
sion Of the SIprems Court.
1t is worthy Of remark that several of OF
Northern Legislatures, awaiting lhemselve
OF 'he decision of the Supreme Court, an
under the deep excitement produced by II
agitation Of lhe Wlnot Pfovso, passed lav
imposing obstacles to the execution of ii
provisions of he Constitution for The restori
IIon OF lugli!Ves slaves. am sorry, yer
sorry, 10 5 ate that Pennsylvania is anon
this number BY our Aci Of 81 March IS
Al, even the use Of our public itls is danie
Tor the snfe custody Of the fugitive: and III
Ijailer who shall offend against this provisio
is deprived of his Office, and is punishabl
with heavy fine and disqualification eve
again 10 bold n similar Office!
The two principal objections urged agains
The fugitive slave law are, that il will pro
mote kidnapping, and thai il does not pro
vide trial by jury for the fugitive IN tn
Estates to which he escaped.
The very same reasons may be urged
with equal force, agHinst the act of 1893
and yet il existed for more than half cen
Jury without encounIeriug any such objec
lions.
Ia regard to Kidnapping, the fears O
the agiIalors are altogether groundless.-
The law requires that the fugitive shall be
taken before the judge or commissioner
The master must there prove, 70 The salts.
faction OF the magistrate, the identity of the
Fugitive, that he is the masters property and
has ESCAPED from bis service. Now | ask
would kidnapper ever undertake such a
task? Would he Stubborn witnesses 10 com.
nit perjury and expose himseIflo the dc,ec,
ton before the judge or commissioner, and
IN presence Of the argus eyes Of a ron-sIavc.
holding community, whose feelings will al,
ways be in favor Of the slave? No. never
The knidnapper SEXES his victim in the ST..
lence OF nighi,in n remote and obscure place
and hurries him away, He does not expose
the public gazo. He will never
bring The unfortunate object of his rqpacitv
before commissioner Or Judge. Indeed, |
have no recollection of having heard or read
ot case ia which free man was kidnap.
ped under The forms oflaw, during The whole
period OF more lhln half a century, since the
act Of 1893 was passed.
Bat It is objected 70 lhe law that The fnp-
tive Il not allowed ,riai by jury in the
State to which he hns escaped. So il has
always been under the acl Of 1893, ard so it
is under the present law. A fugitive ftom
labor is placed upon the very same footing.
under the Constitution, with fugitive from
Justice. Does man charged wih The COM
MISSION OF Il crime in M lryland Ay iato
Pennsylvania, he is delivered up, upon pro.
per evidence, 10 The authorities of the State
tom which he fled, there 10 stand his trial
He has no right to demand trial BY ury in
Pennsylvania Nay, more; under our extra-
iIllon treaties with foreign powors, does a
man charged with crime committed in
England or France fly to the United States,
he is delivered up 10 The authorities of the
country from which he fled, without n trial
by jury in this country. Precisely the same
IS the c&se in regard to fugitive from labor.
Upon satisfactory proof, he is delivered up
trial by jury. la the Constitution
ne Is placed upon The very same footing with
ugItlves from justice from other States; and
~ treaty, he is pac d upon the very same
coIlnti with fugilives from justice fcm foreign
'ounlres. Surely the fugitive slave is not
entitled 10 superior privileges over the free
White man. When he returns TO .he State
rom which he has escaped, he is there enti-
led to a trial by jury, for the purpose of
lecdlng whether he is a free man. be-
ieve every slave State has made provision
1y law for such a trial Without expense upon
ho petition of the slave; and we have heard
l announced from the highest authority in
he Senate Of the United States, that suca
malls are always conducted in mercy, and
With rigid regard to the rights Of The slave.
Why should an act Of Congress cast such
reflection upon the judicial tribunals of
lister State as 10 say that they shall not be
rLsted with the trial Of the question wheth
II All individual is entitled TO his freedom
lnder the laws Of the State from which he
las fed?
But TO allow fugitive slave a trial BY
ury in the Safe where he is found, woul /.
n many instances, completely nufy the
PROVISIONS Of tho Constitution. There are
nany, | fear very many, IN The northern
states, who place lher conscencos aD1ye
he Constitution Of their country, and who
Sould, as jurors, rescue fugitive slave from
ervtude against the cIearest testimony.
linking, at the same time, they were doing
iud's service. The excited condition oil
'nbllc teellngln many portions Of the North,
would dsquaiIy honest aud respectable men
lom acting as impartial jurors on such
question. Besides, the delay, the trouble
md the expenses Of jury trial at such n
distance from home, would, in most cases
'Tevent the master from pursuing his fugi-
i've slave. lie would know that should he
all 10 obtain verdict, this would be his
uin. lie would then bo prosecuted with
ctious Of SANDER, Of FALSE Imprisonment
nd every kind OF prosecution which nae.
luiiy could devise,
The defeat Of The WlmoI Proyiso, and the
'assage of The Fugitive Slave Law, are all
hat the sou'h huye obtained by the Com.
'fomise. They asked Cor tbs Missouri
Compromise, which il IS known that sor one i
vas always willing to concede, believing
his would be lhe most just, equitable and
arrangemsn, Of tile Territorial
question between the North and the South
But that has passed away. California has
'een admitted as n State into The Union,
With positive prohibition of slavery in her
Constitution, and whether The Mexican law
bolisbing slavery be in force or not in the
Of our territorial acquisitions, does
my man believe That slavery viii every pre-
rail among tho Mormons in ulah, OF among
lie inhabitants OF Tho snow clad Mia and