Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-19

% Tie passage Of the Fugitive sIav,
u Bill--so much derided ly the ttltras a,,t
faetionists of the Sotttli-tras atfeady l,eet
q productive of good results in the reeeyeri
Of several rttthaway slaves. The people
n Of the Nortli-even those t@st Yioleptiy
d opposed to the act-avot their ,1etetmi
nation MS law and order abiding citizens
not to attempt to interfere with, III lefpsi
!, its provisions. The i. S. Mafsttals 30.
Y pear to be doing their duty everywhere,
faithfully and fearlessly, and the mass OF
! fife people, Ire too prudent, if tot too
Indifferent. to make any show of fotcible
I Opposition to tlte legal authorities. Indeed,
= we are Of the opinion that tie great body
7 OF the people Of the North DIRE rejoiced at
tile passage OF the act, the effect OF which
w'h be to relieve them Of q large body of
Tree negroes, who have ever teeff III n
htiisanee in theif eyes. A short time stree
three ftssltives were feeaptfred ut Wm.
eestef, aid the feceht SUMMARY proceed.
ings in New York, Philadelphia and
Harrisburg, have thrown all nigger-dotn
into spastfts Of afffiaht,Zand hundreds
have left, and all are leaving, for the bleak
regions Of Canada, to escape the in1pena-
ing execution Of the law. One ,yiatey IL
Canada viii convince them that they had
better restlnie their proper social positions
under their masters, than encounter the
bentimbing blasts of the frigid O A
negro is no more fitted to endure The
tl1rtiate Of Canada than at abo1jtiou e..
matte is prepared for Judgment day.
All the shareholders have to do il /,
offer suitable rewards for Tie recovery nj
their fugitive slaves. 1t is pretty ee,,er.
ally understood that CIR Northern brethren
have no itsrtperable aversion to V,odeU-
neither is it believed that a large reward
would be utterly refused by them, espes
cially whenit had been daily earned in the
latdable duty Of enforcing the laws Of the
land They profess to be q law.abidipo
people, and, ahd-y the re,oa,,Q ii suM.
GENTLY Mrge-we doubt not that, in .
short time, every q fugitive from Justice. "
i'll the free States would be TRANSPORTED n
the State where he properly BELONGS
III course DIR Northern neighb,ors wouldn't
do this for the m9neyt Their reverence
for the tar, alone, would impel them i,
such a course
But, Notwithstanding tie s~aIutary 81.
fects Of the Fugitive Slave bill-showp
by the FACTS above enlmerated-tl,e
Nstnionists Of South Carolina. Georais,
and Mississlppi-few iii numbers, it's tr,ta.
and powerful in nothing but in misebief-
the Qnitmans Rhetts, Illusions, and 9th
ers, persist IN the declaration that the
North only allowed the Fugitive Slave t
bill to pass to appease the South for the {
time Icing, and that the North will ear4 t
tainly repeal the law the coming session
Of Congress.
This course Of reasoning is as ridicu-
lots as it is contemplate. The North to !
allow a bill to pass just for the purpose o. Z
repeating it a few weeks or months there.
The idea is preposterous. We t
have the best reason III the world for tile
belief that the North will not ATTEMPT :
TO disturb the bill. The North but r.. I
'ently he1ped 0zngss tho bizy Yet these S
fellows would have ts take |
hollow and hypocritical statements =
Is to what the future will bring forth. !,
nstead OF having faith and reliance upon &
he recorded aets Of the pastl t
Out upon such n y estilent set of fellows z
A year or two since they would dissolve :
he Union unless the doctrine of z1,- =
ntefpeHttoD was adopted. Now, they Ii
wear that they will dissolve the Union
the doctrine OF m~Hsrgentt01 boz
ONES the policy Of Congress. Under no
circumstances can they. or :,
will they be pleased. They are deter.
niilod upon agitatlon-upon keeping the
'ublic mind in a ~feyerisll and excited state, T
o that they, perchance, may become q
rotninent, at least as the architects Of Z.
mischief, If not ruin. But there is one
ofisolation the people have found them B
ut, and, beyond their immediate local. OF
lest they might as well whistle jigs to
tombstone, as to attempt TO exert any NJ
loral or political influence.
u Mr.. William Freret, Collector Of
10 Port Of New Orleans, left that CITY
n Washington, last Saturday, on impm- to
INT business connected with the building
( the new Custom House In that CITY. !"
'hich was in a fair way to be ruined, :,
ccording to many accounts. 2
=.
INSPECTOR OF MEDICINES Az NEw Or y
EANs.-Dr. Z. H.. Barton has been ap- r.
olnted, remarks the NO. Crescent, to to
lis important office. DR.. Bartoni is wide
known rs a highly scientific man, as SD
as an accomplished physician. His RI
'poii1tmerit gives very general satisfac-