The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-21
Letter from the President.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

=, pEPARTMENT OIL, STATE.
10 Robert Collins, Esq. .Maogn, Ga
sIR- am instructed by the President to inform you that
s from newspapsrs in reference to the proceedings of
i've slave law wai received by him Yesterday and that he
has given TO the letter andit enclosures careful perusa
one Of the fugitive slaves for which arrest were
issued in Boston, and call the Presidents attention the
closed slips, taken mostly from Northern papers, by which he
viii perceive the manner IN which your agents received
eoding the laws Of the United sates That they have
been arrested under various warrants az kdnappes aud
other frivolous pretence and unreasonable bad demanded
and that your friends have become their surees io more than
You also say that the in which the officers have
ngrlomed Their duty T appear By Tie sHs and that the
speak of the pemoous effect of such proceedings and Of
their tendency disturb the harmony OF the Union, ana Of
aud finally inquire whether Il not in the power and is not
tRat law to be faithfully and properly enforced"
To this the President directs to reply that cannot
having every law faithfully executed Eyry statute in his
country, passed in accordance with the provisions orhe
the people 9 the Union and as such is entitled to The
constitution which he President has sworn to support has
made his especial duty TO AXE that the laws be faith
duty, in this other ease but will to the utmost OF his
ability f.mly and faithfully perform it. e..
appointing proper officers to fill the various offices, and dis
{ any shall be found incompetent OF untau by removing
them, where he has the power of REMOVAL appointing
condly in extreme cases, whenever the laws Of The United
States shall be opposed or the execution thereof obsruced
In state by combinations too powerful be suppressed
by Tue ordinary course Of Judicial Pooeedngs or by the
ahorzes and requires them 70 call their aid it would be
his duty TO call forth the militia and use the and navy
nut either case prudence and justice require that there
should be more satisfactory evidences of official delinquency.
meni and yet these all which have been furnished in
trany marshal neglect perform his duty helaw gives
right of action TO The ageyed party for the injury which he
may sustain and II he refuses 10 perform T. when this shall
addition TO his liability to The aggreved party, would
DOUBTLESS be the duty of the Executive to remove him from
olnGe and app9nt another IN his place But your letter
no action 1t IA equally clear that no case presented ust
eau upon me militia Or the use OF the army to execute
tiotism and devotion to the laws which have always char
aeetiEed large majority OF the people of Boston, that he
t ~ any extraordinary aid to execute the laws in that
Individuals become excited and may in the heat Of
moneh oter resistance to the laws but he has doubt
Of the community would soon rally to he sSpp6 Of The
esl antones aud that hOe who sustsiB the law would
natey he sha mistake 0 Il dis aad he paa&
empoypg ali He a nc irsGHed 10 perform his duty by
nave placed az ms disposal TO enforce he law.
e9ed and he9 to pau unreasonable amounts pretended
offences, me Eedent dlTsets me TO say, that however he
that he has the power TO remedy the evil If the plants
les be acquitted and if malicious lhey have their remedy in
action for malicious euuton BIT ali these ans judicial
and the evil complained OF results from the acknoledgcd
right OF every individual to prosecute an aeded
offence Oation of right.
The President feels the Importance OF avoiding as far
Soath, and especially the exciting subject Of slavery
Were he permitted TO advise, he would suggest all the i'm
poraqce of permitting the laws TO take their usual cou
and that tnng like intimidation, and Illegal unjust
annoyance, should be scupuousy avoided. Eyery effort
should he made TO cultivate iraernal feeling. We should
ne people OF interest and sentiment, knowing local
uNson and tOeTat ng sectional injustice Our Union,
80 led 10 the heart Of American only be
served by observance of the constitution, and an i'm.
paITla administration of the laws.
| N'H' sur respectfully your ODetlent servant,
/ w. s. DERRlCK Acting Secretary,