Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-18

Senator from Arkansas object earnestly and seriously to
it, did pretend to question his right, the right Of
any other Senator, but he will surely allow me to say IN ell
kindness, that of all the States in this Union, without ex-
cepton, will not except Virginia herself believe
that the State which suffers than any other by the es
Gaping of slaves from their owners seeking refuge either IN
Csnada in of the non-savehodng Sates Kentucky
the doubt very much whether the State OF Akan
lost slave They may, very possisly, once In
whle run off The Indians, but very rarely SO OF other
interior States So of Georgia and South Carolina. Some
times perhaps, slave escapes from their seaPos put very
rarely by land Kentucky is the most suffering state pui
venture 10 anticipate for my State that she will be salts
fed with the provisions which about to call the
attention .. the Senate. II.
Mr. President in all subjects of this kind must deal
fairly and honestly by all We must ecoect that there are
feelings and interests and sympahies both sides OF the
question: and who has brought his mind serious
y to the consideration of suitable for the recapure
Of runaway slaves, fail to admit that the question
is surrounded with great difficulties. On the one hand,
the Of the slave could into this savehodng state
and the negro, put his hands upon him. and the wnoe
world would recognise the truth of his ownership OF property
and the fact of the escape of that property, there would be
no difficulty then in those States where prejudice against
slavery exists in the highest degree. But he goes to State
which does recognise slavery. Recoect bow different
the state of fact is from what il in l793 nearly
sixty years ago. There were, them comparatively lew Tree
persons Of coor-ew compared to the numbers which
t present By the progress OF emancipation 10 he slave
holding States and the multiplication OF them oy natural
causes numbers of them have rushed to the free States
There are in the cities of Philadelphia, New York. ani Bos-
toni have looked into the precise eight OF
ten to proportion the number there were IN 1893,
when the act passed. ss
In proportion to the number of free blacks, multiplied in
the free States does the difficulty increase OF recovering u
give from saveholding State Recollect, MS PRESIDENT
that the rule Of law is in the classes Of States
In the savehoding States the rule that color implies sla
very, and the proband of freedom thrown on the per-
claiming it. every person in the savehodng States
regarded prima acie slave On the contrary, when you
90 to the sayehodng States color implies freedom and
not slavery Every who is in the free States though
he be Of color, is regarded free. And when stran
ger from Virginia kentucky goes to remote part OF Penn
syvapa and black who perhaps has been living
there for years. and claims him be his save the feelings
and sympathy Of the neghbohood naturally and
ry excited in favor of the coored PERSON We all respect
these feelings, where they honestly entertained Well
sir what are you do Of that knd You will give
every satisfaction that be given that the whom
propose is your property, and fugitive from your
service labor That is the extent of one amendment which
propose Offer but there is aso another The amend
upon which have been commenting provides for the
production of record Now, what is the Inconvenience Of
that 1t provides that when the of the slave shall
rest his property in slaveholdng State, and shall take
him before the proper unconay to obtain certificate to
horze the of that property TO the State from which he
fed and he declares that fun onary the time that he
free and slave, what does the provision require
the officer to do Why, to take bond from the agent
that he will carry the black person back to the county
Of the State from which he fled and that at the first court
which may sit after his return he shall be carried there he
again the right his freedom the court shall afford
and The owner shall afford to him all the facilities which are
requisite to enable him to establish his right freedom Now
surety is required of the MASTER The committee
thought and in that believe they all concued that would
be wrong demand Of stranger hundreds Of miles from his
homc surety take back the slave the State from which
he fed The trial by u is what is demanded BY the nom
slaveholdng States Well put the party claimed to be
fugitive back the State from which he fed, and give
him iial by jury in that Safe.
Well sir, ought not make this concession 1t is
but very little Inconvenience will tell you, sir what will be
the practical operation Of this It will be this When slave
has escaped from the master and taken refuge in free State
and that master to ecaure him and take him back
the State from which he fled, the slave will cry out, dc
not know the him in my life; am free
man." He will say any thing and will do any thing to preserve
himself that freedom of which he is for moment in pos
session. He will assert most confidently before the judge
that he free But take him back to the State from
which hc fed his comrades and ha will state the truth
and will relinqush all claim freedom. The practical ope
aon therefore, of the amendment which we have proposed
will be attended witk not the least earthly Inconvenience
the party claiming the fugitive. The case is bond withou
surety. That bond is transmitted by the officer taking
the district attorney of the State from which he has fed
That officer that the bond executed, and that thu
slave is taken before the court. Perhaps before the
slave reaches home, he will acknowledge that he is
slave; there is end Of the bond and end of th
trouble about the matter. Is this unreasonable Is
proper and rational concession to the preudces,
you please, which exist in the nosavehoding States Sir
rights are to be asserted rights to be maintained
e
wound unnecessarily the ssnsbties Of others And in
qurng such bond this amendment proposes to exac
from the owner do not think there is the slightest nconve
nience imposed upon him. of which he ought complain
Sir there is opinion prevaing-I hope not extensive
y-in of the non-savehoding Sates which nothing
do viii concate. alude to that opinion that
that there is divine lava natural law
which entities man, under whose roof runaway hal
come, to give him assistance and succor and hospitality
divine law, natural law And who they that
to tell what is divine and what is natural law Where
their credentials of prophecy Why, sir, we toe
that the other days at meeting of some OF these people
New York. Moses and all the prophets rejected,
that the of blessed Saviour treated will
sacnege and contempt by these propagaors Of divine law
of natural law which they have discovered above all human
laws and constitutions Moses and the prophets and Sa
viour and all Others be rejected will they condescend
show their authority for propagang this law, this
divine law of which they speak The law of Nature, cir
Look at it IL promulgated and even admitted threaten
ed to be enforced in quarters of the world. Well sir
of these people have discovered another plausible law
Nature. There is large class who say that if ha
acquired, matter whether by his exerions by in
herance, vast estate much than is for thu
existence of himself and family, who starving,
titled by law of Nature to have portion of these
lated goods to from the death which threatens
Here you, with your barns full with your warehouses
u of goods, collected from all quarters Of the globe YOU
kitchens and laundies and pantres all full Of that which
duces the subsistence and comfort Of and here
standing by, Lazarus the gste the rich man. perish
ing from hungewl not the law Of Nature allow to take
enough Of your superabundance save little while
from that death which is inevitable without do it
Why sir trace this pretended law of nature, about which,
serousy of the philosophers agreed and apply it L
Of the most interesting and solemn ceremonies of life Gt
to Mahometan country, and the Mshometan will tell yor
that you entitled TO as many wives get Come
Christian country and you will he told that you
entitled to but one. Go to our friends the Mormons