Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-10-11
RICHMOND Enquirer.
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THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW

y sac ro,hnn in the impoent rawlings o ew irce-soi
MINERS and number Of meetings oil abolonis's anu co
o,sd nor nj The North 10 shake our confidence III ht
value and efficiency Of the law. Al New l'k Injecting
, i,o,, bark Hamlet, the fugitive from Baltimore
who wns curnrcd Under the law ard Then lats"e' 's e
payment OF 500 negro preacher denounced INC he'''oh
coc,ea Euoj.iye Slave bl had prayed that tie hah
of AIiliord Fillmore might be pased, should ne nave u"
- ;n ,,,ra he invoked sa the subternnean rnvcrns oil
damnarion 10 echo that he did H. ano'er speaker "e
souob tho cyes present 10 y 10 caverns or TO Cana
da bp if v were PERISH TO perish al the feet ' their
fellow citizens. go
,ms,ting of fugitive slaves and oihes In boston, w.
>,,,e .,is. ;u,rls and Assistants warned 10 be
If ne consequences OF attempting 10 capture iugi-
,ir. T, etne Was addressed by J. Il. Smith, fuai-
tive s,ore who said he would defend his liberty with his
life He showed long knife 10 the audience, and advised
then, o 10 buy Cos reyoyers Another speaker said that
n o0o hhouts oil Boston would protect fugtives from
arrest and thai the police would not against them
An bceo Indications 20 show rhni the provisions OF the
aw connl he eyaled but must be met directly II IS IN
win for ib Sewardtes make cause with The M
famous yoniors Of the Constitution and laws. The split in
tho Syracuse Convention promises that large portion Of
The Wlc parry will stand by this law. The ~ y Mirror
WIo ro,, upon Hunt, the Wing nominee for Governor
not 10 Consent The nccndiary and dsnnon doctrines oil
Seward even by silence" and 1t adds
",hoItiou, must be rebuked The party that cherises
IT, if not the lnon Will be losi
The Northern Democracy are sound on this question
We have already published the manly declarations OF The
PENNSYLVANIA The Harrisburg Union and the keystone
and other leading papers including the n. \. Journal Of
Commerce and the Herald We have now room but for the
following noble language Of the ~ " Globe. That pape.
is rieh, Should The North preserve the solemn com
nae, on this question The South viii not hesitate but with
one voice will demand, and carry ouI rupture Of the
We doubt that the love OF law and the
Constitution ana their comfort and interest will pre-
dominate at North and The mscrcan abolicnists be put
down in their attempts 10 prevent the recovery Of property
which they have stolen But hear the rumpettones of the
~ Y. Globe:
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BlTL.-The Abolition pa
pes are ashng themselves into commissions over the Fus
live Slave bill Ii is cyiden that they intend 10 ian the
flames Of slavery excitement and make II the le!cncc
for continued agitation The movements al the South ndi
cate growing purpose the part OF the Southern people 10
submit no longer this perpetual war on their institutions
This the Northern agltalors perceive with gracalion.
Southern resistance their nsont schemes they expect
will precpitatc dissolution Of the Union. But let them
beware in They will not be permitted o break up the
Union Before this shall happen they and their fugitive
slaves and every African within borders, will be driven
from the country. Nineteen .tweneths Of the people
devoted 10 the Cnon and Than star boiicd
from our galaxy Of States they will expel the whole African
race from their SOIL and send the Incendary poeis OF tfea
son and disunion after them.
However determined their miserable game Of agitation
let them remember that there point Of endurance where
patience becomes exhausted, and federation 10 be
virtue We tell these mad and furious traitors that there is
pa totism and fidelity 10 the laws sufficient in this commu-
nifty pulverze their whole wctchcd crew into the dust
from which they sprung The majesty of the law will be
vindicatedlhe Union will be peservedthe conspirators,
who plot its destruction will be baf1edand their execrabe
efforts TO resist the laws will with the punishment II
deserves.