The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-29

A1uru 10 sacu elltti ana plAced ~ ore ot|
ile dsnisd lhsI lheFs uss any inenneFaii
IN unitinE thess neasuFss 10 one biil, :
any iadlEnily offered % Cslilorni. by s
d..ias. Far asose ineonsrnous suh5eel
wrre connected svery Day BY Congress
he read several; Few among them yer
- fallawss An act regulating The enmpen
ssison OF eefisin CLERKS. and ppsidiax "a
laying out eerisln public rods. An .e
Tor The pfesersssion of ihs public arehise
IN the territory Of Arkansas. and for lhl
relief ofJohn Jeiassa. Lsugshrr. ! Also
an act passed On ;hs 81 Of Msrrh. les9
Cor the relief Of James Norris. and fsr 9th
sr Purpases-lhe other purposes were ~
more " less than IN appropriation or ii,
lexpenses az The territory Of Minnesota
tie nerrr heard that Minsesoiz's dignity
had bern offended. bal he believed shs
had pockeied The mnnry. AMI said no.h'
ing.
lie also cited an insiaaee where The
senator from Missouri (Mr. Brnianl had
moved 20 add 10 ilss civil and diplomatic
appropriation bin an amendment prosid.
ing for The eosquea Of CALIFORNIA; iise
amendment ur. Walksr's) which psssesl
the SeHsse ca the cisa and diplomatic bill.
whieh provided for governments for New
Mexico and Cslifarnis; and % various
plhep-sll TO shnw INA, Lnngrcss had
repeatedly eonneci~a subjects Ear mare
ineongnl"ns Than ihoss nov. proposed 10
be made one bill.
There had been in he eommiiiee an
amendment made n une OF the sections
in The TerriloIial bill. the rdsri Of which
was 10 deprive The ierriiaIial legislature Of
any power 10 pass any law on The subject
Of African slavery. He had opposed the,
brf had been vaiesl down. Theefsei Of
Il was In leave The QUESTION of negro STA
very 10 The laws now in force in the Ter
riiorirs.
Personally he believed ,ha, slavery did
not exist eilhrI ~ law or IN fsri 10 tho ier.
rilories. Others differed from him That
had been made ~ an ohirclioE 10 his rrso-
lutoss. That statement Of What he fiien
sRd now considered ~ two truths. Was
put in ihnse resolutions Nc an ofTsrl 10 the
By the North Of the ndious
Wil'noi prnriso. The latter is now al an
end. and lhere was mn Necessity Of going
inlo The other matter. lie believed slavery
.onld not exist in ilioso territories. and
hat il was excluded by the Mexican law. :.
Even IL Il were mol excluded. I've did na
,elieye say one would carry his slaves
here. The erlegaie from New Mexico
had assured them that labor was cheap
here; that il was nni worth more than
our dollars . mnnth; and who would rar- .
v his slaves there when their labor Was
If 30 little saluei
He then explained nj length the two
ections in the bM relaiing 10 ltcrecspture
Il fugitive slaves. Those sections ara as
ollows:
Sec. -. find be IL further enacted,
That when any person held Ia service or
abor IN ans Slaie or Territory, or in the
District Of Columbia. under lac iews
hereof. shall escape ,herefrom. the party
% whom such service or labnr shalt be
Iue, his. her. or their agent. attorney.
or trustee, may apply 10 any
ourf of record therein and make sstisiac-
wy proof 10 such codrf nf the escape /
feresaid. and that the person escaping
wed service or labor TO such party;
shereupon the court shall cause record
> be made &c the matters 90 proved. and
lso Of genera description Of The person
o escaping, with such convenient ccr,aia-
y as may be; and transcript Of sitci,
econl. authenticated by the atIestaiion of
he clerk aud e the seal of the said ceuri.
cling produced in any other State. Terrific.
Y. or district, In which The person So escsp. :
~ may be found. saa beiag exhibited To
ny Judge. commissioner, or oiher officer
hy the law Of the United Siaies
. cause persons escaping from service or
ahcr "a be delivered up, shall be held and
AIKEN 10 NC full and conclusive evidence
e The fact Of escape. ard thai the service
4 labor &c The person escaping il due to
he party in such record mentioned. And
pom The production by The said party of
,her and further evidence if necessary,
ither oral or by affidavit. in addition TO
THAT is contained in the said record of
lie identity Of the person escaping. he %
he shall he delivered up 10 The riainiani.
nd the said court, commissioner. Judge.
" other person suihorized by ibis ACT 10
rant certificates to claimants Of fugilires,
hall. upon the production Of The record.
md other evidences aforesaid. grant 10
uch claimant certificate Of his right 10
axe any such person identified and proved
, be owing scr. ice or labor aforesaid.
'hich certificate shall authorize such
aimant TO seiEe or arrest and rraasr I, !
Ich person 10 the State or Territory froE,
hich he escaped.
find be IL Further enacted, That in I
lse the alleged fugitive shall declare to .
le court. Judge. or commissioner. or 9th. .
officers before whom he is brought. |
lat he is free man. and not slave {
nj tba said corr, .rdoo nr ,.or., I'm IL a ion. 4