The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-11-02
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WHO, MADE TIE LAW

The Ruiing'on Cfrcc soil Courier charac.
tcrizcs the fugitive law as "the uullr ipg and
unconstitutional bill pas,d6y hr FWmo,
amt Webster sld,nigi,vu,ion."
The srmc day that brought n. tho FREQ soil
C"iu'iSr, also brought us u bran new slavss,
cratic loco'oro newspaper from B,llow.
Fails, called NE R,puilicnn S'onddd The
editor in making his first bow 10 the public
dcnounccs alolitionsm and free soilism, n,
r hasiH= A,,s-n'arn dirnrl -icndlncy than any
thing else 10 bring about dissolution of the
. lnion"-says OF the uritir~.slavr bill that
"i's consttutionaliy chnnot be- doubted, and
50 long ne II remains the law of the land II
should DC faithfully ohsorycd"-aud in the
next breath charges that that hin and "rcl.
cral misrulc" are the rc,w of democratic
.frse soil iatqrs..
Perhaps we should be perfectly safe to al.
low these allies in the opposition 10 stand
thus rs fnils 10 each oihcr-thc free soilcr,
charging the slave law 20 Fillmore anil Web.
stcr-and the locofocos charging II to the free
sellers. Truth however, impcl, us to an at
tempt TO set both gentlemen somewhat near
cr TO the artsiu the ease.
The hill wns notnn administration meas
urc. 1t WINS introduced by Mr. Mason Of Va.
Ooco.) and he subject oft (not the bill) was
recognized as one Of the Compromise meas
urcs agreed upon 10y the committee of thir-
teen. The TAYLOR administration was then
in; and according TO Mr. CLAY, was opposed
10 these measures. Mr. Fillmore did not
come in until after this measure was intro.
duced. and i cannot therefore be CHARGED AS
measure ofhE Administrations Mr. Web
Stcr certainly proposed himself before he
LEFT the Senate, very different bill, carry.
ing out the Constitution fairly, and provid.
ing tortrial 10y jury, When the bill was be-
fore the Senate, the most prominent oppo-
ncn!s Of the bill, and the mon who earnestly
endcavorcd Ia oltyintr its most OBJECTIONABLE
feature, were Mcssrs Dayton of New Jersey
ana Ninthrop'of Mass.-hoth Wings tx
,ccpt perhaps, some Southern Senators. Le,riy
CdSs of Michigan, ltolerably well known as a
locoioco, VIZ gucss,) was one of the strongest
supporters of the bill its worst shape. Auo
10Th Mr. Mason called up the bill, and Mr.
Cass advocated it. Aug 10, Mr. DAYTON.
(whig) moved to give TRIAL. ny. JrnY: lost
ayes wings, locos, free soiler; noes. 10
locos q from the North,) and 8 Southern
Wings. Immediately AFTER Mr. Winthrop
moved to secure the right to the writ of ba-
6eos corpus lost,--ayes wings, tocos. and
free soilcr;nocs l 3 locos G from the North,
and Southern Nhigs. Finally, the bill
passed both houses, bath hariRg Hajorities Oh
Poscd 10 he administration. We have here
toiorc published the vote and will pot repeat
II. Suffice it 70, say, that in tJoth Senate and
House Together, only three Wing members
from the North voted for the BILL 20 North
orn locoiocos in both Houses together voted
for the billy ct thiA is called .,--r--
urc an administration measure a Fillmore
AND Webster measure Shame on such mis-
representation. Do opposition edilars know
where liars go to
r7s- From Aug. 18th to Oct 18th 1880, no
less THAN 1888, 500 baskets @ peeks each) of
Peaches were brought into the city of New
York from New Jersey largest number in
ono dav 5000 Sent 18Th