The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-10-09


40 need. Corne back and live with me All
,hat is mine is yours and your ch'ldren's."
THE LAW FOR CATCHING MEN.
the Fugitive Slave Bill, 50 called, haa
passed both Houses Of Congress aud we sup
pose has become II law, SO Lar as lnlquty can
DC law, Agatust tins outrage upon lIle stat
u'es ot heav'u ii aud the ilshts Ot humanity,
we record our pIoiest, and pledge our uncoin
promising 0ppustl0n, as strong as The powers
OF lite und Us tlsE,ng as lie day vi pfOuatlon,
unless the lohl Ulut be sooner wiped from HE
disgraced records Of tbs nations Our op-
/ position to the new law for hunting and
catching men, is not grounded SO much upon
the supposed additional tacllllies II Will lut>
nlsh Tor Eecapurlng and re~enslavlng tugi-
tIyes hom the house oI bondage, as upon the
| principle involved. Men and nations are
Wien more guilty tor what they only attempt
lo du, than lney are fur what they actually
accomplish, anu such, no doubt, will prove 10
be the case with he passage ol the Fugitive
Slave Bill, by the Congress vi the u states,
IN HE year o[ our Lord one thousand eIghr
hundl ed and fifty. Ii may avail in a few III.
stances III catching fugitive slave who wouid
Iulaerwise escape; 1t may be enlutced upon d
lew WHO have moral honesty and courage
enough to violate il, in the shape Of tne ot
imprisonment; ii may subserve lie purpose Of
kidnappers III few cases, enabling them 10
seize and carry uh tteemun 10 lie chains,
and Whips, ana death OF Southern plantations; !;
but Wa nave not the least idea that il will, o.
can be generally enforced. Public sentiment
Is TOO pu%eiluI IN She north tor such laws,
uhd IL Is growing stonger and stronger every
day, anu must sooA tower above hem ana
bear thea. down, aud proclaim their violation
a virtue, aud tender the penalties they i'm.
pnse, 70 hltn who endures them, passport
10 the sympatnies of all the goud aud true
IL sno', lnen, the practical evil THAI alartns
US; 1t Is not The additional number Of slaves
thai viii be Ieclpiured; but II is The deep
aud dalnlng dhgfAce aud gait that has been
recorded upon me nations statute book, the
insulI that has been offered heaven, ana the
outrage attempted to be pefpeltated upon hu
tnanity. We believe the law III question is
IN direct violation OF the law oi Gud, and
| $3.50 80 "a" WY - VI aus III
It's execution. is "a sinner. We believe it IS
no less an outrage upon the Constitution OF
the United S'a1es; that The slave influence
has perverted The onsnlution and lead Con
gresS, IN ihs matter, 10 assume legislative
powers which that document does hot con.
ief. These being our honest and deliberate
views, we can do no less than TO deLounce
and oppose The Infamous enactment, aud This
we shall 90 as aleady stated.
Let every Nor hern man who voted for it,
ana all who were not IN lLe.r seals 10 Vote III
ganst 1t, be forthwith indicted and armig igued |
a. the Gar OF public opinion aud mado o rem
der an account lor thelr evil deeds; aud let
Inc political power and influence of lie Pres
taehl, whose light hand sgned the Bill, !
~'ther and rot upon the body Of hts party
Lei every officer, and every attorney, aud I
every private citizen who snail attempt to |
aId 10 ehlorcc the Iaw, he looked lpon with /
'he eye oI public contempt until the blush OF /
shame Shall burn upon tncif cheeks, and let /
theln AUD the party e which thay may be- /
long and thai shall put such claven- heaned
Peisnns IN hoIniAalOn, be remembered al HE
ballot box as nunesl men and patriots should |
remember The enemies Of Coo aud tleil
couhuy Let the cry Of Repeal be raised,
lei II be heard from Plymouth Rock and from
Bhnket's Il II, lei it come as comes The north /
eastern storm from the snowy land and wide
spread coast of Name; let il be heard on cv-
cry rocky clli Of New Hampshire aud fron
tile Green Muuntatus OF Vermont, lei il roll
along the sbufes of tie St. Lawrence aud all
the lakes and rivers aud canals Oi n. York, +
sweeping westward until IL shall meet with /
The responsive echo coming from the new
empire locmipg up upon The Pacific shore.-l I
Lei every man VINO fears God and regards /
The rights Of humanity, BY all reasonable
means oppose, resist, and seek the repeal oi
such an Infamous statute, as an Indispensable
Of slernal life. Let The press speak
and especially lbe rtI glous press, and lei that
portion ot u that will not speak be looked
Upon as cowardly, pro-slayefy, nEd recreant
ID tho claims OF Gnd mud man, Add let the
pulpi! speak, and iei The ministers Of the |
sanctuary teach chat opposition 10 such liws
y obedience TO God. We noa declare that
i is our purpose so 10 write and so 10 teach,
20 long MS we can hold pen, or utier words
ID the ears d men. If we live not to see ii
repenled, we will teach our children to oppose
il alter we are dead, and e1join upon them 10 h
engrase il upon our tombstone that we lived Il
and died 10 opposition to the fugitive slave h
law of eIgi.Ieen hundred aud fly.