The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-02
Eaxlt,ve slave Law.

the constitution whilst the Oh
will southern brethren in the enjoyment Of heif
legal rights remove great cause o. Irritation @ ,nv
OF runaway slaves" Harrisburg Keystone
The above article hits the nail upon the head The
fugitive law should please both sections Of the country
1t assists the South recovering her property and it en-
forces the obligations which bind the North to obey the
constitution
Scarcely is this law passed before il is carried into ex-
eculion The first case is that of Hamlet fugitive from
Baltimore and arrested in New York. AS the is in
teresting we lay its details from the New York Sun be-
fore our readers:
"FiRsT SLAVE CASE UNDER THE NEW Law.
". s. CoMnissloNEa's OFFICE,
NEW York, Sept. "a.
'IBefore Commissioner Gardinerl
James Hamlet, coored man. the slave u Mrs Brown,
Of no away from her about TWO years since,
this morning arrested In this ci,y by ,hs y marshal
after his arrest The was examined, and the following
evidence addnced LIZA. !, p,,,,,,a,.
Sac Of Maryland am 80 years old am clerk In shot
mandatory At Baltimore. know James Hamlet; be =
the Mary Brown my nother.lnaw, who resides
Ia Baltimore. knew Hamlet about 70 years he left his
x Sgs Y he MI. BE
Hanes services, slave, for life she never paired
viii q Bow she her MN
["An from Mr.. Browns will was here put in ev-
Examin alton continued She held him from the time
she Inherited him unit, he escaped The man present is
the James Hamlet
.Gustavus Brown examined. Reside in New York am
% years old am clerk N this city resided s IN Ba.
bow he The slave Of my mother She is eniiiIed to his
services under the will OF my father Hamlet left her
within the last six months this city him first in
April My mother is still entitled 70 him. having
parted with him The man present is the James Hamlet
Of whom Ispeak,
Mr Asa chld appeared at ,ois stage Of the examna.
Msssr. Glare Brown. bu, ecited nothing contradict
their direct examination; !
law appertaining the had been complied with
mir Gardiner then decided that the slave should be
ceriiicate -
a. To whom these presents may come Whereas com
been made otoss S M Of
United States The southern district oil New York, IN the
February 20. isla Mach 1917 and September a. I7ss
the oath OF Thomas Glare, oil the city Of Baltimore,
Dor in the State OF Maryland, did, about the inoath Of
october lsis escape into another State oil the United
Brown resident the city OF Baltimore in said State,
whom his service or labor was due
and whereas the said Thomas Clare did produce be
fore certain power Of attorney 10 writing acknoWt
edged and certified under the seal OF the Baltimore county
Brown the claimant said fugitive person, take pos
session of and hold Tor her use and benefit the said James
And whereas upon such charge being made afore
said j. the said commissioner, did issue my warrant in
And whereas the said James Hamlet has been brought
before the said and the ca heard in
"Now do certify that satisfactory proof has been
duced before by The dispositions o. Thomas Glare, Of
New York, and by extract from the will OF John q
Blown, OF the CITY OF Baltimore duly authenticated that
the said Mary Brown, OF the city Of Baimor, in the
State Of Maryland that the said James Hamlet escaped
was due to the State Of New York ia which he has been
arrested end that The in regard TO whom such 'es
And therefore, by virtue OF 5hs p,@e N me vested BY
Mary Rrnx the Clare. 10
such reasonable force and restraint may be neces-
move the said James Harriet The 10 live person Aforesaid
back TO the State Of Maryland whence hs escaped ms
'sIn witness Whereof have hercunto my hand
SEAL this seventh day oil September one thousand eight
"'ALEX. GARDINER, u s. Com
Mr Clare the ssve-owncrs agent then demanded that
the commissioner would 10 accordance with the law give
him sufficient oroe 10 conduct the slave back 10 Mary
land
davit that he feared attempt would be made 10 rescue
the slave while his from his State TO Maryland,
and that on hts making such affidavit sufficient lorce
'Mr Clare then made the necessary affidavit and the
Unted commissioner ordered the slave into the
tody OF the United States marshal with directions him
TO provide sufficient force to gsard the slave on his way
number OF his officers for the purpose accom-
panied by whom, and his owners agent the slave i'm
medatey taken from tho city, on his way 10 Maryland
We are surprised that the New York Sun should affect
any mawkish sensibty the occasion, which only
have the effect Of creating dissatisfaction among the
northern people, not only with the provisions OF the law
but the qua OF the constitution Why head the
accoun, OF this transaction with the irritating expressions
"The horrible operation "a horrbe La,o uutfo seisef
IN free city, free STATE ha~aerd and back into
aapuyf"
Does not the New York Sun know that this inAamma-
tory language is demagoguca and only calculated 10 rr
tate the southern people, poison the minds Of the cItS
Of the North to promote resistance 10 the law and
then 10 disunionl
The New York Sun continues the FIRE in It's paper oil
the Goth September 1t abuses the law II pronounces
il to be "uniust and demoralizng" II does not deny
that Hamle, was really fugitive slave but il complains
thai he had not time for fair hearing. for counsel to be
employed, and for evidence to be produced Where is
the foundation of this compainti Counsel called
in to defend Hamlet; but the evidence against him
90 irresistible that the attorney abandoned his cause ia
despas There was evidence necessary the other
side because il was clear that could be produced
Does the Sun wish for time TO collect mob and produce
a riot What master would ever recover his property
he announced by sound of trumpet Broadway that
his slave was before the tribunal Of justice He would
be wres,ed from his hand by the violence of mob
We are sorry to see paper like the New York Sun
wagng war upon the law, which the South demanded
as an efficient means Of carrying out the guarantees Of
the constitution. and which Congress has jus, passed in
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