The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-12

lew Eeslous, indiserees or Designing persons but II
indications DO given, stronger than have yst seen
that they do not receive the countsnsnce Of this commu
sober sense OF the people,
s.s Sp. saS S y ...y = free
earnest defence Of any party y nplcaes against lis penal
lies slwsys observing the form: Of law and resort 70
constitutional and legal measures la such defence No
has tight TO complain Of such conss and wrong
be done while the Of the community disturbed
abuse OF legal process such end reprehensibs
y rs spirit not as dangerous IN ~ consciousness,
proceedings TO which sude should not pass without
thai demna,on which public opinion y not Judicial -
ounals VIII sooner or later stamp upon them.
For some time past the papers have contained hume
n.9s. q wits Rd os bs
the SOUTH who have been here In pursuit ofngtive slaves
bssn hsd % bail ia some o1iy thousand dollars upon vo
lous civil sns which no doubt before any calm Judicial
now that we have pause from tho excitement, look al
this mater calmly, and see how the city Of Boston will
nal II what has passed in DO repeated, or
what has been done Is 10 be regarded 10 tho business
proved nets d his whole community - ~ -
An net Of Congress has passed and has been signed
Webster says Of iii is the law o2ihe land and as such
is TO be respected and obsyed by all good citizens" More
every attorney atlaw, directly support The con-
stuon and laws Of tho United States and every citizen
Is directly indirectly sworn TO the same duty Of ALE
Two agents, with powers Of attorney, here do.
before The Judges Of the circuit o. the United
dsnce and oa,h the Circuit court, Is court, issued war
rant, returnaLle before that for the Of ug
but no arrest has been made probably can be
made, with any force the marshal command Besides
q .s'is. have BEEN had under forms
process 70 drive the out Of the city This
upon Wllliam cais. The fugitive which SANDER.
Is said. consisted in saying that Crafts had stolen
loquium here, as the lawyers cali it-,hat is, the
meaning and application Of the words-plainly rem
and win decide On two Of these suits bail was procured
in twenty thousand dollars, which every lawyer knows
which any Judge of would have relieved the
party The design plainly was incarceration by requiring
bail shall not be required.
Other civil suits followed, claiming thousand dollars
Crafts and these suits divided and subdvided
twenty SAM dollars ball. which
w was directed t. ,ake the parties 10 the evening and not
in the Daytime Whs. attorney gave such direction HI.
ton 10 deprive party Of bail and got him imprisoned i
would constitute conspiracy again'. him 50 that we should
to san.p by Q. conspiracy 70 deprive him Of ball
officer knew his duty better and served the writ in the day.
mob Of al ooos ooeossa around he sheriff. ~
foe and i was with difficulty that outrage was prevented
no i or
The city, apparently was in complete OF the
from the sheriff office after giving bail, sur
rounded by mob, and the terrified carried the party,
to take him back and left him 10 his own defence
This he used il is said sufficiently 10 protect from
keeping them distance, he procured vehicle, and
turned 10 his lodgings at the United States Hotel Nothing
shed The law silent.
The proceeding q criminal process. issued by
% 81 the 9r o.
ing. justice in Boston may perhaps, hear complaint
and send i to The police court. bu. proceeding Of
open hear complaints No justice Of the police
o o IN hs The
had ef the city before he knew Of the and
not served Inc per: say h.t the oiee was directed
Of the party.
Now, let how the law stands in this regard All
al a-upon the law Of Msssacbase,s, which
declares that II any person. WITHOUT AUTHORITY,
Ss % be
out lawful authority Now. was known that The agsn, Of
The fugitive. and addition this. that warrant Of ar
rest had been issued from the highest United States In
The district
The supreme Judicial court OF Massachusetts and the
Supreme Court Of the United 5saesths highest exponen
either or bsh Of these oons.,us lswfa authority 10
.eizs OF arrest fugitive IRON labor and convey him 10 the
.ssocs,es would do veil examine the laws Of their
State before they give crude opinions upon lie unconsfitu
The csass q he bom%oawssh o. Griih. IN tho soond
Of Pckerngs report, page II, seles all these ssues In
that indictment found sgsns Grifath Tor an
alleged Assault and battery In sezing and combining
Snis, dscssssd ksndopS had lived IN New Bsdord IN
this Sate Tor five years since be fed from Virginia. He
owned houss there and had family Griffith had
sasor IN vs Of Msc.hy % .sso sod arrest R.n
dopb the fugitive section Thassc
ten provides that the whom the service Of f
gtve IL due he agent Of attorney IL empowered seize
arrest such fugitive, and take him before any Judge of
70 the sstsaction Of such judge msesae by oral est
mony affidavit that the person seized arrested
service under the law Of the State from which he fed IL
shall be the doy Of such Judge or magistrate 70 give GER
moving the said fugitive 10 the State Territory from
which he fed The 9Th section Of the fugitive act
contains the same provisions except that United States
soner substituted for State magistrates, who
have been prohibited by State laws from acting Ione IL
constitutional both and hence the opinion OF the
preme Of Massachusetts In Grifb the
OF the agent In the of Cras Those who
think to bring the court Of Massachusetts In
hct with the Sspreme Court Of the United States upon the
of this law will tn. futy OF Il IL they
capable ofreadng and understanding the opinions Of
the Massachusetts bench delivered by Chief Justice Parker
the Griffith case and by the present Chief Justice Shaw
in the Of Aves In the 18th OF Pckerine's reports
In the Of Griffith the consutionaly Of the law Of
1898 mainained by Pliny Merrick and Marcus Nor
ton, counsel for Griffith and contested BY the Attorney
General, Perez Moron William Bayes, and Parsons--'nen
the jnbiant young lawyers the committee of vigilance
The unsn ously sustained the constuionaliy Of
the Of 1885, Judge Tbsoher dissenting only far ~
TO think IL Intended that the seizure should be made In
decided that power OF attorney not mecca
sary and that the agent OF the Of the admin
istrsto might here and reclaim and seize the ugi
without warrant. and that constitutional for
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