The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-11-15

termined on resistance. The Marshalps asss..
tants made reconnaissance and were perfectly
satisfied that il the "outer door" doctrine pre-.
vailed, the process could not be served at all.
and If the doctrine was not adhered to, the pro-
cess could only be served with bloodshed.
1t must be distinctly understood that this
forcible resistance was matter with which the
committees had no concern whatever. They
confined themselves to legal measures ouly.f.
Knight and Hughes were themselves ares.
ted and held to bail in $4,000 each, on
charse of slander. After some difficulty they
found bail. The next day they were arrested
on a charge Of conspiracy 10 kislnap William
Crafts, and again in the afternoon uu similar
charge as to Ellen Crafts.
Two arrests day was their smallest al.
lowance. After the last arrest, the exrited
crowd followed knights carriage, and i,oA
flight through Court and Leveret streets, over
East Cambridge bridge, running tolls !" i.,...
Cambridge ana thence to Puter's. it nlo,
overlook and threatened bin, and it w.:s nila
difficulty that some Of them were l.. Il :nn
voeuce. but no actual violence w:t, .:ii:t-,.
Knight was thoroughly alarmed. :; ;n'.ti4,.
OF the Vigilance Committee waited uppn n.l
and Hughes, and told them that they .ad "a,
intention to threaten them, but their pre,...re
perilled the peace OF the city as well It's tueir
own lives. They promised to leave tie city
tic next morning: but when tie mornng came
they were not gone Several complaints were
made against them, and prepared to be served
-one for carrying concealed weapons; anoti-
er for Smoking in the Streets" contrary to tie
city ordinance; another under the statute d.
gainst "profane cursing and swearing" Ia
plenty of which they did, another for fast dri-
wing through the towl OF Cambridge, truly the
Bostonlans are a law:abiding people! The
combination of the tragical and the eomical,
the selioas and the ludicrous with tie haras-
ment OF hsndbills. arrests and crowds at their
heels wherever they went, and the certainty
that their process couldnot be served without
bloodshed, oyercame their obstinacy, and they
took the express train for the South, waited up
on by large and respectable committee.
Knight and Hughes are said to he u,en Ola
low description, mere hirelings or spectators,
deserving no letter treatment than they recciy.
ed. These Various arrests, however, were
not made by the legal committee. but were
the voluntary suggestions of parties taking the
responsibility upon themselves The commit.
tee were prepared to serve writ dr. homirs
repiegiuntIc, upon the Ma,shal, tho moment
the arrest should lie made, and thus to raise m
issue between the State and National tribunals.
They also proposed to hold Crafts to bail for
debt, in order to try the Question whether thu
certificate of the Commissioner, will override
the civil processes OF the State, made FOR other
purposes. As Il last resort, Crafts was to be
arrested on cri;nia:l charge, for violent as
saults, with dangerous weapons, If he used
them, and thus raise the final question of pre-
cedeuce between Il criminal process of the
State and the certificate of the Commissioner.
lfno other criminal charge could be raised, it
WAS proposed, with his own consent, to arrest
nim for forncation, (which is criminal offence
in Massachusetts, on account of tn. invalidity
Ol lis slave MARRIAGE
These various technical obstrutions and con.
trivances were raised, not against the G"nsti-
tuition, but against the odious and unconsttu.
;ioaal statute. Had the statute been 10 more
than the Constitution requires, no legal resis-
.ance wonld have heen made, except on the
real issues between the parties. As for the
forcibIe resistance Of the negroes, how can
they distinguish between the Constitution and
statute? They only receive the simple idea
that, without trial or notice, fathe-, mother.
husband, wife or child, brother or sister, may
he snatcbed from home, and hurried into cap
tivity in an unknown and hostile land.
There are rumors that the President has an.
thorsed the Marshall to employ portion OF
the standing army to enforce his precept and
to 'punish" offenders. We do not believe he
has done, or intends to do any such thing. He
knows that the whole standing army ofthe
United States, which took Mexico and Mon.
terey, cannot break down poor mans outer
door to serve civil process, or "punish" any
citizen for any crime whatever.
The above letter comes from responsible
source and may be relied upon as a correct
statement of this unsuccessful Slave Hunt in
the New England Metropolis. Ed. Tribune.]
How THEY TALK At HARTFORD. Our
Connecticut connections, says the Southern
Press, are turning up their noses very contempt.
uously at the apprehensions Of those Who think
the South can be kicked into resistance, by any
outrage.
The Republican. of that most loyal city,
thus discources concerning the magnunimity OF
the North.
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