The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-05
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. s, 1850.



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L.w-LovinE Bossoa.-- Energy OF the Executive,
We lay before readers the two following articles
The first is from the New York Express. and contains
the general pronuneiamienio Of the negro committee OF
Boston. The second is very curious letter. giving the
detail Of particulars Of the modes resored TO BY the ne
gro absos Of Boston to get rid Of the parties who are
engaged in attempting to reclaim Crafts and his wife, the
fugitive slaves owned in Georgia This is from the
New York Tribune, and is doubtless authentic There
is poor attempt 10 be witty but il is such wit might
be expected from pckpocket caught in the fact who
would excuse himself BY saying Ia thought his hand
in his oun pocket insfssd Of yours.
There one thing which stands forth obviously in
all these proceedings and that is that an organized gang
Of band is acting concert in Boston to defeat the
cuiion Of the fugitive slave law, They do it openly,
aboveboard. and when needed invoke the aid OF State
officers They have beuy Of small lawyers at their
command. who do not advise the negroes arm, but
who base all their professional operations the fact
that they are armed Such lawyers vegeate about large
cities. and feed the fumes Of beer-shops and the
prisons, toads do the vapors Of dungeon They
in their proper element they ought TO be associated
with the celebrated Counsellor Pel" the very parcu
lar friend OF the Lord CHANCELLOR No doubt the
respondent of the Tribune is Of the set and if we
doubted Il, the chuckng pleasure with which he emu
merates the little pary tricks Of annoyance practised
the southern men would prove it, We never before
Witnessed such consummate meanness employed in the
great OF human freedom" and in securing those
rights rendered sacred by the "higher law Of God"
Arrest for smoking in the streets, proane swearing
not paying TOLL driving too fast over bridges &C., when
pursued by negro mob This is the advice OF the mighty
committee Of Boston lawyers! This is the conduct Of
Boston justices OF the peace This is the way in which
the people try great constitutional questions Of human
right Such conduct is disgracefu 10 The free
groes engaged II should make every respectable citizen
Of Boston hang his head with shame
From all this fact is clear The law is derided and
condemned, and viii be enforced unless the President
do his duty The officers of the federal government are
grossly inefficient and should be removed forthwith, or
an emergency has arisen for executive nterposition
We hope the President will fater and if the article
that follows below be true. happy 10 find that he
is alive to the requirements OF his station:
s5 From the New York Express.
RUNAwAY-NEGRoisM BosToN.--In order ''keep the
having sueseeasd il diving Mess Hughes sns Knight
he Of Boston, have issued the following
official pronunciamiento winch give OF the
ssAppEAL TO tn. CITIZENS BosToN ITS NgIeHBoR-
HOOD The COMMITTEES Of vigilance. appointed AT late
holden In Faneuil Hall the l4th nstan
condition the fugitive savesand other coiored
entered upon the duty assigned them, and desire
form the public Of what they have already done and ask
''They have organized themselves by appointing limo
thy Gilbert president Francis Jackson and Chas
finance executive comn,iee legal committees and
c9mmss q speola vigilance ana alarm. insy nave also
tho committee consists of hundred and fifty persons
"The COMMITTEES deem IL proper 10 state iha in conse-
n
many ugves who formerly lived in the border free
Canada and the remote ree State. for Many Of
them have sought refuge in Bosonperhaps having heard
kind, and thinking lew sparks Of manhood might burn in
our hearts known TO the committee that since the
fugi,vss have reached Boston Doubtless others have
come of whom your committee have knowledge. Many
lives They left behind them the le earnings they had
brought of nothing but their manhood They are here
ssy belong race thai h.s pS
obtain employment and their subsistence without
for Sha, j. the natural and recognised light Of every an
that Is bornthe right to their own bodies They
The granted tina, ih. state of things
will continue, the evlnow abating and then increasing
for II the present emigration Of ugvas from the border
free States should diminish still the number Of
look forward any definite time when aid will not be
needed Tor these victims Of the nation and objects Of
THE committee take IL Tor granted the Christian
people OF the North will that these
shall be returned any considerable numbers either un-
der the present or any future law; for think
that the people OF Massachusetts viii Knowingly
fer any fugitive from slavery who earned his liberty by
manly and courageous fight 10 be returned the terrible
bondage he has escaped from We that the
Of the people the North sink low, become
such aliens 70 their county, false their kind
geul Of their fathers blood and unfathul their
religion, allow the hunter clutch his victim In
the midst Of u.s. and carry him off to bondage than
death itself. ~
In order 10 reach the present and fntpre ,n,. ,he
mttee have established Office and appointed an agent
whom the fugitive slave may apply, receive such
advice and assistance his may require Tho main
business Of the agent viii be to obtain employment the
sgitves, and after the arrangement Is known public
twill be easy TO accomplish this.
Timothy GILBERT, President
"FRANCIS JACKSON, Treasurer.
"CHARLES LIST, Secretary"
lcone.pondsncs Of tie Trbune.l
The Boston Slaus-Hunt and the Vigilance Committee
BosTos, Thursday, Oct 81.
The slave hunters, knight and Hughes left the city yes
terdsy at two O'Clock, p. fully persuaded, after a
weeks trial. that all attempts Mary and Ellen
Cruu III In than Vat