The organizer., 1850-12-14

the nunbe1 By our act Of Sd March.
l041, ey sse Of our public jails is
denied tot custody Of the fugitive {;
and the 70 shall offend against this
| provlslols rived Of his office, and is
panlshae "a heavy fee and dis
| qhalilical ever again to hold similar
- gsttya skage law are, that il
will promote kidnapping and that it does
not provide trial by jury for the fugitive
inthe Site to which he has escaped.
The very same reason may be urged,
with equal force against the Act Of 1893 !;
aud yet il existed for more than half a
century without encounlering any such
objections.
The defeat of the WiItnot provso, and
The passage of the fugitive slave
law. are all that the South have obtained
by the compromise. They ask for the
Missouri compromise, which il is known
that for one | was always willing to con-
cede, believing This would betha mas Just, ,
equitable, and satisfactory arrangement Of
the territorial question betw cen the North
and the South, But that has pissed away
/ California has been admitted as a Stlle
into The Uni n, with a positive prohibition
of slavery 10 her constitution and whether
the Mexican law abolshing slavery IS force
or not in the remainder Of our territorial
acquisitions, does any man believe that
slavery will ever prevail amung the Nor
mons in Utah, or among the inhabitants Of
the snOw-clad hills and mountain valleys
Of New Mexico? Besides, the slave trade
has been abolished in the District of Col
umbiu. What then of the compromise
clicaly remains for he South but the
fugitive slave law, passed TO carry out a
Clear constitutional provision? 1t is ;he
only compensation which they have receiv-
ed for what hey believe 10 be the great
injuries they have sustained. VIII they
then patiently submit to have this law re.
pealed. essentially modified, or nulhfed2
Before its passage, the coastitut on had b..
come, in regard 10 fugitive slaves, almost
a dead letter.
1t is a notorions fact, that al along the
border which separates the free from the
slave States, every facility was aifrded
for the Rseapeof slaves from their masters.
lf they coald pass the line, their safety
was almost certan. They were scarcely
ever, ia the language Of The ccn-ti'ution.
sdelvcred up on the claim of the party
which such service or ltbor may he due"
In many instances the master or his agent
who pursued them was insu'ted, stu.ied,
beaten and imprisoned and few men
could be found bold enough 10 incar the
hazard Of such dangerous undertaking.
In this manner the southern people were
annually deprived of their properly, guar
.anleed 10 hem by the constitution, TO the
amount Of hundreds aud thousands of dol.
lars. The constitution was nulifed, and
this law was passed for the protection of
their constitutional rights! Let The voice
which speaks in tones OF thunder from the
united South answer this question. They
will at last, trust and believe, submit To all
the provisions Of the comppmise, provided
the hgilive slave laW be faithfully execu.
led in the North, but they 30 no further
All the resolutions even 10 the Union meet
ings in the South speak ibis language.
Future aggressions must cease or the Tn.
ion will be in imminent danger.
Let Us then resolve TO put down agitation
at the North on The slave queslioo, by the
force Of enlightened public opinion, and
faithfully execute the provisions of the
fugitive slave law. Should this be done, il
will eventually exiinguish thoSe geograph. |
ical parties 50 dangerous 10 the Unioa |
and so much dreaded BY the Father Of his
Country-which have sprung into exist
ence il will ameliorate The condition Of
the slaves, By enabling their masters TO
Temos the resiFieiions imposed upon them
in selfdefence, since ihe cOmmencemento OF
the present troubles, and will restore the
natural and consiitulicnal progress Of euan-
cipation which has, iaseveral States, been
arrested hy fhe violence Of aboiionIsts.
The Uaion cannot long endure, II II be
bound, together only By paper boa's
can be firmly cemeniei alone ~ the nfIec-
tons of the people Of he different Sales
Cor each oihcr. Would 10 Heaven thai the
spirit of mutual forbcaTance and brotherly
lore which presided a. It's birth could once
more be reslorsWs0 bless the land
A FaEEsorL Cfrr.-A wealthy Friend
rOu.kcr1 If Nor Bedford. writes to the