The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-16
The Spirit at the North.

show the spirit now animating at least por-
ton of the Northern people:
EXCITEMENT AT DETROIT The excitement
on the subject OF fugitive slaves continues to
rage at Detroit The Jail is still guarded by mill
tary companies AT Sandwich, in Canada. OPP
posite Detroit there are, at the least calculation,
three hundred negroes, who lately crossed the
river. The house of an Irishman, who informed
of the negro fugitive now injail, WAS attacked
on the 18th, and guns and pistols were fired by
DO h the assailalts and tit Sc inside, and some
blood she'd large meeting has been held by
the friends of freedom, Mt which the Mayor pre-
sided Speeches were made by Hon. ). Bing-
ham. Mayor, and aiessrs. Joy and Emn"ns.-
Some persons anticipate trouble when the negro
is out; he is now awaiting his papers. A sub
seription has been raised sufficient to purchase
his liberty, should he be sent back
The following Resolutions were adopted at
the Wing Convention at Rochester, New York ::
+ Resulted, That we consider the Fugitive Slave
Law, recently passed by Congress, unconstitu-
t;onai, in that it abrogates the rights of 'habeas
corpus" and trial by jury, and prescribcs form
ofproeedure against fugitive slaves which over
turns the most essential principles of common
aud constitutional law: and ....~s.
Resolred, That we consider this law immoral,
II
innocent wayfarer and requires men to become
hounds upon the tract of the wronged, and hunt
. I'd fugitive. Therefore,
ReSolred, That we consider this law not bind
ING, and void, and hold ourselves bound not only
z moi to obey, but positively to diSsobey it.
" AT Utica also they had the following proceed
ings:
WING UTIcA, October, IL, so.
The Oneida County Wing Convention met ut
Rome to-day, and made the following nonina-
tons For Congress, erasmus b. Madison, lthe
present incumbent } for District Attorney, Ros
coc Conckiih; Superindent of the Poor, Schuy-
Ter Wade; Justice Of the sessions, Evan J.
Evans. The Convention adopted resolutions
endorsing the course pursued by the President
and his Cabinet, as well rs the Hon. Henry
CLAW. and Governor Fish. A resolution was
also passed expressing the sense of the Conven-
ton as against the fugitive slave law and the
extension of slavery. The best of feeling pre-.
vailed throughout the session.
.~ The following resolution was adopted at n
public meeting in Auburn, on Saturday evening
last, which meeting is described in the Advertiser
Of that city rs " large and spirited"
Resoired, That while we remember with adj
mration and gratitude, the resistance Of our
forefathers, 10 an impression infinitely less in
magnitude and enormity, to that involved in
American slavery, we cannot withhold our ap-
probation from the employment Of any degree
" of resistance by the alleged fugitive, necessary
to prevent his re-subjection, without trial. to
the tyranny from which he has escaped
g. At Ithaca N. Y:
The National Wings of this place hold a
meeting this evening for the purpose of select
ing representatives to a County Convention,
10 10 nf dol RI fha IN
vention. B G. Ferris, esq, was appointed
Chairman, and John Kendall, Secretary. There
were only twenty four persons in attendance in
Guiding few Wing Hunkers and Barnburncrs.
Tie Wing masses were not there--they will be
found true to the old Wing platform.
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill was an
insult to Vermont and the North Our delega-
ton could not vote for it and we cannot submit
to it without entering our protest, and we shall
often repeat demand for its repeal, nor rest
until it is effected, even though its agitation in
Congress should again disturb the harmony Of
the States-Verm1m Stale Banner.
MAssACHUsETTs-The Free sellers in the
third district have nominated Rev. Il. w. IIig-
ginson, OF Newbury, as n candidate for congress.
The Free ,soiIers in franklin county at their
convention, last Thursday, nominated Whiting
Griswold, esq, of Greenfield, rs q candidate for
the State senate. About four delegates were pre-
sent, and on the second ballot all but nine vo-
ted for Mr.. Griswold. The week before Mr.
G. was unanimously nominated as the democra-
tic candidate for the same Office. lfprnppr eXer-
tons are made by the two parties, his election,
is certain. He is one of the best Legislators il,
the state.
THE DEMOCRATS IN WIscoysN.--The Demo
Gratis Of the FIRST Congressional District held a
Convention on the 9th inst. On the 36th ballot
Andrew Elmore, of Waukesha county, WAS
nominated as candidate for Congress, to sup
. DIV the place Of Charles Durkee, the present
Frec-suil Incumbent whose term expires with
the present session. A number Of resolutions
were passed by he Convention in favor OF Free
. soil, Internal improvements, land reform, cheap
postage, homestead exemption, free trade, and
direct t,xation The Convention also expressed
itself in favor Of Thomas Benton for the next
/, Presidency, and in opposition to the fugitive
~ slave law.
TwENTy-FIRsT DISTRICT OF OHIo--The old
line Democracy of this District, having fully and
cordially endorsed the adv tnced doctrines Of the
Jetfersonian Democracy in relation to slavery
land reform, and other subjects, the two organ
cations met in Convention, as the united Demo
c:acy, at Elyria, on the 9th instant, and put in
nomination Dr. Norton s. Townshead, a devoted
and faithful friend of human liberty, and tho
rough Democrat, who has never on any occasion
shown the slightest disposition to give way be-
fore the demands Of Hunkerism or the slave
power.
The resolutions Of the nominating Convention
are strong and to the point.-Nat. Era.
The New York Day Book print friendly tt
the South, makes this frank avowal:
The TRIAL OF FUGrTIvE SLAVES BY jury
The papers are making great hue and cry be-
cause Hamlet was taken off without having :
trial by iurv" Now, then, suppose that hi
had had trial by jury, what would have beet
the result! Why, lie either would have beef
taken back to Baltimore just precisely as he was
tken, or the law would have been violated
He ,oas fugitive slave. That fact never was
denied, had he had trial by jury" he would
probably have escaped, and that !: precisely wha
i these directors to the law as it is, want: They
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