The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-12

Yesterday we presented some remarks on this subject
and alluded briefly the law and the history OF its
passage through Congress- Every mail from the North
brings evidences that the aboloniss and free soers
and all the miserable factionists who were apparently
crushed by the adjustment OF the great questions
which have convulsed the country for the last
three years. have caught at the fugitive-slave bill
as drowning man catches at straws, TO buoy him
up amid the water that must inevitably ingulf him.
The Giddngses. the Thaddeus Sevenses, and the
Fred, Douglasses. Wendell Phillipses, and Abby KEEL
legs. of the NORTH seem to have united with the
higher-law men and higher-law women of Thurow
Weed and VIM. H. Seward in an attempt to naame the
northern people against the constitution and laws, and
to band them with the fugitive slaves in open and
armed resistance 10 the execution OF law OF
Congress which is in strict accordance with the
const tuition. These know that their hour OF
doom has come whenever peace is restored to the
confederacy. They know they are the foul birds
the owls and bats of pocsand that they must retire to
their hiding places when the darkness has passed away.
and the country rsposes in the light of peace and
prosperity. We see that these wicked and miserable
men have held meeting at Albany, New York, which
declared the fugitive slave law null and void and APP
pointed committee of vigilance 10 project any person
unjustly included in its provisions. Another meeting
has been held at Auburn, which adopted resou-
tons denouncng as "a traitor to humanity" any man
who would accept the Office of commissioner under
the fugveslave act and sustaining slave in using any
degree Of resistance to prevent his recapure Other meet
ngs have been held but most of them stop short of orci
BILE resistance to the law while they denounce it as
constitutional and iniquitous. Among them we notice
one held in Hartford, Connecticut, Tuesday, which
brings forward many ridiculous and unounded objections
the law We judge from the repor, in the Hartford Daily
Times that the action Of the faconsts met with strong op
position. The resolutions opposed but sug
gested that the meeting called for special object,
il proper for those opposed TO that object to take
part in il. After The meeting adjourned, attempt was
made TO reorganze but the confusion great that
nothing accomplished but the passage of resolution
declaring that the bill had harsh features, but that ia0-
abiding citizens woud adhere TO the Wsdom Of Congress
The history of this meeting proves conclusivsy the self
ish motives which ac,uated those who called it, and de
nonstrates that the actonists afraid OF the orderly
portion OF the northern people 9tt#fe#a
While state these things. happy 10 be able to
state at the time. that the sound democratic papers
OF the North which have reached stand by the law
and adhere to its enforcement Among these we may
Of Harrisburg, and the New Hampshire Patriot The lat
ter paper contains remarks which should be everywhere
republished. They follows:
FuoIrwK SLAVES The free s,il papers and agitators
making great oucry about the fugitive slave law
and the Of fugitive under it has given them
very good foundation for OF bugbear Stories which
they busiy circulating. According to them there
hundreds OF fugitive slaves in all the larger places in New
England and hear from them Of the appearance OF
slave 'chcrs' among them-euiblc excitement of the
peopleback aud whitehe aiming Of the lugtives with
the avowed intention of resisting the death. and oil the
fleeing OF hundreds Canada Meetings OF tho iugyes,
number Of hundreds in places where dozen
be found described and meetings OF the sgators
have been held where resolutions passed declaring
their purpose TO resist the execution OF The Law Now,
these stories have shadow of foundation All the
ridiculous stories about savecatchers in Boston, Spring
field, Worcester New Be dord Lowell, and other places
in Massachusetts had not particle of truth in them, but
got up by the conempble iSee-sol abolition agato
for the purpose OF raising excitement from which they
aight make political capital Bot this dsreputabic
conduct Of the Tree soil sgtators has prod good
suit, IL has driven of Canada many their black
ales-a result which u Is not improbable that they in
tended ot these demagogues a negro in their
sight unless selfish end be promoted by using
hin and they the las contribute donr aid
poor slave. They preach, aud mourn and she'd
crocodile tears his fate but they give dollar
to purchase his freedom nor TO support him after he has OBJ
tained it."
iuesV PsuiouS sehttbeH'st anu We arc WUuo VI
them, coming from democratic source yet say
that while the OF the whg press has thus far shown
sympathy for the lawless, there lie at leas,
cepton We aude 10 the Boston Courier That paper has
shown degree OF manlness on the subject hich we
did no, expect II is wing paper, and honor il for
its position We trus, that others in the faith may
follow its example.
Having said thus much, cannot close this article
without ns,ung brief comparison between the recent
law and the law Of 1873 The law OF 1898 founded
the constitutional provision which required the delv
cry Of ngiiives from justice and fugtiyes from service
labor That law looked TO the State authorities to aid
in its execution and placed the delivery Of fugtves from
service upon the grounds placed the delivery
OF fugves from justice There opposition to the
passage OF the law OF 1893 and for many years there
no opposition its execution Few any slaves escaped
for then there were no abolition societies inviting them
do So But in the progress of time slaves seduced
and when attempts made to reclaim them, they
proved aortive Most OF the northern legislatures passed
laws forbidding the citizen from aiding in carrying out
the law In the time the efforts Of the aboltionss
were ncessan Slaves escaped day after day. and there
was no remedy for the law inefficient after the hos
tile action of northern legislatures The evil became in
sueabe and the last session Of Congress properly de-
lermned arrange edectual means for sustaining
The constitution and enforcing the law OF 1893 While
The principal features Of that law were not altered more
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