The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-11-20
HOW TO TEST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE Law

HOW TO TEST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE Law
The following from the Charleston Mer-
curry, showing how the efficacy of the Flu
gitive Slave Law may be tested, is worth
perusal. The Very lew instances in which
the law has been tried, and the great ex>
element which prevailed at them all, have
occasiOned great and we'll founded aPprehen-
sions, that the law, even if it is not repeated
OF modified, in a manner to give our bragg
ging friends an excuse Cor dissolVing the
Union, it is likely to prove Intellectual tor
the reclamation of runaway slaves. Every.
suggestion therefore which will aid US ia
testing its value is worthy of consideration.
The Mercury submits the following:
lst In each Southern State the several
District Southern Rights Associations may
combine, by constituting general commit"
tee for each State.
ID, Every slave owner from whom any
slaves have run away within the last ten
years, should report their names and descriP'
lions Of their personal appearance together
] with any information, which might aid IN
the discovery Of their present location.
Sd, These reports should be laid before
the general committee Of the Stale.
4th Each general State Committee shoul'
0 appoint An scent, with instructions to trave
C through the non-slaveholding States, AM
q collect all the ;nformatiSn, 20 be there lounC
concerning the fugitive slaves. Report
showing their names, persona, appea lance
i location and history, should be made b.
y these agents TO the general Committees ap
e pointing them.
=. 5th, By comparing the reports ofthe own
ers with those of the agents, many fugitiV,
: slaves would soon be identified, and thei
s owners advised and aided by the AssOcia
n tons, could proceed to reclaim them accord
n ing to the forms of the act of Congress.
i 9th, The enforcement Of this law, witt
The restoration of Southern property, or tn
> rending of sOciety at the North, by the per
s severing resolution, to test the strength {
y the United States Government in a conflic
with fanaIicism, is an alternative worthy {
;. those who associate for the protection {
Southern Rights.
d 7th Whenever the issue is made thos
:, who have an interest in the preservation G
e property, BY the maintenance of law, wi
have to defend property in slavery, or aban
j, don the law and peril their own security.
9Th, Faction and instruction will proba
q bly.cOnquer the Federal Government, who's
Q officers, from President Fillmore and h
d Cabinet to the United States Marshall {
New York, are shrinking from their swor
duty: and the impotence of the Union, ex
l. cePt against tho South will be manifested
IF 9th, The selfish politicians and their par
d ties, who have cOaxed and patted AboIitia
!, lists for their votes, will find, like ActGeor
the dogs at their own throats.
10Th, Seward and Hale must either lea
The revolution, or be its victims. Anti-sla
very being only the present war-cry of III
/ party opposed TO law and social order, wi
a be forgotten when once disorder and tn
/ reign ofterror begins.
;. 18th, From the North will come disun;o
and civil war, and the people Of Massachu
sets and New York who scott at State soy
> ereignty, must have the insurrsctionary gov
: eminent OF triumphant mobs.
E 18th, Against these will "the Star Spane
! led Banner ofthe Union" in Southern hand
be waived, sustained by the cannon and III
sword: or far from their intestine anarch
and civil broils, will the South pursue Tia
J prosperous path Of peace under that hag
which will hoas over their GLORIOUS Union
TlYL npIYrN nOr, c,4y