Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-05-23

rest OF ingitiveS from service or labor in tho
Notwithstanding States. 1t has been al
ready shown that this would be entirely
contrary to practice and uniform usage il
all similar cases. Under the name of /;
popular and cherished institution an in
stitution, however, never applied in case:
OF preliminary proceeding, and only in case
of final iraI-there would be complete
mockery of justice, so far as the owner OF
the fugitive Is concerned. If the trial by
Jury be admitted, it would draw after 1t lis
usual consequences, of continuance from
time to time, to bring evidence from dis
taut places, Of second or new trials, in cases
where the jury is hung, or the verdict Is sci
aside: and of reyisals of the verdict and
conduct of the jnrIes by competent irlbu-
mails. During the progress of all these dill
atory and expensive proceedings, what Sc
curlty is there as to the custody aud forth
coming of the fugitive upon their termina-
toni And if, finally, the claimant should
3 be successful, contrary to what happens in
ordinary litigation between free persons, he
would have to bear all the burdens and ex-
pense OF the litigation, without indemnity,
and would learn, by sad experience, that
he had by far better have Abandoned his
night III the first Instance, than to establish
+ at such unreuunerateJ cost and heavy
.acr,6ce
Rnt whilst the commit,eo corce;.a ,L,, g.
rial Inv inrv in = State vbera , f,r;tirc
rom service ar labor : recantnred youId
,e virtual denial Of Justice to the claimant
# such furuiye and would he t,pt,monrt
o = nositiy,. refusal f., eve.u,a tho rrov;s-
ons of the CONSTITUTION the SANE ob;ec.
IONS do not ,.,lv IN ercl, = tr,.l In The
State from which he G,d In slaveboILing
STATES fil ,usi,,e ! administered y,i,b on
IRE rrrne.s and ;,,,,r,,,l,,y IN ,.,.os ,,f al
ictious Of frecJ,r TLo rer.,, rI,;n;n,r
MS lrcedo,n Is ,rI,,,.i g., ..,o j., f..., I'M,
,c,i>. coun,el T.. ,.-i,,n.J INN t,r,e = ii.
lowed HIM TO collect MS witnesses ,nd IN
attend The. sessions oc the conrt and h..
claimant Is piaced uuder bond and -oc,r;,r
or Is Jiye-trJ of the nosscssi,n d,ri,,, ,Ln
PROGRESS of the tr,ai +, ensure the go.
mont of those pr;v,le,as and # tbora ,o
any Ieauiu,r ~, the mart If the c,,,rt ,,,J
iuries II ALWAYS lean. ON the ,id. &C the
chairman, far f,eodo5,
In defer.nro ~ tho fcelinr= and nrcir-
dire, which rre,,il m the uon-sl,,ehnld,r,,
S,,,rs the co,,nittec nrono<e such a trial
m the Sras trn,u vb.cb tbe fny,,iye 1eJ
in an case, whore IN. declares tn the officer
GIVING Inc certificate Tor ms return mat he
49,. .i'S 's'' W ~ '-''''' 49,, i -!
herewith Two sections which they recon-
mend should be Incorporated III the fugitive
blI! pending IN the Senate According to
the'e sections Tue claimant Is p'aced under
,t,, So, f.,, III. he G,J
and there to take him before competent
tribunal aid allow him to assert and ostab-
llsh ms freedom IL ne can ah'fd'h5 10 MN
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the fuq,t,,e b,ll. with the proposed amend
mentS. shall be passed by Congress, it viii
he eticctual to secure the recovery OF all tu-
s''I' : rom S'''lo's q ''ool' ana 'n1' II
have bi,berto becn cxnerlcnced ON tba, ,rr,-
tatlug subject. Eu, # in It's practical opera