The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-23


Badgers Great Sysc-i-A Practical Look at the
S.bject-Ihe House AID us Aetio,i- Cor,cin on
Meredith's Bargain.
Mr. Pratt struck Oft into deep water in the Sc
nate, to-day, by Offering an amendment to the Fu-
gitive Slave bill, obIigating the general govern
ment to foot the bill of costs for every runaway
slave that may he kept from his or her owner by
the free State into which said runaway slave may
escape.
Mr.. Pratt ably supported his amendment, in
speech Astounding ia important information relative
to slave property aud slave labor
Mr.. Dayton eloquenty opposed the amendment
Mr.. Badger made mastery and most convlnc-
ing argument in IT'S support. II was one of the
cleares soundest, ablest, and most logical areu.
mens that has been delivered in the Senate for
many day
Mr. Butler opposed the amendment upon the
ground that the constitution enjoined il upon the
States to surrender fugitive slaves, who attempt
TO take refuge within their limits, up to their own
ers He did not bod hat the federal government
ought to make IN lost property good, but that each
State should be held liable 10 surrender up the run
away slaves or pay ioI hem
No action h,d on The subject when the Sc
nate adlouIntd.
Men of the North eught TO look at this subject in
plain common srnse view Suppose Northern
farmer should have his crop destroyed or taken
from hm-Tun ut-tu the amount of six or eight
OF ten or fifteen hnudred dollars. Would he moi
complain. and be Justice in complaninga Slavery
is in the south. Tho constitution justies and
guarantees it thrIe 10 is fashionable and custo-
mary for II 90 e2is. there. But every now and
then d valuable slave escapes, or is entced away
rom his owner Can thar owner be censured for
complaining. or ioI his fears and pIehensions
that there y a aeultd purpose at the North, not
put down by The majority Of the people there by
any mtah-, To destroy an his and his neighbors'
slave proIery Let Northern men of sense, far
mers, mechanics and all others, reflect and ponder
upon this subject
The House ~as engaged all day on the civil and
diplomatic bill 4 here ssems to he determine
ton to get through wuh aud pass it tomorrow.
The Signs are growing more favorable to the pas
sage through the House OF all the compromise
bills from Ihe - nate
Some compliant l. heard in the streets because
Mir. Secretary CurW IA has restored two locofoco
cleTks-Messrs. Pigrcr and Cunnnpham--whom
Mr.. Secretary Mei-dith had recently removed
from the Third AudIinf's office
The facts were fs f1Iiows:-Mr. Gallagher the
Auditor, wanted adiiIunai clerical force A bar.
gain was made, understood 10 be sanctioned by
Mr.. Meredith, tbet % Mr. Bayly, chairman of the
House WAYS HUC Nvsus Committee would report
in favor OF The additional clerical force wanted his
two friend-, M,-..s Pierce aud Cunningham
should not be removed Mr.. B4yly fulfilled hi:
part of 'bt baur's. bs reporting as agreed upon
After this, M Mcreduh broke the bargain by re-
moving Mr. Esyly tvso friends
Now, what Was nuutsi rom Corwn TO do! III
declared ~ wss iaTc matter TO act in the case
Mr.. Meredith was lHi of ofice, and Mr.. Gall sghe
must 60 oui, 90 tur tao locofoco clerks must be
restored A bad bargain had been m tde Officer
of the governnivui hrd pledged its faith, and h,
was not the men 20 break n So he restored thu
two lOcOfocos in Cur-fion.
The locoiocos aIr always a little too smart fol
the wings, where office - concerned.
WASHINGTON, Aug 20, 1850.
The Fugitire Nlore Question: Some Startling
F0cfs ia the Case.
The catching OF runaway negroes continues 10
engage the deliberations Of the Senate. The inn
mediate question ct drnste, to-day, was amend
ment moved by MI Pratt, Of Nd, providing that
where the authorizes prescribed for the duty in the
bill fail 10 restore fugitive slave, discovered and
duly identhrd before the said authorities by the
owner agent q fugitive from ltbor the owner
of such slave Ia The state Of his residence, shall
institute sui against the United States District
Attorney, AMI upon proof that the slave was lost
by the failure Aforesaid deliver him up, the own
er shall be compensated To the value of the slave
by draf upon the Treasury of the United State,
Il ia scarcely ueccssay to argue the utter inn
practcabiity IF th.g amendment In the first place
1T would COS tte government, perhaps million
year tor indemnify f1r slaves lost in the Northern
States, and iUT EXPENSES Of attempting their re-
COyey. NeAf, such law would be prece dent
as Nj Dayton Justly observed, for making the fe-
deral treasury De b, clrtJ tor the faithful obser
vance OF The constitution ny the States aud the peo-
pie, in every M TER IN which dollars worth Of
property WAS concerned
In the debate upon H. Mr. Butler and Mr.. Under
wood were both opposed TO the principle as a pre-
cedeni and we suppose that Mr.. Pratt himself only
intended IL a. a little piece of Buncumbe for home
consumption IN he State OF Maryland. IL would be
quite wIndfall 10 the SHAREHOLDERS Of Maryland
10 be paid out of the Treasury for their runaway
slaves, recaptutrd hut not TestoLed Some idea Of
the numbers Of slave- " run oil ITO The North from
this State may b. Inferred from the following fact
We have two newspapers before US, one printed
in Georgia, tn other in Maryland. In the Georgia
Peper there is ADVERTISE ent Of the elopement
OF healthy, ahlr-bodied gro man. and the reward
offered tor hts recovery is twenty. tive dollars. So
small ar the chances Of escape of runaway, with
Two or three slave States between him and liberty,
that twenty-five dollars will probably insure his re-
capture.
In the Maryland newspaper, there Is a reward for
runaway slave, able. bodied field hand, Of t,so
hundred doHGTs, or one.flfih his entire value. Why
sol because the chances OF his escape over the
borders Of Penhsy lvana, three to one in favor
OF the negro, and once over the borders, his
covery Is about ~ likely the recapture, by hand,
Of active lively ish let loose in the middle Of the
sea. according to the opinion OF Mr.. Mason.
The amendment, therefore, Of Mr.. Pratt, OF Md,
providing 10 pay his constituents out OF the Trea-
sury Tor then runaway slaves, ~ case they are
not restored by NORTHERN agents, is good for home
consumption. and We say that a man who does
not look after be own household is worse than an
inhdel MI fratt can. then. b. justified in his a
mendHent, though IN pCint OF fact, only bit Of
Bunccnbs
Our attention has been called to some estimates
by wrsr ~ tie Nositsu Pros Of the losses Of
the South IN uiuaway SLAVES. lie takes the de-
ceniua IetuIns ~ lh crn-uS - the basis Of his es-
Inmates A.cordil fo thesc returns, two and half
percent per snnpm. - assumed ~ the natural and
lawful INCREASE OF IN. TREE blacks in the Middle
States bordering upon The South The census
shews that IN thu New England States their in
is onl, iruth uf psr cent, and that in
the slave Saies the bsSt I'd pied 10 the consiitu-
ton Of the black. and where that race naturally
increases more poly N N IN uny other pau OF
the WORT, the inortee q the free colored people,
4 only Two per cent lef aaHu.n Assuming, how
ever the nbeg siandlrd ~ q pcr cent ne the nat.
ural increase 81 the Ner blacks In the border free
Statcs, ell heyUud that Increase must be set dowa
az runaway slsNe
Randolph. uruu hts basis, proceeds to an ac-
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