Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-02-28

lion Of the Union had arrived me people 81 -ii'h ''I
no particular immediate ''a;. -, ''s ~ ,' ~ j -
m, las, more tiian negro ~ isc year. DIX ny .ie ~
;n,rrercst IN ;hc execution II he C"nsl.tG1h ines Ven
know that if one provision 81 ,h oo'ut mon eoui ~ az
REGARDED and set aside that another ana otct Provisions
7ii L. roo wise aud that there would he aalc!
orJsmcnIcncc 10 be placed IN the Ceislion lie M ~,
regard this ia'v a. Il dcaa i.''es' - '-'-'~ ~ : ~
hi non cyccte! in Ohio in Indiana in Ncw fofE
and il PENNSYLVANIA; the latter s's'e II '@ p," 'e ~
Tor from New Hampshire said oNei-eAucu't y! e!i'7
freeman into slavery. In ls the Senator "ds ~ error
i M man was not sent slavery Tor he WIS returned
and in the next place lie WAS not zee MN me n''%c
in the was that he was sent - Ie VIZ - ~
was actually slave. Sach mistake was 1Pi =, ecu ana
I'M, senator from New Hampshire s,oaid ~ 'lifl'oc -
IN, mistake Of others There WAS laie abroad it h''
once called On distinguished statesman 81 Ne" iial.
IA - h. ,as = flotyu sitvo IL mporct his All an"
SOUGHT his shelter: liz taken in ana coniot'c hy ue
statesman Subsequently, il vas asceftan1 ia' c "
was no slave and ,at he had bis Tree papers IN US A
~ al tho INN Such mistake havln! occurred ~ View
Hampshire, the Senator ih'SH' cAe'sc '"e M ' '' -
Philadelphia. e,;-,or ,, r,.. :. hi,,
Ar - ENESS said the memory Of the Senator lls' bc
" w. e. h h,l r,lI the ta. To him (Nr e. aod c
Senator from Tennessee as having occurred 10 '''''e''
Mr. Hale. have a perfect recoliectan If what ST.
ted TO the Senator and the Senator rom irhne$- -" W
occasion referred TO- but II was MOI Is rc ,gi,' M 49,
ted it, man did call me ut my house ana
himself 10 be fugitive slave; but he had not been III my
presence three minutes before knew Ia was IN !mpoT"
While talking with me he kept his hal on aud knew iiii
no one who was raised slave NJ The South Would ever 10
this in the presence OF gentleman tLaushieT.)
Mr.. CLEMENS resumed. The law had been executed
in eyery ease where attempted except III Boston, AMI there
!, 80 ,;,.l IN his n,rticular instance b. negro MOB
He did regard this fact a conclusive evidence maj even
there the law could not be executed me very save VINO
had hc.n rescued cond with safety attend abolition
meeting in a small town in massachusetts, without being III
the disguise o n female. Moos were no indications ~ pop
MAR will certainly o nc!cacy Al the laws. There was
Inob in Boston on former OCCASION and conNcn' was
burnt the ground. in actor caused a mob ~ Nv" "fI
which not overcome 'l ai'cr c"h''ueIAo'c p,l'c'
Il, t,ta 4.0tr. ti.r an
tho c;tv was in iuuu for weeks in Baltimore not forty
milcs from ,hs place moss had taken place and tie proper
T. of private inyiiuals destroyed and III the south
yes nas ~ desocTa,ioes have acl me laws at defiance
for weeks q; Tine rhcse did demonstrate that the
laws of tie land could he enforced. Hnt he still
retarded The Pre- si!cn ~ ha"ng done Eothlne but what
il wIs his dn,y 10 nave done lie had acted statesman
and rarot who knowing his duty, had resolved ~ per
form it,
IN scn,,or cnn, Soun aroliaa had spoken OF the cas
I,tion of Illinois and Indiana c.einI tree ncs.os
ind, alton. rather III desire to free tt .oi;es ii worth
lns nonuaiinn han a. favorable H. the Sourh Those las
were NOT new 10 The Senaos; similar ones in force in
Snnt Carolina and Aiabana IL cared wia, IL object
of ;hos. States was 81 il hostile u the South
Such LEGISLATION was not hostile The South He had no
(nl. ~ ;,J with j, was he thought IN advantage the
Sonh If ,hc nee States would all prohibit negroes coming
into them he would rather have such legislation than Ia"
10 reclaim fur,,cs II would best 51isiaon pre-
vcn slaves r,nnin" oil III conclusion H. repeated that ho
cred tho President had acted wth The Tc;,cs rropria-
" md that lie had done his duty and would continue 10 DO
so
h Il he had bean he would have voted for H. though w.-
49, 49, o.,,,r I'm, !, y,nuid r,.l. in any practical be-
80, ~ ,nJ -cens In his c,n,e;ations h. Ind not been
dis,nnon,cJ Hcc,r.jerga m. aw complete failure I;
uls , i - !; .,e ,,.if ,,a, rnss. Inn ,yh., uas
IA. oe.n ~ 49, - -, f,n,;vc ,vb, ,..e o, in
IN, n"s.. " ~ -, 49, ~ ,b .n,,,.rl,i,. =, !.
h'ee States lie 'iJ oeeh oiIosa !" 'o ~ :
they would have produced some GOOD lfut~ Da' !" ms ~
was disappointed lie -" meme "i W.. so'a igs'.' '."
g them which were iicdict'd ny tieH sfr'''t'S
ION and excitement had not he'n a's ny o''"
Sill not only IN me conisy nu II. w. nun :" ,| n,
slavery = SUI dscnSs'i IN some io'i - IN ~,
.i'ee's 'Ga.'i !, :" ', s'''n ] r;s h, H. .hi
Who vo'ei of Tue c"h''"i.st "i i'"S""'' =! '1 0'"
champion 81 Moic measures.
Mr.. lURNEf reviewed ai il:H 1c's eoip,'5''3 WIZ :,
known n the compromise ana Denied mat "'iit ts '.'
Welded NJ every thing to Obtain ilS "ne aM sue nae oa''
ID any thing the least practical vaue lie Id net cons
,c. the lw ~ having been executed ~" dehi! i'i NY
hing had occurred showing sentiment ~ me H" ~
favorable L. the south since ,' p'NStss =" .'e
acts lie considered II utterly 's'b!' g eA''"s '
whie thcrc were cil's anu organizations ~ ''e'. ~ 49,
formed - defeat IL enforcement.
Mr.. CHASE was one Of in"sc "ii, h'i "'i"se4 .ie -
calld ConrTonisc ac's, ana ''i '''e' "' '' -. " u"
viz ihe act ahoI!sh.n. itc save t,Hc III s b.c' ~
considered that those acs nad totally failed II producing ia
sci cmcnt Of questions which they wcfe o"en,t ~ b.
ina caahle Of Hoth sides the Compromise dcci"i thu,
ov had not been executed chad voted against his Ia"
In lis OPINION Nh duty Of rniocir; tl- ps"rson e! II
Constitution the duty ri tie States and @n ~ lhe e
era Government lie considered il compact bctween tn
Sites, and Congress had no;hne TO ID Wit, lie sabieci
Previous TO the decision oil me supreme l9efl ~ Tue ' "
Prog e. tho "n;niou ana ~, '.l'iSy ''.'' 49,,
been the aeh' his clause nc 1uil'u'a"' me ~
.c"a 70 execute va, - thll decision, hl denied III,
oites lii any Sncl power ana declared was III duty
'nic,. iic eshru,d 'hls decision 81 me supreme C'a
III; , f ~, ~ prov Soh 'p' !'e I'as..o /"
iasi.'1 ' "t y Fe''ei w State
.'' n, j., 7 ~ ~ sic un'! ,,'d ~ ac' ~ ,'"sess
inns uo w. h I''I 4'. ~. LILY l i''iiON o' ol'
anna t,r slaves on account Of tnc imlniCso css IN.
limo o.I the trouble and difficulty of overcoming ega ol
,cIs &c ana said he saw but little practical GOOD ,e.u
in rom his Inv 10 me southern claimant, IIS th,n ain
IL -, mo soy. -, .,s,s in which mo ~ ,,I bsr
u detailed t!,c circumstances acndin III. Ian. nro,so
p in Roston and considered i, as no .uch occurrence
n5 Gr ,he rytrnordin,ry ,focec,uns conicuiatrI ~
i he question Of he execution of This law VA with H.
ncone IF thoy wic it, il woG! Be executed i t!,rt III!
not DESIGN il should 70 proclamation would effect it, c
referred to the psociamaiion Of General Gage IN Boston
scyenyiye years age which w.s intended 10 cocrcc iha
ncnlc in,o sybmissou 10 laws ,ey md no, apnr or MA,
prorIama,ion led 10 revolution lie cons!tr, the proca-
nation - ,ho P.esiscntas entirely unnecessary
Ar nonGE of I,wo defended IN. State from tho c,,r.
If ha;n cvr ,onc any;bn, 10 ob.frurt tle execution -;
,hs ar any ohcrlaw fr the recovery of l.itiye slave ar II
any I'M, r,ercncc with the rgs ii Southern State. He
had tLc .Ia allowance vi human sympathy: but whenever
the case should arise 10 present the question between The