The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-26
Correspondents Of the BaliiFnesc ssf.l
Washington, Feb. 10, 1851.

Washington, Feb. 10, 1851.
The Presidenfs oclamafion-Sfi Military Orders
Feeling IN Boston.
The Presidents proclamation. publish.
ed in io-day's papers is. as yon SEE. very
comprrhrnsivr. and although calm and
no, sympathetic. yet clearly defining the
course which The President and The ad-
minisiraiian mean to pursue. The fngi-
live is TO be pursued. lae civil aud militia.
ry officers are ewoined to assist in carry.
ing out the law. and The guilty are To he
brought to justice. There is more in that
message than ., 6ss, meets The eye. The
President dcrs not positively call out ihe
militia, but he is. have good reason 10
believe, ready IA do il if the Independent
companies Il BOSTON and the vicinity re-
fuse 10 do their duty.
These independent companies. how.
ever, have already sisniied their readiness
10 aid in the execution 0 the laws Of the
United States, add win I've tne 10 their
word. have also strong reason for be.
Iieying thai orders have been given TO the
naval and military commanders at Bos,oa
and charlestown 10 aid the mashaf, and
use the Ma,y-yer,l at Cha,les,own as a
place Cor ,hc safe keeping &c fugi,ives
from labor, ti ,he Stale repeal her laws
chasing her prisons to fugitive slaves.
With these precautions, lille doubt that
The recurrence of similar ou,rages will he
prevented in future. Allow me here 10
quote from private letter, addressed by
highly respectable Bos,oaian to his friend
here in Washington. the following ex.
tract:
ut is to be hoped that the occurrence
on Saturday, in reference 10 the fugitive
slave, will not affect unlavorahly the feel
inps or Southern members. should not
fear il. if they were here and could see
with their own eyes The true ate Of feel
ing. The prevailing sentiment of the
community is one Of disgust. modification
and regre, al the hishhan.lel outrage, and
every rlgh,.mindetl man is willing to raj.
y in support of The laws" \.
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Boston, Feb. 10.
The Boston Mob.-'rhc examination
Of Wright. charged with aiding in the res
cue of Shadrarh wilkins, has been pro-
ceeded with. The proceedings were in.
ierrupted by the reading Of the Presidents
proclamation. The examination OF wit.
nesses was then continued. A negro
named Srott. has been arrested to-day
charged with being concerned in the riot
Il is ruined that another fugitive slave has
been arrested. Ii was This rnmnr. ne
doubt, which occasioned the assembling
OF number Of negroes and abe.toT.
around the Court hnuse. They riliculet
the officers. but offered no whence. A
large police force has been employed.
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4 Extremes Meet The Southern Press
the organ Of the Southern disunionists
and the National Era, the organ Of the
Northern disuninni.is. both assail Mr.
Clay for his speech at the late meeting
! of the Colonization Society at Washing.
ton CAV. Both papers are published il
! Washington. and both oppose the Colo
nizalion scheme: the Press, because il vii
promote, and the Era. because il will re
fard emancipation. The Press thinks
that sending of the Free Blacks will caus'
The emancipation Of Slaves by ihe'