New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-23
Syracuse on Slavery.
We have a good many letters from Syl

we nave Il ROOu many iOsscio hos" ~"
cnse respecting the recent exciting transactions
in that city which We do not think 1t best to
publish Several of them are very severe on
District Attorney Lawrence for making needless
arrests, summonlng superluous witnesses, &c
whereby (it is alleged) needless agitation les
created and exorbitant fees drawn from the
Treasury into said officers own pocket. He Is
also charged with undue severity and strlngency
in dealing with the parties accused OF aiding the
escape of Jerry-al which only proves to us
that the public sentiment of Syracuse is strongly
averse to Slave-catching Mr. Lawrences po-
sition is one that we would rather not fill, but,
being in 1t, he must either discharge It's duties
resolutely or resign. He may have erred IN
Judgment, but we cannot believe him guilty OF
wanton harshness nor OF mercenary aggravatIon
OF the excitement now prevailing IN Syracuse.
ImputatiOns originating IN excitement and de
testation OF an odous statute should not be light
ly disseminated
The following is part of letter from friend
now residing In Syracuse, who was for several
wears a citizen of Alabama His observations
on Slave hunting generally seem to us TO be well
worth cOnsldering-viz
SYRACUSE, Oct. 90, 1851.
Many people here believe that this attempt
to rescue Jerry was a mere matter of speculation.
II has been frequently stated that one OF the most
prominent actors in the affair had proposed 10 the
former Marshal 10 go into such an operation . for
the profits Think of a person In a Republican
country turning man stealer" for the sake oil lev
collars and cents Can anything meaner be I'M
agined have lived several years In the southern
States, and | never saw there, among white nor
black so mean an act as this. know from personal
observation that the Southern people desplse TINS
business and ali those engaged IN II. why, negro
tracing at the South where the iar calls negroes
properly, IS universally admitted to be mean ana
desplc able occupation No man with human hedn
and common selfrespect engages III 1t IL Is impos.
siole for the South not to despise the mean men OF
the North who for pay other sinister motives en-
gage in the vile business of forcing black men INTO
Slavery No matter how worthless these blacks are
to US, or the Law made IN violation OF Right ana OF
our omen and ayowed principles Of Justice. Men
everywhere love Justice more than they io't mere
Law The zeal, therefore. they manifest for tne
Law by violating Justice is full OF baseness ani
hypocrisy II the South will have their property, as
they cali IT, let them get 1t the best way lhey can
Our duty IS to live up TO the principles "e profess
and die the ditch sooner Than DO the oify ~ofA VI
But the south don't ,cdnf the Fugityes. greater
owl Could moi beft Slavery than for her TO have them
Fve,v black forced from Free state back into Slave
~ would be a hYe-brand, ali lncendldTy, "ho "ouId
| pfoduce more mischief than hundred ADontohisIs
| could al the North He would be a silent Dnt sure
| worker OF discomfort, and with dlsconleht "Ouln
come evils that could not be overcome IL - a great
mistake therefore, for the people OF the Norm 70
contribute funds 70 prevent Eugltyes from beng re-
| tlru,d TO Slavery. Their socalled owners would
| soon become sicker Of remandOg them back than
/ even the negroes VINO are compelled 10 return.
/ Each returned Fugitive would Ue missionary,
colporteur who would make Slave holders grOan, II
possible more pteously for Slavery than the p)lil-
| cal hacks no constitute the Castle Garden Com
Mite now groan for the Union. Nothing can Oe
more worthless 10 the south than u bad negro. Hun
/ dreds of them are yearly taken UP Tuna~ays and
sold for the JaI-fees, and often deemed dear at
Whom the gods seek to destroy they arst make
! mad" The South IN its madness demanded the Tu-
gitIve Slave Bill. If the North act wisely, no Law
that has been passed will DO more 70 unsettle the
value OF slave property and eventually destroy the
peculiar institution. Slavery has nothing to gain
tut every thing TO lose by agitation. Already the
cry Is for Peace :" may De for quarter. The
! public DICE has declared there shall be no more
Slave Territory, and the feelings Of the civilized
world are sganst It. Enlightened men, even Of the
South, speak OF II as thing forced upon them. and
/ Tor which they ought not 10 be held responsible.
This Is credliable, alike to their wisdom and their
humanity. Contrast the condition Of Free States
with those Of the Slave states. Every thing
Is n favor OF the former and against the latter All
Reason, Religion, all are for FREEDOM. And shall
! Free North who will stultify and degrade them
/ diPnation be visited upon them, that they may go
| down
t. 30 vic Sr., n " 81, henee 'hev sprung.
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