The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-09
Conclusion OF the Fugitive slave Case and
E1tradition OF the Fugitive.

The case OF Henry Long, the fugitive from Vir-
ginia, " hioh occupied the attention of almost all
our Courts and Judges, for number of days. we
may say weeks past was brought To termination
yesterday; and the result was that the slave was
dire cited 10 be sent back 10 his mater in the Gus
tody Of the United States Marshal of this district.
Every facility afforded the fugitive prove
HIS freedom. Able counsel were employed TO de-
feRd him as contributed TO pay his coun-
sel-the wr of habeos corpus was resorted to
raj times, and in every case il failed-wtnesses
were procured TO testify that he was a resident OF
New York at the time he stated to be in Virginia;
but neither the ingenuity Of counsel nor any OF the
numerous methods that were resorted to to procure
his discharge, availed him anything; the Judge,
Judson, decided. that he fugitive; that he
escaped f,om the service of the party who claimed
HIM, and that he must be surrendered 10 his own
er in compliance with the provisions of the Fugi-
tive Slave law. He was remanded accordingly,
and left last evening the train for Philadelphia,
sr yeuis o Virginia.
This Is TIE second case that has occurred IN this
city under the Fugitive Slave law, and the mostin
yeterate enemy OF that measure cannot but ADM
thai every facility extended to the fugitive.
Long, prove that he not a slave, or that the
Law not faithfully and impartially earned out
The orl an Of the Founerites and abolitionsts vii
no doubt shed crocodile tears over the result; but
itcould not be ofauy other character, # unimpeach
ed and unmpeachabe testimony were TO govern
the decision IN the case.
But Horace Greeley, nor any other abolitionist,
nor Gerit Smith, nor Fred Douglas, nor William
II. Seward need lash himself into a state of
phrenzy because Henry Long has been sent back
to bis master; for, to pse his own language, he
would az soon go back not" And il is a pc
cuhanty in this case, thar, while the fugitive hum
set was perfectly careless about the result, and
did not himself actually move in the matter al all
the eboiuonisis dashed themselves into a terrible
excitement about his case, and worked hard
with the view OF defeating the law, as IL they We're
in his place. So careless was he about being sent
back TO bondage, that he admitted, the very day
OF his arrest, TO our own knowledge, that he was
fugitive slave belonging to Dr. Smith, and he adj.
mitted the same thing yesterday, after Judge
Judson Tesdered his decision. What is equally
extraordinary, he signed papers and swore to aft
dsvits, without knowing their contents, and was
much surprised to hear that he had instituted
SUIT for damages for false Imprisonment, against
Mr. Hal, the United States Commissioner who
arrested him. On being informed Of the fact,
which to him wac news, he promptly signed
paper withdra wing The proceedings, and stating
that they were unauthorized by him. These are
The tactics resored to, to defeat the operation Of
this law. But New York i. not Boston, and the
law will be upheld, be the consequences what they
may
The decision Of Judge Judson is published in
another column. It's. veyclear and able docu-
men,, and 1t will BE- read with interest.