The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-16
The Diuartitx of Races.

Lors as indorsIng all the opinions 10 Wiiich
they may give plasc in their papers; and
VIC therefore would not in ordinary cases
fec! called upon to express dissent from
any opinion or sentiment which we should
sc 'cct for our columns. An article which |
appears on our fourth page draws wha, VIC
believe TO be erroneous conclusions from
some very impotnnt and Interesting facts
connected with the African Race. The
writer seems TO lnve been swept out of tho
regions of faith By his desire to justify slave
ry. Conccding IS we do the present and
pcrhups permanG G inicriority oftlc negro
and believing in ic prorriciy Of his subor-
dinalion to, and servitudc under those OF
greater inteliges:c and better developed
moral constitution, wc would yet he 10th 10
exclude him from that hope which is held
out to the Descendants Of Adam alone. If
we discard Reveaton VIC will indeed be
driven to the suKosition Of different crca-
tons, TO which, however, support is Civ
On neither Ly cFdbc history nor by the
widest tradition. The sacred writings
throw the only light upon This subject and
they refer to ,hchvll OF God the inferiorty
of this portion p,hc great human brother
hood. He, who made Of one blood all the
nations of the etth.' in lis wisdom saw
fit for the crimcpf Ilar, to entail infcriorily
and scrvitudc uton his descendants. Be-
yond this can vi or nncl we 20?
Fugitive Ss;vc case ias FsOStO;s.
| 1t is tho boasioi civilized countries that
the laws viii scurc their rights 10 the
weak, but it hasbccn repeatedly demon
s,rac, that the fugitive slave Law can be-
Of service only b the strong and the n!rc-
! ped. In Bosionon Thursday tho :,rd., n
negro, called Thomas Sims was arrested
MS runawa,. lie stabbed the officer who
had him in charG aud made desperate
! but unsucccssuI VI attempt 10 get of, and
great cXcitcmci; ciSucd.
While an INVESTIGATION was going on be-
fore the u. S.Commissiorcr meeting of
citizens was cAicd at which the most vio-
lent speeches Hcrc made, some drnomncinu
Daniel Webster as di- grnce TO his coun-
try. At one ,Gnc a lorciblc rescue was
apprchcndcI. Ailcr various Testimony had
been heard Mr.. l,d'crl Ran'oul announc-
cd ,ha, he dcsingn'd to argue the question
nf the Constitutionl'y Of this Jaw and time
was granted to hir for ila, purpose.
We give the fobwing dispatches 10 the
Baltimore Sun md CLIPPER
Bosbn. April 7, . p. NJ.
The abn!i,uuIsi arc doing every ihiur
in Their power toinpcdc Ito execution OF
the fugitive Iaw, AL 10 cmbar.. .s. as mu,.L
as possible, the ulcers in the n.ciurrc
of their duty. To-day Marshal l~."y
was arrested on Nho, suit Of negro nam.
cd John Randolh, charged with arrcs,ing
al searching gai,s!peraon OF Randolph fr
, coneca.1 Wespas Tukey gave bail N
5 the s'.'' sn"' ' , p. hss appearance &c
.sG5} P,,s Il. $ .sstiils g,r,cr.
Sims pness ;ssil; ise - i, aso NJ,
rnstod on a =ca.afss Of ,oSFpatckr 10 kid
nap. They promptly gave ,5l'faslo. ,ic
amount of S.J,GUUESts e
An attempt was made - take Sims on,
Of Tic u. s. MarsIal's cusio!y;sfiy virtue
of an old act ni the Massachusci l."ris.
laturc. The Marshal, however, positively
refused 10 give INN up.
There appears to he no doub, hat Sims
will bc delivered 10 his master. and mill
,ary cst ort Will probably accompany hin
TO New York, 10 prcvcu, rescue
| IL 81,
much excitement prevails, but no fears arc
entertained OF an outbreak. The military
are ready al a moments warning TO assist
the civil authorities.
Second Despnich.
BosTuN. Apr! 7, , =. NJ.
III the Supreme Cnur; this afternoon,
| Chief Justice SHAY delivered a lengthy
opinion upon he application fora wril oi
llchras Corpus in the case of Strns. The
unanimous opinion ol the court was that
the wr!t ought not 10 he granted. The
argument WAS then resumed before the IT,
s. Commissioner. Rnntoul is now pro.
Ccedin@ 10 argue the case nj great length.
Swords aud other arms sufficient 10 arm n
hundred police have hccn forwarded from
the Navy Yard To the Marslals office
In case Suns rs rcmanIch 10 his owner n
strong force will g'la'd him 10 the cars
Ihiyd DcSpnich
BosToN, April :, II p. ".
After the l.. S. Court adjourned this
evening. and while Marshal Tukcy and scv-
eral policemen were rcconduc,ing Tic agcn,
of the claimant, and Mr.. De Lyon, police
officer of Savannah, with the witnesses Ia
Their hotel, James Randolph, tho negro who
caused the arrest OF Marsi.ll Tuhcy. this