The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1851-01-16
From the Mississippian.
Northern Sentiment t1 l792 as
N'OTthevn Sem ttnae9sE in 1850.

Inc boston POSt SAYS
tile Fugitive Slave Bill of 1892 was
drafted BY George Cabot, Of Mass, in No
vember, and it was passed by the Senate
on the 18th of January, unanimously, four
teen from the free and thirteen from the
slave States voting for it, The House
Committee, Theodore Scdgewick and S.
Bourne, OF Mass, and Alexander White,
of Va, reported the bill to that body, by
which it was passed on the 9th of Febru-
airy, without discussion. Eight free States
were represented by 81 votes, six slave
States by "a votes; free State majority, 7.
The bill received 4S years to Z nays
Massachusetts gave 6 years to | nay. This
record shows that the free States passed
the first Fugitive Slave Bill. The one
passed in 1850 is almost the same thing,
The foregoing statement CONVEYS a use
tul and instructive lesson. 1t brings to
mind the wonderful change that has been
wrought in Northern notions of Justice
since 1892. 1t shows how far the descen-
dents in that section, Of the men who
framed the Constitution, have wandered
from the landmarks of their fathers. The
Northern men in that day had respect for
the Constitution. They did not believe
that it was made to be violated, or constru-
ed 10 suit the whims of a sectional major
lty, Unlike their unworthy sons, they did
not think that any other Union tould exist
between The sovereign States that formed
It, but a Union conforming to the princi-
pies OF the constitution. Hence. when
they found found 1t necessary that a law
should be passed TO execute a clause OF that
instrument, They cam forward, reported,
and with a rare unanimity, adopted it,
They knew that, but for the insertion of
that clause, the Union would not have
been in existence; and, true TO the promnt.
lngs, of duty and patriotism, they passed
the law OF 1862 Tor the extradition of fu-
gitive slaves.
The law of '92 was drauphted bv a Sen
ator from Massachusetts. The law If ,50
was prepared by a Senator from Tiireinia.
The law of ,92 passed the Senate unan
lmoWSty- receiving more votes free States
mar from slave. The law of'5O receiving
more votes from the free States than from
slave. The law Of 80 received bur three
Northern votes in the Senate. Amonc
k9AA IuH
those Northern men in 80 who refused To
vote for II, We will mention Lewis Gaze
idency. ue Tres
In the House of Representatives. tho
law oil '92 passed ODitIout discussion
d law OF 80 passed after much discns.
sion; and then (although it was a yig6f Of
Q, the South by a plain provision Of The
constitution, it passed for a consideration
which was the dedication OF all The terri
torres belonging to the United States. and
2 portion belonging to a slave State. 10
The law Of 1872 received a maiori,v :,
tHe House Of votes from the free States
Ihe law Of 80 received out Of one Srn
aLed and forty members from he Nor,h
Out t~Wenty-eight votes from that ]section
Notwithstanding the enormous consideya'
''on winch they received for their votes.
IN a word, the Northern membrs "nassed
the first Fugitive Slave Bill:o the Son,bui
etn men passed the last. And who in tba
lsce Iace Of these facts, can have the cool
eHfonlery to prate about a "returnipg sense
o. justice at The North?" None we a1
or wllfully false. y 'snOran'