The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-22


entirely concur; and doubt not that nrmnsss, mode
ration, and prudence strengthened and animated BY
the general opinion Of II: people, Eil prevent The
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Mr.. CLAY arose, and said that he had listened
with great pleasure to the message Its general tone
and firm resolution to execute the laws will be salts
factory to every one. He regretted the message die
not say that the marshal had been dismissed; but h
had reason to believe the President s subecting th
conduct Of the marshal to scrutiny which will emo
In his dismissal He had been grstned to witness th,
general execution of this law 1t had been executed
Indiana, under peculiarly difficult circumstances and
also In oho In repeated instances 1t executed in
Pennsylvania, In its capital and In Phiadelo oha;
was executed also In the great metropolis ofthe Unisn
New York; II had been executed every where except
In Boston where 1t has failed on two occasions. When
the rst failure looked with xiety to the
n ext case In order to see II tho law would would
not be executed and was greatly surprised to hear
that the law had been resisted by lswless mob who
oicers OF Justice person legally In their custody.
When he had made aliusion to the blacks and their
outrageous conduct In this matter he likewise
to include in his denuncistion the conduct of those
whether In high or low places who. by their speech
deluded crsatures to this open violation OF the
He expressed the hope that II there defects
exciting laws, provision be made by which those who
instigsts, induce persuade and lead these mser-
able wretches to such acts Of Violence will be brought
to coDdgn punishment He gave to the suggestions
Of the President his earnest support and moved that
the message be referred to tbs Committee the
judiciary.
Mr HALE said he was glad that the message had
been sent inf for no other reason because
that the President felt that his administration had
made itself ridiculous by issuing the proclamation
labored essay, to prove that the proclamation was
necessary. The idea of the great republic OF the
United States calling on its army and navy to ss.
ssmble and hold themselves in readiness to put
a mob composed Of 9 mere handful OF negroes,
ridiculous in the extreme. Boston has a population
of one hundred and forty thousand, and within the
sound Of the bell the old State House there re-
sided half million of people. In all Boston there
were lot over one thousand adult negroes; and they
were doubtless skulAipg In alleys, to avoid meeting
the constsbies. 1t was useless to attempt to mag
Bify this aar into something censeq uence II was
too absurd. He considered the proclamation of the
President improper unwise, impoliiic, unnecessary,
and very weak; with 1t he would have nothing to do
Mr.. CLAY remarked that the conduct Of tho Senator
from New Hampshire did not surprise him; 1t in
conformity with his general The Senator had
pronounced deliberate act Of the President - sidou.
lous Now, there two epnens en- that su beot as
there were two opinions Another subject namely,
the oratorical fame and influence - Senator On
this last question the opinion entcs tanned the mem
per Tss one thing vhs that Entertained Of his
toiia powers an1 the influence of those powers was
quite different one. The Senator eemed to make 1t
point TO rise always after him. (Mr II to dispute
with him for the palm OF eloq and He had
ambition TO contes this with the Senator he reiu
quirhed to him. cheerully s the glory he could ex-
pect in fuch . csntest; and he hoped tho Senator
would receive the inqushment with the self.
competency with which he alsays rose to address
the senate This mob wss styled nero handful OF
negroes Did any beside the Senator suppose that
none but the negroes were concerned In the violation
oi law The .roclamaticn was directed TO the en-
fercenebt Of ths Law and at those vh3 took active
part In the msb, yet encouraged excited and urged
the negroes on to this outrage Of the laws Of the
try. IL was said, however, that men other than
groes actually engaged in the mob; 1. was said that
one negro-a white negro stood at the door and
beekoned them to in IL was at such persons ss
thrse-who by their counsel and advice their insti.
cations snd solicitations, lectures and speeches here
and In the other house induced Of the
lsw-that this proclamation aimed Not only are
these negroes made the catspaw Of miserabis and de-
sig ming mep TO bring odium the laws, and violate
justice and ts OH err, but there has b. introduced
q man named Thompson who was said to be men,
ber Of the British en to disturb and sgate
the Peope-aDa that police which could q nd time
the means to attend and protect foreign emssary
In his oisunion addresses could not give their aid
execute Law OF the United States He little sup
posed that ber OF this Congress would be tols
rated q moment In England, who would go TO Bir-
minghsm or to Msnehester: and there denounce the
law OF prmogeniture, the aIistocracy and the
itself such man would be justly denounced by
every loyal British subject and he would be put out
Of The country and here this Thompson Is received
with ofen arms encouraged by men protesting to be
Americana, In preaching sediti.n and disupion. lie
bad more anxiety in having these men brought to
punish mt mt thsn the poor deluded negroes.
Mr. MAsoN remarked that the duty OF surrsnd dsring
iughi,.s from labor and service, was a duty imposed
by the censttution IL was part OF thu sub
scIibed hy all th. states In forming the Union lie
tcek irrue with the Senator from Kentucky. ON the
question wh.thtr this Law was executed or not lie
regarded the law go far as its practical execution
concerned dead letter. He had full belief In the
teelsrstion of the President. that he would execute
the Law he could; the President however had begun
wrong in the first case. when Crafts escaped the
slaves were lost to their because the
.ions prevaicstons and delays Of those whose duty
II VAS TO enforce the Law and administer justice IG
was the cuty Of the President i'm medateiy to have
tismsssd the Marshal The law, N II was to be en-
forced must be executed with alacrity zeal and
certainly; II must be executed With derirs on the
of the people among whom IL b expected to have
it carried out, becsuss IL IL the law and without
any obstacles or obstructiops being thrown In the
way OF Its execution. In this case the psrty was
arrested and time was given to him (properly, per-
osrs) TO make his defence: there wa. no place pre-
pared In which To connne him and IL being toe inten
lion TO keep him in the court room from Friday TO
ros,dsy, how could his rescue have been prevented
rbe laws OF Massachu prohibit the I'm prison
N parties under this Law In the sis OF thst
wealth lie thought II srona to d, nounce the popu.
Z s made penal offence for any Of that population
70 sid CT sb.t in the arrest or imprisonment OF the
fugitive The Senator from Kentucky vas right In
ncipg the conduct Of those In this open
Resistance but he should have gone step further
ma denounced the State Of Mssaohusets as false to
her federal obligations she vas false 10 those oblga
ratiops, fer making which sh. received con.idsrs-
hon She agreed TO to surrender these ytives aud
received confederation: her Legislature has been In
esion since the psssage OF the Fugitive Slave law
mo those lars preventing the execution Of the pro-
Visions OF the constitution still stand her sta
MARKED the other cay that the people Of that State
we're law abiding, and veuld mot resist the execution
y the Law He sould ssk the Senator ~hsther those
'itinss by not resisting forcibly the ls~ dis
,tHging their federal obligations to render up fug-
ises from labor service II they we're " was D.
ng the vord az promia, to the United States but q
allure In complying with ~. demands. when the
Senator from KY ssid the Law generally executed,
be meant II was executed without resistance he
,ortct but II he intended to ,sy it executed ~th
he sacrity or In the spirit Of the federal compsct he
mhtook, In conclusion, Mr. Mason detailed the cir
'unstances Of the Harrisburg where the expen-
es amounted TO sl4bo and the negroes when sold,
bfought tltco-thus making balance In favor OF the
master OF $50. In the Long case, at Nss York, the
'xp.nse, amounted TO nearly the value Of the slave,
ma btsidss, the claimant was subjected to several
'enacns suits He respectfully called the attention
y the appointing power tc the various delays nd
.tssrs oi the Law by government officers and recon
rr instant removal
Mr. DrcsIrsos remarked thstthe Senator from virEi-
na vas In error In regard Long In that there
ere no suts against TIRE claim ant; and In that
be- ccnscered that the issue fairly made up and
lfsd between those Who desired that the lsw should
Dc fxscuted aud those who intended pesoeably to re-
'itt The latter had been defeated. The case OF
Long did much 70 prove that this law could be
1sted With the patient hearing given to thst case In