The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-03-15

one he regretted the message did not say the
Marshal bad been dismissed but he had reason
TO believe the President Is submitting the cunduc,
OF the Marshal to scrutiny which will end IN
dismissal. He had been gratiiied to witness the
general execution Of ,his law. Il had been exc
cuted in Indiana under peculiarly difficult crcum.
stances, the surrender Of the white fugitive.
and also IN Ohio in repeated instances IL was
executed in Pennsylvania in its capitol and n,
Philadelphia. 1t WAS executed nlso in the great
metropolis Of the the Union New York 1t bad
been every where except in Boston, where il had
failed on two occasions. When the first failure
occurred he looked with anxiety to the mex. case.
IN order 10 see il the law would or would not bu
executed, and WAS greatly surprised to hear that
the law had been resisted By lswless mob who
enter the Court House nnd rescued from the off.
GERS Of justice, person legally IN their custody
When he had made allG-on to the blacks and
their Outrageous conduct in th, natter he like.
wise mean; 10 include ia hlS lenGncidton the con
duct OF those, whether in high or low places, who
by their speech aud advice. induced, led on and
instgated those poor, deludeJ creature to this
open violation Of the law. He expressed the
hope that if there were defects in the existing
law provision be made, by which those who
lnstgate, induce, persuade and lead on those
miserable wretChes to such acts of violation will
ba brought TO condlgn punishment. He gave to
the suggestions of the President his earnest sup.
port, and moved that the mhssage bs referred 10
the Committee on the Judiciary.
| Mr. Hale said he was glad the message had
heen sent in if for no other reason, because it
showed that the President felt lis Admini.tra.
tion had made itself ridiculous by issuing the
! Proclamation, and the document Just read was
nothing mere than labored essay to prove that
! the Proclamation was necessary. The idea of
the great Republic Of the United States calling
on It's army and navy to assemble and hold
| themselves IN readiness to put down mob com.
posed of a mere handful Of negroes, wa9 ridicu-
lous in the extreme. Boston has population of
one hundred and forty thousand, and within the
sound Of the bell on the old State Honse, there
resided half a million Of people in all Boston
there were not aver one thousand adult negroes,
and they were doubtless skulsing about in alleys
to avoid meeting the constaLles. 1t was useless
Ia attempt to magnify this affair into something
of consequence. 1t was too absurd. He con-
sIdercd the Proclamation Of the President I'M.
proper unwse, impoltlc, unnecessary, and very
, weak With it he would have nothing to do
Mr. Clay remarked that the conduct Of the
Senator from New Hampshlre did not surprise
him. 1t was in conformity with his general
course. The Senator had promo need deliber.
act Of the President rs ridiculous. Now, there
were two opinions upon that subject as there
were two opinions upon another subject, the ora.
i0racal fame and influence Of q Senator on this
last question. The opinion entertained hv the
member was one thing, while that entertained q
III, oratorlcai powers, and the irdlcnce of those
powers, was quite n different one. The Senator
seemed to make 1t a point 80 rise always after
him. a. il to dispute with him for the palm oi
eloquoncs and ora,ory. lie had no ambition Ia
contest this with the Senator. He reluqui-kcd
10 linn cheerfulIy all the glory that he could ex.
pcct IN surh q cunte-t; aud lie hoped the Sena
tor w"ui receive the ielnquishneut with t,lt
,efcumr'accucy with vhicl. be always rose tC
address the Senate The mob was s,,lel 4
mere handful If negroes. Did any beside til,
Senator suppose that none but the negroes wer,
concerned N 'he violation Of the lawl III,
proclamation was directed to the enfarccmer. al
the aw, nrl that those who took no part III the
mob. yc; enc outraged, ex,i,ed aud urged the NC
gIoc- on to- this outrage of the laws OF the cuun
try. Il wa sail, however, that meA other than
negroes were actually engaged in the mob. II
WAS said that one ne5ro-a white ncgru--stouC
a. the dOnr and byckJuel them To come IN.
was 1t such persons as these, who By their coun
Bel and advice their usiigutiuns and solicitation.
lectures and speeches, here and ir the othr
4, house, III, PROCLAMATION was aimed Not Onl,
are these negroes made IA" cat paw Of miser,
bic anI designing men tu bring uIiUm upon Ih
laws unI violate Justice and is Dlficers but thrr,
; has been introduced a man namei 1homp,u,
who was SAID To be a member Of parliament. {,
disturb and agitatr the people, and that pole,
! which could find time AMI the means tn attcn.
and protect this foreign cmi,>arv In hi. di.uni1r
addresses, could not give their aid Ia execute ,
law of the United States. He let,lc suppose,
that any meHbcr of Congress would br tolerate,
II moment in England, who woGlI - To Brmms
ham and Manchester, and there druCunrc ia,
law of primOgcnture, the arIstocracv. aud tn,
q Grown Itself Such man would be Justly de
nouncrd by every loyal British subject, and HI
} would BE- put out Of the country, aud here thr
Thompson Is received with open arms, cucour
aged by men protesting 10 be Americans ir
preaching sedi'ion and di,Uniun lie had NOR
) anxiety N having these men hroush, to punish
ment, than the poor dcluded negroes
Mr. Mason (hr author Of the Fugitive Sav,
Law remarked that the duty of surrenlrrlns fn
gitiveS from labor and service was II duty impus
ed by the constitution. ltwlSa part OF the com
pact subscribed by MI the states In forming NJ,
Union. He took issue with the Senator from Ken
tuckv on the question whether thI' law was exc
cuted or not. He regarded the Inv 50 far ~ IT
practical execution was concerned dead letter
lie had full belief in he declaration uf the prc~i
irnt that he would execute the law IL he could
The President however had begun wrong in III,
first Boston case. When Crafts escaped th,
slaves were lost to their masters. because of IA,
cvasions, prrvaricolions an delays of those who,
duty il was to enforce the law and administer iua
tre II WAS the duty oi the prcsi lent iunc, Ii
s'cly to have dismissed thJ Mrr,hil The law
Il it was to be enforced, must be executed witt
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