The southern press., 1851-04-01

| taHe+ NAxk more than thAt~~10F t0e t2uU5ee q
the fhaiai1e actSwere already her's BY the pre-
scnption n tfhs orgasie law II ths land He
|chanApinp nye up al. for the boon Of NortheEy
fidelity - SlAuss Of tho Ccnstitutton-to whict
it's swdsa vows had been already pledged. Ani
ttn men Who did this! What are they about
They atg claiming to hold In the palm OF thei
hands the su6fages Of the people OF Georgia
They claim the verdict given in November last
under the panic OF their own creation, ~ the
sober second thought" Of spirited and intel
gent people, And they are founding on it, .
party organization, whose triumph vii be the
triumph Of federalism, the tramplng in the dns'
Of the Southern banner of State rights ths
election Of Northern President, the abasemenI
Of the men who stood by the South, when tht
storm lowered, and the victory of those South
ern renegades who manned the "nasked bate.
ries from behind which the Constitution and tht
rights of the South were assailsd."
The Legislature OF Massachusetts and the
Fugitive Slave Law.
The following bill was introduced in the
Senate Of Massachusetts, on the 28th ult., BY
Mr.. Buckingham, from the special joint CON-
mttee on slavery:
AN ACT in ADDITION TO AN "Acr FURTHER TC
PROTECT PERSONAL LIBERTY
SEC. !. All the provision Of an ''.lct further
to protest personal liberty" passed the oath day
of March, l843, shall apply TO the net of Con-
grcss, approved September l8, 1850, entitled
"an act to amend, and supplementary to the act
entitled an act respecting fugitives from justice
and persons escaping from the service of their
masters"
SEC. q. Any officer or other member of the
volunteer militia Of the commonwealth, who
shull act in his capacity as such officer or men,
Der, or under color thereof, at the command or
requisition Of the United States marshal, or OF
any deputy or special marshal of the United
States, under pretence Of being part OF the posse
comilaius, in the arrest and detention Of any
person claimcd as n slave, shall be liable to the
same penalties provided by the act to which this
s an addition.
SEC g. Any corps Of the volunteer militia OF
this commonwealth, which, at such command or
requisiton, under such pretence,and for such pnr-
pose, shall act in its organized capacity as such
corps, shall forthwith be disbanded; and any
officer ofsuch corps joining in such action, shall
be removed from his Office upon conviction there
Of by court martial.
SEC a. It shall be the duty Of the district
attorneys Of the commonwealth, within their re-
spective districts, whenever any inhabitant OF the
On being informed thereof, diligently and faith
fully to use all lawful means to protect, defend,
and procure to be discharged any such person
so arrested or cuimcd, provided the said services
are not expressly declined by such person.
SEC. g. If any person shall remove from the
limits of this commonwealth, or shall assist in
removing therefrom, or shall come irto the
commonwealth with the intention Of removing,
or Of assisting in removing therefrom, or shall
procure, or assist in procuring, to be so removed,
and any person living in the place thereof, who is
not SHIELD to service or labor" and who has rot
escaped from service or labor" within the
meaning of those words in the Constitution of
the United States, on the pretence that such
person isso held, and so escaped shall bepunished
by fine not exceeding $4,000, and by imprison-
ment in the State prison not more than ten
years.
SEC. g. Any person injured or endangered by
any proceeding punishable by the preceding sec
ton, may maintain an action therefor in any
court competentto try the same.
SEC. 7. In every lse, civil or criminal, arising
under this act, the legal presumption shall be-,
ttat no person living within the place of this
commonwealth is held 10 service or labor, and
has escaped thcrefrom, within the meaning of
those words in the Constitution of the United
States and it shall be incumbent on any party
that relies upon such holding and escape in his
defence, to establish the same by eyidence.
Sec g. Whenever any person is arrested or
imprisoned on the ground of his being held to
service or labor, the Supreme Court or the Court
of Common Pleas, at any regular session, or
any Justice of either of said courts, or any just
ice of the peace, may, on the petition Of the per-
son so arrested or imprisoned, or of any other
person acting in his behflf, issue a writ o.
habeas corpus to take the body of The person so
arrested or imprisoned, in the manner and form
provided for in the / lth chapter of the Revised
Statutes-apd the writ, if issued by either of
said courts, or any justice thereof, shall be made
returnabe before the court or justice issuing Il 3
same, or any other justice of the same court, at
the discretion of the judge issuing the same; and
if issued by any justice Of the peace, shall be
made returnable before the Supreme Judicial
Court, or the Court Of Common Pleas, or any
justice of either of the said courts named in the
writ, at the discretion Of the justice issuing the
same And the writ may be returnable to any
term of either of said courts not expired when
the writ issues or at the next succeeding term
in any county.
SEC. 9. In addition to the persons authorized
by the said lllth chapter Of the Revised Stat
utes to serve writs Of habeas corpus, any con-
stable Of any city or town, may in said city or
town, serve any writ of habcas corpus issued un-
der this act.
SEC 10. The whole of said l1lth chapter
shall apply to all proceedings under this act, un-
less they are Inconsistent with any provisions of
this act
SEc. IL. Whenever the person arrested or
imprisoned, on the ground of his being held TO
service or labor, shall not, on the hearing, be
discharged by the Judge or court before whom
the writ is returned, he may claim jury trial
before the court Of which the judge who heard
the case is n member on entering into a recog-
nizance with a sufficient surety or sureies, be-
fore said judge or court for his appearance at
the said court Mt the next term thereof, in the
same county, and prosecuting bis appeal to final
judgment. The penalty of such recognizance
shall in no case exceed one thousand dollars.
SEC. ~. The court to which the said appeal
is made, shall direct trial by jury of oil ques-
tions in controversy, under habeas corpus, be-
tween the person arrested or imprisoned, and