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DEBATE IN THE SENATE
On the late Substance OF tho
Law In RoslOu.
Saturday, February %, 1851

Saturday, February ~, 1891.
The Senate resumed the consideration
Of the melton to refer The Presidents mes
sage relative 10 The late resistance IN Law
in Boston, 10 the Commiiiee on the Judi.
ciary.
Mr.. Downs resumej The remarks CON-
menced by him ON yesterday. He main.
tanned that the Fugitive Slave law had been
executed and had been carried oui in as
eiieciual . manner as the mns, sanguine
Of ils supporters had anticipated. liz
enumerated The several instances and cases
in Indiana. New York. Ohio. Illinois.
Pennsy lyania. AM. Michigan. in which
the Law had hern executed and the fngi.
lives reclaimed. These cases. he argued,
were EVIDENCE thai The law could be car
ried into execution. Wherever il had
been attempted, with the excep,inn al
Boston, ]. had been successfully execu-
ted.
lie defended the Compromise Of the
last session--of which this Law was mos,
important fealnre-whirh had been pro.
nounced as having failed altogether in il
objects. lie considered il had been emf.
nenlly successful. lie alluded 10 the
state Of feeling existing a, The Horlh be.
fore The passage Of .he Compromise acts,
and said that since tEen grra, change
in popular sentiment had taken place.
At The last sessinn resolutions in favor al
the Wilmol proviso and kindred measures
were presented by every northern State
except one; al this session no snch reso
luli"ns we're presented. Illinois. Indiana
and Wisconsin. had reversed their legisla
lion. and the two loImcr had openly de.
clared their approba,ion Of The Compro
mise. Pennsylvania also had undergone
change. and resolutions in favor of The
Compromise were now pending before
the Legislature, and it was evident that
the people of that State were determined
tn stand by and carry out that Compro.
mise. ln'liana had reelected to the Sc.
nate one Of the hol,lesi advocates of The
Compromise. In New York the coun-
ter feeling had gone so Ear that. although,
the Wings had large majority ia the
Legislature. they cannot rleri any man Ia
the Senate who is adverse 10 the execu-
iion of the laws. The Senator from
South Carolina saw something luminous
tn the South. in the fact tina. The Presiden,
applied 10 Congress to enable him 10 EN-.
ploy military force in the execution Of
the laws. He saw no hing .oninous in
Il; ON the contrary. an omen Of good. an
omen Of that great and beneficial change
in the sentiment Of northern people To-
wards the South. The Precedent and
his chief Canine, officer were both from
the North, and they evidenced by this &C.
ton their high aud patriotic lnseHtion 10
execute il among their own people, even
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-03-05
WILLARD FILLMORE.
War Department, Wsshington,
E.l- ,S.l tes

Sir : Information has jus, been commu.
nicaied To the President tina, number of
persons. principally people Of color. in
the city Of Boston. dad. few days since.
combine to prevent the execution Of the
law providing Tor The arres, Of fugitive
slaves. and dbl forcihly rescue slave who
had been arrested from the custody Of the
officers Of justice. u is possible Ina, the
city authorities may End il necessary 10
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en- II he mllilsgy iofes u 81 "a lhs ea-I
eculion a. ihs laW. u Eurh shauld hs NE
rsss. pnd Ihs msEshnl % any q be drPa.
lies shall sxhibii 10 y0a he esFilhe.is 81
The elrrun or disifies judge Of ne uniiea
States in lhe Stale uf N zsssehussiis. stat
ing that. in has opinion. he aid 81 nii'-
i.rv farre Is nsresszrs - Insnre me due
execution az the Laws. sd shall require
your al and that Of The troops under
sour rommsnJ, No . Psfi al The posse
eomifafns. yos ~llI plsrs under The siree.
lion and control az Tho msrshsl. yopF'elf
and speh portion 81 yeal eenmssd - m,y
be- deemed sdequzie 10 The parpose. "
nei.hsr lhe circuit nor dislriri judge shosld
be in The city af Boston ~hen shs szlxsney
above referred 10 shall oceni. the written
ssrii6rais 81 The marshal alane viii be
deemed sufficient Coz you 10 afford inc 70
quisile aid.
Very respectfully. yen abfdisni servant.
G.. NJ. CONRAD.
SECRETARY Of War.
Brew, Major Gesrse A. Thomas. . csmmaadins
ofheer, Fon Indepsndenos. Boston Hsrter.
Massachusetts
Navy Department. Feb ~, 1881. |.
Sir: The Department has received in
formation that O prisoner. arrested % a
Fugitive Slave in Bnsian. wss forcibly
rescued from the deputy marshal IL that
district. ON Saturday last. BY lawless sio-
lenre. in The very srai at justice Of that CT
~. When re had last adsires he had
NOT been rerzpiured. lrtherefose brromes
necessary In take immediate measures Cor
The exeruiiun 81 the Law in This and all
similar rzses; and whilst IL IL hoped that
The rivil officers will stand in need ef no
military assistance frnm ihe forres Of the
United STATES. you are INSTRUCTED that. IL
the marshal or his depiy charged with The
service Of process by COMPETENT authority,
shall prodnre 10 sou the certificate oi the
jnsiire or district Judge uf The United
SIaies. that. in his opinion. combinations
against the execution of lhe Law of the
Uniied SIairs exist in that sljsirirt. too
powerful 10 be overcome by the cisi
authority. you will prnmpily order The
marines. or any p,her force under youl
command. 10 accompany and aid the mar
sbsl in making arrests. in preventing res
rue. or in rrrspIunng any person Vim has
escaped or been rescued BY virtue of any
process in his hands. u. however. neiih.
er the justice nor dissrici Judge shall be
present in said city ~ Inns vheu ral
fnr such assistance shall he made. Won
will then act upon the like certificate from
The marshal or deputy. and render the aid
required.
To avoid any excess Of authority. 20,
will, in Ill such cases. direct The Office
in command of The fnrce herein describe,
To receive. while on This service. the or
ders of The MARSHAL 81 deputy, and &C, onl,
in strict obedience ilierela.
! am. very respectfully. your obedien
WILL. A. GRAHAM.
Commoders John Dowues. eammandsnt Unite
States Navy Yard, Boston. Massachusetts,.
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session, or when the attention of the mar
shall was afterwards particularly drawn To
il.
Il is true that the escape from the de.
putty marshals in this case was not owing
10 the want Of a prison. or place Of con-
finemani. but still il is mol easy to see
how the prisoner could have been safely
and conveniently detained. during an adj.
journmeni Of the hearing. for some DAYS,
without, such place Of confinement. lf i,
shall appear that no such place has hcen
obtained. directions 10 the marshal will be
given 10 loso-no time in the discharge Of
this duty.
transmit TO the Senate the copy Of =
Proclamation issued By me on the 18Th
instant. in relation 10 these unex pec;ed
and drplorahle occurrences in Boston.
together with copies Of instructions from
the Departments oil War and Navy reIa-
tive TO The general subject. And I COM
nnnicaie also ropies Of ,elegraphic drs-
patches transmitted from the Department,
Of S ate 10 the district attorney and mar.
shall of the United States far the district
Of Massachusetts, and their answers there.
In.
In regard TO The last branch Of the in.
quiry made by the resolution of the
Senate. have 10 observe that the Consii-
ta,ion declares that " The President shall
take care thai the laws be fsi,hfully e.
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perform il.
The Senator fom Snnth Carolina had
spoken Of The Legislation Of Illinois and
Indiana excluding free negues as indica.
lions rather of desire 10 free themselves
81 : worthless population Than as favora.
bile TO the South. Those laws were no,
new 10 the Senator; similar ones were
in farce in South Carolina, and Alabama.
He cared moi what the object of ,hose
States was. 81 il xat NOT hostile tn the
South. Such Legislation was NOT hostile
to The South. He had no fault 10 find
with il. 1.-THE free States would all pr,.
hibi, negroes coming into them. he would
rather have such Legislation than law 10
reclaim fngltives. ], would be the hes,
Legislation 10 prevent slaves running of.
IN conclusion. he repeated that he ron-
siirred the President had acted w,,h the
Rreaies, prnprieiy. and ,ha, he had done
his duty. and woulI continue To do "a.
Mr.. Borland was moi presen, when this
law was passed. but if he had been he
would have voted Tor IT. ihsuph wi,hou,
any expectation that il would result in
any practical benef, or good result. In
his expectation, he had NOT been diean.
pointed. lie considered he. law com.
pleie failure. I, had been executed in
some half dozen eases. but wha, was thai
number TO the thousands of fugiiives who
were now in the free States. He hsd
been opposed 10 The compromise acts,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

rR The Richmond Examiner, is not as
grateful for small favors as some of the South
ern prints. 1t rejoices over the tardy act of
judicial justice in the Methodist Church case
in this plain language:
The Northern majority of the Methodist
Church. by its tyrannical intermeddling with the
domestic slavery of its Southern brethren, COM
PEELED them into division of the connection.
The Northern fragment then grabbed every dol.
lar of the common property. About this arose
law suit, which, rs the reader knows, has been
decided in the favor Of the Southern Church by
Judge Nelson
We alude to these facts, because they have
given rise to the strangest symptoms among the
Northern Methodists, which can be conceived
The Yankee newspapers are absolutely and now
for the first time, making overtures for re-
union of the Church. All their scrupes Of con-
science about slavery have been suddenly cleared
up by the decisions Of Judge Nelson and the
logic Of three or four hundred Thousand dollars
which they have got to disgorge. They have
just learned that union is greatly to be desired,
for it may be that the condition of the country
will soon need in order to keep il together, the
best efforts of religious men in all parts of the
land" So says the New York JAuynai of
Commerce. But nobody heard this note from
the Yankee Swan until he had first heard Of four
hundred thousand dollars TO be paid by the
Northern Methodist Church 10 the Southern
Methodist To us, this overture seems sur.
passinPly impudent What says the Southern
Methodist?
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24
MaI.apropos.

Owing to the sickness and consequent absence
of our minister, Mr.. LAWRENCE, from the Kos
sUTH banquet at southampton, his son, Col. T.
B. LAWRENCE, responded for him. In the course
of his speech he delecti6ed his entertainers by
reviving the most unpleasant "reminiscences:
"Yes, gentlemen, am proud to be here the
guest of Englishmen, in defence of whose liber-
ties Hampden bled and Sydney died, to see
about me some of the citizens of my own happy
land, to secure whose freedom Washington and
Franklin depoted their lires, and to unite with
them in extending the right hand of fellowship
to the patriot leader of the oppressed Hunga-
rians. Cheers. Sir, we Americans are too
young people to have forgotten our own
struggle for liberty. The generation which
witnessed and took part in those arduous strug-
giles, has not yet passed away. We have still
some of those who acted part in that great
drama, and we know too well what they dared
the trials and suiierings that they endured, not
to sympathise, and apply too, with those en-
gagged in the great revolution in Hungary
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

The FRENCH ELECTORAL LAw.-The Presse,
NJ. Girardin's paper, enters very fully into the
electoral question: in its leader of the 9Th inst
Three pages of the paper are devoted to the
discussion. NJ. Girardin says that:
According to the Annuaire des Longnudes,
the whole number Of Frenchmen Of twenty-one
years of age amount to III 100000, and in ls44
there were l0,736,7A6 persons paying the ord-
nary taxes. According to the terms of the law
of March Is, Is49, there are $4,000 electors
inscribed. The number of Frenchmen conse-
quen,ly not inscribed, from various causes, and
composing the vile multitude is l,32d,000.
According to the terms Of the law OF May 81,
1850, there were only GIL 1000 electors in
scribed so that, according to that law, there
was vile multitude of 100000 not in
scrbed"
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

H- The Memphis Appeal denies MIR. WEB
STEERS claim to his most memorable saying
touching his anti-crablike intentions on certain
occasion.
81 TREAD NO STEPS BAcKwARDs."--The origin
of this forcibe and expressive sentiment, we
believe is almost universally attributed to Mr.
Webster. 1t would seem however hat it owes
its paternity to the English patriot snHamp.
den, who had it emblazoned upon the standard
of the Buckinghamshire Regiment which he
commanded in the war of the commons against
King Charles. Says Macaulay "His men were
known by their green uniform, and by their stand
ard, which bore on one side the watchward of
the Parliament, "God with u.s." and on the other
the device of Hampden, "Vestigia nulla retror-
sum-"
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

The New Orleans Crescent, OF the l4th inst,
gives the latest tidings from Mississippi 1t
whites down Mr.. FooTE's tremendous ma
jority" to 1892 votes--a triumph, under the cir
cumstances, as Notifying as defeat Even the
Unionists found him too bitter a pill to swallow
without hard gulping.
The regrets of the Crescent at the reelection
of the gallant BRowS by an increased majority,
will find an echo in the hearts of all the foes of
his section, TO whom he has ever proved a
scourge. Most heartily will he be welcomed
back by those with whom he battled 80 strongly
for Southern rights Our only regret is that
his faithful colleagues do not accompany him.
MISSISSIPPI ELEcTIoN.--We have received
the returns from every county 10 Mississippi,
except three--Hancock, Tunica, and Jackson.
The returns from those counties may reduce
Foote'S majority, bat cannot affect the result
Foote's majority is 1893 votes-Foote 5,2l5-
Davis 1922.
The whole Union State ticket is undoubtedly
elected. Judge Guion, disunionist, is defeated
by at least 5000 votes. Dan Russell" cleo
pioneering Dan"-runs largely ahead of his
ticket.
In relation to the Congressional districts,
while we are gratified to announce the success
of Messrs. Majors, Freeman, and Wiley, Union
lists, we regret to chronicle the reelection OF
Brown, disunionist by an increased majority.
He is an adroit demagogue; among rank dis
unionists the most rabd, and his success does
not rebound to the honor or intelligence of bis
district.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

~ The Albany Evening journal gives the
following account of an interesting incident in
the recent elections. Who can doubt that we
really are a progressive people
SWEARING ON Dr.. WATTS PSALMS AND
HYMss.-The outrage in Green county is bring
ing great many curious Irregularities to light
Among them, the following is not the least Gu
rious. Whether il will lead to rejection Of the
votes Of the district as in the Green county case,
we are not advised -
BUFFALO, Nov. 10.
The following relates to the election in the
Western district of the lst Ward of Buffalo.
When the polls opened at sunrise, there was
but one clerk present. The other did not arrive,
nor was he sworn until an hour afterwards
In the afternoon about four o'clock, it was
found that the book upon phich the inspectors
and clerks oere s,oorn al The organization Of N,
Board, ohich zoe had supposed 10 be the Bible
,oas in fact a volume of Vans Hymns The
challenged voters were also sworn on the same
book No returns of their names, as required
by law was made by the board of inspectors tc
the county canvassers, for the reason that II 'oa
supposed the oafhs phich the challenged rioters hao
taken amounted 10 nothing. The effect of tb
mistake upon the validity Of the organization
of the board Of inspectors did not occur TO me
until ] read the account of the Green county
CANVASS.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

A RECIPE FOR MoTHERs.-h sensible wo-
man Of the doctors acquaintance, (tbe mother
Of a young family entered so far into his views
upon the subject, that she taught her children
from the earliest childhood to consider ill-bumor
as . disorder to be cured by physic. Accord
ingly, she had always small doses ready, and
the little patients, whenever It was thought
needful, took rhubarb for crossness.--No pun
isbment was required. Peevishness, ill-temper
and rhubarb we're associated in their minds al
ways as cause and effect Southey.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

The Wilmington Journal learns from Mr.
Fleming, the resident engineer Of the Whining
ton and Manchester railroad, that on the 18th
inst, section Of about ten miles on the South
Carolina end Of the road was opened for freight
and travel. The laying Of the iron is said to be
progressing with considerable rApdity.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

A few years since, at the celebration Of our
national anniversary, poor pedlsr who was
present, being called upon for toast, offered
the following;
Here IL health to poverty; Il sticks 10 =
man when all other friends desert him.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

sy- CHARLES NJ. MARTiE, of Haynesville,
Alabama, is our authorized agent to collect dues
and receive subscriptions for the Southern Press
in Alabama and Mississippi.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

PoULTRY EXHIBITION exhibition of
poultry and birds al Hatcb's Hall, Hasel street.
attracts its due share of attention. For first
experiment, it has succeeded probably beyond
the expectations of every body, and the result Is
highly creditabe to all concerned The speci-
mems offered are mostly from the neighboring
farms, and considerable portion from the yards
in the city. Game cocks, geese, ducks, pescocks,
gold and silver pheasants, and mammoth fowls,
in great variety, are ranged around the whole
extent Of the hall, and discordant music from
the throats of some hundred chandeliers, in rapid
succession, salutes the ear Of the visitor. The
most extensive display is from the farms Of
Messrs. Hugh Wilson and John Michel, whose
winged giants occupy the entire west side Of the
hall. Mr.. It. B. Lucas department is arranged
with striking taste and system. Drs. Furman,
Hsyne, Geiger and Ramsay, and Messrs. Gefkin,
Pringle, Elfe, and others whose names have es-
capped u.s. have contributed quite an attractive
array Of rare specimens of the feathered tribe.
We hope to give more detailed account of them
in our next Charleston Courier
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PROSECUTED HUSGARrASs.--The New York
Courier and Enquirer of Friday says 1--WE
mentioned the other day that number of tho
Hungarians who were at work on a railroad
near Chicago, had been forced TO leave their
employment, on account Of their persecution by
the Irish Catholics employed with them, and
who mobbed them, while one of their number
was residing the Bible to his companions We
now learn through letter in the Nsp Era,
that the Hungarians were all accommodated
on The I'd instant by one Of tho German Catho-
lie priests Of Chicago. The priest said that they
were not honest nor Trustworthy, while many
of them are represented to be men who would
ornament any position in society. The letter
goes on to cay that the prosecuted men are in
great distress'
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24

Delivered in London on the Sd instant, in reply
10 an address from the inhabitants of London,
and in presence Of an audience, estimated by
The London Times at $4,000, and by friends Of
the sneaker al $50 000
The primitive Republican., 1851-10-16


county prison haKine pIegiously obtained 9
writ of boos corpus with which To execute
the duties Office. For tliisaci 9oY DicDou-
cal was long. loudly and ustlg censured BY
tie press and by the people. lis proclania-
ton was also treated with contempt.
On Sunday, Oath ult, the city was startled
bv Gle peals Of the Yigilance bell and be-
fore tic excited multitude could concentrate
ilt any point, 10 impede or promote action, a
carriace had dashed through the principal
streets and conveyed the two prisoners again
into the hands Of the Committee, at their
Chambers They had been recaptured in
broad day, from under tie bars and bolts of
the authorities They were hung at high
noon from the loft Of the Committee rooms
the fifteen thousand people beneath venting
their appreciation in one unanimous and
terrific assent. This event only occupied
eighteen minutes Of time.
The ship Flying Cloud had reached San
Francisco in SO days from New-Y ork, being
the quickest tripon record.
Robinson, who was reprievcd by the Gov
ernor, had been hung BY the people.
The confession made by Robinson, while
under sentence of death in Sa ramento, ape
pears in the Sacramento Union of the 25th
! Of August It displays series of successful
villanies, unparalleled in the annalsof crime.
lie was born in New York, in 1910 At an
early age he robbed his father, and left for
Pittsburg and Cincinnati. In the latter city
he met with an acquaintance, whom he calls
Wm Hand with him arrived in this city
While here, it appears that he committed a
robbery, escaped justice, and visited several
cities in the North and West, when be again
returned to this city. He makes charges Of
corruption in Office against gentlemen in New
Orleans and other places, who are justly re-
garded above suspicion, and his whole tale
bears upon its face the stamp Of falsehood,
concocted doubtless by the desperate villain
+ ia the vain hope of making himself hero of
the Jack Sheppard kind.
We learn from the Sacramento Union extra
of the 10Th of August, that the steamer Fawn
burst her boilers near that city on the morn
ing of that day, scattering death and destruc-
tion throughout the boat.
The steamer T6nacssee, left San Francis
co on the 1st for Panama, with. S1,700,000
in gold, and the Constitution with 100000
The former had two hundred and the latter
one hundred and twenty passengers.
Adyices from Astoria; to August 9th,
state that Mrs. Gaines, wife of Gen. Gaines,
had died on the 18th Of August.