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SENATOR DICKINSON.

As illustrative Of the elevated posi-
tion, as fearless and able statesman,
which Mr.. Dickinson earned for him
self in the part he took in the United
States Senate towards healing section
al differences and irritations and re-
storing peace to the country, the Alba
ny Argus quotes the following passage
from q speech delivered by the Hon. L.
A. Nesbit, at the great Union meeting
at Macon, Georgia. The speaker on
this occasion uttered sentiments which
(says the Argus) will find a response
among the friends of union and tran
guilty all over the Confederacy. and
nowhere more hearty respone than in
the great State of New York:
al very we'll recollect, when the de-
bates in the Senate were fiercest, and
alarm for the condition Of the country
began to seize upon the calmest and
bravest men, a brief speech Of Mr.. Dick
inson. II was very SHORTCUT it was
felt through the length and breadth Of
the land as an eclectric shock. II was
an outbursting of truth and feeling. 1t
glowed with fervid Indignation at the
madness of disturbing the peace Of the
Union. 1t was particularly eloquent
in single statement which Mr.. Dick.
inson had the moral courage to make.
to wit: that if one dozen accursed agi-
tators, North and South, were kicked
out Of the Union, the country would be
at rest. l felt then. and | still feel.
that he was right, and that the emer-
gency required just such language as
he thought proper TO use. The power
OF the proposition consisted in its truth.
1t is vet true. Sir. I could lay my fin
GER upon one dozen men at the North,
and one dozen at the South, antagonis-
tic in principle, and hating each other
with intense hatred. yet agreeing in
their hostility to the Union, who, if
silenced, the Union would have repose.
The people are sound in their allegiance
to the Union. ! speak what | know to
be true in this State. 1t is agitation
by few, and that not upon the open
issue Of union or disunion, but upon
false and deccitfn issues, which endan-
ger the repose Of the country. These
few, but active and daring men. are
they against whom the New York Sc
nator intended to warn the people.
Those men who labor insidinusly to
prepare the hearts of the people for
disunion are guilty Of moral treason,
and ought to be regarded as the most
dangerous Of all the enemies Of the best
interests of the people"
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The Democrat and "tle Cricis"
again.

We are much relieved BY the assurance Of tho
Democrat that our Article had no effect in demo-
fishing his paper, and still more graiiied arc we
10 see tina, after the temporary interruption. The
paper has now resumed the formcl punctualy
in its issue. But we are moi disposed to admit
that his reply had any more effect upon our srlc'
lures, than our pleasantly had upon his paper.
Both, perhaps. were entirely harmless.
In our former notice Of the Democrat, we adj
veried 10 the one-siicJ nature Of his statements
in relation to the action Mt the North upon the
Fugitive Slave Law. We do not complain OF tho
course Of the Democrat, for il has shi TO give
or withhold what portion il chooses Of the in'eE
ligencc connected with that subject; but We defn'
ed il good evidence that the design Of the editor
was not to inform his RAIDERS, hut to excite ,he'
feelings and prcjndiccs. The course Of the editor
is still marked with the same unfairncss. ny
wihholds from his readers every thing that ml'''
tatcs against his preconceived notions. because =
docs not believe them to I've true" but very 'ea'
Oily picks up the scraps on the other side, no maj
ter how vaguely or Loosely limited; and deals :"
generalilies and broad assertions which u miS"
puzzle him very much to find specifications y
prove. As for instance. can be point out maa'
places where their ministers, their editors, 'ne''
judges, their most distinguished lawyers anu
their weailhiest citizens have thrown the we's"'
Of their character and the influence OF thelr pun
IS in the way Of the faithful execution OF NV
fugitive slave Iawi" individuals Of that kinu w
know there are. and VIC regret that there arc
many Of them; but we doubt very much Vne'''
there is any town. even in tho excited s'a'e
Massachusetts,, where large majority o. ''ie :
zcns are not disposed to submit peaceahly /"
execution Of the law.
We said, in our former notice. "thnt tue 9
na,ics Of the North meet with as little iasO' .
,nspy tho intelligent portion Of the ccmn'o'''v
ihefs,sas an equaiiy rabid elass Of souihsia y
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Ohio and The Compromise II

appears from an article in the New York Journ.l
Of Commerce, that the Ohio Legislature passed
resolution recommending 10 Congress the modi6.
cation OF the fugitive slave law so as TO give 10
persons claimed as fueili,cs from labor, the bcne.
ft Of every legal defence Of their liberty or it.
in the opinion Of Congress, the said law cannot
be so amended, then they recommend its repeal.
This resolution is said to have passed the Senate
by vote Of l9 TO To-; and the House by vote
of So to 10. Another resolution offered by Mr.
Parlcc, specifying various objections TO the fugi.
tive slave law, and declaring that II ough, never
to receive the voluntary cooperation Of the peo-
pie, and ought, therefore. to be Immediately re.
pcalcd, passed the Senate. il is said, Ivy vote Of
81 to s; and The House by vote Of I'll to 81.
II is proper to state, ihatjn the fist resolution
the General Assembly also urge faithful oh.
scrsancc of law upon all the people Of that State,
and Of her sister States Of the Union, as the most
eTeciual mode Of securing their best interest, as
well as high duty, which they owe alike to
themselves and their common country"
We look upon these resolutions Of the Ohio
Legislature as letting off of steam that will not
work any very great injury SO long as the people
Of the stale observe the law.
We have no thought that Congress will heed
the Recommendation Of the Legislature; aud as
soon as the people of Ohio have had lime to re-
fec, upon the action Of their representatives and
their prejudices sutside. we trust they viii see
the proprety Of selecting agents who will sustain
the compromise of the last Congress.
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n. meeting .. fremont Temple. ~
oppositiun 20 ihe fugitive law eontina.
Ia rs session de entire day. Hon,
STEPHEN Philips oHersd. 4 series o. re-
solutions asserting the right Of fagitiEes
10 trial by jury, and the habeas cor
pas act under the common law. and de-
claring the fugitive slave law uucansti-
tutionsl. and ! violation Of the rights oil
freemen. A proposition was made to
sit all night. but lis being known that
the commissioner had postponed his
decision, the meeting adjourned.
Mr.. Webster arrived last night and
pot up at the Revere House. His
health is still feeble. On his arrival
Yesterday at Springfield. the people
turned out On Blasse 20 meet him, and
greeted him with the utmostehthnsiasm.
Hon. q. w. billiard This dis IN
snlshrd gentleman delivered 'prrrh be-
fare The -Soulhrrn Rights Union Asso-
rialinn 81 Montgomery" on Monday even.
inp lasi. The Journal says the asfrn-
hlage wa. The largest pnliiiral one The
editors had ever seen rollec ed sfier night
in the city. Mr.. N. reviewed The sriioa
nf the Last Congress. and vindiesird The
compremise. as whole. in mastery
Argument. The journal. in CLOSING Ne
n.Iice. says:
.The speech was Throughout American.
national. and patriotic. ami The rap'nrons
cheers WHEN he spoke Of orI Usi"n-
Of il. inapprrciahle ralnr-of lis glory
of It's imporisne-as the last hope 81 Tree
dom-showtd how deep and abiding was
The devotion 10 that Union implanted in
lie hearts ofihe people. The well known
eloquent screni. met. AS ever. The enihn-
sisslic response az every true prsirini.
The mniinn of Mr.. Judge. al the conrln>
sion. that The Association should adjourn
on thai speech. as there was no Necessity
for fuIlher talk. expressed the IRE FEELING
of ihe misunderstanding could be added
To it,
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We have heard. as yet. hot .nle said in rela-
ton 10 the election ID member Of Congress for
this District. We have not even heard il authe-
risati,ely announced hat The Hon. A. w. yen-
able will he candidate Cor reelection. Indeed
il wouli seem that his particular fiienis have
not YET Lren informed on The subject, IL We may
judge from the following very dubious paragraph
which we find in ihs Last number d The South
em Democrat;
Z In this District re prssnmf the Hon. A. W..
: vensble will be seandidaic Tor reelection. His
course has. zee beLers. been entirely saiisfacio-
. ~ TO the Democracy Of tho District, and should
: he consent To run We know Of no one who
would make mo,e faithful representative
From the little We have heard on the subject.
we arc inclined 10 believe that the Democratic
party in this District are not snihely satisfied
with Mr. venahle's course in Congress, and that
many Of them would prefer gentleman Of more
conservative views. with less Of the South Caro-
lima iinciure in his political creed. We have
heard gentleman Of csswell spoken Of as cam
didate in opposition. Democrat Of high charae-
ter and standing. bu, who diilsrs widely from Mr..
yenabIe on some important questions; and il il
we're certain that no Wing candidate would he
brought out, we believe that Mr.. yensble would
be opposed by one Of his own party.
The Wing party, as far as we have hcen able
TO ascertain ihei views, hare no intention 10 run
a candidate. Our decided conviction Is, that the
best course for the whe party TO pursue. will be
to permit our Democratic friends TO present us
such candidates as may suit their conflicting
views, and 10 select from these the one whose
policy would best tend 10 preserve the Union
Of The States, and promote the peace and pros
periiy Of the couniry-oljecis as dear 10 many
Democrats, We a,e persuaded, as they are to
Wings.
Since The above was in type, we find the fol-
lowing in tho North Carolina Standard:
I'VE are authorized 10 announce the Hon.
AHnAHaa w. yESABLE, as Candidate for re-
election 10 Congress from The Fiiih District. COM
posed Of the counties Of Granville. Person, Or
ange, Caswell. AIamance, aud Chatham"
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Prom the same paper.

Report Of tie Termination Of The
FlgiiiUs Sias.-Ai . o'clock yesterday
forenoon homas Sims, mnla,lu. the a,leg.
ell lugiise slave, who was arrested on
Thursday night. was brought beior,
George Z. Gurus, esq. u. s. Commits.
s,oner. on tie complaint ri John Beacon
agent and attorney of James Potter 81
Chatham county. Georgia. alleged owneI
Of lhe said Sims.
Col. Seth j. Thomas appeared as
counsel for Mr.. Beacon, al d Z. 6. Lor-
ing, Robert Rantoul, jr., and s. E. Sc
wall, as council for Bins.
After the complaint and warrant
thereon had been read, Col. Thomas
proposed TO put in the authenticated
documentary evidence brought ON BIZ
81. Beacon, according to the provis-
ions Of the Fugitive law.
The cou1se. for Sims objected to TIE
proceeding with that hearing, on the
6 .psai thar they had had no opportunity
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AdaiT3 On Hogi0n-An0lher A.
rosf % q Fugitive.
Froa he fpsaa roa ryra4.
.lrresi sfa Itgilsss Losf Nigh.

Fson he 9eaaa -. rsra4.
.9resf ga Itgiisst Lad EigAf.
Aboni 0 n'rlaek iass n,fha The Unised
Sillr- ID i'asy mssshAi. 9iih some sssis-
that's. ssrrrei an kirhmand street seolor-
ei man. named thomas sisns. claimed .
The slave az Jsmss Potter. II Chatham.
Georgia lie IhoaehI he was taken ior
being drGnk AMI naisy. sad 80 dad his
companions. lie was put into hack aud
dnsra 10 Ihe eenrI house. and then. be-
ginning 10 susperf Lhr Irirk. rsisrd The cry
ef % kdnaPrer,'' and sinusly resisted be-
ing earird INN Ire eaan house. He Was.
hnweref. soon haslled in. and plseed in
one nf The reoHs which belong In ihr
United Sisle- m.shsl. there 10 be Kept
until The examination is held.
From The Boston Daily Advertiser, April s.
ExaminSfisa IF Thomas Sims. the ell,grd Fs.
gifirt Sire u J1mss Poftsr. tsfars 0. s. Con.
nissioner g. Z. CsSfis.
The examination OF the alleged tug live
Sim. MIN Was arrested On Thursday
evening. was eommenred ON yesterday
morning in the u. =. courtroom before
G.. T.. Gurus. Esq. U. Sialss commits
slsrer.
Sell J. Thomas. Esq. appeared for ihe
claimant. and Charles 6. l.oring. Robert
Rinionl. Jr. and Samuel E. Srwell. Eos.
Tor the deienee.
Mr.. Thomas produced TIE legal papers
ii the case, snrh as The certificate 81 owner
shIP. power II attorney To John D. Bea-
con, &r. and The warrant upon which
Sims MAS arrested.
Incidents, S.r.-At an early hour yes
ierday morning chain Was placed (bressi
high along The outer edge Of The walk
around ilIe couri. house. aud strong po-
lice force were on duty IN ard snund The
building as guard. The courthouse
was kepl Flea ofnearly MI persons. except
ihose having business IN the courts or Of
fres. 'ihroughou, The forenoon quite a
number Of persons remained about The
courthouse, but Do attempt al any breach
Of the public peace was made.
Officer lSntman. WIN assisted in arrest
ing Sims. received flesh uonnl in The
thigh. from a knit in The hands of Sims.
h.i he was mol aware thai he had been in-
jare.l until considerable mme sfer Tie
arrest had been eiiertrd.
The prisoner is quite an inl, llisent look
ing dark mulaio. apparently ahontiweniy.
Eve years If age. aud ha. heen in This civ
about fnur WEEKS, ard since his ARRIVAL
had been BOARDING Al a colored seaman's
boarding house, kept by one Aiken. al
l53 Ann 81.
During the fore par,of last evening, =
crowd Of several hundred persons gathered
in,hr conrsqusre.apparenily from motives
OF cnrlosiv. No serious disturbance was
made hy them. although they occasionally
cheerrd and grosncd Us their feelings die
taiej. upon The uilrranre of sentiments in
favor or against sustaining The laws of the
land. The crnwd gradually lessened. and
nj ten o'clock, only comparatively few
people renamed IN The vicinity.
The military companies received orders
Yesterday TO hold themselves in readiness
for duty al a momcnl's waning.
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Boston, April Q.


Boston, April Q.
Mr.. Curtis, the United States COM
missioner, has deferred his decision in
the fugitive slave case until Friday
next.
'fale case Of the negro Sims begins to
assume a more serious aspect, and a
direct collision between the General
and State Governments appears to be
threatened. In the Massachusetts, Sc
nate to-day an order was pissed, by a
vote Of 25 to :. appointinga committee
to inquire " whether the freedom of any
inhabitant Of this Commonwealth is in
danger through the remissness Of any
officer thereotf-or if any law for the
security Of personal freedom had been
violated by any officer Of the city or
Slater"
This movement is in consequence of
the refusal of the sheriff to serve the
writ of reple,in upon the Marshal, and
also his refusal to serve a criminal
warrant upon Sims for assaulting the
officer who arrested him-both of which
we're designed as pleas to get Sims out
of the hands of the United States au-
thorties. The committee is now in SEES
sion.
: The Governor has also directed the
Attorney General to consult with the
Sheriff relative to serving the writ Of
replevin upon the Marshal.
Immense placards are posted about
calling on the citizens, and all oppo-
nents to slavery, to assemble at the
State House on Friday, and witness the
States disgrace in the delivering up Of,
Sims.
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Senator James - sis Position
Settled.

A mystery had, for some time, hung about the
election Of Mr.. James by Wing Legislature as
Senator from Rhode Island, and few weeks
ago we published anarticIe in which we thought
the mystery fully unrayeled. The substance Of
that article was, that Mr.. James had pledged him
sell. in note 10 the Hon. William splasue. to
support the leading Wing measures" DC. and
hh IN a subsequent conserrltion With Mr..
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Third Dispatch.
Boston, April Z. IL p. n.

After The u S. Cnnr, adjourned this
evening. and While Marshal I'ukey aud
several policemen were re.condlGIing the
agent Of tie claimant. and Mr.. De Lyon,
police officer Of Savannah. with the it,
nrsses. 10 their hnlcl. Jahn Randolph. The
negro WHO cansed the arrest Of Marshal
Turkey. this morning. raised large club.
and was about Ia strike The agent On The
head. when his arm was caught Ivy an Of.
frrr. and he was arrested and commilted
TO jail"
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Excitement In Boston.-A fagili's

Excitement In tSoStous-a tashi"e
slave BY the name Of Thomas Sims. The property
Of VIZ. James Potter Of Chatham county. Georgia.
~as arrested in The riiy Of Boston on the night
Of the 81 instant. The dissrganizrrs and fans'irs
Of ,ha, city, Who seem 10 be constantly On the
alert Tor such ocrasions. AZ once commenced
their opposition 10 The proceedings consequent
upon his capture. and q very high stale VI er-
ei,rment prevails believing that our readers
will feel deep Interest in The progress and result
Of lhis case. we have devoted large space in To-
days pspsr 70 the details as furnished by The Bos-
ton papers. We are grslifed To lesn from The
papers Of thai City. Of the latest date. that the
public sentiment 10 such as 10 warrant the belirf
.ha. the Constitution and Laws Of The country
will be faithfully sustained.
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From The Boston Post. Anil S.

Tie fugitive Ereiiemeat.-,ll yesier-
day aeuari OF Sky regular and special of.
6eers were on duty vulin and atound the
cour,-house. and nv their presence pre-
vented any demonstration oi whence. One
rclmea man was disarmed of pistol in
in Franklin avenue. In The House ol
Representative, in the forenoon, Mr..
Earle. of Worcester. moved an order Tor
considering The suhjert of prohibiting the
conveyance Of arrested fugitive slaves on
railroads bnl General Gushing. by few
remarks. knocked The order in The b. adj.
IN HE aliernaon Theodore Parker all
dressed gathering on The Common. In
,i,e fremont Temple. John Ciuer. Rev.
Mr.. Julvcr. Wendell Phillips. and OTHERS
delivered iih,mmalory baraugucs. Phil
lips ADVISED lie l,en.ls &c The slave 10 arm
themselves. and. # hry could not prevent
tie carrying niT &C SINS IN any nlher way.
niear upihe rails al The rail Dads. Some
hoys were pat Out for cheering for Daniel
Webster.
In the evening The MAYER ordered oul
two companies of the Boston Regiment
under The command of Maj. J"hnC. Boyd,
VIZ: The New England Gua,ds, Capt.
Brailee. vino were stationed IN Franklin
avenue. and the Bnsion Light Guards,
Cap. Clark. in Fancuil Ilal.
UP ga lale hour last night there was 8
large gathering 81 people in Conrl square,
who amused themselves in good nalure,l
manner bv cheering the Constitution and
grosning Tor somc OF the most noted aboli.
si0nisls.
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Cr A eonmunirsiian from Dr.. s. l. Hoh in
rpiy 10 Dr.. d. A. Montgomery. has i<sn rscsis-
ed ana put in TYP; bot ewiss 10 the srrsnse-
nens Of our maiirr previous 10 is rscsp'ian. ne
are unsbIs 10 lina room Cor Il this week. II shall
appear in our nert numhsr.
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CQnns.l Sc a.knss tAsR sAnasassj
thai they had % FvideHre 20 oHes. An
sfiidavil OF The fagiiiss Whs read. stating
lhai bis lseedom Vas Purrhastd by has
father n hen he was Eve mnnlhs old ll,hl
bis free papers are nov IN The possession
&c Morris Pailer. Of Savannah: and that
he drsirrs delay ie obtain Them; that hr
never heard of James Poiirr. his alleged
master. until yesterday morning. No no
linre was l.krn Of lhis paper.
Mr.. Raniapl then announced that he
drsignsd ie arrue The ennsiiinlienslliy 81
ssis lar. NJ o. ihe right Of a rnmmlsslon-
er IN sil upon phe Ease. irisl by jury. 6r-.
and asked pesipnnrment until 'fturs-
day. The raun won'd only grant tll
Mnnasr. al fwrlrr o'clock, when the ar
gumfni viii be heard.
The ri,y rrmsins quiet. bat large
crowd Is roIIrrird ahonl the courthouse.
No ,iolrnre is manifested"
The foiiauing. from The Baltimore Sun.
contains nm arrouni ef the movements
and scenes up In Monday night last:
.Dosi0n. April q. m.
The aboiilinnisis are doing every thing
IN their power 10 impede the execution
af The fnei,ise Law. and 10 enhsrrass. as
much as possible. the officers in ihr dis
charge al their duty. To-day Marshal
Tukey was arrested on ihe snil Of me-
gro namrd John Randolph, charged with
arr. sing and searching The person 81 Ran
,lolph Tor rnnrraled weapons. Tnkey
gave hail in he snm Of $1,000 for his
appearance 10 answer the charge.
John n. Beacon. The agent OF Mr.. Pot
ter. Sims's owner. and DE Lyon. were also
arrested an charge Of conspilafy 10 kid
nap. They promptly gave bail 10 the
amount of $1,000.
An aiiempi was made 10 take Sims out
&c the u. ) Marshal's custody. by vir-
the Of an old srl Of The Masssrhuse T. l.e-
gislaiurr. The Marshal. however, posi-
iiyfly nfused to give lin up.
In court this morning, Mr.. Raninul oc-
cupicd about an hour aud half in an ar
sumcni in farnr of granting writ Of ha
bea- rnuipus for Sims. Mr.. Ranioul's
argument was simply a rriieralion Of his
late I.ynn speech. hrs sole ground Of de.
fence bring The nnc.nsliiulionaliiy Of The
fugitive ,lave law.
Afler he had concluded. Chief Jusiirc
Shaw said that he would adjourn the ease
nil 3 n'rlock. alicn the court would give
lis decision.
There appears 10 he no doub, that Sims
will he delivered 10 his master. and
military escor will pohahly accompany
him tn New York. ,o,preveni rescue.
Large crowds sfc gathered about. and
much excitement prevails. hut n" fears
are entertained of an outbreak. The mill.
iary are ready nj moments warning Ia
assist The civil authorities.
Second Dispatch.
Boston. April 7, Q PM.
In The Supreme Court This afternoon.
Chief Justice Shaw delivered lengthy
opinion upon The application for a wrii
Of Hahras Corpus in The case nf Sims.
The unanimnus opinion Of The court Was
that The wrii ought NOT 10 be- grsnird.
The argument was then resumed before
the u. =. Commissioner. lianioui j. now
proceeding To argue The case at great
length. Swords and Other arms sufficient,
10 ON hundred police have been inr.
war,lrd from The NAVY Yard To The Mar
shal's office. In ease Suns is irman,!ed 10
his owner strong force will guard him 10
the cars.
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FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE.

Posiponemeat Of the Decision Pro6atke Col.
Esioa 6efmen The State and Generui Gouern-
menf- Meeting al fremont Tsmpie--Arricai
of .nr. Welstsr, &c.
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