The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-02

hch have boldly catered 'ts possea arena, seized upon
lie balance of power and obuded their ianAcism into
II halls OF oas federal Legislature There masssss "a
hosti, necessarily pop'ossd aud ~ sns
t,on legitimate buslisss ol 'rxistai e
day by day altered axainsi slavery and t4y
hoders, axans' conisderses and thsif s'iluyns " S
appafrnt Il was or-shsdowed il the able and pstrfotc
81 s a .s Of M New Yal IL he
the active inteposirIon Of conservative public oPs"'
aent Ii the Onward movement d ,hls nrans Crusade
b, stayed a. 10 ime that measures Of rsssancs bs
pot In ptosfess there. M a m talt ssft.. gfs,. ~
Mr. President. while | ayow my Willingness u. uaait
the operation Of this law until the experiment shs bsvss
been fairly made while express my readiness ssr9
the President with any additional power which mas
able him more ercuay 10 enforce 1t, al tn req
resentatves OF the people OF Georgia. desiring to givs e
the opinions OF thai people, expressedin eoAyea
ton legtimatsy asssmbleda conveauoa, let ms say.
the OF that Stats. composed Of
men anxious and devoted 10 the OF the
Union be found in her broad and extended ints
am bound say that the obstruction TO the execution
of this law is 10 be foundn feeling OF deep rO0ted hos
liiy TO the institution OF domestic slavery which exists
in the free States OF this Union limit that observation
There free States the Union and there are sensors
in this chamber who. by their fidelity to the compromises
OF the constitution In this particular are entitled 70 re-
spec and admiration. and Tor is BY ms freely and
cheerfnliy accorded to them limit this ObeervAttOa
them to those free States which societies exist who
engaged in asaing the question OF slavery. which
has no existence IN their own limits and Whose sole
purpose 10 destroy the repose and harmony OF their
ter States limit the observation to those StateA in
which those societies exist and my proposition upon
States which is hostile to the enforcement Of this law.
and which will continue to interpose distractions 10 il
enforcement the consequences Of which no man may
fOresee. have said that arm willing 10 wait the ACTION
OF the general government to ascertain whether BY its
agency, these distractions be removed but OF the
exstence OF that telling there can be no doubt II you
brought The subject before ask does any man doubt
that this outrage was instigated by white men Does
any believe that handful OF free negroes would
have conceived plan to execute this rescpe IN open
daylight unaded and uncounselled by white men, Why
sir. all the evidence in the contradics such suppo
si.ion shows that white men were seen 70 the mob
ate people, "Come on come on !! The evidence 10 that
several white persona have been subsequently arrested
and bound over for trial Tor their pardcpancy IN this
But, apart from this evidence il you look to the pro-
ceilings OF these societies. of which the State Of Massa
chuselis to be the headquartess if you look at
their published proceedings and at their pfess; i YOU
look the declarations issued from their aud
from their pulpsfor these are read by these ign0fnat
people, easily liable to be imposed uponyou Will ~
the Absence OF any evidence to connect white men with
this particular transaction, the source and origin these
obstlucons tits to be found in adsep Telling OF
hostility 10 our domestic institutions which exsit ~
those States and though am not disposed 70 mpnte %
the people OF Boston, or The people OF
body any disposition to resist the Jaw winch maneA
ed by this particular portion of their people and ahRNgh
hear repeatedly said that that portion OF thus people -
insignificant 10 be enabled to produce utuaasly any
eect-ihat they will be put down BY the conservatism Of
great majority Of the people-yet have to say tha
two Instances of recent they have bAen found
in sufficient numbers in Boston to evade or obsuct Tie
execution of the law And although will not include
The people Of Boston Of massachusetts, the declare
of disposition to resist by force evade The execu
ton OF this law yet the evidence is patent on their own
public records and abundanty patent in ihis ansacto9
TO show that they are n communion with those whe DO
its enforcement in their hostility TO the law itse
That such is their feeling. although they may moi be
disposed to manifest by forcibe resistance. abun-
dantly evident. Why, what is the act reelred to BY
the from Virginia The other day. foIbddin4 TIE
OF their jas. and inhbl,ing their oficers from
tvlpn QSIsfan In Tho AM
law Why should Massachusetts refuse her -{aNs
TO psrsons arrested under federal authority WAY
under this particular law, leaving her jaiis open 10
others arrested under federal authontys shall be
told, perhaps that that law passed under dhereni
auspices and at remote period But that law remains
upon the statute book Of Massachusetts. Surely.~p
mist be considered expressing the feeling oil the peo
pie OF Massachusetts this subject, orit would not M
OF that State is in session, why is not repealed Whist.
then il these men--thess members OF abolition socie
lies, their agents and emssare and these deluded
coored people HON they are leading asirayl they see
that law remaining upon the statute book OF Massachu
ses, which iorbds the OF the ails and the aAsist
OF the officers OF that State to carry into execution
law similar IN provisions TO the act oil lS50what can
they iner but that the feeling oil the people oil MAssaehu
ses has been expressed by the unison
with their own But the evidence OF that feeling does
no, stop here. The Ssnae will recolect the incidenp
connected with the OF the Crafts They will reco
ect that two responsible agents. sent from the State OF
Georgia for the purpose OF tanning these fugives,
were mel by every possible evasion which miserable
peitioggng ingenuity could devise that actions sound
ing in damages Instituted IN the name ot these tugitvt
slaves brought against the persons sent TO appne
bend them; and that they held to bail in ENORMOUS
amounts that but Tor the precau,ion which they had
used OF taking letters from respectable mercantile houses
in Savannah, well known in Boston, they, the pursuers
OF these fugitive slaves, would have been themselves
incarceraied in the prisons OF Massachusetts though
not open the confinement OF fugitive slave; they
would have been imprisoned in the Ialls OF Massachn
sets, from inability to give security TO the enormous
amount required. so 800
But desire 10 inquire with view TO show what the
evidence affords TO the feeling OF that community,
whether under the law OF the Stale OF Massachusetts,
in sounding damages, 1t Is IN the power oi
the plaintiff fix the amount OF bail which he will re-
qure or whether, following the provisions OF the Law
OF England which exists in most OF the States OF the
Union the amount OF bail is not required to be 6xed BY
judges order Ii this be and II the amount oil bail
OF ten tweaiy, thirty thousand more dollaa, which
required that case, fixed by order oil Judge
IN the State Of Massachusetts, ask ysu what 10 the
evidence which You will require beyond this OF the feel
ing Of the people OF the community which he dwels
and administers his Office when he reconcile TO his
conscience, like this, 10 demand the enormous
amount OF bail which was required. 80
There is then, regard to the feeling oil the people oil
that State the action OF her leg saiore and ct hes lud
ciary and il 10 these you add the evidence which "
afforded by the recent in the city Of Boston
and the resolutions which read by the senator from
Michigan Yesterday, declaring that law or no law con
stiiuon or no constitution this law should not be exc
cuted think the Senate will with me that these il
feeling OF hostility to the execution oil this Law, Ihow
ever the major portion OF the population may tfess The
cu,on) which in itself the source and origin OF this
orcIbe resistance by othefs, which they thus nsE4e
and excite. .s r.. s.s..s 4. ('....
do not mean 10 s,y that The maiorv of tha people OF