The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-06-11

solemn belief. lhsi Il lhil Texas eonH6.
Eersy had MOI bssa Eeiied By Congsss
IN lhe manner esllsd he hdj1slment nsa.
sures. civil wsf would hare ensosd blood.
Amrricsn blood. xould bare been shed I;
and xho can leII whsl else would been
lhs consequence Gentlemen, in an
honofabls wsr. If foreign foe ms sds u.s.
| If oar rights we're ihreziened-if II we're
necessary 20 dsfrnd them BY arms-l am
nos afraid VI blood. And. il | am 100 old
myself. l'hnpe there are Hose connected
with me who are yonng. and willing 10
defend their country 10 the iasi drop o!
their blood. sensssion. Bai ! eanno!
express The horror feel al The shedding
Of bloud in controversy between one d
these States ard The government Of The
United States. because ! sec in ia. jn ilse
sight Of Heaven. disruption OF al hose
ties Ibal make ms . great and happy
people. Gentlemen. thai was The great
question. The leading qneslion. % llle com
mcneement of The year 1850.
Then there was The other. and that was
matter Of lhe fngiiiEe-slare law. Lei
me say warl about ,l,al. Under ihe
provisions OF The constitution. in General
Washinglon's administration. in The year
1893. there Was passed Law Tor The res.
toralion Of fugitive slaves By general con,
sent. No one opposed il a, that period.
IL was thought 10 be necessary 10 carry
The constitution into effect. The great
men Of New England and New York Ill
concuned in il. L passed. and answered
all The purposes expected from il. I'LL about
the year 1871 or 1912. when The States
inieriered 10 make cnacimsnis in opposi-
lion TO il. The law af Congress said thai
State magistrates might execute The do.
lies Of The Law. Some OF The States pass.
cd penal enacimenis involving . penalty
on any who executed authority under The
law; others IL them denied the use al
their jaIls 10 carry lhe law into effect
and generally, al The commencement III
The year 1850. il was absoluiely-I say
il was acknowledgements thai Con.
gress should pass some law for the exc.
cusipn Of This provision OF The caasliiu.
lian. or elre give up lliai institution en-.
litely. That was The question. was ID
Congress when The law WAS passed.
was for proper law. ! had. indeed
proposed .ifferen law. was OF epin.
ion thai summary trial by jury might
be had, which would safely lie preiu.
,lIces Of The people; bul left The Senate
aud went 10 another station before the
law was passrd. The law &c $50 pass.
ed. Now. ! undertake as lawyer, and
on my professional character, 10 saw 10
you and 10 ~ that Tie law of 1850 i.
decidedly moe favorable 10 tie fugitive
than General Wasllinglon's law Of 1893
end tell you why. In lie first place
the present law places The power IN mucl
higher haids-oi independent, Judges d
The superior and circuit courts and dis.
lrict courts. aud commissioners who ais
appointed 10 office for their law learning
Every fugitive is brought befarc atribu
nal oI high character, Of eminent ability
Of respectable station. Well, then, inAle
/ first place, when claimant comes iron,
Virginia 10 New York 10 say thai one A
or one Is has ran away. or is fugitive from
service or lab he brings with him re.
cord Of The county from|wlirh lie comes
ansl thai reeo,d must hesvorn 10 before 1
xgisirale, and cerlitiedb ~ lhrrounly clerk
Is 10 i,s correctness. 'lIlcTl6.lavil mnsI
stats, that A on Is Gas the case NAV be-
had departed under such and such cir.
csimstanres, and had ccme here and that
record under seal is, by The conslilulion
fof the United States, entitled 10 full cred /
in every ether State. WeN, lIle claim.
fam. or his agent. comes here, and he pre-
| senis 10 You The seal ol The courts of Vir-
ginia. that 4 or u had escaped from SER
vice. lie must prove thai he is here. lie
hring a Witness and asks d this is lie
man. and he proves il, Or in Ten case nn,
Of eiesen The answer wnuli be. YES,
massa, am yonr slave; did escape from
vonf service" Snrh is lie present law :
and 80 alncll opposed and nlaIiane,! MS /, is,
u rs more favorable law i, the f,gilive
Than l!uls law of WasIinglon's, nf 1903,
whlrll created NJ disturbance Ill lie litae
u was passed, aud which vas sanctioned
by The Nnrlll asawcll as bv the S,nli,.
Bu. this opposition is a. sentiment of
modern times. From whom does this
clanar come. Why, look i, The proceed
lngs II The ami slavery eonveniion--look
al their resolutions. DO you 6nd among
all thnse persons who oppose this fugi-
i've. slave law any admission whatever
thai any law ought 10 bespassed 10 carry
inin effect The solemn stipnIalinns OF The
constitution! Tel me any such case.
Feline u any resolution was passed by
me caivenlion al ), raense favsssing the
carrying onl Of the n.iilulion. 3 Not
que !. The faci is. genlleulen, lliey oppose
The wh"le-ll,ey oppossstflc wlloIe--nol
man of them admits that there onahl Ia
pc any law % The subject. They denyl
'Alt'geher thai The provisions OF lIle con-
slIluilan augIflo be carried in.o effect.
Wen, what do they saw! Look at The
proceedings Of The anli.slaverv ronsen.
tons IN Ohio, Massachusetts, and a, 81.
racuse, In the Stale Of New York wh,,