North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-09
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,ost decided stand against THIS la"' 49,. f.o,,
Modification or repeal. We quote a. w. -.
+be New York Journal of Commerce'
"OHIo AND THE COMPROMISE Use. Of REPRESENTATIVES
;o,s which passed the Ohio house ., Congrsss
'los 80, .roo ;ostructng the senators ~ ss
some 1ays en0o' .-ocnre a repeal, modlncauons OF
~ of the fngtveslave Iaw' "Pp XII, ~ Eso
amenuuen tsJ upon by the Senate; Duh IN neu
have 'oeen 49, act Of resolutions were concoctea IN
thereol' rb;cb are worse than the hrst. Inc nrst
thai oooy amended passed the senate oy vote OF
90 ~ TO- and the house by v0'e o. % - ~ ~
~ 20 nsssed the Senate by 81 to D. ana the mousse
secona o. So Ohio by its Legislature, has decided
oy strong vote that the fugitive-slave law ought
~ i'm mediately repealed" 1t remains 10 De seen
bether this action of the legislature VIII De sustain
the people, 1t is true, the resolutions are only
GI-otory or advisory, but they involve principles
if carried into practice, will dissolve the Union
WIND a peradyenture.
beyond r' OHIO SENATE.
SATURDAY, March %, 1851.
A. I;pton from the majority of the committee on
ei"rl relations, reported series of resolutions on
,ie subject of slavery, as follows: CO..
Re,ored By the General .Rssen16ty Of the St0fe q
or. Thai while this general assembly would urge
Ve1 :hf observance of law upon all the people of
L;s State. and of her sister States OF the Union as
h most efectual mode of securing their best inter-
ost as we'll as high duty, which they owe alike to
themselves and their common country II wo9.u nsoSs
arnestv recommend to Congress the necessity OF so
aendi1p and modifying the provisions OF the fugl-
ve'save law that, while it secures faithful COM
l;nce with all its obligations imposed by the con-
p,itnon of the United States, it will. as becomes
free government, guard WIN Je0ouS Saio Ni0 s"'0
Of its freemen. -, J.,
Mr. Walker moved to amend the resolution Dy add
inn to the end thereof the words
And If said law, in the opinion OF Congress, can
not be so amended to give to persons caiinea as
ftyes from labor the benefit OF every legal defence
Thor,v we then recommend the repeal Of said
law" 81. ,asol,,;o, time
amended, and resuted-yeas II, nays I0-as follows
EMessrs Award, Bosom, Bill, Blockscm.
Runs Cunningham, Eckley, Ferguson, Faust, Gel
~ Hart Howard Lawrence, Linton, Lewis, Payne,
Van Buskirk, Vinal Walker, and SPeaker-l9.
W,vs-Messrs Barker, Broadwell, Hatch, Har-
Ian, Kborn, Lyman, Myers, Pardee, Randall, and
Sutff-lO
So the resolution passed.
Mr. Pardee moved to insert the following:
:. ResoJrsd That the law commonly called the fu-
gitive law being, in the Judgment OF TINS general
assembly, "a law that makes pGrte evidence con-
elusive of the masters right to Iecapture and return
his sIave that denies jury trial here or elsewhere;
that provides for the appointment OF swarm oil petty
officers to execute that double compensation
to find every claim up in favor of the master, and
paws the expenses in every case from the public
treasury can receive the voluntary cooperation
of our people, and ought therefore, to be Immediate
ly repealed"
This resolution, appendage to that moved by
Mr. Linton, was adopted as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Award, Barker, Bill, Broadwell,
Bescn, Eckley, Ferguson, Hart Harlan, Howard,
Lawrence, Lewis, Lyman, Myers, Pardee, Payne,
Randall, Shertzer, Sutif, Vinal, and Speaker-2l.
NAYs-Messrs. Block som, Brackley, Burns, Faust,
Geiger, Hath, Killborn, and Linton-9.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH "a.
The above resolutions being taken up, Mr.. Burnett
moved to lay them on the table.
Mr. Bradley demanded the yeas and nays on said |
motion; which, being ordered, were had; and the /
house refused to lay the resolution on tine table-yeas
26, nays 81.
The question was then on agreeing to the resou-
tions.
Mr.. Moore demanded division of the question,
viz: That each resolution be considered separately. |
Agreed to.
The first resolution was then agreed to-yeas SO, |
nays 10.
Mr.. Fee moved TO amend the second resolution by |
placing before the word IS repealed,''- the WORDS
-' mod fed, amended, Or" read that the law
should be modified, amended, repealed.
After some opposition To the amendment by Messrs
Kent and Plumb, the question was taken on agreeing
TO the amendment and resulted-yeas %, nays %.
30 The amendment was disa greed to.
Mr. Harlan moved TO strike out the words !" can
never" and insert the words ought never, so as
to read fought never TO receive the SANCTION, &c.
which was agre ed to.
The second resolution was then agreed to-yeas
Al, nays 2l.'
Modification in this ca Sc means repeal; for the
who voted for the first Resolution, and the people
who sustain them in it, will never be satisfied I'm til
they can engra upon that law ha6eas corpus and trial
by jury for the escaped slave.
The second Re solution is tissue of falsehoods,
and, on that account if for nothing else, is disgrace
ful to the State authorities from which il emanated.
What will the submssionsts say to these Resolu-
tons! Will the submission Editors in this State
LET The people knOu, through their cokLnns that such
Resolutions hare been passed. And suppose Ohio
should accomplish her wishes in this respect, will
North Carolina remain with her in the Union And
she Will not, and ought not, will these submits
sIonsts recognize in this State of Ohio tie right to
scAip her in2 . ....- Z
The following bill has been introduced into the
Senate of Massachusetts,, by Mr. Blu ckingham, from
the special joint committee on Slavery. We copy
from the Boston Courier:
An in addition to an act further to protect per-
sonal liberty
SEC. l. All the provisions of an "act further to
protect personal liberty, passed the oath day of
March, io4S, shall apply to the act of Congress ap-
proved September ls, $780, entitled San act 10 amend
ana supplementary to the entitled an act respect
!rSm justice and persons escaping from
Sec 2: Any officer or other member OF the yoIun-
teer militia OF the Commonwealth who shall act in
his capacity as such officer member or under color
thereof, at the command requiston of the limited
States marshall or of any deputy special marshal
'ns Onec states under Preence Of being part of
abe posse conauS, in the arrest and detention of nv
person claimed as slave, shall be liable to the same
penalties provided by the act to which this is in adj
dition. - " ~
- sec. j. Any corps of the volunteer militia of this
commonwealth, which, at such command or reouisi
"on under such preence and for such purpose shall
ScI IN its organized capacity as such corns shall
and oc