The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-03-05
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prads~ed M fruiisf The Srnsios would
do mn surh Thing.
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hsd salsd faf The t.empromise seis Of me
last ssssions bsl he sss enc Of ihase Who
GERS di.pesed IN girs shsse sep lar
irizl befese easlemsisg lh~m. There
w.s bui one ef Ihsse. se-s rspsbIe nj ne
prsl. and thss nne VS. he one nov be-
lore ihsm. If he b~Ii~vsd thss hw. ihs
Fusissse Slave lzw. . dssd ~sler on -ihe
s,aluls baek. Ne wosld say hal. The lime
lar the dissalnlioa of The Union had ~.
rived. The people 81 Alabama had no
particular or immrdisie interest IN siiis
Law. far lhry did moi loose more Than one
nsgra in fve years; bal lhry had an M
,rres. in the exrruiion Of The Constitution.
They well know thai if one provision Of
The Constitution rould be d'srrg.rded and
SET .sids. thar anaiher and other prosi-
Sons could he uralrd likewise. and that
there would be no safety or dependence
10 be placed in The Cons iiuiinn. Tie did
mo, regard this Law ~ dead le er. Tie
considered Thai il had been carried into
execution. g
Il had bern executed in Ohio. in Indi-
ana. in New. York. and In Pennsylvania;
in the latter Stale ii had been. the Sena-
Tor from New Hampshire said. ovrr-sxe-
ruled by sending q. freeman inio slavery.
In this The Senator Was in error. Fiist.
the man w.s not sent into slavery. Tor
he was returned; and. in the nexi place.
he was no. free man. The R,i.sake in
The case Vas. thai he was sent NJ the
wrong master. for he vas actually slave.
Surh ~ stake was sbl TO @cnr. and The
Senator from New Hampshire sho.ld he
rhsriiahle Ia The mistake. Of others. There
yas tale ahrnad that nfsrn onee railrd
on a Distinguished Statesman az New
Hampshire and said he was fugitive
slave: he implorrll his aid and songh, his
shelter, he Was taken in and comforied
,hy the statesman. Subsequently. il was
;asrrriained that The nrgro was no slave
and lbsi he had had his fee papers in hi,
pocket NIL The lime. Such mistake hav'
ing occurred IN New Hampshire, the Sc
major might. spouse The mistake in Phils
delphia.
| Mr. Hale said This piece Of history wal
new To him.
Mr.. Clemens said the memory of III,
Senator mus, be imperfect, Tor he had iol'
the tale To him (hr. CT and the 'sena,o
from Tennessee as having occurred 10 him
self. (I.ansh,er.l
i Mr.. Hale. hare perfect repollec
Ilion nf what | stated "a The Senator an
The Senator from Tennessee on The occa
sion referred. 10; but il was not a. lh
Senator bad stated il. A man did ral! o
me al ms house. and represented himsel
, To be a fugitive slave, but he had nc
been in my presence three minutes befor
knew he was an imposior. While tall
ing with me he kept his hat on, and
knew that mn one who was raised slav
at The South would ever do this in III
presence Of gentleman. I.augh'er.)
Mr.. Clemens resumed. The Law b
; been executed in every case whore NJ
! tempted cxrep, in Boston, and there
. was resisted in This particular instance b
a negro mob. He did not regard ,h
i fact As conclusive evidsnre that even lhel
j. the law could moi he executed. The vel
n slave who had been iescned could n,
s with safety attend an abolition meeiir
e in small ,own in Massachusetts. wiil,"l
= being in The jisguise of female. Mol
. were M indicalions Of popular will. ceriai
J. ly no, af the inefiicac, of The laws. The
h was mah in Boston on former orc;
!. sion. and convent wac burnt IN II
]. ground. An actor caused mob in Ne
: York. which was not overcome ill al,
d considerable hloo,ished churches wei
u hurn, in Philadelphia. onr af,er anoihe
i and the rity was in inmul, Tor weeks,
Rslnmnre. NJ, fouy miles from ih
e place. minis had taken place. and the pr
~ petty Of private individuals Was des,roye,
J. and in the southwest gangs of desper
Is does have sci The laws in defiance [,
]. weeks al time. These dill no, demo-
e siraie that The laws III the land could n
:. I've enforced. BIZ, he still regarded Il
;. President as having done nothing b
'e what il was his duty To have done. 4
:. had acted as . Statesman and pairi
81 who. knowing his duty, had resolved
.. perform il.
lie The Senator fom Snuth Carolina n.
.. spoken Of the Legislation Of Illinois a,
:. Indiana excluding free negmes as Indie
=. lions rather Of desire 10 free ihemselv
: ~ : worthless population Than as favor
D hle 10 the South. Those laws we're n
'e new 10 the Senator; similar ones we
r. in farce in South Carolina and Alabam
-e He cared moi what the object of thu
u States was. 50 j, wac NOT hostile To Il