The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-07-31
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Ihe Euitive slave Law
The contemy smanife tea By Southern Of
itators for the e fugitive act, strikingE
Corresponds Witlthe hatred which the same
law has excited the part of.northern ab-
lolitionists, and Is u admirable keeping
With that pactisl agreement, if not the
oretic reasoning which has obtained be-
tween northern and southern disunioh-
lists While tle fanatics at the North,
are, according athe assertions Of their co.
Iadjutors soutss, clustering for the repeal Of
tsne f'1gltiye bill, Inc latter encourage the for
i lner in their ma attempts by proelaiming
that the Same bin Is not worth preserving,
and that they-saiaJle and patriotic souls
would not dissolve the Union if it was re-
pealed. If we hid no other evidence of the
nefarious purposSs of Southern disunionists
their course on tits very question wouldcon-
vince US. The South has pledged herself to
resist any repeater radical modification of
the fugitive act. The agitators not only rea-
son that it is practically repealed, but even
go so far as to tell Seward and his allies that
if they succeed in their efforts for formal
reputation of the act, no harm need be an
ticipated Down with the 'law" says nor
thern abolitionists at the same time profess
sing to be lovers of the Union. We don't
care if you do, soys sosstIIgr1 disnnionists. the
f''law" is a humbug we care nothing about.
If the Fugitive act" is repealed the Union
is in no danger, says Seward. Amen! says
the southern disunionists, we won't do it,
and the rest are afraid Thus it is that
Seward and his allies are encouraged in their
work of treason and destruction. The south
is pledged to resist the repeal of the "fugi-
tive act' and if the disunionists can get It
repealed lheir purposes are accomplished
hence their otherwise inexplicable conduct.
Our present purpose however is to convict
them of insincerity in their declarations, and to
prove from the record that they were ready to
invest Quitman with, power to take immediate
measures for the dissolution of the Union,
just 50 soon as this Insignificant law as they
term it was repealed The Union platform
on this subject is endorsed by their own leg
islature.
The Seceders object to the Union platform
because it pledges its supporters to "rcsist'
upon certain contingencies-on of which is
the repeal, or material modification Of the
fugitive slave Law They carefully omit tc
mention the fact, that by the terms of our
platform, 6mode and measure" of resistance
is left undetermined, and to be declared after
the contingency shall have happened; but
let that pass. Our present purpose is to call
attention to the fact, that at the late Extra
Session of the Legislature, bill, supple.
mental to the Convention bill, was introduced
into the Senate, by Mr. Pettus-a fire eater;
which Bill We publish to-day. By the terms
Of Mr.. Pettus' bill, the Governor was eau.
thorizel to calI convention of the people,
at any time before the time fixed by the or.
iginal convention bill, for the State conven.
ton, ''by proclamation, whenever it shall APP
pear to his satisfaction that either of the fol
lowing events have occurred, to-wit:-IF Con
GREss SHALL. REPEAL THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
Law, or amend it by giving the fugitiv,
slave trial by jury, when captured, or other
wise essentially modifying the same" &c.
This bill passed the Senate by the following
vote:
YEAs-Mr. President, Messrs Alcorn
Bell, Bcene, Catching, Cannon, Carter
Cothran, Drane, Davis, Golladay, Gilleland
Greer, Hodges, Hughes, McDugald, Neat
fee, Pcttus, Ramsay, Singleton, Stone, Stew
art, Talliaferro, Thompson and Whitfield
% votes
NAYs-NTossrs. Brooke, Reynolds, Shar
; key, TAFT and White--5 votes.
On Saturday, November Both, the las
! day of the Session, this bin was sent to tn
House House Jour. p. Cpl and thereupol
the following proceedings were there, ha
: thereon, on that day, as shown at page 66 c
a House Journal:
b Mr.. Barry moved to call from the table,
bill from the Senate, to be entitled Gan az
passed 10Th November, 1850, entitled a
act to provide for the call of a Convention
o the people of Mississippi" which mi
r ton prevailing, the bill was read the fir.
time
Mr.. Estelle moved that the rule be SUI
pended and the bill read the second tim,
forthwith, by its title; which was decide
5 in the negatiye-(the rule requiring fou
! ffths to suspend the rule by the folIowin
vote:
/ YEAs-Mr Speaker, Messrs. Ashe, Ba
e ton, Brown, Bynum, Buford, Byrn, Bell, Ba
i ry, Brooks, Baker of Pontotoc, Cassidy, Go
: Inns, Dampier, Dunlap, Estelle, Echols, Eli
Harrison, jenkins, Kelly, Kirkland, Levi
Malone, Mott, Magee, Martin, Metcal
J Matthews, Majors, Neil, Suratt, Stewart
/ Marion, Starke, Seal, Thomas of Marshal
is Thomas of Yazoo, Thurmond, Webb an
/ Weathersby-40.
c NAYs-Messrs. Arthur, Aldridge, Ba
h din, Baker of Kinds, Catchings, Cruso
Chisholm, Ford, Foote, Griffin, Henry, job
. son, Kimball, Marble, Myers, MeInnis, NJ
N Nabb, Powell, Regain of Claiborne, Regan
A. Yazoo, Rogers, Smedes, Smith, Stuart
Wilkinson, Tison, Welsh and Young n
This extract shows that the secedeTsof Il
House were also in favor Of the bill, aud til
the only reason why it did not pass, was 4
n fact that II can,a foa late ~, 4bo eaee,nv, .