The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-15

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break the Union, or reform 1t from its very
foundations If they are resolved, A. the Lsteli
gsncer afiirms, to secede from the Union-the
LUeiiigencer and its associates are doing all they
can to hasten the catastrophe. They may take
out a patent for producing revolutions.--Do
wrong-persist- the ppressed-threaten
then fire the cannon--and the thing is DONE
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The Long Case Again.
We fird in the Richmond Enquirer the fol-
lowing card from the agent of DR.. SAITH, the
ownero the fugitive slave, Henry Long
A CARD.
Contradictory statements having been made
in regard to the case of the fugitive slave re-
Gently returned to our city, it has been thought
proper ~ reconcile these statements AS we'll as
may be.
The tedious delay and heavy expense attend
| ing the case were rather accidental. Had it
been practicable to have carried the fugitive on
the day of his arrest before Judge Belts or Judge
Judson, or before some experienced Commis-
siOner, the case would most probably have been
disposed of in a few hours certainly, during
the first or second day. The opposition and
delay caused by the generous Swearing of Mr..
Jay and certain of his demerited conductors,
should, perhaps, rather excite our pity than
our Indignation, evincino, as it does, the inten-
sity of their moral blindness and stupidity Mr.
White, it is believed took no part in this foul
proceeding.
The conduct of the officers of Government
concerned in this prosecution was highly com
mendable. They performed their duty with
much marked promptness and courtesy.
The course taken by the Union safety com.
mittee was eminently praiseworthy. The ex-
penses borne by the committee exceeded $500
while the costs incurred by the claimant amount
ed to about $500, which sum, would also, per
haps, have been paid by the committee, had it
been deemed proper by the claimant to have
made it known. There was also manifested
much personal kindness towards the agent by
several members of this committee, together
with other citizens of New York, which he will
long remember with the liveliest gratitude.
And, in conclusion, he desires to say, that he
undertook this agency from no wish to test the
net OF Congress nor the sincerity Of the pro-
fessed Northern Union men; nor from any per-
sona interest whatever but wholly from sense
of high and very peculiar obligations to Dr.
Smith and that now in reviewing calmly the
whole proceeding in the case, he can find no
word of complaint against the conduct or bear
ing towards himself of any respectable man with
whom he came in contact with while in New
| York. WIN. W. PARKER.
RICHMOND, JAM 10, 1851.
The Enquirer adds the following correction
| The New York Journal of Commerce, in no.
tcing one of our paragraphs, says that the credit
| given to the Union Safety Committee of New
York, in periodically rendering assistance for
the recovery of the fugitive Long, belongs to
sundry Individuals, most Of whom are members
of said committeeman that the committee, as
such, did nothing in the case.
Mr.. PARKER evidently writes under q sense
of obligation to the individuals who assisted him
in the reclamation-a praiscworthy feeling, but
one which cannot sway the judgment of disin.
terested persons. The facts stated, prove that
| the delay and heavy expense, were such acct
dents rs can easily be accounted for, and which
an organized opposition always will contiue to
make of perpetual recurrence.
| The cost in cash, it seems, to the owners, and
the individuals who furnished funds, amounted
to $500, the full value of returned runaway
slave at least. Mr.. PARKER, of course, does not
include in this calculation his loss of time, and
wear and tear of temper under this trial.
The real value of slave under such circun-
stances may be very readily estimated. Few
persons would be willing to give him house
room, as a present. The moral influences ex.
erted, the Abolitionists understand as we'll as
the masters-they are aiding their nefarious
work, even when apparently bnffled. Quere
Does it not indicate very "sound" state of feel
ing, when in addition to the provisions of this
law, the organization Of safety committees, and
liberal Disbursement of money by them, is ne
cessary to insure its execution in a case in New
York city, where the slave himself is perfectly
willing to return! And yet the rejoicings over
this result will be long and loud. Long as this
case was, it may be longer still, before we can get
even such another
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