New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-30
Approval OF the Compromisrs-'A Acqui-


men burtheLed with the cares Of State
should seek brief and invigorating retire
ment from public cares and city ayocations.
Ws have heard 1t rumored that men Of
mark and political aspiration are apt to I'M
prove their dog-day ruralizlng in quiet con-
ferences on the state and prospects of par
ties. and the ways and means OF arranging
things so that the fittest persons shall be
spontaneously selected for responsible OIL
ces by the ensuing Conventions. On this
point we have no knowledge, but the rumOr
Is not utterly incredible.
Let us suppose, then. that bevy OF our
prominent conservatOrs of the lnlon-we
will name the Collector of our Port, the
Sub-Treasurer, the Member for the Sixth,
the Editor Of the State Register. for exam
ples-should accidentally meet at Niagara
one Of these DAYS. and, having discussed a
gentlemanly dinner, be casually led to con-
slider. over their wine and walnutS, the sort
of candidates to be put up and of Resolves
that should be passed by the approaching
Whig State Convention. Some differences
with regard to men would naturally be
evolved. but We may safely conclude, from
the known character and public attitude of
these distinguished gentlemen, that they
would be unanimous and enthusiastic IN their
devotedness to- the all.engrossing cause OF
preserving the Union. To this end-they
being eminently practical men-there can
be no rate nal doubt Of their agreeing that
vague professions of love for the Union and
faith in its endurance would not answer
they would agree that from the great State
of New-York something more than mere
words is requislte-and that il is emphatl-
callv her duty and should be her pleasure to
proclaim her acQuiescence in the Compro-
mises of 1850, and especially of that only
potion of them which nowadays seems to
be regarded as of any practical Importance,
to VII, the Fugitive Slave Law.
Here the conlab is suddenly interrupt
ed by the unceremonous irruptlon Of Hon.
John +. Bush. L. :. Marshal for the North
ern District of New York (John vas ap-
pointed on the understanding that no law
couH be- lower than he would be willing
to 90 for office and pelf, which presumption
we have no right to dispute.) In hurried,
agitated accents, he proclalms that the
Union stands in urgent need Of a present,
practical salvation. \ poor mulattc woman,
with three quadroon daughters almost as
white as their alleged master and very
probably his children, IS huuying through
the village with the bloodhounds H. full cry
on their track if not caught within twenty
minutes, they will be out Of the Land of
Liberty and in regal colony. where it Is
not lawful to sell women at the auction
block nor turn them over unprotected to the
tender mercies OF raylshers. The master
values them at fifteen hundred dollars
piece and two hundred and odd more for
his trouble and expense in pursuing them
and says they are dirt-cheap at that, for
their good looks will make them quick at
TWO thousand in any slave. pen at New-Or-
leans. Wherefore the nlon-loving Mar
,hal summons the present company TO his
aid in ehecting their capture, requiring part
OF them To watch for the fugitlyes at the
Suspension Bridge aud others to head them
at the boats under the Falls, while he HIM
self with the STAKEHOLDER and his party
chases them out OF the cover of the adjacent
woods with their dogs and revolyers.
Here, YOU see, is Pra teal, palpable
Job of Uulon-saving to be undertaken. Who
VIII jump into II
The Marshal's legal right to make the
reQuisitlon is undoubted. and the lower-law
duty of obedience thereto Is an ineXora-
bic deduction. The Fugitive Slave Law Of
1850, (Sec. ~ says expressly that mar
shals and other funcuonaries engaged in
slave catching
-. are hereby authorized lld empowered 70
70 summon and cal u then md tie oy>ianders and
TIE posse conGfrs Of ihe proper county, when nece>
10 insure faithful oo>er aDce OF The clause oi
The Constitution referred 10. IA conformity with the
pIOVISoIS az tns aCt and G good lfi-flS are HTD "
rtlar,c ami andtd 70 al and assisf ~ fbs prompt
arG ,Gsqf cztrtfi.nof ts lac. Whenever tAelr ser
wees may oe required aS aforesaid.
OF course, We viii presume that this re-
spectacle company OF contemners OF the
higher law VIII render an outward and
formal obedience To the lower,-the eyes
OF the country being upon lh9m and their
places and projects III jeopardy. But 'riH
they rush 70 ttc MarsiaFS call run hearty
GlacrIfy, and an earnest de,lre 10 succeed
That is the vital p Int. and one which Is