Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-03-07
Presidents Proclamation.

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Mr.. Fillmore has issued his proclama-
! ton in relation TO the notification OF the
Fugitive Slave Law in Boston. We
publish it below. Ii was telegraphed to
Boston on the 10Th, and was received
there pending the examination of Elizui
Wright, Abolitionisi, charged with being
concerned in aiding in the rescue OF the
slave from The custody of the officers
Mr.. Lunt, U. S. District Attorney, mo-
we'd the Court that the proclamation be
read by the U. S. Marshal. Mr.. Sew
ell, counsel for the defence, objected, on
the ground of lis being telegraph dis
patch, which was no proof whatever oil
its authenticity. gs
Commissioner Hallet expressed his
astonishmen, that any citizen should rid.
icule a proclamation from the Chiel
Magistrate of the United States in favor
of maintaining IFS laws. He then or
dered the reading of the document, which
was done. ..... --
| A negro named James Scott, second
hand clothing dealer, was arrested char
ged with being concerned in the outrage
on Saturday. He was confined in pris-
! on. .E '.
A telegraph dispatch Of the 10Th, says;
''Rumor reports, this morning, the ar
rest of another fugitive slave. Several
unruly blacks collected around the court
house, and on being denied admittance,
they ridiculed the officers, but no vio-
lence was done. A large police force
was in attendance .... -.
The Presidents Proclamation will,
we feel assured, meet with the hearty
concurrence and appreciation OF every
good citizen. !, manifests a determine
lion to support the Constitution and laws
against the fanaticism and higher-law
mobs of the North. In this prompt
and efficient move of President Fillmore,
he has fully realized the expectations of
his friends, and manifested himself wor-
thy of the high trus! reposed in him.
We doub, not that he will follow up the
movemen. and compel even the negroes
and fanatics Of the North to obey the
law and acquiesce in lis eniorcemen..--
No. Republican.
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESl-
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS, information has bscn re-
ceived that sundry lawless persons, prin-
cipally persons of color, combined and
confederated together, for the purpose Of
opposing by force the execution of the
laws of The United States, did, at Bos-
ton, Massach, sets, on the fifteenth of
this month, make a violent assault on
the Marshall or Deputy Marshals of the
United States, for the District of Massa-
chusetts, in the Court House, and did
overcome the said officers; and did, by
force, rescue from their custody per
son arrested as fugitive slave, and then
and there prisoner lawfully holden by
the said Marshal or Deputy Marshals Of
the United States, and other scandalous
outrages did commit in violation Of law:
Now, therefore, to the end that the au-
thoriiy Of the laws may be maintained,
and those concerned in violating them
brought TO immediate and condign pun
ishment, have issued this my proclama
lion, calling on all well-disposed citizens
to rally to the support of the laws Of
their country, and requiring and COM
handing all officers, civil or military,
who shall be found within the vicinity of
this outrage, to be aiding and assisting,
by all means in their power, in quelling
this and other such combinations, and
assisting the Marshal and his Deputies
in recapluring The aforementioned pris
oner. And do, especially, direct that
prosecutions be commenced against all
persons who shall have made themselves
aiders or abettors in or TO this fagilious
offence. And do further command
that the District Attorney of the United
States, and all other persons concerned
in the administration or execution Of the
laws of the United States, cause the
foregoing offenders, and all such as aid
ed, abe,led, or assisted, them, or shall be
found TO have harbored or concealed such
fugitive, contrary to law, to be immedi-
ately arrested and proceeded with accor-
ding to law.
Given under my hand and the seal Of
the United States, this 18Th day of Feb
ruary, 1851. -..6 a,a-.-.- ~ a.a
lis WILLARD FILLMORE.
DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of State.
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