The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-03

which petition shall be verified by the oath Of
the petitioner i shan thereupon be the duty
in favor Of the person claimed as afugitive slave
under the seal Of the Supreme Judicial Court or the
seal of the said justice in the form and manner
as nearly as may be- as is directed in the lllth
chapter Of the Revised Statutes and said writ shall be
returnable forthwith to the Supreme Judicial Court
fin session. in the county in which the person claim
ed fugitive slave may be when the writ is issued,
and if not 60 in session, before any justice Of the
said court.
Sec 8. 1t shall be the duty Of all judicial and
executive officers in this commonwealth in their
respective countless who shall know or have good
reason to believe that any person in the common
wealth is about to be arrested rs fugitive forth
with to give notice thereof to some commissioner of
the county in which the said person resides or may
be found.
! Sec 4. If when the hearing before any Judge in
vacation of any writ Of habeas corpus issued in IA
yor Of any person claimed as a fugitive slave, he
shall not be discharged by hejudge; he may appeal
from such decision, and claim trial by jury, which
shall be had at the next term of the court in the
same county, or at any adjourned session of said
court before the next term; and the person claim
! ed as fugitive may give bail to the claimant for
his appearance in such sum rs the judge shall deem
sufficient not exceeding one thousand dollars, with
one or more securities to the satisfaction of the
judge and in default of such bail, he shall be COM
mitted to the common Jail to await the trial.
See D. The court to which such appeal is taken,
and any court to which n writ of hdbeas corpus is
returnable, in any under this act, may be- and
SHALL on application of either party, grant trial by
jury on all questions Of fact in issue between the
| parties.
Sec. Z. The commissioners shall dcfray all ex-
penses OF witnesses, clerks fees, officers fees and
their expenses, which may be incurred in the protec
ton and defence ofany person arrested a fugitive
| slave; and the same, together with the reasonable
charges the commissioner, for his services attor-
| ney and counsel in the case, shall be paid by the
| state Treasurer, warrant to be issued by the
| Governor
Views from Florida on thcrPresidency and
Northern Appointmcnts-Letter from Mr..
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES, March 20, 1852.
My DEAR SIR have read with interest the
article headed "The Presidency in the State
Register Of the 18th, which you did me the favor to
send me.
There is doubt Of the correctness of tho opinion
expressed in that article, that the course of the
Fillmore wings Of New ork and other Northern
States is calculated to disintegrate the national
wing party.
| The measures and policy Of Mr. Fillmore's ad-
ministration, unconnected with questions relating
directly indirectly to the subject Of slavery have
received the unqualified approval of the entire wing
commanded the respect and admiration of the great
mass Of the democratic party. And yet it is said
that. if a candidate for the Presidency, he would
lose the vote of the State of New York
by a large majority, while any other wing
could easily carry the State. This is nm
extraordinary declaration and startling fact,
if true. Whenever Mr.. Fillmore has been
before the people of New York, lie has proved at
least as strong his party, and the only
ground OF objection to him, and cause of unpopu-
larity now, is that he did not violate one of the
articles of faith in the creed Of the mass Of the
wings of New York He refused to veto acts Of
Congress, which observant men of all sections adj
init were essential to the preservation of the peace
OF the country, to n continuance OF good feeling
between the different sections of the Union, and
even to the existence of the government, and which
were passed pursuant to the requirements of the
Constitution Of the United States. and to carry
into effect one of its express provisions. Disguise
II as you may. the only real causes of hostility to
Mr. Fillmore, with his own party, are that he did
not veto the Compromise bills, and that he removed
from Office men, who he informed, in some
cases, We're unwilling to execute the laws fthe land
Now, sir, II the sectional anmosties OF your people
to the South such that able honest patriotic
northern man is to be put down by northern men,
merely because he has discharged plain, consttu-
tonal wing duties, there can be no longer any SYM
Iathy OF feeling, or cooperation of action between
the parties North and South, and for this you, and
not we, will be responsible.
few Northern wing politicians, looking only to
expedency or availability, or il may be to benefits
to accrue to themselves from the election Of some
other wing, are willing to sacrifice Mr.. Fillmore for
= candidate who can get more abolition votes, and
erought to elect him. But if the wing convention
listen TO the fatal suggestions of these gentlemen,
it will be utterly impossible to maintain whig
patty in the Southern States. The best men of our
party. and the people generally, would and should
II Indignantly iepudlate nomination made from such
considerations. There will not be found men Of
spectabiity to risk their reputation electoral
ticket in favor of such n candidate in than one
Southern State which will give large majorities for
whig nominee standing on broad national ground.
A nomination made with view to secure the sup
port of the free soil party, and thus to continue
tonal strife will be the signal for dissolution Of
the whig party. Southern wings could no longer
act with party which would thus be virtually re-
solved into free soil faction. The same will be
true of the democratic party. should the delegates
to the Baltimore Convention make nomination on
like unpatriotc principles.
My acquaintance in the non-slaveholdng States
is limited, but have seen enough of Northern men
to feel assured that there is in every State large
class OF national mcn who will join the Wings Of
the South to prevent so fatal contamination the
success Of candidate of either party, who may be
nominated because he can secure the votes Of
abolitionsts which will not be given to such men
as Mr.. Fillmore.
Never was there so general sentiment in favor Of
the election OF any man TO n political Office that
Of the Southern wings for Mr.. Fillmore. With one
accord they desire 10 east their votes for him, and
there are thousands Of Southern Union democrats
who will cheerfuly vote for him, because he has
been tried, and in the fearful crisis through which
we have passed, he has proved himself equal to any
emergency, a patriot wholly uninfuenced by Sec
tional considerations, and President determined
to do justice all parts of the country and fearless
ly to execute the law. We make sectional issues
do not wish to vote for q man from our Sec
tion of the Union, but with one voice we ask North
ern men to unite with US in the election Of North
man. not because be has shown any special par
TALLY to the South, but simply because he has
proved himself national man, and has done his
duty--nothing moIc--to oil.
In conclusion will call your attention to \ fact
which should have effect on those who desire the
adoption of political measures more than the elee-
ton Of particular individual. The Senate Of the
United States consists ofsixty-two members, ofwhom
twenty-four are wings, fourteen from the Southern
States and but ten, including Mr. Seward, from the
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succeed in ,ectionazing the party, by attempting
TO curry favor with free sellers, and refuse to nom
nate Mr.. Fillmore. some one else, known by his
acts to occupy the same national and constitu-
tonal position, the whg party. as party. thus Dor
yeIted would and should cease to exist in the South
cin States. Southern wings wouldnot abandon the
principles for which they have heretofore csntendsd,
but would form national associations, in place Of
those which such sectional party action necessarily
dissoyes, and venture my life there will not be one
man acting with this northern sectional party call.