Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-04-27
IEsDAY MORNING, April. 81, 1852.

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wing senator from the Tree State Of New jersey, proposed
amend 'hr bill by Gn amendment w!c contained tic iSl
loving proriso
pru.i'!cd That If the fugitive shall deny that he
service 10 the claimant under le laws of the Stale where Ii
was held and after being duly cautioned to the socmni
lies ana consequences Ut OATH shall the
Tho commissioner jucge shall forthwith Summon
jury of twelve 10 Try The right of The claiman' wh
a! nc sworn 10 ;Ty The according - ckdence, ant
tc commissioner Judge shall preside the trial and dc
i leimne The competency Of the proof"
ihis prnSiso If incorporated into tho BILL would have
oeeh rs elltcla denial OF Jnscc TO the owners n iugl
i've Slaves, Ms direct repeal Gf all a"5 upon the subject
and retnsa pass Others. Win this pIovso in the BILL
would most probably have commanded the appreciation
woes G tie higher law abolition advocates. 1t required
hll az 'uth moral courage in nnrlhtrn senator vote
against this proTso, securing IN the fugitive slave jury
trial IN the State where arrested, for tie BILL This
amendment rejected and tie bill saved. The
yeas H. Four northern democratic senlcrs voted
~ HE nagalivc-CGss, Dodge Of Iowa, Jones md Sur
2eon Not solitary "hg senator from free Stale voted
on ha, side.
On the same day Mr. Winthrop of massachusetts, whig
with strong abocu tendencies, proposed TO amend tie bill
by adding thereto The folnwins prorsn:
"PrOvded, however, that certificate OF any commits
soner, herein prnvded Tor, shall be writ
Of haJcas corpus Issued BY ANY Judge Of any State unc
states court WIN" may DC authorized by law TO issue c
said writ m other cases ht il shall be the duty of cul-
'S'oner or other o:i@"r who may give any cct, a.c in
iio summary "OieG for Il. .s Di inc
no. .sd fugitive OF his iight 10 nad Wit of hu-
6eas corHs and in said supposed fugitive shall demand
said wit the forms proceedings and evidence shall be
coIdinG 10 the law OF tie place. in other cses where sAd
writ is issued.
This prov-o securing the fugitive slave the right Of the
habcaS corpus II made part Of the BILL would ns cliecuay
have destroy ed The bill and defeated the Objects rsgned to
be attained by It's passag. would tic incorporation OF the
right OF trial by jury the fugitive in the Stale where
rested Bu fortunately The amendment was rejected and
The bill second time saved from The destroying hands OF
abolonsts, by The Of northern democrats without
the help goJd will OF siHplc free State wig
ator Cass Dodge oi Iowa. Shields. and Sturgeon voted
a9alnst the amendment
From the record have shown eonclusvcy, to my own
mind al ,asl that Gen. Cass could have had no motive
whatever TO dodge Intentionally cvaic Tie III tie final
passage OF the fugitive slave bill He was bn as COM
plrtey identified with il, and fully committed TO is
maintenance. any Of those who voted tor IL and for
ono, have never for moment doubted that had his roe
been required pass the bill he would have been there and
recorded i, in the affirmative His speeches and for
and conna led with this bill make fur him record which
political foe. Yours, &c. }.
For The Enquirer.
HOMEOPATHY COMPARED WITH ALLOpATHY.
Let inquire in the first place what the Just pcten-
sons Of the prevalent Anathc practice 10 safety and
certainty In doing hi. will quote the declarations Of men
who have devoted their lives 10 this practice and who II
anT ccud, should te able 10 pronounce its enuey.
DR.. Forbes Editor nt the British Review. slys "lha in
large proportion OF the cac! .,i"pltic rhyEl-
clans ha l. he ch scooD tie disease cnrca BY atue,
and not by them That IN lesser but still not snail pro-
portion the disease Is cured by nature in spite oil theH IN
other words their interference depressing instead o! assist
ing the Tint consequently considerable propot-
un OF Diseases il would well or better with Patients
in the actual condition Of the medical art more generally
practicei all remedies least all active remedies espe
cialiy drugs abandoned"
DR.. AbrrcrUmbe says ave apply cases the know.
ledge acquired from other cases which we believe TO DC OF
The same nature. The difficulties great that II Is
dou5tfG whether in any can properly De SAID 10 act
upon experience 90 in other branches OF SCIENCE
The itcucs and sources Of uncertainty which meet ua
every Stage such !aG so great and
numerous, those who have had the most extensive OPP
potunities u obsctva;io will be the first 10 aeknowicdGe
ha, pretended experience must in general, SINK INTO
a.alogy md analogy, too oen into conjecture
Tic same writer says: 81 weary OF guessing and
abandoned the practice"
Can gather nothing from all these researches reason
nus and tolls bat the assurance TINT although thu drugs We
take from our physician may cure il Is possible tai ihey
Where so much uncertainty exists in The eiecs OF these
remedies there he frequent mischief demo by the
practitioner? He vino shoots in the dark is not only likely
his a hUt il In danger OF killing or manning tlose
he would gladly spare.
Blu, le, us ser what pretensons Homeopathy the
srh9o Of practise as certainty and safety Each remedy
that is ud has been given 10 healthy PERSONS 6n lis elects
ily studied upon each organ Of the body thus IL mas
Ia nca, advantage o school. And fact, that
En denied, iat medicine VIII produce symptoms on
~ i.triiIy organs similar 10 those they will cure
l s ~ , ms s rrcdss ssnd o h S9 .} @ "i s s
old sc!ou practitioner conjecture and perpcxed at every
.trp with painful doubts gropc and guess his way in
darkness But compare the effects Of his remedies with tho
symptoms mis- patient and gives the corresponding re-.
medy with much oXncGess as can be ahinea III any
branch science and restores them 10 health wio"t can
drag life embcrcd BY chronic suffering, produced by
drugs.
This The champions Of the practice will admit,
cannot happen in consequence of the administration ol
Homeopathic remedies. They ready TO dismiss any al
uson TO this point with laugh "fnur mpeFcepble part:-
clcs of medicine say cyi your hts "i sarch ana FuSaF
can produce no clc CT, either good or bad"
Bat The remedies DO produce eec', not upon healthy
organs diseased for il ia establishes truth t't
disease causes susceptibility What for rx1npe IL no'e
grateful the human eye than light; more socd 10 It's or
Ganzatiou more nics2 yet there is diseased state IT,"
eye when The smallest ray falling upon IT, will scorch IKE
fire. Can anything be agreeable 10 the ear than hI-
man vccs7 Sc, there sladrs when The least whisper
is torture We draw breath in health without an el-
nr hut there diseased OF The lungs, that the small
est breath produces torture worse than death.
Many Others might he given, 10 show the susceptibility
pr1auced by disease Ii these slight external causes pro.
ucc such pain and torture not 10 iner that they are
rs susceptible 10 external means for their relief But we are
told that nature does the "Suppose wc grant II!
Then why impede the wheels Of naturc with t'alomel,
Opiatcs &C.? Why make The patients throat ahighway to
drugs and the stomach receptacle ic nauscoas c"hl-
pounds! . 49,
~ without law o un. Can this be true when The many
who have carefully examined it, for OTTER design than 10
expose ,s acy have every instance become its dev0t-
cd udVucaesl a.