Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-06-11
A MODEST DEMAND.
7. J. RAND, Sec'y.

A Committee of the Maryland House of Del
| egates, to which the Gorsuch case was referred,
has made report, closing with the following
resolutions
"RcsOlred That while the people of Mary
land most cordially acquiesce in the principles
! embraced in the ComdrOmise measures of Con-
/ gress, as final adjustment fall the questions
| growing out OF the institution of Slavery, COM
mon Justice, as we'll as a proper regard for their
own rights, require that they should insist, when
ever either of those measures shall be found de-
fcctve in its practical operations, that it shall be
! SO amended as to render it efficient for the pur-
| poses contemplated in its adoption.
! "ReSoIred, That experience has demonstrated
the Fugitive Slave Act TO be impotent for the
! purposes it was intended to effect, by reason of
the failure of Congress to enforce, by adequate
/ penaltic5 the attendance and aid of the "posse
comi!atus" when required by the officer charged
with the execution OF the law. Therefore such
an amendment by Congress as will render the act
efficient and operative in this respect, is impor-
lively necessary.
| "RsSolred, That our Senators be Instructed,
and our Representatives iii Congress be requcs-
ted, TO use their best efforts to have the law a.
( mended in the manner indicated in the preced-
ing resolution"
SO much for the finaIity Of the totnIity The
Shareholders reserve the right of agitating and
making new demands, whenever they please
while they denounce agitation by the North Us
treason.
These gentlemen in Maryland carry it with
high hand. Have they forgotten who kidnapp.
ed Rachel Parker from Pennsylvania? How Mil
Ter, Pennsylvania, came to his death Who
killed William Smith, at Columbia Innocent
gentlemen! Always sinned against never sin
ming
And now they demand an amendment Of the in
formal Law, so as to compel every citizen to be-
come a catch pole of the Shareholder. What
beautiful spectacle, to see the Reverend Modera-
tor of the Presbyterian Assembly, and the ven
cradle Thomas Richie, and our friend of the
Southern Press, and the gallant General Arm.
strong and our dgnfed neighSor the Intelligent
Ger, and the Slavery loving editor of the Nation.
al Era, suddenly summoned into the streets of
Washington, by some well paid slave hunter, to
help him knock down and drag out runaway
from the tender care of Maryland gentleman
Wouldn't we obey the summons
We advise Congress TO try its hand at CONVEX
ting the citizens of the United States into slave
catchcrs. Let it enact tina. the posse comitatus
shall turn out on the hue and cry after runa-
way, whenever summoned, on pain of shaved
heads, cropped ears, and confinement in the dun
geon for six months on bread and water Who
would not obey such an enactment Directly
we should have declarations from Cass, Bucha-
nan, & Co that such law was grave one, diff
ferent from other laws, sacred as the COnstitu-
ton itself, not to be altered rcpealed-vital in
fact to the Union; and presently the whole tribe
Of lower-law diyines would be preaching damna-
ton against the higherlaw sinners who should
dare to disobey.-Nati0na! Era.
SENATOR WADE AND THE WESTERN INTER-
EsT5.-This gentleman spoke in the Senate, on
the 10Th, against amendment giving aid to the
Collins Line. On one point he was bold. He
said he would not vote one dollar for Atlantic
aid, until some earnest was given of a DISPOSE
ton to uphold the great interests of the West
Anything sectional we dislike We call ours
"western interests )" they are national and be-
cause they are so we press them. But, with
this understanding, we shall take the ground as
sumed by senator Wade, and rally the west up
on it if we could.
We want, as regards my national duty, no
more north or south, no more east or vest
But what are we to do ? Highways made by
God over more than half the continent and bear
ing upon them produce and commerce which
leads and gives life to more than half our peo-
pie, are to te neglected, our property wasted, the
lives of our people sacrificed, and all because
government, as such, will not do its duty! This
is the fact, and if we cannot make the east and
west realize it, except by telling them plainly
that the south will not vote dollar for them I'M
less they should consent to do justice to the west,
we would do it.
We 90 further. If we were able, and could J
persuade western men to do their duty we
would say-"Call caucus determine nobly
what the west wants in q national point of view;
frame bill based upon this consultation; pre-
sent it as system to congress, and say to that
body, These are the improvements the west
needs and must have and we will sustain none
for the seaboard until we get them We would
say this and stand BY it as the only means, really,
of doing justice to other parts of the Union,
and of having justice done to the west Clere.
True Dem.