The daily union., 1854-12-28
For the Union.

For the Union.
LIABILITY OF RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,.
Mr.. EDITOR; have noticed few such notices as the
following viz:
fugityes irQm Missouri whose attempted arrest created
such an uproar in our city last week. marched to the
depot of the Michigan Central railroad in body took
specially provided for the purpose and arrived De-
trot on Monday morning"
[CAicago Tribune, l2h ins.
Now the subject propose to treat is the liability Of the
Michigan Central railroad Tin particularly for these slaves
their owners by suit one OF the district courts Of the
United States at either Illinois 81 Michigan district hAy
ing jurisdiction thereof and of all railroads 4ee soil
found" and of steam psases and Others navigating the
lakes &c. In all similar for 1t will be recollected
that Mr.. Sloan mucted in So 600 (at the last torn
of the United States district court at Coumbus for aiding
-nhhi.,e, tAL;~e r-e, iar owno-s slaves at
Sandusky few months ago. Those slaves after being
arrested and escaping then carried off from Sandusky
to Maiden on the Detroit boat And the - day OF
August 1862, the steamer keystona in running from
Cleveland to Detroit carried eeren slaves lai from one
owner) from Cleveland and landed them Maiden, they
having away from their owner Mr.. --, of Mary
land and got to Pittsburg then carried by the railroad
Cleveland and then by the Keystone stated ss to
which the writer could furnish the ample proof il
he wishes institute suit against either railroad steam
boat for no person held to service labor in State
under he laws thereof escapng into another SHALL IN e0h
sequence of any law regulation therein be discharged
from such service labor but shall DO delivered up
claim of the party to whom such service labor may be
due" Cart. a, part 3 Constitution u 81 And the
fact of transporting the slave beyond the reach of the
owner without permission of the owner to his great loss
and damage by the meddng and intervening of another
odouay ana .ppo,taey, by railroads, steamboats, q
otherwise is cyong offence against the rights Of prop
erty anyphe,e and eceryuhsre in the United ates To take
slave and transport him her without permission Of
the distant parts by mode Of conveyance SO
Il, do
lance of the owner reclaim is o9ence prue ,crog
the owner of action for redress to take away
apprentice transport and convert horse not sold in
market overi boz 81 gpoQs II 10 ptivate wrong
well known the law, and secured by the con
sttuon the extent of the sovereignty OF tho United
States The maxim "cayeai empior" being applicable in
such all modes of public conveyance and not Cir
cumscribed by any presumption o freedom from the mere
local law of any State) they transport at their peril
And those who the right of navigation trade and COM
merce upon the Of the lakes rivers within the
territory of State nation are bound to conduct them
selves oadsst feacea.iy, ana 'aaocy These general
principles Of law have been dechred in one OF the
States of this Union, Co. Monroe Ky Rep and AFFIRMED
by the Supreme Court of the United States. And why
should any railroad steamboat not be liable where they
put ugtves through other passengers and especially
provide Especial cars for whole LOTT They would be
for lot of stolen merchandise and why not for slaves
In addition to the plan ooAmop-iaw s'abity Of rll
roads and steamboats, thus suggested they should have
been specially named in the fugitive-save law, for the
Cincinnati and Sandusky Cincinnati and Cleveland, and
Pittsburg and Cleveland railroads convey many slaves
They have virtually assumed the higher-aw power SO
with lake steamers and many other railroads.
Hoping nat this information may bo Of Interest to those
who have property Of that kind have addressed THIS
20 you. JUsIlob