The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-06-17

u is Estimated By Boston paper thSt
the entire bill Of expense attending the pro-
cSeaings connected with the arrest oi the
fugitive slave Burns viii exceed thirty ihon.
sand dollars. Bulletin.
And this i. carrying out tho fugitive slave
law, 4 slave worth. from a thousand to
twelve hundred dolisrs, is recovered BY lis
master, a, n coat Of nesrly thirty times bis
market value. lie 10 obtained. not alone
by tn. expenditure Of money, but in the
face ef the no.t di,erace l1 mob violence
and at the sacrifice OF human lie. Or
wia, practical valne is such law to the
south or TO the country The slave, IN
Moe cases out OF ten. IL worthless. lie
has boon toasted by the sboIl,ion!s,s taken
10 their lecture rooms--placed in ,hsis best
beds-sea,ed a, their tables and in every
respec, made to believe taa. he is equal. II
not superior, to the white man. Tie does
not know that II 10 were free. these abol'.
.ionists would permit: him to s,srvs before
they would give him crus, of bread bot
,hiHks ,hx, If be were ,ermi,i.d TO remain
|, would DO an eternal holiday with him.
Such negro. When taken home. 10 TT for
nothing bat to eorrap, plantations, and to
make all his fellow servants discontented
aud insubordinst.. And wha. Is the et!t9t
upon the North : Slavery is known there,
to the masses. only in the exaggerated pic
lures Of the lying nboltions,s They see
a negro man carried off in chains, surround.
ed BY a military escort. The xboliiionists
to the number OF thousands follow the slave
to the beach. With prayers. hisses, and
croats. Such scene, We venture to assert,
will do moro to excite prejudice against the
south and the institution Of slavery. than
all the abolition speeches that have ever
beea delivered.
We are willing to ADM, tina, majority,
and perbsps large msJofi'y of tho people
in the .slavsholding states are IN favor
Of carrying on, the law But the support
they give it. 10 Of negative character.
Nineteen .twentieths Of them are opposed
to slavery, and when called upon to assist
in tho ares, OF fugitive OF in OBTAINING
him, all their prejudices rise up against II,
The sboliionis,s. on the contrary, are &C.
tive, aud willingly contribute their money.
their time, and their energies to defeat the
law. Is it astonishing that so few slaves
aus reclaimed IL i, surprising. tina, in a
city numbering over 10000 souls, that
/ 10000 active, ianaiicnl men can resist
and successfully resist--the lsw' The only
establishment We feel il that the law il car,
tIed out even as well as il Is.
/ The duty Of delivering up fugitive slaves
ia one devolvlng upon the non- slaveholding
States. There is where the constitution
placed it. These States agreed 10 do il,
whea they formed the tuion. II they
could no. BE Induced To pa.s laws to carry
out their pl'gh,ed faith, federal legislation
in our opinion. viii prove bu, OF little avail
+ Slave stealing is producing It's own results
the NG,'h !. resp'ng the reward OF It's
9 =. l. =, - 81
grant. thiegag free negroes, II let alone
they would have beer COMPELLED, from ne
ccssity. to pass laws against the abolition.
lists But the South had to be reconc,led to
the legislation which deprived her of all par
ucipstion in the enjoyment Of n" '"r'i'
ia'i.-. and hence the passage Of the fugI
tive slave law. What have we saned