The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-03-09

Court in such dis trict, thon to the Distic
Court invested with the powers of q Circni
Court next To be held In that district, ant
offer good and sufficient surety for his enter
ing 10 such Court. on tho 6rst day ocit
session, copies Of the process against him
and also Tor his there appearing and enter.
ing special bail in the cause, ii special bail
" g originally requisite therein. it shall be
the duty of The State Court to accept the
surety and proceed no further in the cause
and any bail that may have been taken 10 10
be discharged. ind the cause Is to proceed
In :he United States Court as IL It had been
brought there by original process"
q OF course, such project, curtailipg the
powers Of the State Courts, 90 odious aud
insulting in its intent, could not suddenly
be sprung upon tho Senators from tho free
States without provoking long and acri.
monious debate--a debate in which the ma
jority dill not seem anxious to participate,
but rather to adopt the policy of forcing the
the bill through without debate. which they
did 10y session Of about thirteen hours, Oh,
tending until utter midnight.
This bill, in eject, takes away tho jnris
diction Of the State Courts in civil action.
commenced against any officer of the Unitet
States, or other person, for any net done un
der law or color OF law of the United Sratea
IL 10 blow at the independence oi the State
Coprts-san aitompt TO take from them tn,
power to redress tho injuries Of the either
or to punish the crueliies Of insolence. r.
kidnaprer carries away child "under color
OF law" State Courts may not sit in Judge
ment. but the offender is to DO BSrmitted h
transfer the case 70 tbose Courts In which
the :. peculiar Institution" has long been in
trenching itself US one Of lie strong holds.
The following. from the Albany Journal
is very able, clear and concise atateaea
OF the whole matter; ~
"The Fugitive Slave Law having provet
to DO SO repugnant to Tho common sense o
justice and the Statute Laws Of the Sat,
that il cannot be enforced in any ordinar,
Court bill 10 now passed to bring all case
growing out Of it beforo Courts which cap
sist of Judges not elected by ths people
but appointed by the authorities at'wash
ington. '-tl ."'
Hounds that will not hunt, are whipped
The North is the hound the South used /,
hunt It's slaves. Not having done Il well
its masters riise the lash. -
But there 10 one TACT proved by this bill
as pratifying as indisputablc. Slavery !
growing weaker. It Is found It could no
depend upon the people Of Northern State
many years ago, when they abolished it here
and ritiaed Jeaarson's ordinance in Ohic
1t found !, could not depend on their Gov
errors from the day whom Gov Seward re
fused to comply with the acquisitions Of Vii
ginia and Georgia. Il found It could no
depend on their Legislatures, when Vermont
NV York, Michigan and Massachusetts, be
gan to pass laws to protect their citizens an
resolutions instrusting their representative
to side with freedom. Itfoundit could no
depend on State Courts, when Judge Pam
applied the law TO the LENNON casa. an
the Supreme Court Of Wisconsin acquitte
Booth. II finds that under tho peacefu
revolutions oil the ballot.box, 1t may eve
lose control next year of Congress, and
trembles lest 1856 shall close tho rolsnin
dynasty Of pro-slayery Presidents. II |,
retreating, therefore, to its last stronghold
the Federal Judiciary. There, backed b
old Form and Precedent md ySoisd preju
dice, tits preparing fog Q last determines
1t is no disrespec. to Courts to say thu
they are conservative alike Of the right ant
the wrong. They arc administrators of th
law, not makers Of L.. They uphold tia
which is established, DO Il good or bad
They are the last appeal OF injured Right
and the last sanctuary OF hoary Abuse. Fo
when the Bench is gained, all Is gained
Slavery had ceased in Great Britain Ia fac
for many year; before her Courts dared "a
DECLARE nno slave can breathe the dir o
England Our Judges aro appointed b,
The President and oppointcd for life. s.
that before there will be IN natl SLAYER,
Bench, thcra must DO not only anti SLAYER,
laws and antislavery Presidents, but loni
succession of them. Those who iear tina
the coming Reform is going too fast or to,
far, can derive satisfaction from the contem
plation Of this barrier. We take this la.ea
move Of slavery, rs hauling down of Il,
black fag from tho outworks, and rstrra
to tho inner citadel. But there is no citade
strong enough TO shelter Error. We e,pec
to see slavery beat is last retreat fran thu
also, and then, turned into Fortress q
Freedom, It will be impregnable."
Our readers have already been informed
from what we rave published. that Mr.. Fes
sender took part in tho discusslon on this
bill, and from tho following extract from Q
letter from the Washington correspondent,
Of the n. \. Post, It will DO seen that he
acquitted himself In manner which reflect.
ed credit upon himself and the State hs rep.
rcsents, both ut home and abroad. The cor.
respondent OF the Post saya.
The friends If tho bill iudiciously re-.
Trained for the most part from speaking,
combining themselves in great degree 70
interruptions OF those who argued in oppo.
sition: The only able talking advocates Of
the bill wore Benjamin of Louisiana, and
Douglass. tho latter Of whom, reused by the
intiination Of Wade that the Nebraska pen.
tletnen In view Of their castigations ut the
late elections, ought to DO little less no
gr'ssive, iep!ied 10 speech which equally
astonished by The boldness of its assertions
aud the singular ratiocination by which they
were sustained. He attributed the late do
feats Of The administration party, not 10 ito
deviation from the strict line of a iudlcious
policy TN the slavery question, but solely TO
the Know Nothing mania. Chase, Of Ohio,
In BRIEF but US usual. q temperate and
luminous statement, exposed the main OBJ.
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