Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-05
Rosetta.

The slave case is not finally disposed Of
The Marshal has beeu required by Judge
PARKER to show cause why he should not be
punished for contempt for arresting the girl
after PARKER had declared her free; and he
was to be heard on Saturday. The Commits
sioner will give his decision on Tuesday
We look to it with interest aud are prepared
to aequiesce in it, whatever it may be. If he
decides that the act of the agent in taking
the girl through Ohio, was the act of the mas
ter, and a voluntary bringing of his slave into
free State, or that the conduct of Mr.. DENIM
son at Columbus, amounted to a manumissiOn,
we are ready to abide by the decision. If he
decides that the agent transcribed his author
ity in passing through free State, and could
not divest the master of his rights in so doing,
AMI remands the girl into slavery, we are
willing to sustain him. 1t is his duty to de-
termine whether the law and the constitution
apply TO this case; and it is the duty of every
good citizen to stand by the constituted au-
thorities
But the conduct Of Judge PARKER in IN
terfering with the independent action of a
tribunal expressly appointed for such cases,
must be condemned by all who desire the re-
spective powers of the States and the federal
government to harmonic. Ifany State Judge,
who has the right to issue writ of habeas
corpus, NAV suspend and palalyZe the pro-
ceedings of the commissioner there Is an end
Of the Fugitive Slave Law; it is as dead as
the old trial by battle, or any other exploded
statute of the past A law which was APP
proved by an American Congress, including
CLAY and WEBSTER, is practically repealed
by an insignificant Judge of the Common
Pleas in Ohio. Our own distinguished Jurist
Judo, MAJOR in the case of FREEMAN, re
fused, on habeas corpus, to interfere with TIT
Commissioner. We will, to morrow, re
publish his decision for the benefit of the
benighted in Cincinnati and elsewhere.
The circumstances of this case, show
wanton desire to make mischief.
ROSETTA had no wish to leave her master
or remain in free State. She was take
possession of by the Abolitionists against he
! will. She was at FIST anxious to return {
Virginia, and it was not until she had bee
instructed by her new guardian-that she re
fused TO do So 1t was clearly case OF un
necessary interference We can easily nm
derstand how men may sympathize with an
assist a slave who is really Fugitive fror
i'll usage, and, perhaps, cruelty. But when
set of busy bodies in other mems mattter
without any wish for their action from tn
party for whom they pretend to be interested
thrust themselves into the private affairs {
peaceful travellers raise a disturbance, n
the newspapers with their clamor, and thereb
increase the alienation already existing b
tween the North and South, it is not too niue
f to call such men dsturbers of the peace an
: enemies of their country.
,, Had these intermedlers been lovers of tn
Union they would have refrained from ere
{ ting this disturbance There were inhuenti
persons at work to make poor ROSETTA
tool for their purpose. 1t was not love OF Il
girl which has caused her to be separate
from her true friends Ii was the spirit
= fanaticism, in the mob and the love of not
4 rietv in the leaders. SALMON P. CHASE won
e sink into insignifcance but for the agitati'
y Of this slavery question.
, No blame can attach to the United Stat
o Commissioner 1t would be his dui
= if the proper papers were laid befC
L him, to arrest the Governor of Ohio as
!, legged fugitive. But an arrest and convictI
are little different There is not the sligi
i est reason to fear that any white man or ev
, any free negro will ever be wrongfully tax
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