Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-12-04
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oEoRIA RErALiToRY. .scHEME. x
Ablll entitled "a bill 10, o,provide for
garnishment in certain cases, and for
other purposes" and intended es mca.
sure Of retaliation on Abolition States,
has just been introduced into the Gcor.
g!a House Of Representatives.. The bill
after Promising ihatth citizens Of the
State Of Georgia have been wronged and
injured In their property by the failure Of
certain States TO comply with the terms
Of the Fugitive Slave Law, provides that
whenever q slave shall escape from ser
vice. or be carried into another State,
and upon demand being made for the
rendition OF such slave upon the Gov.
ernor Of said State. by the owner Of raid
fugitive, his agent or attorney, in fact,
the slave shall not have been delivered
up at the expiration Of the thirty days
next following the making Of such de.
mand, (said demand to contain a. de.
scription OF the slave and his estimated
value certified on the oath) ,heL each
and every citizen and body corpnrate OF
said State, TO which such fugitive may
have escaped, shall be deemed held and
bound as debtors 10 the owner Of such
slave 10 the full amount OF said slaves
value.
Second section provides that upon the
happening Of these contingencies, and
tho non. appearance Of the fugitive with.
in the time specified, the owner may ap.
pear and make affidavit accordingly be
fore an allicer authorized by law 10 adj.
minister oaths (said affidavit also to con-
tain a description Of the slave, his value
and the value Of his services; that there.
upon the affidavit shall be filed and q
summons issued to any person, persons.
or bodies corporate mentioned in the af.
6dayt, to appear a! the next session Of
the Supreme Court from which they shall
have emana,ed, TO answer in what sums
they may be indebted 10 any person or
body corporate in the State to which such
slave shall have Acd.)
Section third, after providing pains
and penalties for the non appearance Of
said garnishee within twenty days after
citation by the Sheriff, provided That up.
on acknowleds cement OF such indebted.
ness on the part Of the garnishee, a jury
Of twelve men shall be empaneled, who
shall assess the value OF the slave, and
that thereupon the cour. shall render o
judgment against said garnishee for the
amount so assessed; provided said
amount does not exceed the amount Of
Indebtedness admitted in the answer.
Section fourth provides that in case
the garnishee shall deny said indebted.
ness, or not odmit sufficient amount 10
cover 10 the value Of the slave, then ex.
eculion shall issue for the amount ad.
mtted 10 be due.
In plain words, the bill proposes to
coniscate, for the benefit Of the owners
Of fugitive slaves, the debts due by cili.
zens Of Georgia TO citizens Of the State
TO which the Slave may have escaped,
if the authorities of that State refuse to
deliver up the slaves upon claim Of their
rishiful owners.
On former occasion we expressed
our objection 10 all such retaliatory mea
sures as the one proposed in the leg.
isla,ure OF Georgia. The objections TO
them are many and weighty; are in fact
The subject has been
mooted at various times in this State,
and it may not be amiss to recile some
objections.
We will mention only one Of these
objections. Such reIaliatory measures
are in their expressions and effects sim
liar TO embargo laws. which are some.
lines resor,ed TO by one nation at war
Or about 10 engage in war with anoth.
Or nation, for The ostensible purpose Of
crippling the commerce and curtailing
he resources Of that nation. They do
quite az much harm to those whom they
are intended, 10 benefit, as to those whom
hey are designed 10 injure. They have
a refecx influence equal 10 their direct
influences, If not greater.
1t may be assumed that the trade in
which the citizens Of Georgia became
The debtors Of the citizens Of the non.
slaveholding States, is quite as impor.
lant 10 the former as the latter. The
people OF Georgia, in the present state
Of commercial intercourse, are just as
dependent on Massachusetts for manu-.
laclured goods as are the citizens Of
that State dependent, upon Georgia for
the raw material Of cotton. In this state
Of mutual independence, it were folly
TO enact law which would render un-
certain the collection Of debts due by
citizens OF one State 10 citizens Of an.
other.
The effec, would be TO destroy all com.
merce between the two States, and de.
would injure the citizens Of
Georgia as much as it would injure
Massachusetts. At any rate there would
be no debts allowed. All the COM
merce would be made uncertain. There
would soon be no debts upon which the
law Of garnishment could operate. 1t is
needless TO add that in such an event
the people Of Georgia will suffer as
much detriment as the people Of Mas.
sachusetts.
Correspondence Of the Augusta Chron. and Sen.
DISPOSITION OF THE INSULTING REsoLU.
rIons OF THE NORTHERN STATES.
MILLEDoEvILLE, Nov. 10, 1855,
l promised in my lest to give you
some account Of the House roceedings
Of Friday afternoon, which, though not