Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-03-08

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remark, that speaking iudiciously, this question is
not affected by the fact that the law of the United
States under which the process issues, and these
persons are in custody, may lie viewed, even by q
majority vi commit nifty as inexpedicnt, unjust, or
oppressive. Until repealed, or adjudgcd void on
the gr und of uncou stitutionality by the proper
judicial tribunal Of the Union, it mus. be respec.
ted and observed ms law.
In holding as | must do in this case, that the
right of the Marshal to the custody of the nerson
in question must be respected, | am not to lie un.
derstood Ms asserting that n fugitive slave Is not
responsible for the violation Of the criminal laws
Of the State to which he may have fed. 1t is the
undouited right Of every State to punish crime
Committed within its limits. a State destitute of
this right in its freest and fullest exercise, could
have no just claim to sovereignty. And if an e.
capped slave could violate law with impunity, many
of the States of ;his Union would be in a most de.
fenceless condition. 1t is not asserted, therefore,
that they are not liable to punishment, but merely
that if they are in custody OF an officer, under n
law of the United States before their arrest for
crime against the State law, the latter arrest can
not be enfoi ced till the disability existing by the
prior arrest is removed. In other words, the slave
being in the custody Of an officer acting under the
authority of another, and for the purposes of this
question, l foreign jurisdiction, he cannot, by the
mere force of a subsequent arrest, be delivered
from such custody.
In DORIS case, 8. Howard Rep. los, Judge Nc.
Lean, in giving the opinion of the Supreme Court,
strongly sustains the position just stated. That
was an application for habeas corpus to deliver
Dorr from imprisonment in the State of Rhode Is
land. under n sentence for treason committed
against that State. Judge Mclean says: "Neith.
er this or any other Court Of the United States, or
Judge thereof, can issue n habeas corpus to bring
up a prisoner, who is in custody, under a sentence
or execution Of n State Court, for any other pur-
pose than to be used as q witness. And it is i'm.
material whether the imprisonment be under CARL
or criminal process.
II it be true as here asserted that no federal
Court can interfere with the exercise of the proper
jurisdiction of a State Court, either in a civil or
criminal case, the converse of the proposition is
equally true. And it results, that a Stat
Court cannot take from an ofiqer of
the United States, even on q criminal charge the
custody of a person in execution in a civil case.
1t is said in argument, that if these persons can
not be held by the arrest Of the Sheriff under the
State process, the rights and dignity Of Ohio are
invaded without the possibility of redress. | can
not concur in this view. The Constitution and
Laws Of the United States provide for a reclnma-
ton of these persons, by n demand on the Exccu-
tive Of Kentucky. 1t is true. if now remanded to
the claimant and taken back t. Kentucky as slaves
they can not be said to have fled from justice in
Ohio, but it would clearly be a case within the
spirit and intention of the Constitution and the
act OF Congress, and I trust that nothing would be
hazarded by the prediction, that upon demand
properly made upon the Governor of Kentucky,
he would order them to he surrendered to the AT
thorities of Ohio, to answer to its violated lag. ]
am sure it is not going too far to say, that if the
strictness of the law did not require this, an up
peal to comfy would not be in vain.
But | cannot expand on this question. | should
have been gratiGed if time and the nature of my
arguments had allowed me to enter more fully in
to it's considerations, and to have noticed the nu-
merous authorities cited in the argument, in my
present circumstances this has been impossible.
THE DELIVERY OF TIE %FUGITIvES.
About A o'clock the U. S.. Marshal, with a large
to receive the fugitives, They were brought out
into the reception room one 10y one by the .jailors,
s and then delivered by the Sheriff in person to o..
S. Marshal Robinson and his deputies. Mir. Rus
2 sci cprried in SILLY" the infant, while MIR. Brown
: offered his arm to Margaret, and j. Bill Pollock
= walked arm in arm with Simon to the omnibus.
a When about to start Mr.. Robinson called to the
; driver to stop. Some of Margaret's clothes (givcn
to her since in jail) had been left. They were
/, brought out, and the omni GUS then moved on. III.
I IL. Robinson and Geo. S. Bennett, led the way in
5 a buggy, and the omnibus surrounded by n num-
r Der Of deputy Marshals followed. They proceeded
:. down Sycamore to Ninth, thence to Walnut, and
2 down Walnut to the Covington ferry landing.
/, A large crowd which had gathered around the
, Jail followed, but with the silence and order of II
q funeral procession. They were attending the iu-
! neral of the sovereignty of the State of Ohio.
:. The moment the omnibus drove on the ferry boat
q "Kentucky'' she was cut loose. Marshall, one Of
=. the claimants, was on tue bow deck surrounded
5 by crowds of his friends, and warm congratula-
&, tons we're exchanged. oh" said one, "aiu't this
+ worth q thousand dollars % Yes" replied an
G other, "we've got that Did abolition State un-
\ der foot now, and by Cd we'll keep it there"
n "Oh, it's too good, " said a third, in great exulta-
= aion.
T The omnibus drove up to the Jail and deposited
the fugitives. Women with children in their arms
came to the door steps and in the street, and beau
i tiful, da k haired girls, cleaning with jewels, filed
o the open windows-all to see the procession pass.
e 1t reminded us Of the recent jubilee in Cincinnati
Il on the 22d of February.
Aftor the negroes were deposited, the white men
went to the Magnolia House to hold a congratula-
tory meeting. The bar was opened, and for some
: time liquor flowed freely, without money and with
n out price.
y TIE CONGRATULATIONS MEETING IN Gov
SPEECHES BY ROBINSON AND FINN. OF CINCINNATI,
AND FINNELL AND GAINES, OF KENTUCKY.
d Mr.. Robinson, the U. S. Marshal, being loudly
n called for, took a position on the balconey of the
Magnolia House, while the crowd gathered in the
street below. He commenced by saying, 1--WE in
c, Ohio NAV we'll be proud this day that our SOW
d ersjgnty as a State has been maintained, by vindi-
= eating the sovereignty of the State Of Kentucky
n (Applause.) lie then denounced, in good round
terms. the abolitienists of ~Ohio-spoke Of his own
d personal courage, and his determination to do his
Y, duty. lie did not claim that he had in this case
a done anything more than his duty.
Mr.. F~INNELL's SPEECH.
Mr.. Finnell was next called out. He said, that
though Mr.. Robinson claimed no credit for doing
IN anything but his duty, yet in doing that, he had
well merited the commentator in the good book,
al of "Well done, coed and faithful servant" tan,
plause) He said he loved the Union, and that il
was far dearer to him then than it was two hours
ago. (Applause.) You may talk as much at
a you please about the cnivalry Of Kentucky; | tel
o. you the salvation of Kentucky and Of the South
rs and the continuance of our domestic institution
OF depends entirely upon the integrity and contin
uance of our Federal Union." Tremendous ap
"a plausc.)
"Flinn" and Gaines were then loudly called
sc fr Finn rnrne fnrwnrd and Wns intrnhnnnd L.,