The true Democrat., 1856-02-26
From the Cir cinnati Enquirer, Jam 30. The late Fugitive-Slave Caae in
 this City.

seize upon everything which produces a mo- mentary and htful gust of popular passion and use It tor the turtherance of their mschievous and dangerous agitation. Their affiliated pres- ses and congressional orators will now have text to harp upon in renewed denuncia;jons of the fugitive slave law and the compromises of the constitution. Under these circumstances 1t Is well to take dispassionate view oS the matter. The fugitive-slave enactment merely carries out an express stipulation in our nation al compact and upon the faith of which, among other things, this Union was formed. Article + section z. of the constitution reads thus:
 o NO person held to service or labor in one otate' under the laws thereof, escaping into "ho'hei' small, In consequence of any law or FeSulaton therein, be discharged from such ser vice or labor, BUT SHALL BE DELIVERED UP ON THE CLAIM OF THE PARTY TO WHOM SUCH sER- VICE OR LABOR MAY BE DUE"
 The above Is most emphaticallv explicit, and we of the States where there are no slaves have no alternative but to obey the mandate of the constitution or, by nulifying it, be guilty Of an act of perfidy that would be good cause for, and would probably lead to- the dissolution of the Union. Even admitting that the deliver ing up of fugitves is a dsagreeable duty it is so written in our bond of union, and every one who przes the latter will be for adhering to it. The benefits we derive from the confederation far overbalance any other consideration Should the Union be dissolved it would not help the slaves at all, since they would still be in bon- dage, and to secure the blessings of peace and amlty along the border between the discovered States, who would otherwise be constantly at war, treaty stlpulations would undoubtedly be entered into for the return of the fugtives.- Every motive that can possibly influence and govern an intelligent human being prompts us to stick to our present constitution, and faith fully carry out its provisions. It was formed by the sages of the revolution at the head of whom was GEORGE WASHINGTON. One of the first Congresses that convened under the adminis- traton of the father of his country, passed a fugltve-slave law, almost identical in provision With the present one, to carry out the conceded obligation imposed by the constitution At that time all the States but one held slaves.-- Because some have since abolished it, tha5 does not impair the validity of the constitutional contract It still remains in all its binding force
 The founders of our government were pgac- tcal men, and in their legislation were govern ed by the light of sober reason rather than by excited feeling and passion. Their statesman ship has been the admiration of succeeding ge- neratons. In this connection we cannot for bear quoting the language of one of our ablest and most ilustrous statesmen, the late lament ed SILAs WRIGHT, of New York; That dis tinguished man, in his speech at Canton, N Y, on the 4th of July, 1889, said:
 Are there any who will blame our yener- able fathers, the delegates in tho convention of l797, for giving their assent to this clause of our constitution? All the old thirteen States assented to it, and to all the other concessions and compromises which have been mentored, as connected with the subject of domestic sla- hp NC a11 ba to them, and fifty years of internal peace and abundant prosperity have attested the wisdom | of the convention. What American citizen will now rise, and claiming to be purcr than Washington, the President of that convention -purer and more patriotic than the sases who supported him in the great work of forming our 1 constitution, as they had previously in the achievment of our independcnc cast the first stone at the temple of human liberty which they erected? Who that loves his country will open again the delicate and troublesome com | promises thus formed, thus settled and now consecrated by time and happy experience, with the hope of reaching better results from the present temper and feeling of the country?-- Who will cast upon the ocean of time and chance the invaluable blessings we have gained the triumph to human liberty we have secured | for the dark and stormy prospect which presents itself of more perfect success in a new effort? | Who will wantonly trample upon the faith wo have solemnly pledged to our brethren of other States, upon entering the confederacy, in the hope of moldlng them to more yielding dis | position in some future compact? Who will boldly strike at the Union itself, and stake it's fate against his sympathy for the slave?' In response to Mir. WRIGHTs last interroga- l tory, we say, TO enc, unless he be an ignorant and unreasoning fanatic or an unprinciped de- magogue and corrupt politician All good citi- zens will uphold the constitution and the laws | of the land passed i'll pursuance thereto. Who ever manltests a disposition to resist and thwart their execution deserves public reproduction, and should suffer for his misconduct with severe penalties.
 Nothing is more censurable than the conduct of abolitionists generally in such cases, who seek to thwart the administration of iustce- sometimes through the forms of law, by means of habeas corpus, and then again by forcble re- sistance thereto. Their philanthropy is very | partial, the blacks alone being the recipients of 1t, as no one ever knew them to be particularly excited over any legal oppression or injury dono to white person. Their tender consciences are very much troubled in connection with an institution for which they are in no degree re- sponsible upon any principle that holds to the maxim that "mind your own business" is useful and heaty rule in the concerns of life.
 The late desperate act of crazed and fren- zied negess cutting the throat of her own child. | ln order to prevent its return to its master. is altogether unprecedented Frequently slaves, after having tried the blessings of freedom'' in the northern States and Canada and finding 1t to be the hardest kind of servitude, return of their own accord to their southern house of bondage" fact which makes the conduct of S1oy +bo DI;
 The abolition paper here, the Commercial, chuckles over the late escape of negroes from the other side of the river-very likely con- nived at by some of its atndergound 4ai7road friends-in the following facetious terms
 "The slaves in northern Kentucky have, it seems, been taking advantage of the firmness | of the union between the shores of that State and those of Ohio to make their escape in con- siderable numbers. Various rumors of the flight of parties composed of the peculiar pro- l perty of the kentuckians were circulated in the city yesterday. Taking togetherthe num- bers that flee to Canada, and those who, being considered precarious, will be sent to the far south, it is probable that the negro population of Kentucky will suffer an extraordinary de- | pletion'
 Not since CEASES election have the black republicans had such victory, and it would be still more gratifying to them if 1t could be made the occasion of a collision between the State and general government
 Notwithstanding its inky politics. there is no philanthropy in the Commercial, as it regards the escape of the slaves only as means of ad- vancing the black republican demagogue It IS unfortunate for the interests of our city, which are identical with those of ou, southern neighbors, that we should have public journal here which is all the time doing its best to in- terrupt their amicable relations, and cause Gin. cinnati to become odious to the whole lower country.
 | THE ASSISTANT TREAsURY.-The Journal of Commerce, in speaking of the arrangements