Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-04-25
From the Milwaukee Free Democrat.
RESISTING THE LAWS.

Slavery being q state Of war against mankind,
md existing only by trampling upon human rights
and violating tho Constitution and laws ordained3
70 protect those rights, it is not to be expected that
Shareholders and Shareholders, and those who
seek to uphold and enforce the practice of kidnap-
ping in this State. would regard its Constitution
and laws. And we are not surprised to find that
this is the char icter of those seeking to enforce
the Fugitive Slave Act in this city.
Last Saturday, the Marshal and his deputy
seized upon | printing press, l standing press, 80
CASES, 900 tbs. BREWER, nonpareil and display type
81 fonts of wood type, 8 chases, IA bundles of cap
paper, 10 bundles of letter paper, l lot of colored
paper, and las reams Of printing paper, to satisfy
the impudent- claim of the Slavecatcher Garland,
who had already taken 5000 worth Of our proper
ty for the same purpose.-On Monday evening, we
replevined the property and the Sheriff took pos.
session uf it, and served notice Of that fact upon
both the Marshal and his deputy. Had the U. S.
officers been willing to respect the laws of this
State, and leave the question to be decided by the
legal tribunals, they would hare rested their case
on the issue of the quit begun by us in the Circuit
Court. But not they. They must Illustrate the
lawless character Of the Act, whose tools and serv-
ants they consent to be. And SO, last evening
the three days during which the property, by the
new code remains in possession OF the Sheriff,
being about to expire-the Marshal being sick,
sent his de equities, Cogswell and Kearney, the man
who was so notorious at Racine, to forcibly remove
the goods from our premises, Mr.. Armstrong; our
prcssman, who had been d~eputiEed by the Sheriff,
10 keen the goods fer him., informed the deputies
that they were, by the laws of the State, in his
possession, and that they could not remove them.
COgswell went back to the t.. S. Court Room while
ksarney sat down on one bundle of paper, and
Armstrong on another, waiting for the appearance
of the Shsriff-who had been sent for-and Cogs-
we'll. o1 rr'
We were taking a siesta at home, when word
was brought US that the Marshal was about to re-
move by force tho property we had replevined,
despite the laws and authorities of this State, and
being anxious to see h0w it would be done, we re.
paired ut once to the place. Sheriff Page and
Under Sheriff WATSON, and Cogswell made their
appearance as soon as notified, and after a brief
conference, Kearney produced the old writ, and
said if neither We nor the Sheriff would give a
receipte for the goods, lie must proceed to remove
them. Accordingly he went into the paper room
followed by the Sheriff and company-ant
seized u bundle OF paper and made for the door.
The Sheriff stopped him very good naturally, and
told him he could not permit such liberties with
his property. Kearney pulled the bundle to the
stairs. and then Page pulled it and Kearney back
again. After a little play of this kind, Kearney
let 20 and took hold OF a case of type, when the
Sheriff stopped that proceeding. Kearney then
took another bundle Of paper, and after being
pulled back gently several times. Page told him
there was no use in fooliDg any longer, and jerked
the handle and Kearney back in double quick
time, when Kearney remarked that he supposed
that was enough, and Cogswell advised him to
desist- as it was evident hastliag time had come
and ia vited Page TO 20 with him and liquor. We
ralte,. think Sheriff Page does not hob-a-nob at
saloons. with slavecatehers or their pimps.
The Sheriff then d~eputized all present-includ-
ing tie editors, printers and devil-to keep pos
session Of the goods, and authorized them to re-
sist their removal by all the power at their com
mand-r This did not seem to please KearneY, who
remarked thai the Sheriff had included in the list
the maa-our assistant, Mr.. Myers-who had told
the deputy, that il he was in Mr.. Booths place, he
weald keep possession Of his property, and if the
Marshal and his deputies undertook TO remove it
by toree. he would blow their brains out with q
revolver, and trust 60 the laws of the State for his
defense.
This morning the Sheriff put US in formal pos
session Of our property.
These proceedings show, that there is no avoid.
ing q collision between the authorities of the State
and the officers of the United States. The people
mnst make up their minds to stand by the Sow
ereignty and laws Of tho State and the rights Of
every citizen. or submit to have the slaveeatchers
aad stssir agents pat their feet on their necks and
trsa. them as abiect slaves. The u. S. officials,
frem deputy Cogswoii d0wR to Judge Miller scout
the authorities and laws of this State, when they
interfere with the sacred business Of kidnapping.
Judge Miller held in G trland's case, that as long 3
ssa siayecatcber had iniis p~ocketan exeeutedwar
rant from his Court for asllyecatching. he nigh
knock dowa, MAIN aud Kill with immunity, al