Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-19

4. dof&fuof N0440 Ha4 HouCtiucu, IuHuEoo,
adopted and countenanced the iniamous con-
duct Of the Sheriff and people ofthe Under
| ground Railroad counties, in their violent
and outrageous conduct toward the Unned
States Deputy Msrshals, in the recent affair
10 Green. He has Instructed ar requested
the Attorney General Of this State, who Is
OF the Same school Of pestilent Abolition
demagogues that Chase Is proud OF being at
tho head Of 70 appear, in behalf Of tho Sher-
III Of Clark county, 10 resist tho .applica-
ton for writ Of habeas coypps 70 relieve
the United States Marshal from the custody
OF said Sheriff.
We trust that the President will order
the Attorney General Of the United States
70 appear in behalf Of the authority and
dignity Of the United States, 80 that q dis
sinot issue may be Joined and the question
settled at once, whether the Sheriff can, up
on bogus writs from little State courts ar.
rest aud incarceratc officers Of the United
States for merely executing the wrts oft
Courts Of the United States This designa-
ton OF the Attorney General, BY tho Gov
trner. 10 aid the three or four lawyers al.
ready retained for tho Sheriff or Clark, IL
equivalent 10 declaration Of war on the
part Of Chase and his Abolition crew against
the United States Courts Let tho war
come--the sooner the betterl .sf
There never was q more outrageous
case Of resistance 10 the authority Of the
United States. In other cases there has
been some color or shade Of the 'prctext---
some vagueness in the law, or looseness In
tho execution Of tho writs; but In this there
u no such pretense. The ground IL openly
taken that silly, unconstitutional. nullify-
ing act OF the Legislature, giving 10 State
Courts the power 10 issue wris Of habeas
corpus, serviceabls IN every part Of the State
against al persons, M wen an officers Oft
United States as all others, having indmd-
unls in custody, shall be put into effect, 40
as 70 render null and void an act OF Con-
gress Chase steps forward 10 justify and
maintain this law, Nay, moro, he appears,
through his instrument the Attorney Gen.
eral, as the champion and defender Of one
Of the most outrageous, audacious and cow
ardly cases OF wrong insult, and contuniely
10 the officers ofthe United Statos that ever
occurred In the country---in which the offi-
GERS, having prisoners In their custody, and
under lawful writ were overpowered by
force, were committed 20 pestilential dun
geon and there kept until the prisoners could
be taken twenty miles of, and then released
by pretended process, in which the Mar.
shals were called upon to appear and show
cause. These acts are not only justified,
but the farther custody OF the ~ nised States
officers is claimed and insisted upon, thro'
the influence OF some village pettiioggcrs
who como 70 Cincinnati 10 advertise them
selves for Abolition patronage by dcnounc-
ing the arrogance and usurpation Of the
United States Executive in the Courts Of the
Union. Chase adds the Attorney General
10 them, and today the patriotic citizeps oil
this city are TO be subjected 10 tho disgnsi
of seeing the laws and tia tribunals Of thi,
Government impugned, scoffed at and dc.
fed by the officers Of the State Of Ohio ~
IL is no question of the right Of expedien
ey Of the Fugitive-slave Law. There ore
many Of us who do not approve that act
but, still II Is an act Of Co gress and must
DO enforced. jackson did not approve the
tariff which South Carolina attempted "a
nulify, but he declared that, sworn 10 exc
cute the laws. he would faithfully fnlhll hi,
oath and duty The present President has
no little Of the decision OF the old Hero O
tho Hermitage, and We can Assure the pcs
tilent demagogues and incendiaries, who
have got up this fragrant case Of treason
and resistance Of the United States author
tiles, that they will be compelled 70 sue
cumb, and that, too, some time before tn,
fall elections, so that they will not be adj,
10 derive oven any political capital out o
the STANDARDIZATION.
We give the above from the Enquirer o
the 10th, that our readers may have an ids'
of the manner in which the Democratic part,
override individual and state rights, to sus
tain the slave power A few years ago
when national Legislation did not happen q
suit Southern interests and doctrines, estate
Rights' was the great rallying cry Of th'
Nationally Democracy, but now that na
tional Legislation outrages the rights ane
sentiments OF freemen, II IL TREASON 10 as
sert and defend the rights secured to every
man BY the American Constitution.
The facts In this slave case are known
They are in brief, these
Some U. s. Marshals, some Of whom arr
Kentuckians, (for tho fugitive slave Law
does not require that the Marshals or Com
missiopers for catching negroes in giyer
State, should be citizens Of that State--the,
may live thousand miles on, attempted b
take negroe, but failed, because the neg'
had taken refuge in loft, from which h
could defend himself against any numbe
Of catchers, ~ there was but ono entranc'
to IL. and that he could guard safely. Tn,
owner Of the house and others, who wer,
present told the Marshals 10 take the man
but they refused 10 help Baiiicd, the.
went to Cincinnati, more than one hundre,
miles, and obtained, or profesaed to obtaiI
a writ against tho white men who refuses
TO help catch the negro, alledging that the.
were harboring and concealing him Thi
writ they protested to serve, seized the men
hand-cuiied them and we're carrying them oil
when Sheriff stopped them with writ o
habeas corpus, for the prisoners They re
fused TO obey the writ, and assailed tn
Sheriff and his posse with evident intention
TO kill They we're then arrested for assault
with murderous intent and now the Gov
ernor is denominatsd atraitor for wishing Il
enforce tho laws Of Ohio against murderers
That the Marshal had right 10 arres
the men who refused TO help catch tho ne
gro, we have no doubt, for that is the Law
that those men had right TO chain ant
carry away, hundred miles or more, an.
citizen against whom any slave holder vii
make affidavit. we do not question, FOR tina
is the law that these men might then hav
been lawfully mulct into heavy damage'
and probably imprisoned. for no other o.
fenss than refusing TO catch the negro, W
do not doubt, for that Is the law; but thor
Is no law which justidesa set of men, thougl
Marshals, 10 set upon officers IN the III,
charge OF their duty, as those men did upo
the Sheriff and bis posse, They shout