New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-24
. THE reno AND THE WANDERER.


From The Wdiiingtsn Union of ys'terGdy.
Itis hgily probable that a cargo Of slaves have
been Gnced 10 one OF the sat- "i t1e thol. W e
aIe in possession oi speodc Information the sub.
ject there are neveIteless, many reasons 10 believe
that H. que,On has assumed practical shape, and
perhats Il sboud te sO re-tei by the public. 10 the
oi the Echo ~ the proceedings of tue tribunals
thereon cundor cvmr-- us 70 admit inst our in-iltu-
tons have failed TIE laws have not been executed
ss they ought To have been and Te believe, nne-
+ nfhs end more Of tie Amerca- people desire they
| should be.
", say therefore, that our institutions 10 the case
Ie. RED D. hav- iai-d. They hev. fslie1 t1e eX-
tent OF scre,oilg nst'sd OF puulsLing. ofieadrr-.
Trs u cehrly misfortune gre-', radical, funDa-
meua; Dnsf'rtune. EVeD one at all cunversant with
the Structure OF sy-tan know that the panish-
meu oi crIne is maj y 1trusted to iuri-u lp b da N
froU he pe pie. II the community # the place re-
Use I" eni0Ic penal ass adj quate remei :
IT, T,iur call L an tniAg els tnaa failure
Oi Institution.
Tie evil W. repeat, il unlameu'ai, because il IL
tIoeledsoO b. he wibout remedy Ia thi- that u pre-
yais sOu 90 the majority # the Aner an peo-
pli. Assuming that the Wanderer, a. reported has
landea Of rlaves one OF the rts of Georgia,
and tLst tine captives beDk di-rubute1 and sod
tbrouti oui that State bgye right :, infer u - It
Is d. accorcauce win pubic Ofir"n. II the people "i
GtoTgla oppO-eJ tu the slave trade aud t0 tue re-
coeDition prope ty sucb telure, We take II 10
b. the cedIest thlr n the world tha- they viii punish
the ofcrd.rs and D Their statutes ore defective, enact
others 10y which all parties sctiog WITH kpowlsdge o
lair to pore that ne laws of Georgia have been
iI5Ied TO meet he cont, -cDcy 10 witch allute
The f. tubuDsls have Gcdoub'ed jnris 1icJn Of
tn. Origin al oenderr but they stini poor chance OF
honestly executing the laws ~ ~ conmnnry who not
only slnk 81 the crime conu ttec, pnt voluntarily AMI
knowingly aid tie criminals in rendering taer law
fo schemes profitable and safe.
We iced n,t express the horror and disgnst OF an
bOnest, law abidug people RI 4 reckless
Icss de ravity and anstcisn. Ii the peopls Oi the
State referred to have respect for the judgment OF
tleir counirymer they may ~el take upou themselves
the responsibility of degrading our National character
and our federal Institutions. The difference between
those TO violate the law and thOse wrO refuse to
execute II, i .holy nappreciabe. We rely quite -
much upon public intelligence and v'Itoe az upon the
pUhce and tle courtf. W. have standing army,
and very email Executive force. Oar whole poitl-
cal system IL basrd much npOn the idea Of good
ntenone the part of e people themselves az upon
good faith the ,rt If th-ir agents. The latter,
Indted car never execute jn-rce without the connte
nsIte aud aid Of the former If he people o! Georgia
determined 10 import slaves and make slaves, the
F,cera authorizes will be confined IN their efforts to
suppress the traffic, wholly to thc high seas where
her iunsdicron IL complete.
But Perhaps granlirg that the Wanderer has land
n slaves up coast, il u only of those hul
gusis which so often oytrlake us, aud winch serve
rether to purify tnsn poison IN. antosphere; another
Borus not and rescue-a aprtizan enterprise-ah Exc
Yer Hall demonstration. We trust it may taus turn
out.
From The Wasaingtoa ar, Dee. o.
We md that the Government officers IN tbs city,
nIder whose Official coguzlGce the sfaf OF th vacht
Wander properly comes, satisfied that though
she brought Do Degfoes hers # from Africa she mae
the voy sge et,Lcer tn vessel sioce scutei aai
suI k, mat dld bring the cargo, numbering $50, re-
cet lei dec he coast Oi Georgia, and run up niJ
the interior. and already scattered different plan
tatnIs III Georgia South Carolina and AlRbgma.
ehectualy 10 defy pursuit ana reclamation thst
is dtfi.d BY the current syst, sptug off fugitive
slaves 10y ard through the age0cy Of the underground
IaiIoGd oTgaIizatiOn tbTOus shOut the NOrin.
TIE Wcnder,Ts pert "i the efiAr, as understood
from what has reached the Government officers here,
was Oh the vuyege 10 acr the slavers tender and
oocOy-a dscOy whenever il was necessary 10 spread
sai ard draw on from the shlp conveying the
forbid en- csrgo the stteron If pnrsuing vessels her
sppe8rsLce 1T listance be- ng ut ttat OF slaver,
While on being ov,rhauled, Lotn whatever 10 ideu-
tiiy her with the save.roce cvud found upon her.
o. reaching the coast OF Georgia her mission y un
c,rs.ocd have been that oi laHdltg TIE uesr )es
ir,m the o,her ship.
Whiie We have 10 doubt whs,eyer tha, such is the
stoiy Of her connection with the slaye-trlie bcley-
lug that the c0nmuuity-.hst o southern Georgia
anopg whom her oif,use Is cogmz bic 10 the law,
tertau pretty much the opinion Of the la under
vi ch those cOncern.d IN her operat mus be tred
RS New England generally entcTtans of the Fugilve
Slave Law We are IN lI.d to think that the eff ~ 10
execute tue Ant Siave-Traie Law III her Will be
as eborive AS eioIis to r,cl.im fugitive slave, 10y
operation OF law, in New-Ei gland nororiOusy.
All this emuen,ly u 10 ii Tor reflection