Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-04-09
Removal Of Judge Loring

\ NJ L'ring, holding the dice Of Judge
Of PROBATE, in one OF the Counties ia Mas
sachussii-, has been removed by Governor
Bank. The Pcople OF that State have a
law upon their statute book. providing tina,
no slave catching Commissioner under the
L. ; Government, shall hold an once un.
DR. thr State Government; The Legislature
aIdrr..ri t',r Covering. rvlursiir. the re.
mH,,i '' lnI,. llurs. uI-,n ihe.. grounds.
All 90 Poi, t.rl alrr. ltwilll-. rccoIl,,t.i
ga. 400 al.s' fugitive slave wa-. few
y-.r, Since lr,urlt b.'urc Jud-, L1riur.
aui tlat a.tera hearing hs ,.ut him intu
slavery not hack intu slavery, bsclus, there
wa n1 sIhcient proof put into the cas-.
that be- ever was slave or bal "a iron,
THAI KIND ~ s'rvitui,. Al legal men who
heard il' testimony in that case, agreed
tai it vas FAR from heiB. sutbcient. in their
opinions. % warrant L1rinc in delivcrin.
him up % the mercilc-s blcoIhounds then
aiier h.m. The act Of Loring was an out
nag, an insul, O the North. and an uu-
warann6le aggression upon the personal
liberty % the eitiI n. We DO not saw he
acted enrrup,iy; We only re.sta,e what ap.
Peared in nearly every public ourual at the
tim'. ia al New England We well r..
usssaber the excited state q public opinion
az tho ume, and the almost universal diSip-
Pro'al Of the decision uf Lorins in deliver.
ins up Blrns, upon the evidence before him.
We are wei aware that the black demo
cratic iouruals strongly condemn the course
OF Gov. Banks in the removal Of Loring.
and many republican papers follow in their
wake. expressing 1any regrets that the
thing las been done A. Tor ourselves. We
h'nrst.y believe GOV Banks d,d rshf in
removing Judge L1rias. We thank him
for it. Attic present important cri.is in
our political history We don't believe any
g,i i' Do p. gained, ~ timid. time-sery.
Rs c1aT-s OF p,licy. The Fus,tiSe Slave
LA las hsyn declared unconstitutional, by
the Supreme Court Of Wisconsin. aud many
OF the J5.t legal minds in the country con.
cur ia lh4t opinion. II the law % coustitu.
tiOnal (Which We never have believed II i
a barrlr,us, cruel. olioas statute. Toe
people o, she Frsc States hate il. they abhor
IS for god and sulSeient cause. II men Ia
the SIrth, who have BEN entrusted by our
State governments with high aud honorable
otEc,s. sill consent b act as slave catching
commissioners ana upon doubtful evidence
send man. s0lsn aud children. who have
committed NJ offence. either agains, the
laws Of Ggd oS Han. back into the bell. Of
Southern slavery. to drag out a Life worse
than death itself. We have no - fcars 10
slcs" AZ their removal. Above all thing.,
we want no such men fer Judges. II the
people OF the Free States want u 5e respect
Cd, they must 6rst Learn 70 respect them
selves. Let the people Of the South do their
own slave catching. and il, when they come
among as. prouling round to kidhaP. steal
and carry OF our own citizens. we have
dOughfaees mean and dirty enough to gave
them "aii aud comfort" then let the peo'
pie mari them. brand them with the iuiamy
tley J1s rye. IL we have men IN the Pre-
States, 50 lost to all sense Of justice. 80 IN
human, aud depravsd a. to be willing and