Red Wing sentinel., 1860-12-19

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Pennsylvania. 1t il further provided
BY law that any person who violently.
and tumultuously seizes upon any negro,
or mulatto, and carries such negro.
away to any place, either with or,
without the intention of taking such
negro before any district or circuit
judge, shall be fined mot exceeding.
$l00O, and imprisoned in the county
Jail not exceeding three months The:
law also Furnishes with heavy fine, and.
imprisonment in the penetentiary, any.
person who may iorcib'y carry away
or attempt to carry away any FREQ.
negro or mulatto from the State. The.
sale of fugitive slaves is prohibited.
under heavy penalties, and trial by
jury secured to them., ...... .. -,
OH1o.--The laws of this State were.
tor many years Of a very hostile char.
acter to slave hunting, but they were
repealed III 1858. Measures have.
however, been recently initiated to re-
enact them.
M1cn1GAN.-The laws of this State
are peculiarly stringent and effective.
They not only deny the use ofjails and
public buildings to secure fugitive
slaves, and secure the attorneys for
the Commonwealth to defend them at
the expense Of the State, but the law
OF Connecticut in relation to the pun
ishment of persons falsely alleging
others to be slaves, is adopted, with
the addition that any person who
carries slave shall bo punished by.
imprisonment in the State Prison for a.
period not exceeding ten years, or by
q fine not exceeding 81, 900.
The habeas corpus act also provides
for trial by jury Of claim to fugitives
W1scoNslN.-Following the exam.
pie of her sister States Of the North,
this State, has in some particulars.
exceeded all the rest. She has direct.
ed her district attorneys, in all cases
OF fugitive slaves, to appear for: and
defend them at the expense of the ;.
State. She has required the issue Of
tho writ Of habcas corpus, on the mere
statement ofthe district attorney, that
q person i'll custody is detained as q
fugitive slave, and directs All her iu:
dicial and executive officers who have
reason to believe that a person is about
to be arrested or claimed on. such
ground, to give notice to the district
attorney of the county where the per.
son resides. ia jud ge in vacation,
fails TO discharge the arrested fugitive
slave on habeas corpus, an appeal is
allowed to the next circuit court. ,
Trial by jury is to be granted at tho
election ofeither party, and All costs Of
trial, which would Otherwise MH on
the fugitive, are assumed by the State.
A law has also been enacted. similar
to that of Connecticut, for the punish
mcnt Of one who shall falsely and ma
liciously declare a person to be a
fugitive slave, with intent to aid tfiS
procuring the fotcible removal of such
person from the Satte as . slave: apro-
vided that nothing in this chapter shall
be construed as applying to any claim,
or service from an apprentice for 4
fixed tine.' "A section is added to tic
provisions Of the Connecticut law REL
alive to this offenee, for tho punish
ment, by imprisonment in the State
Prison, Of any person who shall OBJ,
|struct the execution Of warrant issueA
under 1t, aid in the escape Of the
|person accused. Another section
forbids the enforcement of a Judgment
recovered for violation ofthe Fugitive
Slave act, by the sale of any real or
personal property in tho State, and
make its provisions applicable TO jjude.
ments heretofore rendered.
1owA.-1he law of this State is
similar to that Of others exrept that tho,
maximum of the punishment is five
years in the State Prison, and fine Of
$1,000. s,..g.,.'.-.I0.I ~.
NEW YoRK.-1n addition to the
above, the State of New York has.
upon her statute book law in dircot
conflict with the constitutional provis.
ion Tor the surrender of fugitive slaves
and designed to nuliify the law fof
carrying that provision into efees. II
requires that every claim for the sur
render Of . fugitive shall be tried BY a ::
Jury; that the District Attorney shall
defend every such fugitive at the
charge Of the county; that the claimant
shall in every case give bond with large
|pcnalty and two surities, freehozaers
and Inhabitants Of the State, and i'm
poses heavy fines and penalties ON
any prison seeking to obtain tho fugi-
tive in any other way than uudcr the
provisions of the said law.
Such is the existing legislation of
eleven Of the Northern States-lcgis-
lation designed to nullify provision
of fthc Constitution and 70 defeat the.
operation Of law made to carry that
provision into effect. BY this iee;sla-
ton they haze broken the bond Of
unton, which holds the States togeth-
er; they have violated the compact
made between the North and tho
South as basis condition of Union.
And what is: the legal. and moral ef:,
feet ofthis breaking Of the compact
on their part? Let the great Webster
answer. In his speech at Capron
|Springs, Va, in 1851. Daniel Webster