, 1860-12-18

fair nor honest to makt such allegations
=, ,ainst the Republicans The alleged outr:-
scs On the South be considered as twice told
/ 4 j., without substance, and offering no Just
Or sufficient grounds for dissolring the Union.
The remainder Of rugh's speech Sas Of no
consequence IL The general teader.
Douglas next followed. &c denied the
charge Of lverson that the Fugitive Slave law
Ia not enforced In the Northern States tic
supposed all laws Of Congress we're sometints
violated or not vigorously executed Tic
North enforced The Fugitive slavc la~ qsat ds
faithfully ~ tie South enforced tie lacs agodaa
the dfficdn Stare trade. Ninc-tenths Of the
complaints aguinst the North arc unfoundcd;
there was proneness on tlc lMrt OF acWsra-
pcrs and politicians 10 magnify what little
truth there was in these charges, for the pur-
pose Of in&la1nfng the passions and rrctudlets
OF their section against the North. THE Chi
cago Timex and Hfra]d for fnstance-l In regard
to Illinois, majority Of thc fusifiFcs nre ar
rested and returned without my judicial pre-
cess whatever. But no notice Is taken ~
credit given for these rcnditions. In all cases
where there happened aiudicial arrest the slave
was Ecturncd-except in two Instances Of res
cue, In ono Of which the rescuers Lave been
punished, and In the other they are awaiting
trial. What was true OF Illinois was equally
true Of othcf border free States. he thought
plaint against the North On the subject OF Flu
:,:tive slaves, and that any map ought to be
ashamed to bring up that tLny as enc IF the
rsasons to Justify dissolution Of the Union.
As to the fersoual Liberty bills. he ~as op.
! posed to them. But he uercr knew Of
slave on account Of them. The i'iils exit
only in States where the fugitive rarely gors.
aua the fuss about them proceeds from the
!S&ttts schieh ne,s7- lost any ncyro-N The great
est excitement Is fouu'l In proportion as yon
rrccde from. the line between the Free aud
Slave States. The border States, OH each side
Of Mason and Dixon = line, are thc only ones
Ing fugitivcs. And they arc the only ones
who hare no quarrel with each other on the
subject They don't thrcatcn to dissolve The
Union for any such tlimsy prctc1ts: There
never was time when Illinois and Missouri
could not settle I'll the difficulty that grew ont
Justices Of the Peace, selected On either side
of the river, they chuosing third, and both
States would abide by the award. These gel-
tIe1ntu, WHO hive no interest IN the matter
magniGed this thing from molc.lliil in;n i
mountain. When you get down South into
Georgia mud Alabama, where they never lose
slave, yon Gnt them terribly excited and dis
tnr1ed by the outrages and losses under the
nou-fulfili1nent Of the Fugitive S!ayc Law, ex-
agtly In proportion Is they hare nj interest in
it [GIcat laughter aud upplanse on the floor
and galleries.
Green Of Missouri followed. he was for
planting standing army along tie borders to
catch slaves. lie was for astrons Government.
For physical power the present one WAS con-
temptibie, It WIS not able to execute the Iro-
| miecs and guarantees Of the Constitution. He
preferred centralized dcspotism, with sncb
nan rs Louis Napoleon TO rule over III. Some
| might suppoae he was advocating monarchy.
Be it go! He would rather have nc good
| monarch than four hundred bad ones. He ad-
| mittcd that the Fugitive Slave Law WIS Gu.
forced in proper cascs, generally; but ufnc out
| Of ten never come before tile Law. There Enuet
| be m aimed 1lolicc--a Standing nTnly, FROM
| east to west, aud through tho North TO catca
| th runaway elaycF, or % certain rs God liscs,
| dissolution IF the Union would take place,
| aud in that event hc wonld GO with the South.
| Douglas replied: ''Tle Senator conft<ses
that in all instances where t!,c attention of1Ac
| Courts is brought tu the subject, the law is
| faithfully executed. What more eau any 1.lail
ask: No law can br said to be left nncxe-
cuteI unless the case under it las l:ven tiret
| brought before court at some soFt. It is Q
hnreh and unjust Judgment asa1s*t Northern
] people to nllege that they aFc responsible for
| The escape Of slavcs who hare never been ar-
resttd When you talk about uun-cxccutlo:l
| Of laws, you speak Of cascs that nre nertT
brought to the attention of tue Courtsl It is
q new and strange doctrine, that VIC arc guilty
| Of the uo1-fullWeut OF a Law, when we admin.
lister it fairly und impartia1ly III every c:ls'
brought before our Tribunals" 1.auyttr aud
apg1auscl
had him down and held him fast By the throat.
| he said Ic really wished the lisnniou gentle
lurn would cease dealingin vague generaiitict,
| NJ 111u$r 1fn af,f 9tn<%
with definite specifications. and let The Senate
tn.u IL. each CATS III yrie ia i:4 turn sud tor.
slider Il II this WAS done, the country would
be amazed to sec tie little real cause OF con-
plaint that existed, nlter all the tremendous
s,do that that was being made BY the cotton
| Senator Fitch certified that the Fugitive law
| VAS faithfully executed in Indiana
| Old ariblpc. ut Mnsun aTpsc with 1 lor1ly it
and lnicu, aud declared with swelling ponpos'
1ty that lie was utterly amazed Mt what Doug.
las la4l said In relation to the execution Of thu
Fu:itiye ,aw. liz (Mason} knew t,at It was
Labitually tElmplcd under foot, aul tl,at moi
one tlaye in ten who escaped was eycr CAP
| turcd aud returned. Tie offence is complained
| OF, that the Free States do not rec the cove
nauts OF tho Constitution executed. II is ihciI
duf, to lis to catch and rcstore our runawa,,
nig:scrs. 1t is the duty Of the State Govern
n,rnt to help catch thc,a. If the North TX
pccts to live witt, us they ,anst catch them
They must also give US tie right to take oul
sIaycs Into The Free States for temporary ppr
poses. They must recognize our slaves q
Constitutional properly. lie proceeded in tilis
strain for some time.
| douglas replied that the North was desirou:
to keep the covenants Of the Constitution
and Is they did not understand the business q
ulggcr.catchiug as we'll as the South, the,
agreed hy their representatives in Congress Il
| assign the task OF framing = satisfactory }ar
10 the gentleman from Virginia himself (wl,t
il the father Of the present Fugitive law). !
was passed without amendment, just rs h
t,Eaftcd it. And now, IL 1t works badly, VIII,
should the blow fIli OIL tho North? Why MI
shoulder the blame fi1usr'f: II the law don
o,,crate smoothly, it Is no fault Of tho fre
States. He thnul! mt charge them with III
own botch-work zu} t!u:idrrs For ei.&,
years the law had bcca iu tic hands Of it
friends PIERCE and Eci,l.Ea: were Demo
cluts, the Government la1 hern Democratic
No Que charged those administrations wit
hci1,x dcre1ci In duty. Why should tho III
. putllcans bc blamed. who Lad never been II
tponsiblc 1or its execution! lit was with di
ticlllty the Chair restrained the applause In til
| galleries at these lralpablc hits and centr
phote.} Wisfall came to the rescue Of AasOl
| who vas badly harpooned. But must scsers
for another letter the remainder Of the dlscn
| sion. 1t WIS dccldtslly rich, and agreeable
the Republican side Of the House.
CHICAGO
| | INTENSE EXCITEMENT At FIR
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