Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-12-28
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Especial Despatch to the Richmond Enquirer.
From Washington City.
The Cty.-Speech Of Mr.. Doolittc.-Te Rus
sell and Bailey affair Rumerea sending
Of troops to Charleston untrue.-Gen. Scott
mJaror ef' the measure.-The Telegraph
Black Republican Utimatunn, dc.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The city was thrown
of its balance, to-day, by the reports from
Charleston. Mr.. Doolittle, in a speech ia the
Senate, to-day, which was quite conservative
for q Republican, alluded to the reports from
Charleston.
Mr.. Luke Lea, OF the firm of Suter, Lea &
Co., Bankers, is out in a card, exonerating the
other members Of the firm from any knowledge
or completely in the Russell & Bailey affair.
The runor that more troops have been Or
dered to Charleston is untrue, although it is
known that Gen. Scott strongly urges the mea.
sure.
The scarcity Of information Cby telegraph)
! from Charleston, to-day, has caused a belief,
in sone quarters, that restrictions had been
placed upon the telegraph by the Governor of
South Carolina.
The Republicans on the Senate Committee
Of Thirteen propose the following Bill as their
ultimatuIn:
BE il enacted, etc, That upon the produc.
ton of a person claimed rs a fugitive from Ia.
Dor, before any court, judge or commissioner
mentioned in the act Of Congress approved
September 18th, 1850, together with the proofs
mentioned in the sixth section of that act, and
upon consideration thereof, said Judge or com.
missioner shall be Of opinion that it appears
thereby that such, the person claimed, does
owe labor or service to the person claiming him
according to the laws of any other State or
| Territory, or the District Of Columbia, and es'
capped thorofrom. the said court. judge, or COM
missioner shall make out and deliver to such
claimant or his agent Il certificate stating those
facts, and shall deliver such fugitive to the
marshal Of the United States Of the State to be
by him taken and delivered to the marshal
of the State whence the fugitive is ascer-
tanned to have tied, who shall pro.
duce the said fugitive before a judge
of the Circuit Court OF the United States for
the last mentioned State; and it shall be the
duty Of the said Judge, either forthwith or at
the next term of the Circuit Court aforesaid,
to cause a jury to be empaneiled and sworn to
try the issue, whether such fugitive owes
service or labor to the person by or on behalf
OF whom he is claimed, and a true verdict rem
der according to the evidence; and upon snch
hading, the Judge or Court shall render iudg.
ment according to such finding, and cause said
fugitive to be delivered TO the claimant, or re-
turned to the State where he was arrested, at
the expense Of the United States; aud if the
Judge or Court be not satisfied with the find
Ing OF the Jury, he may cause another Jury to
be emuanelled forthwith, in like manner, whose
liuding shall he final.
,.SrT, ID, That on the production Of the eyi.
d.ncc mentioned in the 10Th Section OF the act
NJ 1s5u. before the officer therein mentioned,
:, i, shall he the duty Of said officer to grant a
warrou, for the arrest of such fugitive, and his
urnju,;i,n before such officer issuing the war
RAM. and il upon inspection Of the person, and
IN consideration Of the proofs, such officer is
t satisfied Of the identity Of such fugitive, he
: shall rive 4 certificate thereof TO the claimant
. or his agent, and shall cause the fugitive to be
delivered to the Marshal OF the United states
{ for hat State in which the officer Is slttlng, u
be delivered by him TO the Marshal Of the State
and district from which he tied. to be dealt
with as is directed in the foregoing section oil
this act.
,SEc, Sd, And be it further enacted, that the
fees of the Commissioners appointed under the
act of 18th September, 1851, shall be ten dol
lars for every case Oh u pe'sou Clai,iicu as " ~
gitive from labor, heard and decided 10y such
Commissioner
II is very doubtful whether the Southern
members Of the Senate committee will accept
this ultimatum, but, should they accept and
pass il, then the Republicans will recommend
to their several States the repeal of all the per
sonal Liberty bills, as provided for in the res
o~lu,ion Of Henry Winter Davis, as follows:
Resolved. &c, That the several States Oe
respectfully requcStedto cause their statutes to
be revised, with a view 10 ascertain II any OF
them arc in conflict with, or tend TO tmharra>S.
or hinder the execution Of the laws OF the
United States, made in r"rouaneo Of tho aceoi"'
section of the 4th Article of the Constitution
Of the United States, for the delivery of per
sons held to labor by the law Of any State,
ard escaping thrrefroln and the Senate and
House Of Representatives earnestly request
that all cnactments having such tendency be
h forthwith repealed, as required by a just sense
Of Constitutional obligations, and 10y u due re-
| gard for the peace of the Republic and that
the President Of the United States is requested
e to communicate these resolutions to the Cover,
noys of the several States, with 4 request that
o they will lay the same before the respective
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