Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-12-25
Position of Judge Douglas.

speeches Previous 20 The election taken the same
GROUNDS Instead Of accusing the Republican
party generally of entertaining sentiments IN
friendly to Southern neighbors-s;iEmaiI-
z.ng them Black Republicans, AboiIilonists
dc. and attribuiiuc 10 them desire to pre-
vent the proper execution of the Laws. We
should have heard much less OF the di,uuIon
cry than now ealules our ears. But we are
heartily glad that notwithstanding tie great
mischief ne has dune, he has At last arrived at
the confusion that the Republicans are not 81
bad AT all and that the personal liberty BIZ,
are not 50 much matter Of complaint as they
have been represented by l!uiself and lis sup
Porie,s.
We copy the following from his remarks in
the Senate few days since upon the secession
moYemenf;
Douglas next followed lie denied the CHARGE
Of Iver>ou that The Fugitive slave law l. not
enforced IN The Norlhe!n STATES He supposed
all laws Of Congress were sometimes violated or
not vigorously executed. The North enforced
the Fugitive Slave law g'.ite az faithfully The
South enforced tt- SLaye Lee against he 4 frjca,
| stare trade. Suc-teuths of ;Le complaints
/ against the North are uufouuded; there was a
| proucuess on The part OF newspapers and polIti-
! clans u magnify what little truth there vas Ia
( 1he-e charges. for the purpose of indamlng the
/ PASSIONS and prciGdices 81 thei: section against
/ tie North d regard To Illinois, n majority OF
lie tuglfiveS are arrested and returned wliho 1t
any judicial process Whatever. But no notice
i taken or credit given COR the-A uditons. IN
all cases where there happened judicial ar
res. the slave was returnej-except IN two m
| stances of rescue IN one OF which the rescuers
have been punished, and N the other they are
f,~- aafi "
equally true of other border free St7tes. lie
thought there vas bat trling ground OF CON-
| plaiut against the North on the Subject OF Flu
| gitIye slaves, and that any man ought 10 he
( ashamed 20 bring up that thing as one Of the
reasons 20 i-4,tIfE a dlssa-L-tIOn Of the niou--
As to the Personal Liberty bills. he was orPo-
| sed TO them. But he never knew OF an instance
/ in which Shareholder lost slave accoUn;
/ Of them. The bills exist only in States where
/ the fugitive rarely goes. and the fuss about
t3em proceeds from the States riich 'erer sose no
( ,icgro-s The greatest excitement - ftund an
I proportion - You Tecede from The line hc'Wecn
/ the Free and Slave STATES. The border States,
on each size ct Mason and Diyou's line. are
/ he only ones really iujeres, ed III the question
/ Of reCaDta-iuG iuEItlees and they are the on
I ~ ones uIo have 10 Quarrel with each other on
/ the subject. They dnu't threathcn 10 dissolve
the Union for any such fiimsy preiexfs There
! never was 4 time when Illinois and Missouri
! Of the escaping Of slaves. by leaving Il to two
Justices Of HE Peace. selected on either side of
the river they choosing third and both States
would abide by the award. These gentlemen,
/ who have no interest ia the matter, magniiied
/ tins thing from inole-hlli iato n mountain
4 When v0a get down South into Geo GA and
/ Alabama where thew never lose q slave. you
! find them terribly excited and disturbed 10y tte
I oRtrages and losses under tine nou-tu.fl-
uent OF The Fugitive Slave Law. exactly in
/ proportion as they have no incest in l.
4 Green AZ Missouri followed. He was for
! pIau;juga Standing amy along the heTdc's L"
catch slaves. He was for strong Government.
( For physical power the present one was c. n
/ temI;ible. Il was not able to- execute The pro-
misses and guarantees ct the Constitution. H.
! preferred centralized deSpo,I,m. with such 4
I man As Louis Napoleon toluie over -. Some
/ might suppose lie was advocafing monarchy r.
b it Sc. lie wo,ld rather have one good mon
arch than foer Lgr dred bad one, lie admit
TED that tie Fr1iive Slave Law was enforced
/ in proper cases. generally: but nine out Of len
never come before tie law. There must he en-
armed rctlcg--a standing army, from east to
. ves' AMI ;hrough Tie Nurih.--to catch the
runaway slaves or = certain * God lives, dis
| suI.ijcu 81 he union would take place. ana in
/ that event he would 90 with the South.
/ Douglas reti .cd. The Senator Cauf,sses
I that I'd All instances where Tie attention az 'he
Courts Is bfoug ht go tho subject. lhe Law Is ij h
b
! NJ LAW eau he said 70 be left uueSecutci uu-
/ les the case under Il has been tirst brought
I BE- ore q court Of some sort. ID Is harsh aad
unjust judgement against Northern people 10
Z aiIeEc thzt they are responsible tor tue escape
/ Of slaves who have never been arrested. When
you talk about uou-eXecuiInn of laws, you
+ speak 81 cases ttat are never brought 10 the at
teu.Iuu uf he Courts 1t IS 4 new aud strange
doctrine. Hat ne are guilty OF the uou fulfill
meut of Ian. when We administer II ft.IIy and
lmpargiaiy Ia every case brought before cur
/ tribunals. lie SAID lie really wished tie DIS
unio; gentlemen woHid ce@se dealuE IN vague
I rcueraII,ie~. aad make out their ca alngua O.!
/ grievance, with definite SPEC fcajIonS. aud le.
the Senate take az each case Of grief IA It~ turn
and consider It. Il this VS. done, the country
Wugld he amazed 90 see the little real cause of
complaint lat existed. after all the tremendous
ado that vas being made BY The cotton Safes
IT fhlS time.
Senator Fitch certified that tho Fugitive law
was faiffally executed Indiana.
old arIstocrat Mason arose with a loidlv air
and uicu. ami declared with swelling ponjpus-
ity that lie was utterly amazed n what Doug
las bad said. IL relation % The execution of the
Fugitive 'aw- He Nason} knew that it
hab!tualIv ,-amHed under foot. and that 80;
one slave 10 len who escaped was ever captured
and refgrut. The offence II complained of that
tie Free STATES 10 not see the covenants of the
Consultation executed Il Is their dUsv to Is
20 citFfi. 1f4I restore Olt runaway Ii-LtlS-
= the duty of tEat STATE Guverument 10 help
cate. ti5.n. tie North exTec;- To i've with
Is they must catch them. They must also give
IS the RIGHT Z. take oGr slaves INTO the Free
States fir temporary purposes. They must re-
c,g'ile ogr slaves rs constitutional property
lie proceeded ~ Tins strain Tor SEINE titne.
Douglas replied that ;hc North was DESTROYS
=, keep The covenants It the Cuu~t.i.. ION. and
a they Jld r1, understand HE business %!
al--cr-cl.chlur a we'll a the South. they
assign the task eff flaming 1 satisfactory law tn
ne gentleman from Virginia himself (who j.
the father q ,bc present Fugitive law Il was
il. 4 md rav. If it works bauly. Why shou.d
the blow fall on the North2 Why uo; shoulder
the blame himself It tue Law don't opera.,
smoothly, II J. 80 iaull o: THE free States lie
shoUli not Ch-rge them With his own botch
work and hluuders- For eight wears the lasv
had been III tile hands Of its friends PIERCE
ard Blci a-au we're DemoCrats.the Government
bad heeu Democratic. No one charged those
tlit. sfr.s,ious with being dereilct In duty
VII, should the Republicans he blamed. who
had 80 -er zen responsible fer its execution
r Il vs. v5th difficulty the Chair restrained
HE apulzus. Iu the galleries ut these paipatie
hts ami GENRE II rs Wi1fall came to the
rescue If Mason. who was badly larpoousd---
But I must reserve for another letter tE- re-
r,njf.tfer if tf.e dis,,-s SION. 1t was decidedly
rich. and agreeable 10 ee Republican side %
the House
Tnzslpr<r Rucaav4x-Th.' following eK-
tract from the Washington Coz, 'sPoudent 81
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