The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-04-26
Has not the North Reason TO Complain:
VIVID NARRATIVES.

By way of Offset to the plea Of the South
that il has suffered innumerable outragcs at
the hands Of the North, u "Remons,rance"
forming pamphlet Of thirty-six pages. and
published by the legislature Us House DCcu-
ment No. l2l. was called out by tho move
ments To repeal the personal liberty bill OF
Massachusetts,. Ii bears the signature OF
David Lee Child, Lydia Maria Child, Alphe-
us Bigelow. Elizabeth p. Peabody, II. w.
Sewali, +. e. Severance and Others, and
adduces cogent arguments to show not only
that the Fugitive Slave law is unconstitu-
tional, but that the demand for tho repeal
Of Personal Liberty bills in the free States Is
not founded in equity.
In order To establish the soundncss OF
their arguments by testimony. the rcmon-
4 strants give many well-authenticated ipstan-
ces of outrages committed upon inoaensiye
Northern men in Southern States, and add u
number of facts TO show the effects OF tho
Fugitive Slave law. We copy few passa.
pcs from the narratives Of Southern brutal
tiles -
MASSACHUSETTS, VICTIMS.
From the nature of the case, II is impos-
siblc Ia learn the cxten. to which this bar
barous and perfidiCus legislation has robbed
and outraged for limited time, or doomed
10 personal cnslayement and civil death, the
citizens of Massachusetts,; for there Is no
examination, no trial, and consequently no
record of the cases. How should there be.
when the captiyes are accused OF no offence !
The facts are the secret OF tho vast prison.
house. written somewhere, but not 10 that
mcrtals can read them, in tears and blood
The victims pass In quick succession into the
dark realms of despair, and only In raro In.
stances Of good fortune arc ever heard Of
moro.
TREENLS IN CHAINS.
"The documents Of the honorable Houses
for the year ls43 will show, In Q report by
George Bradburn. Of Nantucket, chairman
of a select committee. that Jacob Barker, OF
New Orleans. native OF Nantucket, narrates
the cases If Eve colorcd seamen, working In
chains on the road, or confined 10 Jail, with
whom he became acquainted by nero acci.
dent, In the course of few days. He pro-
cured their release by generously paying $50
% $40 in each case. or another he was
able, after much effort. 10 eject the release
without any payment, tho man being iound,
upon Investigation. which but for this fortu-
nate accident never would have been had,
not to be Of complexion subject, even oy
the laws Of Louisiana, TO imprisonment ana
en,lay,ment for no cause. A seventh broke
and fled from the catch.poll'. plansed in.o
the Mississippi, and was drowned 10 toe ~
tempt to swim acros-happy had no Known
A deliyerer was acar, but happy 70 % oeiiv,
cred even by the angel Of death: Two OF
tbese men belonged to Maryland, one to
peup.ylyania, one to New York, ono 70 Mas-
.achu:et,s, and one to Nova Scotia.
JUDGE uoAR's OPINION.
.Ei,bteen years ago Massachusetts,, sitsr
,.,estsdly and Intellectually endeavoring 10
engage the services Of legal gentlemen In
Charleston and New Orleans, selected two
learned lawyers and honored citizens Of her
own. and ssnt them a. her commissioners to
South Carolina and Louisi na. TO sce 10 "
that her citizens, toiling In their yoca!,ons
In the peace Of God and Of the States " 'oe',
sojourn. were protected In their Pst'on. an nna
rights. Those ENJOYS were iu,n''ro %o wv
credentials under the seal OF tne Som,"vn'
wealth. and instructed 10 cause suits 70 10
,,s,;,n,ed In the Judicial Courts OF those
S,s,.. and ultimately. II neccssary Tor test-
;ns ,hs VALIDITY Of those laws. to carry them
h's s.nr,ssi ~ 10 tie Supreme Court Of the Unit
s,atcs. The confidence OF the country
Sas ~ not then % much impsired In the capAc-