The national Republican., 1861-02-13
FUGITIVE SLAVES.

But the SOUTH mean the seeding south
must have concession or dissolution. This is
the cry throughout the whole of the Gulf States,
and we have too many to echo it at home,
amongst ourselves. For my own part, am
content with the Constitution as il is. If may
have my rights under it, desire no more. It
has secured our fathers 1t has secured us; and,
if we preserve it. it will secure our children, in
the enjoyme,. Of everything that makes life
desirable and valuable.
"Under it, life, liberty, reputation, and prop.
has grown great powerful, and prosperous. The
earth, and is surer passport Of safety than ever
was the name Of Roman citizen
at has often occurred to me, whether any Of
those who advocate the necessity that Maryland
should follow the example Of South Carolina
and the other seeding States have ever seri.
ously inquired, what grievances we have suf
fered, that would be redressed by adopting their
recommendations The principal grievance
complained of is, that our slaves sometimes
escape into Pennsylvania, and that we find it
difficult, dangerous, and occasionally impossi-
BILE, to recover them"
1T is doubtless true, that the negro being in
same sense man, with affections and bodily
faculties, does, by the promptings Of the former,
and the aid Of the latter, occasionally escape
from his master, and take shelter in free
State. But so long as the State opposes no
obstruction to the recovery of the slave, so es.
Gaping, it strikes me, there is no just ground Of
comp plant. 1t may be unfortunate for the
STAKEHOLDER, that there is free jurisdiction so
close at home, as that his slave may escape
thither. But he ought neither to be surprised
nor complain that there is difficulty sometimes
encountered in the recovery Of the fugitive.
1t is incident to this character Of property, and
the sympathy which is very sure to be felt for
it in free community. A slave escaping
from bondage is undoubtedly o subject Of sym.
pathy and interest to nine out Of ten Of the
inhabitants of the free States and it is a mat.
ter Of surprise, with me, that their sympathes
have MOI got the better of their constitutional
duty ottener than they haue done. That they
have not, is to be attributed to their loyalty,
and their disposition to perform all their duties,
as citizens Of the Union.
"In the administration Of the fugitive slave
law, know of no instance in the free States,
and doubt IL one can be pointed out, in which
Justice has not been done to the master. But
suppose we follow the example Of South Caro-
lima, and secede from the Union, will slave
property be more secure then, than it is now2
Will there be less sympathy for the slave, and
more for the master, after the Union is dis.
solved, than there was before9 No; but Mr..
Yancey, and no doubt some Of his Maryland
emulators, would tell US, that what we lose in
slaves, by adopting their policy, we shall save
in honor! In other words, that what we can.
not tolerate in our sister Pennsylvania, without
loss of honor, we can endure very well from
Pennsylvania, ss foreign and hostile nation !
Honor of this kind is not worth protecting at
any rate, it is not of q kind for which good
men should sacrifice the richest and most glo.
rious inheritance ever bequeathed by ono gen.
Grafton to another-I mean the Union and the
blessings which accompanied it.
@Itis manifest to every one, should think
even TO our secessionists, that If we suffer NOE,
in consequence, of the difficulty Of reclsiming
our fugitive slaves, we will suffer far more in
the event of separation which will mako
Pennsylvania Q foreign and hostile jurisdiction,
without any obligation, moral or political, 70 re-
store our runaway slaves. At present, we have
not only the law to protect and aid us in re.
claiming our slaves, but we have likewise a
right to appeal to the good will Of brethren
ing part of the same great nation, for assist.
ance. And how often has such an appeal
been made in vain? In twenty-five years Of
made without being responded to-"
REMARKABLE FAcr.-The day after Christ.
mas last, lady in this city became mother to
fine and healthy girLchild. There is nothing
startling in this fact, nor calculated to excite
comment. As usual, mother and child did we'll,
and progressed in health and strength. But
two weeks afterward the same lady was again
the mother Of child, fine boy, who is also
fourishing, as well as the doubly taxed mother.
being probably the second we'll ascertained case
of the kind in the United States, is one which
is known to medical men as having occurred
before, and is accounted for upon clearly ascer.
tanned physical grounds.-San Fran. H7uld.
A strange coincidence has happened at
Hampstead, Long Island. VALUED canary died,
belonging to a lady, whose eldest child soon
sickened and died too o second canary waa
bought, which soon died as the first, and the
remaining child followed the other to the grave
again third canary was purchased, it died
like the two others, and soon the childlesi
mother had to mourn the death of her husband
An extravagant marchioness was assailet
by number OF Paris tradesmen for psymen
Of 100000 debts. The husband proved, il
court, that he allowed her $4,000 year, ant
that only five years ago he had paid $l20, ,00(
of her debts. The wifo replied that she brough
him 81 100000 dowry among the items wsrt
sheets at $500 pair, and an annual expepdi
ture of $500 for pistols, powder, balls, enc
caps; this charge decided the court to noniui
the creditors.
A Chinese proverb says, that To be happy
on earth, one must be born in Soochow, liv6 II
Canton, and die in Lianchan for in the 6rs
are the handsomest people, in the second tn,
richest luxuries, and in the third the best cof
fms"
Carl Kleinman deposited $500 in a bag, il
his cellar, some time ago, thinking the none,
would be safer there than in bank. On gdna
to his hoard on Friday, he found the bag gnawsS
open and the bills gone on examination, Sl4t
worth of torn bills we're recovered in a ist,