Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-01-17
PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS.

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t' r"ose III al ~ ronoeo i, ,l ,,r,lsa,, n
,,I, V ;,J;o,,o tho Sta,es he which snch lille
Lo, w. ossoJ and desc,;ho tbe noiuyo of
,L,';. .,,Se , ouom ;ans
'"ttt l,o.io'omo croo s,o,os IN ,ho Iu;or
90 ,,Ii,L ", I, Geo hordnr nn ,b. Il ye S,o,os
y. viz" o! iii;no;s In,,;n,a 0ti',a,,l D',,,,
sylyonio Ofibese bordering States. into which
alone slaves are likely to- escape none have
pnssed ncts of the kind i'm uuestion. while two
Of thrm. Illinois and Indiana. ,.xpressly exclude
ncgrors of all kinds. whclheh boad or free. A
fugitive slave before he could feach a State in
Which personal liberty law exists. would have
TO travel the distance of one hundred miles from
the north line of any slave State. in order to
reach il from any cotton State he would be
compelled 10 Gravel, at least, 800 miles.
The only free States in which acts that can
be properly constr ed into personal liberty bills
have been passed are eight in number-Nluinc,
New Hampshire, Vermont. Connecticut, MaSSa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan and WiScon
SIM every one lling in the extreme north, on
the borders of Canada, aid many hundred miles
away from the States IN which slaves exist.
In none OF these bills do we find single
clause which nullifes or proposes TO nullily any
provision OF the constitution OF the United
States lnelf 0oJec's are 'nfee'oId: ISL 10
p'e>ent o'o'e o'ilce's '!o'h hoiU'''S once uhuer
.nc iuS't.,e sIlVe ucl' JuN' as o'a'e o1icerS are
p'e'e"'eu Ho,i, o''lS 'ieu'oers VI congress
-u' 10 prevent Tue use OF o'o'e prisons ny 'ed-
era' eutnoiiueS ana ou' 10 secure i"ir ana
cunu'I u'a' ~ an Pelsons elaI'heu as iu%.'iVeS
l.1'n i i'"oI' in"t ou. I'"ue,s "'"! Sue '''N' we
suoJoil "n aos'ruc' VI 'nese l'"s'
MAlNE.-K. D., lllle 3, chap. So page 49l,
; 0j, provides that no sherlh or other officer OF
the State shall arrest or detaln any person on
CLAIM mat he is fugitive slave. lhe penalty
Tor violating the law Is line not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or Imprisonment not less than
one year in the county jail
New HAMPSHIRE. = Laws of 1857. chan.
1866, page 1876. 81. Admits all persons of
every color to the rights and privileges of cii
zen.
50. Declares slaves, coming or brought into
the State by or with the consent of the MASTER:
free
SO. Declares the attempt TO hold any person
as a slave within the State, felony. with pen
atty of Imprisonment not less than one nor
moie than five wears. Pror6led. that lie Dyo-
risions ochis scciioa shoH not oDpIy 10 o,,y cci
M,r(uIi,j do0e by ann oHiccr of the T,iied Si,ies
o. oiher person. in tie erecuiioa Of ony lcqol
p,0ccvS.
Vrruoxr & Title o. chan 1o1 r,
.j3G-1. /. Provides tbat no court iux,iresr oi
the nroce or magistrnte shall ,nlp - coonizonce
of any cer,ifcnte warrant or nrocess nnIer ,he
fugitive slave law.
20 p,nv;des ,bot ma o4;oor -. o;,;.or Of Oh,
Slate shall arrest ny I'D or oss;s, IN or,oS,;n',
any nersnn for the reason tbnt he il cla;n,od q,
frJ,iyo slnvo
S3. Provides that no officer or c;,izep shall
o;i or oss;s, i, ,ho ron,o,,al G,on, ,ha S,ota o.
nv nerson cln;mnI ne = fn,;,;vc s,avo
Ss 4 and ! proviJe a nenaltv of $1,000 y,
imnrisopment five vears in State nrison for yio
| loiiny ,his not
SG This oct fss in A shall rot bo corstru
oil 'to av,nnd to anv c,;1e, NJ ,bis S,oto oc,;n,
ne n ;J,,e nr tLc c;,c,,J ,r dyt,;,J ro,,,t nr JI
IujeJ SJ,,jes ne no ,,,,.sL,J ~. ,Lo,,j,,
oc Uo J;,I;,t of V,,,,,j ~ a. ,,',,, .ao,
ocj;n, u,,Ic, Lc co,,,n,cnJ ~. o,iLo,g@g ar go;
co,,riy mr. ,,oreh,I
g. Reouires the States otiornevs to oct n
counsel for nlleord fnoitiycs
ES s o and 10 providn far issuirg Lobeo
coiio,s' and tbe trial hy iurv of al questions q
Gri in is.na hn,ween ,bSS a. ,aa;,t;os
Tbc art of lSjS being of,en reccrre1 n ~
oiyo !, er,;ro or n, las, nIl ,hoso soo,;on
wbich bv ;m,,Ico,;on or constrc,;on c,r be ,,,
noseI ~ bnI omU ,, E,ni,;
FSI norsnn i,hin hi. S,o,o i, ia oo
.;iora1 Nc rromart, ~ s,I'ioo, ns s,,oh ~ soI,
,',,roloso T.. Goi;;an,' ,,,n slau o,',, ,,o,'''
rithin ,ho Ir,;,s Of ,Iis State ~, ony ,;n,e l.
den,iyed or Iher,y ~ nronor,y vi,bout d,
nrpcess of law P''PN' ~
50 Dno n,oooss Of Io, roo,;oro1 IN ID
n..oadi,,r .oap,;o,' IS ,L;o, aL'iI =" III ~ sr
ho daGnDd t noa ,h, ,'' ,,'",' - "' c'n
! in fnrce hy ,bn laws Of ,h;s S,a,a ond ;ssno
h., ,ho ,,;', ,,'aSf a'I at' "t'I go
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he dn,,i,oJ nr HAM! "! Po,So" ,I ,.I ,o;'a5 81"
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Inn TP;l, =" 'ep.l,e' u"! o'he' persoh Vi u.s
'naoiS;,!' ~ ~ 'ne PrpNis'ous VI =
I lion thereof forfrit and nav y fme no, evcne
e ing two thousand dollars nor less Than 1--WE bu
1 dred dollars or he nunisbnd bv imn,isonme
y in the S,nte misc, frr ,ern; rnt evceoIi,
/ len Years. p'oriJcJ ,ho, nothing in ,be nrece
f inc SECTIONS shall onnlv tn or nasct tho ,ight
J. arrest mr. ;mn'isnn rrJer ex;s,;ng Laws for 90
/. temnt of conrt
h 81. Neither descent near or remote fro
d an African, whether such African is or m
- have been slave or not nor color of skin
: comnlexion, shall disuualily any person fro