, 1864-06-30
IIOn. =. r. KarnHyyor&h ON rhe Furf-
liEe ElnTe L0YY and Sine KirucY.


tive Slave Law and Slave Piracy.
Just before the vote WAS taken in the
House of Representatives, repeating the Fu-
giiye Slave Law, General Farnsworth, rep
resentatiyc from the Second District Of this
State, SPOKE us follows:
Mr- Speaker, have no intention Of detain-
ing the House long; bnt It see.ns to nc that
q bill OF this kind, and especially after the
speech made on 1t by the gentlemun from
Ohio ought not to be pressed to vote with
ont giving some little time for reply.
a% IN favor Of the rsgsa! Of Iii }he :rst
place the Constitution does net require such
law. / would give to shareholders what they
have got by the Constitution, and 10 more,
until VIC can amend the Constitution. am
In favor Of Its rtpeal, again, for the reason
that am in fayo1 Of striking all the blows
1poEsibly can at the institution Of slavery,
and just rs last as can. In the third place
! am in favor Of the repeal Of the fugitive
slave law because it Is diegrace, standing,
blasting disgrace upon the stalute-books Of
tut uatiOn.
II understand the argument of the gentle
man from Ohio, (Mr. Cox he would, armed
with this fugitive slave law, 70 to the field
and strip from. these valiant ~ b1e defenders
Of the Republic their uniforms, take from
them u,eir muskets, and In place of their
knaps1cks on tbelt backs lay on stripes aud
again TO slavery. He would not stop there,
but would even follow the wounded black
soldier to the hospital, tear him from the
hands oil lis surgeon, and with chains aud
stripes take him back 10 his master aud sla-
very. would like to put the question to
that gentleman ur to my other VITO ssmpa-
thzes with him on thnt question, whether he
Is willing to follow ont to It's logical sequence
the argument which be makes; whether he
desires to strip the uniforms from a1l these
men who arc now soldiers Of the Republic,
occupying the most honorable position that
any man can occupy in the nattou-defender
Of their country-whether he is Hing to
60 to tue field and strip the uniforms off
these men, and return them to dark und
dismal SLAVERY.
The gentleman from Ohio expressed his
sympathy for Arguelles, the slave pirate
Mr.. Cox-1 EXPRESSED no sympathy at all
for Arguelles.
der this fugitive elaye law, the fugitive has
no trisl until he is taken back to tho place
from whence he escaped, for the examination
before the commissioner is not trial; you
put tl1e iron hand of the law upon him and
take him back TO the mater; and there Is
the only pluce where he can have anything
In case Of rndn-ssea1er the gentleman OBJ
jects to any euch summary proceeding. He
objects to sending the pirate to tue place of
his crimes for trial. If he had been charged
with some petty crime, If he had
had been sent buck to answer.
there would not have been a word. OF
complaint from the gentleman. But ho
ia man stealer,. q to*e ering rascal. He has
committed the greatest crime that d man can
commit on Gods green earth, the sum Of ali
yinainies, aud therefore be is worthy OF be-
ng madea plank In the Democratic plnt-.
form, # We have not got a precedent or law
for sending buck man like that, we will
make ope.' It Is the destiny Of republic like
this to ect precedcnts, not to follow them.
Oh, Mr. speaker, understand where the
trouble is with that side Of the hbuse. The
effect Of the action Of sending back this ras-
cal to Cuba, was the emancipation Of eighty
human beings that is where the shoe
pinches. Ali the trenblo is that upon Ar
guelles' landing In Cuba the chatns fell from
the limbs Of eighty men-that Is what trou-
.blcs my friend upon the other side of the
house. 1t he had stolen money or horses,
some petty crime, it wonld have been 1ll
we'll enough, aud Jon would have heard no
disse seDt; but he is Eu infamous, bis crime 80
hlgh-laLded and God-desying, that he is wo1-
thy of plank in the Democratic platform,
and wall from the Democratic party.
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