Journal American

              OU) SERIES, VOL.- 29.
HUNTINODON,. VK., WEDNESDAY, JAKUAbY 2,''iSei.
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. JNORTHIiRN STATE I<AWS. The Ptaraonal X.lberty Acts.
quent disposition that was mode of these I ed on the 12th day February, 1703." Dur- 11"*^" fl""'"''''""s directly or avowedly in j     Tho inorc^^ed hyatiUty at tho north   to j
several acts: ing the last aession of her Legislature thc ! <>PP<"'*'''".'<'I'JO aotof 18D0. Laws »gnin.st Uho institution of slnvory has  led   tu   tho
"Finally, in 1859, when tho whole body ' Commissioners appointed   to  revise   and i "'''^"''PP'."gi" .prape^'y so onlled,   canilot | jj^rogard of theiroUli«iitionii, and tbo giiv-
Ithc   Penal Laws  of Pennsylvania ' Ij^ P'o^^d in tins category.     Laws forbid-! e„„nent ceased to efl'eot tho obicoU of I
of our statutes was rovised  and   codi6cd,   amend
WIHTSR.
Wiliter is an  institution—cs^cciAtly Ip ' Nortlicrii oUmatca.  , tt cuuica  lala.iuU|u ' the .faU.«Dd.ia»y<^.iiU tha  naMlliaa ia-att. wnsa. ine inationai inmiitjenccr, ouo   oi mp    all these aot*, those of   1«43, '5!) and IH-   (John C. Knox, Edwurd King and David   »"B> nnu"'" ""» neau, me nse oi oiniojniis j Constitution. i it can't very well stny any   lonficr.    Thin
taost impartial journalain thoeountry, has   58, were p.r;)irK«/yr('pM?,-f/,rt,«ir»!(*.'iMnM I Webster,) made n report to tho Legislature if^or^'^d "unfriend-,     The States of Mnino, Now Hnmpshiro,   year it hos  come like  nn   attack   of lho
fto subjoioed statement of the Northern : Je,ny ineorpornto? in thr new text. The , that thoy had completed their labora, and 'y" •"""""'"'"ro not "unconsliiutionn!," ycfu,o„t^ Mnaaacliuaetts, Conncctiout, Rheumatics, or a caller beforo breakfast Personal Liberty Aots, together with the ^ duty of making this codification was cn-I tho result was presented in the shape of a """^ 8"''P^''''"'''' in Other oases and in Rhodo Tslaml, Ncw York, Pennsylvania, —mighty sndden nnd wneippclcd. The remarks appended. Ij. will beseen that ; trusted in tho first placo to Commissionors 1 bill ontitled "An act to consolidate, revise Southern States. Laws forbidding State i]iin„j„^ Xiidiana, Ohio, Miohigan, Wi.s- siuilo of tho Indiaii Summer hnd scarcely Ihs law of Pennsylvania ia strictly consti- \ appointed by Governor Gardner, (tho aama and amond the Penal Laws of this Com offioors to issue writ* for tho recapture of eunsiu niid lown, have enacted laws which faded from our hill sidoa, when the «uri> tutionaT, according to this authority. | who vetoed the personnl liberty  act of 18 ! monweahh."   That report, on the  thirty-   alleged fusitives aro passed in conformity   either nullify or  render  useless  tho  nt-   wintry wind come   blustoriDg over  tbtiu,
  ; 55,) and their work was afterwards exam-   first day of March, 1860, was enacted into   with tho decision of tho Supreme Court of   tempts to executo   the ncls  of Congress,   nnd mado tho bnro tree   tops creak  with
[From the Nationul Intelligencer, Doo, 11.] in^j by a large joint committee, oomposed n law, and by tho ninety-fifth section it is ; 'h" United Statos in tho celebrated Prigg ' \^ ,„a„y ^f thcso Statos fugitives have pain, nnd diishcd a snow shower all 0Tt?r ' ,.*'*"'*• ., i of lending members of tho two Houses of enacted as follows : I''•''^- But nll lnw», interfering with tlie been di&ehitrged from tho service of lnbor the garments of rctrenting Autumn. Ii . ^J"* ''"S °f t'l" ?'"« provide that no t^g Legislature. It happened somowhat \ "No Judge of any of the CourU of this \ excrcUo of the powers conferred by Con- ' claimed. In nono of them hns tho Stnte wna no sportive frolio of tho eUmonli(,but ¦BheriT, deputy Sheriff, coroner, constable, singularly that, although the Republicans Commonwealth, nor any Alderman or Jus-' R^ss on the Commissioners appointed un- government cnmpliod with the stipulation a genuine blast from tlio winter king- jailorj justice of pence, or other officer of ^g^^ the dominant pnrty, politically, in tiee of the Peace of said Commonwealth, •^er tl'O f"i:'"vc flavo law of 1860, as is the niadc iu tho C.nstilulion. "a nipping and nn eager air," that stunj; the State shan nrreet or detain, or aid in both Houses, by far the ablest lawyers in shnll havo jurisdiction or tnkc cogniianco case with the laws of Vermont, Ma8.inohu- The committeo quote tho nreamblc of the mouth tn brcathn it Mtn a Hnw nf hn. so doing, in any prison or building belong- „.„!, House ;Tcrc Doaocrits of th» bti ait- of ihe cnso of nny r'uguivo from labor from «""•. ."¦ol-K"" ""'« Vr'iscousiu, aro orear- the Constitution, and sny thesi onds it cn- drops, or a'rfccoction of prickiy nsh and ibg to this Stale, or to any counly or town, est sect, to wit: Hon. Caleb Cushing, in ' any of tho United States or Territories ly unconstitutional, aud nil such nre null deavored to nciompliah ly »'''edernl gov- pepptrs, whilo Iho mercury, which for imy peraon on nccount of a claim on him the House of Ilopresontativcs, aod Hon. under any act of Congreas, nor shall any and void. ernment, in which each Slntc was recog- mniitha bns been reposing at figures nf as fl fugitive slave, under a penalty not CX- Benjamin F; Uutler, (Into Hreckinridge such Judgo, Alderman, or .Justice of the Adopting the language of the report nized as an equal. Thoright of proper- oomfortablo elevation, wd3e»ly betook it- t^dingone thousand dollors, and make It enndidate for Governor,) inthe Sennto. Pi-nccofthisCommonwenlth.iasueor grnnt nindo by a mnjonty of tho committee of ty in slaves was rocognizod by civing froo self to tha basement ofits tubular tcno- Uie duty of all county attorneys to repair iJoth of Iheso genllemen wero members of any cortificato or warrant of removal of thu liouso of Kupresontatives of the .State p«„ons diatinct and politicnl right; by uioiil, nnd ran down to tho alarmingly low "* " " id ;   any such fugitive from   labor, under  any   of Vermont, nt its recent session, wc nood   pWing thet    ' •	
to the plnee where such person  is held in   jhc committee to which we havo alluded ;   an> such fugitive from   labor, under  any   «" Vermont, nt its recent session, wc noou -yi„p. ,hem tho right "to   roproscnt,   and figure of 25 degrees below nothing.'
eustody, and render him all necessary and   but neithor in committee, nor  afterwards   aot of Congress j nnd if any   Alderman or , bu'rocall thc fact that tho act of Concre8.s blirtlioning thom   with   direct  taxes   for       And now, my  friend,   who  holds  thUi
ISgal nsBistance in   making   his   defence   in the Senate or Home, did cithcrof thom.   Justice oftho Poaceof this Commonwealth   P™vidc8 for a henring  boforo  a  lederul three-fifths of the slaves ; by  nuthori«ing papor, (you nro not  in much  of ft hurry,
against taid claim.                                 ,|     : or any other member, propose to omit from   shall take cognizance or jurisdiction of tho   Judge or Commissioner, aud thnt the Ccr- the iniportntion of slaves for twenty years, ore you if) supposo wo havo  a   little  Ulk
' nvu   1       NEW HAMPsniRB.                     ' the revision any portion  ofthe   personal   case of anv such fugitive, or shall grant or   tifioate of snoh   Judge or   Cummissiouer Q„d by stipulating  for  the   rendition   of about Wiutcr.    This Winter is a vory sol-
Xhe law oftho btnte declares that slaves   liberty acts, or suggest that they woro uu-   issue any'certifioalo or warrant of romoval,   shah bo conclusivo os to tho roturu of the fuf-iiives from labor. emn   thing.    It  is  cruel,   rcmorsolcs.s-^
Cflrowg or brought in 0  the Mute    by  or   constitutional.    They  remain, therefore, I as oforesaid, then, and iff cither case,   ho   fugitive.    Hut   the third  ecclion   of  tho The ends for  which   thi,   governmont there is  death   in ils  touch.    Wo   havo
with the oonsent pf the mnstor,   shall   be   eubslantially as before, now  comprised in   shnll he deemed guilty of a  misdemeanor   Vermont act oflSSS declares in effect that wjs instituted have boon defeated, and tho got lo bnllle for lifo till summer sunshine
froejdeolHjop tlie attenipt to hold any por-   chupter 144 of tho Genernl Statutes.  Any   in offioo, and shall, on conviction theroof, ' »"oh certificnte  shall not  ho   conclusive, jj„v(,rnment  ilsi'lf  mnde   destrnclivo   hy on us again.    Did you over thiuk of it-.-
«oo as a slave within   the btato   a felony.   Southern Govorn.v.  who docs not  wish to   be sentenced to pay,   nt tho di.soretlon  uf  sinee it declnres in terma that thc fugitive the notion of the non slaveholdipg States, that this Jnck Frost, who pointt yourwiu-
wtth « pennlty ot  impriMnment  not  less   copy the misUkcn references of tho  lato   the Court, any  sum   not  exceeding  ono   shall have a right to trial byjury; and the Thoso Stntos hnve assumed   tho  right  of dows with  such   delicate   traocry — ^rho
thira one nor more than fivo yonrs; provi-   Kxeoutive mossago of Georgia will find tho   thouaand dollars, tho ono-half to the party   fourth section   declares thnt  "every  por- deciding tho propriety of our domealio in- clothes tho whole Inndsenpo   with jewelry
ded,   tbatthe  (irovisions or   this  section   new volume of "Gcnerai Statutes,  Massa-   proseouting for tho samo,  and   the  other   son who shnll deprive,   or attempt to  de- stution.s: hnvc denied our   righls   to   thc which glcniiis and  flashes in tho mornine
¦hall not apply to any act lawfully doneby   chuactts, 18C0," in tho library of his State;   hnlf to the nso of this Commonwenlth."       pr^e ''"y person of hi.s or hcr liberty con- p,.opcrtv catahlishod in fifteen Stnln., niul wm—.h»t  thij Mrae  sparkling fcHctt-  •::
•ayofioerof the United  btates, or other   an;l any nac chs who desires tu make   hu '     Tno theory of this law,   it wiii bc seen,   liury (o llio  provisions   of tno  pi-eceding rccogniiod bv the Com.iil,iti,m. more ornnl ond unrelenting,  more pitiloia
persotJ, inlhe execution ot any  legal pro-   oxnct reference may  purcbnso a  copy  of   is founded strictly on the   decision of  tho   section, shnll, on conviction thereof, forfeit They hnve denounced slnvcry aa n  sin- than nuy Ghonl, or Demon, or gitDtUlH*-
"'fv.      '                                                        the volume,   for no higher   price Ihan   a   Supreme Court of tho United .States in tho   and pay a fino   not exceeding  82,0(10 nor f,,]   iniitution ; have  permilted  thc open he.ird, who affrighted your infancy ?   Vtt-
VKRMONT.                            : dolinr nnd forty cents, of Me.ws.   Wright   Prigg case, and doea not interfere with tho   loss than 8;i00, or bc punished by impris. estnbllahmcnt of soeietics, whose   avowed haps yomiro n mother  holding your litilo
¦_ This State, hy her several acta of 1843,   & Potter, State printers, corner of Spiing-   functions of the Commissioner  appointed   onment in tho .State prison not exceeding object ia to disturb the pence nnd propor- bcbc full of rich nnd   vigorous lifo.    I>i.
•1850'and'1858,providcathatnocourt,ju3-   hinc nnd Devonshire atrcct, Boston."           under tho United .States law.                         ten yeara.                          _       ,.    ,      . ty of the citizens of other Stntea. veat it of its wal-'m ghrmonW and   plilee il
MICHIGAN.                                  Again  tho second section of tho fourth They hnveenci.nragod nnd assisted thous- under tho oloar aky of lliU beautiful night.
The law of  this State  rei|uiro8  .State's   srtiolo nf the Conatilution   snjs thtit   "no nnds of nur slaves to   lenvo their  homea, and Jack I'lusl will sting it wilh icy uaiufs
tioo of the ponoe, or magistrate shall tako Connecticut.
cogni/aneo of any certificnto, wnrrnnt,   or       The Stnto of Connocticut providcH   that        ._..     ...,_   ,   ,      ,     „_ ^ -,, ^—„t
^n)etv.» under the ^Fugitive   Slave  Law;   every peraon who  shall/«/»f/y and  tiin/i-   nltornoya to  aot ns  counsel   for  fugitive   person held to service nr Inborin one State,   „„,! those who remnin   hnvc heen incited,   till the soul ia   turlfired out of tho  body,
nd that   slaves ; secures to persona arrested as fugi-   undor the laws thereof, esenjiing   into nn-   by eniiaatiries, books and pnpers, to servile   and the wnrm child is froicn   clay.    Aud u»i  is  a   tivo slaves tho benefits of  tho writ of ha-   other, shnll, m consc(|uence of any law or - •'   -
regulation   therein,  bo   discharged  from oh sorvicn or labor, but ahnll bo deliver- up on   clnim, hn."    But necording  to th
ci'ftv'ides that, no officer,   or citizen  of tho ciuvsh/ declare, represent, or preten
giutii,:»hairiirr8.st, or aid,    or assist iq nr- any freo person eiidVW   to freeil om
irsting, any person for tho  reason that ho sluvc, or owes service or labor to any per- boas corpus, and trial by jury ; denies tho f"!!"
is (jlalmcd as li fOgitivn slave -. provides thnt ion or persons, with intent to   prooure or use of Slate jails for    dctontiou of alleged ^""^
hf) oflicer or citizen shill uid   or assist  in to nid or assist in   procuring tho   forcible fugitives; requires that   identity of fujjci- sd u
the roinovnl from the St;itc of  any person removnl of such free pcrson from this Stnto '< tivo ((laves shall bo proved by two credible tl"" sixth section   of tho   Vermont   net of
cluimed as ufuiritiyc  slave;   provides  a os a slave, shall pay a fino  of 85,000 and witnesses, or by legal evidence equivalent IJ^S", "ovory person who mny   have boen
iwnalty of 81,000,   or   imprisonment  fivo be imprisoned five years  in the Cunnocti- thereto,   nnd provides a  fino of  not  less hold as a slnve,   who   ahall come,   or   be
yearn in Stute prison, fur violatinii this act. cut Stnto prison ; requires two witnci-sea to thnn five   hundred   nor   more  thnn   one broupht or bo in thi.'? Stnte, with or iriV/t-
This not, however, sh ill not bo oonstrued provo thnt any person   is n slnvo   orowos thousond   dollnrs,   and   imprisonment  in
mil Ihc cnnsrnt of hia or her mnster or mis-
by emiaatirles, books and pnpers, to servile and the warm child is frozen   clay,
insnrroction. then who knnws hut tho foroea of Noture
For twenty.Hvn yonra has this agitation mny increnae, and \\\« wintry alrli bocome
been steadily increasing,   unlil it   has sn- so full of frost,.Ihnt to branthu  them (hall
cored lho power of tho   common   govern- bo deuth, and fu's and fires ahajl privo of
meut.    Observing the   forms of the  Con- no avail,  and wo nil bo   fro«cn,«lifi" and
Klilutiun, a sectiunal pnrty hna found with- at.irk, slanding ih   tho streets,   silling |n
in that artiele e«tahli»liing the  Kxeoutive the honscs, motionless—dend, whu knows* l)op«rlnient the means of  subvriling   the        Winter, too,   takoi away many   of o«T
Conslitiilinu il«olf,    A   gcoumphicul   lino pleasufcs,     Wo will inslnDus   but   one~\
itnistra-
He is to ho entrusted with tho adiutaistra- a kiuMuCM in l<li« truirU uf theevacingairl
covion   or   iiio   tion of the cmiiinon ggvijtnvient,   becouso What a feriso of ruomlucaaiip tho spacious
Itn ion   0    tie   lie declared lho government cannotpnduro hcd .'"tVliui i^;;li)iii')u« chatico fur ilia legs
peruinnoiilly Iml?slave and half free,   and fo push itVutihd   nnd jtet   ni)qhaint'ed with
that the piiblte mind must rest in the be; en'ih other'l    Tn' ffie dltV limu,   a ml6w'<
command or authority  of said   Courts  or falsely liublo to 85,000 fino nnd fivo years       TblS State has no logislutiuu ontho sub- "A" net lo ro],enl tho Fugitive Slav* Lnw
Marshul.    llcquires the State's Attorneys imprisonmont.                                                'ject. of 18.^0, and the' second section   of   tho
to act ns counsel fur alleged fugitives; pro-! ItUUDii: island.                                                  Wisconsin. fourth arliolo of the   Consli
vides for issuing habeas oorpus,   ahd   the!     This Stato by her legislation forbids tho ;     Tfio law of this Stnto enjoins on tho flis- United Stntes.^^
trial by jury of all questions of fact in is- carrj-ing away of nny pcrsoh   by force ont   trict,attorneys tho duty of noting ns coun- DECLARA'Tiblir'OF INDEPENDENCE.
suo beiween tho parlies,  and ordains that of the State ;   forbids nny judge,  ju.slice,   sol for alleged fugitive slaves,   secures   to       "The Stale of   South Carolina   having lie; that slavery is in the  cour.«u  of  ulti- lega eaxtd up In cloAi  and hvnl lopa,  are
ovory person who may have heen held asa magistrate, or court from officinlly   aiding   such persons the benefiis of tho writ of ha- determined to resume asoparnto nnd equnl nintc extinction. keip* jfi.perfect  isWi'ti'ih,   nnd   k.itiw ao
slave, who shall come, or be   bruught,   or in thu arrest of a fugitive slnvo under lho   heas oovpiis ; provides for appeal to he In- plnco aniong nnlions. doems it duo to her- Tliia scctionnl combinntinn for the sub- uiorp jibout finch ixiiof t^nu Jiipanese Tom.
ba in this State, with or without  the eon- fu[;itive shuo law of 1793 or 1850; forbids   ken to next  stated term   of   tho   Circuit self, the rguiaiuiug.United Statos oCAuwr- vcrsicm of tho Constitution hna  been aid- my nboul vour Bill, but at niLrht. tii»var»
aantofhisor  her master  or mistress,   or nny sherilT nr nil.er nffi?er frnm   nrresting : Ccurt; sccarcjttislbyjary jsajojaiapoa- o.. und iiie imiiuns of tho worid,   thnt tiio ed in certuin   Sinles by   elcvntihg to citi- Intnidn'ecd id eueli' nt^ioy.aD'ti'learii'that
whf shall oome, or bo brought,   or  bein- or detaining nny pcrson clainied   aaa   fu-: nity of ono thousand dollars  aud   imprid-; should declare tbo causes whicii led to the lenship persona who, by the Siipnnnn InW they nro felhiw pilgrims, lrftvclingth^tIgh
voluntarily, or in any way,   in this  Slate, gitive slave ; provides a penally of 8500, | onment of not  more  than   firo   nor  less net.                                                            • of the Innd, are inenpnble of heeoiiiingcili- life together.    And in the inornTsg, wliat
¦hall be free.  It is also provided that every or imprisonuicot not exceeding six months,   than ono year on nil who  falsely and' ma-       ''In 1705 that  portion   oftho   British zens, nnd their volee used to innngurnle a ft luxury to got up.  Vou onn dre.ss nt your
person who shall hold, or attempt to libld', fur violnling the aot; denies tho uso of her   licioualy represent nny free person to bo a empire einbrncing Great Briluih undertook now policy   hostile  to   the  southland de- ensc, nnd bntho ifyou wish, with uo disa^
in this Stite, in slavefy, or ns a slave, any jails to tho United Stntcs, for   tho deten-   slave; identity of alleged fugitive slaves to to make laws for tho   government of tho structivo to its yi.iaoe and safety. grceable chills running over you,   but  »
person mentioned as a skvoiu the section tion of fugitive slaves.                                     ho provod hy two credible   witnesses;   no Amorican colonies.    A  htrug):lo   fur   tho On tho 4th of Mnroh   noxt,   this party street'*cnso of eccuv'c and untroubled co*-'
. of this aot, relating to fugitive slaves,   or ^                          new   voric                            deposition to bo received in evidonce.   It right of self-government ensued, which ro- willtakepnssossionofthagovnrnment.lt fort,
any freo person in any form,  gr  for  any Tho Stato of Ncw York   has passed   no   i» also Jh-ovided tbat—. suited, on the 4th ol" July, 1770, in a dec- has announced that tht south shall beex-       Bat in ths  Winter,  tigh I    Vou   haug
time, however short,   under the pretenoo law.s having relation lo Ihe   United States ;     "No judgement recovered   againat  any larnlion hy thc colonies lh.it they nre, and eluded frmn   tho   common territory; that nround the stove long rftor  ynu onght to
that suoh persd nis or  hns beon   a  slave, fugitive slave act of 18f)0. Thongh prof.scd   person or persons for any neglect or rofus- of right ought to bo, froo and indogendent the judiuial tribunals shull   bo   uiado stu- go to bed, and finally start off, feollngthat
shall, on conviction thereof,   be imprison- frequeutlj   upon   the   Leglsloturo,   they   al to obey, or any   violation of tho oot  of .Sir, Ica, nntl that as frco and  independent tional; that war must  be  waged against you havo a dis^grvaablo   duty t« perfpriu.
ed in the State priaon   for a term not less have always failed of adoption.    Tho  old   Congress commonly tormod tho "Fugltivo Siai.s thoy hnvo full powor  to lovy   war, slavery, until it shall oonso throughout the You undri'S.s wilh frantic energy—o shud.
thao ooe year nor nioro than fifteen years, and obsolete aot of 1840, entitled "Anacl   Slave Act,"   approved   Septcniber  18th, ooncludc peace, contract nllinncos,   eatnb- United Slates.                               " der n despirutc ijluiige—a  nnani a «o-
and be fined not exceeding two  thousand | to extend tbo right of trial by jury,"   ex-   one  thouaand   oight  hundred   andfifty, lish commerce, and to do all thiug.s which Tho guarantees of tho Cun.ilitution will riea of smaller   convulsion—and  you  go
dollars. ; tends the trial by jur^T to tho cases of per-   or spy  of   tho provisions   thereof, shall independent Stales ought to do. They fur- then no hmger exist.    Tho equal rights of to slnep jnst lo dodge a feeling of discom.
MABSACHUSBTTfl. SOUS arrcstod as fugitive slaves ; but in tho   bo alien on any real   estato   wilhin   this thersolemnly doolared, whOTevcr any form the Stntos will bo lost    Tho slaveholding fort.    In Ihe morning it is thofumo stnif(»
The first of the laws known as "porson- fourth edition of tho laws of tho Sinto, as   Stntc, nor shall any suoh jud'geiuoiU bo cn- of government becomos destructivo of tho Stutes will no  longer have  the pow»r of glo ovor agaio. , Tbo  thuuKht of g«Uu>K
al liberty aots" in Massaohusetts was pass- prepared and   published by Hon.   Hiram : forcable  by sale or execution   ofanyrcal ends for which it was cftuhliahcd, the right self government or self-protection, and tht up brines a oonlorllon   tu vour face    aad
I de
obion it was deoUred that the. rendition pf; Tho deciaion of tho Supreme Court oftho j replevin, or otber motion to secure poaaos-   crown ; and the political  eooneetiun  ho-   mt>Te crroneoua religious belief fagitrves falls exclusively within Ihe func-: Unilod States, in Pri^g vs.  the Common-   sion theroof,   in tho mannor provided   hy   tween them and Great Britain was totally       -yy^^ therefore, tffc poople of Si tiops of the Federal Governmont, and that' wealth of Ponnayivania, 10 Peters'11.539, 1 law for suoh actions, on affidavit filod   as   dissolved." olinn, by our deloifatcs   in   convt
—n  ^ . .'r--i—Jl -J   "( -¦      —.            1  ¦ V   1    J   .^".edy Is rendered vnin   by tho faot that   draw on b few indispsn
CommoDweatlb of Peucsylvania, pronoun-i     ".An .4c« posseii <o i,'x/«)ici <Ae iZi