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The Daily Dispatch: November 30, 1860., [Electronic resource]

to service or labor in Virginia, escapes into your State, and is there found, is it not incumbent on your citizens to see that he or she "shall be delivered up, on claim of the party, to whom such service or labor may be due!" Ought not your Legislature to require your judges, justices of the peace, aldermen, and other officers, to aid, by all legitimate means, the claimant in recovering the possession of his slave property, that may be found in your State! It cannot be said that your law of 1847, as it now stands upon your statute book, was intended to effect this object. In reenacting this law, at your last session, it will not be claimed, I am sure, that the object was to secure a more efficient execution of the fugitive slave laws of 1793 and 1850, and a more faithful performance of the duty imposed upon your citizens by this article and section of the Federal Constitution. If the Union is to be preserved, it is necessary that all causes of complaint, irritation and dissati

e your judges, justices of the peace, aldermen, and other officers, to aid, by all legitimate means, the claimant in recovering the possession of his slave property, that may be found in your State! It cannot be said that your law of 1847, as it now stands upon your statute book, was intended to effect this object. In reenacting this law, at your last session, it will not be claimed, I am sure, that the object was to secure a more efficient execution of the fugitive slave laws of 1793 and 1850, and a more faithful performance of the duty imposed upon your citizens by this article and section of the Federal Constitution. If the Union is to be preserved, it is necessary that all causes of complaint, irritation and dissatisfaction, shall be speedily removed. In the present condition of affairs, delay ends in destruction. It the non-slaveholding States desire to save the Constitution from overthrow, and the Confederacy from dissolution, let them "show their faith by their works.

to require your judges, justices of the peace, aldermen, and other officers, to aid, by all legitimate means, the claimant in recovering the possession of his slave property, that may be found in your State! It cannot be said that your law of 1847, as it now stands upon your statute book, was intended to effect this object. In reenacting this law, at your last session, it will not be claimed, I am sure, that the object was to secure a more efficient execution of the fugitive slave laws of 1793 and 1850, and a more faithful performance of the duty imposed upon your citizens by this article and section of the Federal Constitution. If the Union is to be preserved, it is necessary that all causes of complaint, irritation and dissatisfaction, shall be speedily removed. In the present condition of affairs, delay ends in destruction. It the non-slaveholding States desire to save the Constitution from overthrow, and the Confederacy from dissolution, let them "show their faith by th

Letter from Gov. Letcher--position of Maryland--further from the South, &c,another letter from Gov. Letcher. The Enquirer of yesterday publishes a letter from Gov. Letcher to Lewis D. Vail, Esq.Gov. Letcher. The Enquirer of yesterday publishes a letter from Gov. Letcher to Lewis D. Vail, Esq., of Philadelphia, upon Pennsylvania's nullification of the fugitive slave law. Gov. Letcher felly demonstrates that the unconstitutional and obnoxious laws of Pennsylvania are still in full effect anGov. Letcher to Lewis D. Vail, Esq., of Philadelphia, upon Pennsylvania's nullification of the fugitive slave law. Gov. Letcher felly demonstrates that the unconstitutional and obnoxious laws of Pennsylvania are still in full effect and force, and that, not withstanding Mr. Vail is "proud that he is a citizen of this good old State, the keystone of the arch, "yet he is lamentably ignorant of the legislation of his own State. AfterGov. Letcher felly demonstrates that the unconstitutional and obnoxious laws of Pennsylvania are still in full effect and force, and that, not withstanding Mr. Vail is "proud that he is a citizen of this good old State, the keystone of the arch, "yet he is lamentably ignorant of the legislation of his own State. After thoroughly discussing the legal points of the question, he says: And, finally, the Constitution of the United States, in the fourth article, and second section, declares: "No person held to s. In the earnest hope that the discussion may result in same practical good, I have concluded to publish your letter and my reply. With respect, I am truly, Your obedient servant, John Letcher.

Letter from Gov. Letcher--position of Maryland--further from the South, &c,another letter from Gov. Letcher. The Enquirer of yesterday publishes a letter from Gov. Letcher to Lewis D. Vail, Esq., of Philadelphia, upon Pennsylvania's nullification of the fugitive slave law. Gov. Letcher felly demonstrates that the unconstitutional and obnoxious laws of Pennsylvania are still in full effect and force, and that, not withstanding Mr. Vail is "proud that he is a citizen of this good old State,Mr. Vail is "proud that he is a citizen of this good old State, the keystone of the arch, "yet he is lamentably ignorant of the legislation of his own State. After thoroughly discussing the legal points of the question, he says: And, finally, the Constitution of the United States, in the fourth article, and second section, declares: "No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of and late or regulation therein, be discharged from such service of labor, its shall be delivered

Letter from Gov. Letcher--position of Maryland--further from the South, &c,another letter from Gov. Letcher. The Enquirer of yesterday publishes a letter from Gov. Letcher to Lewis D. Vail, Esq., of Philadelphia, upon Pennsylvania's nullification of the fugitive slave law. Gov. Letcher felly demonstrates that the unconstitutional and obnoxious laws of Pennsylvania are still in full effect and force, and that, not withstanding Mr. Vail is "proud that he is a citizen of this good old State, the keystone of the arch, "yet he is lamentably ignorant of the legislation of his own State. After thoroughly discussing the legal points of the question, he says: And, finally, the Constitution of the United States, in the fourth article, and second section, declares: "No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of and late or regulation therein, be discharged from such service of labor, its shall be delivered u

he South, &c,another letter from Gov. Letcher. The Enquirer of yesterday publishes a letter from Gov. Letcher to Lewis D. Vail, Esq., of Philadelphia, upon Pennsylvania's nullification of the fugitive slave law. Gov. Letcher felly demonstrates that the unconstitutional and obnoxious laws of Pennsylvania are still in full effecPennsylvania are still in full effect and force, and that, not withstanding Mr. Vail is "proud that he is a citizen of this good old State, the keystone of the arch, "yet he is lamentably ignorant of the legislation of his own State. After thoroughly discussing the legal points of the question, he says: And, finally, the Constitution of the United States, in its shall be delivered up, on claim of the party, to them such service or labor may be due." Under this provision of the Constitution, what is the duty of Pennsylvania and the order non-slaveholding States! Is it not plainly and palpably their duty to aid in giving full effect to this requirement When a person, held to servi

Position of Maryland Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, has declined to call an extra session of the Legislature. In replying to the request by a number of citizens that be should do so, he says that he trusts to the " second sober thought of the conservative masses at the North," for the repeal of the nullification laws. He thinks a meeting of the Maryland Legislature would only serve to increase the excitement in that State, instead of allay it. In conclusion he says: You speak, gentlemen, Believing that all should act, or decline to act, as circumstances may render proper, I must, as at present advised by my own judgment, founded upon much information of the wishes of the people, and great deliberation, respectfully decline to gratify the request so politely made; but shall hold myself ready to act promptly when I shall believe the honor and safety of Maryland require me to act in the promises. With great respect, I am your ob'dt. serv't, Thos. H. Hicks. Nov. 27, 1860

d the recommendations of that high functionary. Congress, &co, will be in session on the 3rd prox., and coming, as its members will do, from every section of the country, it is but reasonable to hope that they, in their congregated wisdom, will give aid to the National Executive, and that wise and temperate counsels will prevail, and proceeding's be had which will allay much of the unkind and unnatural prejudice existing between the different sections of our once united and happy country. Believing that all should act, or decline to act, as circumstances may render proper, I must, as at present advised by my own judgment, founded upon much information of the wishes of the people, and great deliberation, respectfully decline to gratify the request so politely made; but shall hold myself ready to act promptly when I shall believe the honor and safety of Maryland require me to act in the promises. With great respect, I am your ob'dt. serv't, Thos. H. Hicks. Nov. 27, 1860

Position of Maryland Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, has declined to call an extra session of the Legislature. In replying to the request by a number of citizens thatMaryland, has declined to call an extra session of the Legislature. In replying to the request by a number of citizens that be should do so, he says that he trusts to the " second sober thought of the conservative masses at the North," for the repeal of the nullification laws. He thinks te, instead of allay it. In conclusion he says: You speak, gentlemen, of Maryland's peculiar position as a border slave State. That position, between the extret there are other border slave States as much interested in these questions as Maryland can be, which ought to be consulted before we take the initiative in this matthould wait to hear from the National Executive. It is his duty to look not to Maryland alone, but to the entire Union. He is, doubtless, correctly advised as to thehold myself ready to act promptly when I shall believe the honor and safety of Maryland require me to act in the promises. With great respect, I am your ob'dt. se