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Jiltin.ildrMlo-px-en-i d-iher-herote-heihe'imnd ind ihe i he el.ild2°*r:LLPH.Il,Viru-ha* w lo-of rm Ij..l-• •0 dytrie*ndIN ■lielv nd • i-« k-ay of by 1 aiclialep fc-li c :•«Iasiaurisbitlido*bli-lv,nrrICC-llio‘•llofTHE KEGUOCASK.Tl.ia raae. whirh hag been iheranse of con- j lie gideiable excitement in lliia town, has taken ca several hues gince il first came before I be le- wi gal Tribunala. Jugiire Clond decided lhal pit ihe rpgro was free. This judgment was sus- Im lalned, no doubt, by tbe law in the case.— dB The negro ratne lo this S'a'e by the act of tbe tin lady who was in the habit of con'.roltng him, wi and has remained here since the first of last lai June. In addition lo this —bill of no conge- sei quenr.e to the case—the negro has been in the po habit of coming in this State, for several years, i ed with the lady wiili whom he last came. gaAfier the case bad been disposed of by Jus- ws tice Cloud, the person who bad come on here ^ of to arrest the negro went lo Judge Dyer, of ex Dubuque, the district Judge for tbe United cr Slates, and procured a precept for the re arrest wc of ihe negro. When this was served upon thi the negro Jim, the attorney of the latter pro-cured a writ ofllabeat G-r/nn and bad him taken before Judge Hastings, the Supreme Judge ef the Slate, where the ease was prgued, at length, by counsel. Tbe Judge gate a learned and able written opinion; deciding that the arrest by virtue of Hie preeept from Judge Dver was iilegel.inasmuch as lit* court of Judge Dyer was a court ofroncureul jnriadh • lion, under the law of the United States, w ith that of Justice Cloud, ar.d therefore could not entertain the cause after il had been disposed of by another.This opinion is no doubt correct.We may. hereafter, by the consent of Judge Hastings, publish bis opinion in full.Alter the delivery of ibis opinion by Judge Hastings, the attorney of Mr. Hughes—the claiuiant in llte i-ate—moved the court for the i.sue of a Mandamut, to be served upon Jus- . ^ lire Clcud to compel him to gr.tnl an appeal, i and, also, to plr.ee the negro Jiin tinder bonds j ^ or in confinement until the term of the Circuit COilfl shall arrive, lo deride the appeal.This was also refused, by Judge Hastings, on the ground of want of power to do to.How many other efforts the prosecutor* in ■ be case intend to make, we do not know.—But. from the spirit and tenacity which they manifest they may proceed in tbe wav they have for some time to con e.We strongly suspect the end is not yet.— There will be an end, however, snine time.One thing we are sure of, tbe moral sense of this community ; nor no other in ibis Iree country, will long tolerate llm persecution of any man, black or white. W lioi^the law make* free, is free, aad he that is unwilling to support the law, when it frees a man, is unfit lobe a freemau himself, and possesses all the attrioute* of a petty tyrant.We will here remark that the St. I,ouis papers—those that have made llm scandalous ' inis-staletuents in rtferencelo several of on citizens the Organ and Reveille in parlirol — have stept aside from the truth in a shame less manner, and placed tiiemrrlvt-s upon a ' level with the ruffian apitil that dictated their or(Inntying-.We w ill here s'a'e exactly what Dr. Has- s d ng- did do The Doctor was requested to i 8 11 alk over the way by Mr. Woodward—one f ilm attorneys for “ Jim”—in company w ith e,l! imaelf ami the “ fugitive. Tbe Doctor did s requested, and when arrived on the steps f the American be placed bis band upon the 18 rtn of •* Jim,” and said; ‘‘Gentlemen here 1 * i a freeman” He did what any g.-nileman j muld do, and what no man with gentleman- , ' J*-,■ feeling would find fault with him fur doing, i * 1 .lid for doing this ti e Organ and Revrillo | J*a nin a downright and slanderous falsehood, j ^ There is no auch an animal in the town of | lloomingltm as an abolitionist. But there are ten here who will not see injustice done to ny man bta.-k or while, and those, too, who re not willing lo see shackles placed upon ■ 6 legs ol any one whom the law makes freu.'Iip blarli-guards of St. I.ouis may make the lost of this. Gentlemen, theie, will sustain ic laws.-— -—— tinf! j” Bennktts magnificent sieatn-null cai i now tip anti inclosed. It is 77 feet detotbyclitinwltheis
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Bloomington, Iowa, US
Sat, Nov 18, 1848
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