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 besides, they are protected by public sentiment in their several localities, independent of the Fugitive Bill, which is unparalleled in the jurisprudence of nations. Where individual liberty is only secured by public sentiment, though that sentiment may be, and sometimes is, better than the law, nevertheless the freedom of such persons is never safe and secure. This sentiment must, when occasion requires, yield to the rigorous demands of the law, however unjust they may be. To insure the permanent security of human freedom, we must have the sanction of law combined with public sentiment, from which law emanates. The Legislatures of some States, though few, have declared the nefarious Fugitive Bill unconstitutional, and have refused the use of their prisons for the security of the Slaves when arrested. This renders it more difficult to capture them, but even with these obstructions many are captured in those States. In confirmation of the assertion relative to the insecurity of the escaped Slaves in the Free States, I adduce in evidence the first part of the sixth section of the Fugitive Bill.

", That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the United States has heretofore, or shall hereafter, escape into another State or Territory of the United States; the person or persons to whom such service or labor may be due, or his, her, or their agent or attorney duly