f such escape before
any court of record, or judge thereof in vacation--a record of
matter so proved shall be made by such court, or judge, and also a
description of the person escaping, "with such convenient certainty
as may be;"--a copy of which record, duly attested, "being produced
in any other State, Territory, or District," and "being exhibited to
any judge, commissioner, or other officer authorized," &c. "shall be
held and taken to be full and conclusive evidence of the fact of
escape, and that the service or labor of the person escaping is due
to the party in such record mentioned;" when, on satisfactory proof
of identity, "he or she shall be delivered up to the claimant."
"_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as
requiring the production of a transcript of such record as evidence
as aforesaid; but in its absence, the claim shall be heard and
determined upon other satisfactory proofs competent in law."

The name of the NORTHERN men who voted for this cruel kidnapping law
should not be forgotten. Until they repent, and do works meet for
repentance, let their names stand high and conspicuous on the roll
of infamy. Let the "slow-moving finger of scorn" point them out,
when they walk among men, and the stings of shame, disappointment,
and remorse continually visit them in secret, till they are forced
to cry, "my punishment is greater than I can bear." As to the
_Southern_ men who voted for the law, they only appeared in their
legitimate character of oppressors of the poor--whom God will repay,
in his own time. The thousand-tongued voices of their brother's
blood cry against them from the ground.

The following is the vote, in the SENATE, on the engrossment of the
bill:--

YEAS,--Atchison, Badger, Barnwell, Bell, Berrien, Butler,
Davis (of Mississippi), Dawson, A.C. DODGE (of Iowa), Downs,
Foote, Houston, Hunter, JONES (of Iowa), King, Mangum, Mason,
Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Spruance, STURGEON (of
Pennsylvania), Turney, Underwood, Wales, Yulee.--27.

NAYS.--Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase, Cooper, Davis (of
Massachusetts), Dayton, Henry Dodge (of Wisconsin), Greene,
Smith, Upham, Walker, Winthrop.--12.

ABSENT, OR NOT VOTING.--Benton, Borland, _Bright_ of Indiana,
_Clarke_ of Rhode Island, Clay, _Cass_ of Michigan, Clemens,
_Dickinson_ of New York, _Douglas_ of Illinois, _Ewing_ of
Ohio, _Felch_ of Michigan, _Hale_ of New Hamp