Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, "Which Section Observes Law?," April 12, 1861

...So strongly impressed are those interested with the fact that in that region, which has heretofore been regarded as an abolitionist pandemonium, the fugitive slave law, with all other laws, will be observed, that at this moment there is a perfect stampede for Canada of the runaway slaves who felt themselves perfectly secure against recapture when the Executive power was in Democratic hands, in and about Chicago....