The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

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*tronla VVitto

SUN OFFICE, Three it

There is a good deal of raiscenaneoug ged th0551r0
New York papers to the Bth inst., receive d
ing, by way of Liverpool, by the Peke,
,' 5 oaf
Henry. In the first place there is a 10,hic0,
IVPLEop affair getting up at Lockport, j° e bee'
tive of the " Emerald Isle" is to replaceai
ep,'4"
the " Lando Cakes." The name of.tbi_..,es tt:P;
date for the gallows is HOGAN, and it Vile 1'
crossing the frontier was a mere act t:tholle,i
No sooner had he appeared at Lockport
pounced upon by the sympathisers and c°
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prison. We suppose the farce of another 'OO,
gone through, and after a deal of ridiccleut
on the part of the American authorities, jusgotifi
how mighty independent they are, and svbet„
li
they can perform within their own territe'''
will be sent about his business. the e/
We trust the arrest of HOGAN Will --I.e
rouble,
of accelerating the final settlement of tills " per
Caroline question. DANIEL WE1351.°(:,
TYLER, and Lord AsuntntroN, must be eho'
ous to deprive a set of unprincipled 1143, Or
turers of a handle by which they can at e.""reilt
turb the peaceful relations between tsve hip
tries. It is a disgrace to the states 01 01 .0
nineteenth century that a M'Lzom or 1%b0ie,4
any other pennyless, reckless adventure -
it in his power at any moment to involve illtbel,j
two of the mightiest commercial nations itlecoya,'l
Next in importance to the seizureNted
O,f
decision of the Supreme Court of the u
annulling as unconstitutional an Act of rilos
ture of Pennsylvania, declaring that DV :a 413 V
be forcibly carried out of the State as a 74
without an inquiry before a Jury. Tberteldivt.
concurred in this decision were, Mr.
STORY, Mr. Justice -DANIEL, Mr. JuS",ip
Mr. Justice BALDWIN, and Mr. Ale'-ets
We quote as exceedingly curious, the P°'",
damental constitutional law affirmed by the
Judges :
st:ail
Ist. That the provision in the Co' era,'
United States relative to fugitive slaves ex, arjr,
so far as to authorize the owner or his agen;fta; Ay/
fugitive in any State of the Union, as prop e'''„ ior
no State law is constitutional which interfere" g
right.
legi6llti°
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2d. The provision also contemplates
Congress, to make the delivery of a fug'iti" e
effectual against all State or other interferenf,
3d. That Congress having lecrbisl4ted,
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is the supreme law of the land, excluding Deb ;r
lation upon the same subject• ' and
?ton by Congress, no State can pass anY la
,tO4", ef,l
impede, or control the remedy given by the ss IFAI
4th. The power of legislation by Conb—_,,, lob,'
sive; and no State can pass any law toentielof
the constitutional provision in regard to 'll:die ill
even though Congress had not legislated 41: °,-;
sth. That the points thus decided are `.7,010,ii
intended to interfere with the police pow_...er
to take up runaway slaves, and guard ag'* or
conduct or depredations.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania previ.ile;l),
question of slavery should be decided 11..
The Judges of the Supreme Court say n°el sy
of the Constitution for the seizure of slinfte
itself—in other words, a slave-owner 11/51—•
a fugitive as his slave, depose the fact beft' bet
trate, and so carry off his victim, who 101,0
man or woman The decision of the Jul't ecei
strous and abominable. The Act of OeLciej
of Pennsylvania, thus set aside by tile' ;re9'
passed in 1826, for the express purpose
the free men and women of that State
carried into Maryland, and other states' s9,derati+,l
the lying depositions of the agents of sisiLl- Ortp
The Legislature of Florida have a4101346:60 tife
resolutions against the payment of the Site
Y.,.
on the ground that they were contracted
cutive, without the consent of the people" efl
passed an Act, which prohibits all banks,'
pay specie for any of their liabilities, n1.70,501:1,
loans, or buying or discounting notes orl/e55,
change, declaring such bills and notes
object of all this legislation is to establisl4,'t Jlif,
a specie currency. The Legislature of l'elc' of r
have passed an Act, for compelling the bang Adj
State to resume specie payments on the 15' t
The celebrated Kentucky Senator, fill:
retires from public life, and is to be rephic,oo)
,
gress by Mr. CRITTENDEN. Of . late ;
too)
CLAY'S popularity has declined in this elt°lloi
consequence of the marked manner in if i
mixed himself up with Mr. Wisz and other
posing the noble efforts of JON Qnll4°,l H .01
for the amelioration of slavery in the 'Unite- ft/
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letter,
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'We have inserted one letter, with ex-i
another, on the present state of the :,!fh'f;/
Scotland, in order that our readers Pel:Jotre ;
opinion of the sentiments entertained by iefl
ents differing, in every respect, from th°l.s
put forth in The Sun on this ireP°7l/40
The parties are strong advocates for we tb
the people, and if words always cotiveY d-e
'1 the
sentiments of those who use them, our 'frtiie
ents would find us cordially supporting+he
what has been called, at various times,
,ct
Act," the t, Non-Intrusion principle,
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" Rights of the Christian people," but be(' cf,
can see no such principle as that theY.nto;e
for embodied in the new scheme, we core
been opposed to it. Their letters% we Off
have not at all tended to change our opini°ll:ters
the contrary, they confirm it, because the Wrtio roe •
evidently no just conception of the danger.
rights which this ecclesiastical statute contelfielpoc
they point out any feasible plan by which th ty fce
eery can, in reality, confer on eongregati'nsfoalidi
fair, and full choice of their pastors. 10 ligioo4;y
representative constitution, either civil or re re of If
is clear that every thing depends on the natuo title ,f
franchise and the qualifications which fob..i joirlat
exercise it. These are all distinctly lnoleitPr
every consitutional charter, they are minute Al's pv
in the Reform Act, and so important was 1.-o,oo°ol
the subject considered, that special Col' octal
were appointed by Parliament to weteil,
rights of electors, and administer to t'e of
and impartial justice. Has any Inechineries4
kinebeen prepared, or even demanded, ibrr,
into effect the Veto Act ? None whAte,,, ite
e'
co
right to vote is vested in heads of families,ll" docrilto
neon with the Church, but no law is lag"., to ty
define the qualifications which entitle a roan
es
privilege. These are as various and tri
dispositions and caprices of the different in corj
What one man may consider a sin anothe' mell
ders not only lawful, but just and god' 0 °liie
from the clergyman to the Presbytery neo
a mockery, when the Presbytery haPk o
contain a majority of members, eutertsl.B ririp
same religious opinions. The atrocious ell: bre'l
lately came before the Presbytery of -'ooll#',l
is a striking confirmation of the statement, f°l. OP`
the complainant had only followed a long a es,000;
practice, and buried one of his family on gre
he could obtain no relief, and was compellede )
coo
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expense, to appeal to another tribunal. 00.
plainant may meet the same fate in the Sinrtil
second appeal must then be made to the Gene
sembly, at still greater expense ; and consiue 011.
character of the majority in that Church
vent` r 4
there are ten chances to one that his °oil
would be rejected, and the unfortunate fie,,017
compelled to submit or leave the church of Iv'
had long been a sincere and faithful mercil:!°‘