Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-04-11

sovereign people 81 IIt tuiit>I0 1IAters ~
LEGAL con,InD|alion. were present, acting |
M sas rssl nsssnbIsts or body. where ey-
sft thing vas 1bdtftiood and discussed. !
bsssint o. he great sotjeci under con
n sb<orr. shsss was one vast assembly
ofths American people IN the Convention.
constituting tie primary elements Of soci-
~. Ia ~ original sovereignty. sgreeing
upon The principles Of the Federal Gov
srnmcnl and Union and ], would re-
ohiro no great stretch Of the imagination,
% suppose that sIle5 providing Tor the gen
sraI b0&ofs Of government IN peace and
var IN relation . iofeign nations. the
snlts. and Indian tribes, ihatthey should
have been particularly anxious TO erect
strong ehadel Tor the protection Of man,
a. man, from Che tyranny Of bis fellow
bti1ta - ~.
I'VE may suppose that from one part Of
n Uni0n, speaker should rise and say,
that in the section Of country from which
n came. owing 70 the .sfeiroublous times
q TIE revolutionary war, in which com
hi.iers Of nisiy bad from necessiiy assum-
ID supreme power over individusIs. that
ertn che SANE practice was continued,
without any ofthe legal forms known and
observed BY the common law. for the pro-
tsclion Of lie or the conviction Of the gull
"; and That men bad been deprived o. life
~ fvhth-Idi0. = wifhoaf due process of
l1lo - and he therefore claimed that no
man, hencsionh. should Be deprived Of life,
except By due process OF law ;--while an
other arises from the North. and states.
hat slavery win never Be assumed a. a
part Of The burden and crime Of the North.
uhless Il i Identified By great constitutional
ear-mhrks. BY infailible tests, 80 that the
fugitive may Be known, and ell who are
claimed a. such, may Be distinguished as
those who have been deprived Of liberty.
What mean, says the speaker, Is, that
every man. woman and child, claimed as
hlages. before they shall be deprived Of lib
sfty. shall always have an opportunity. rs
ample as the benigni,y ofthe common law.
20 vindicdte their freedom, 90 Ear AZ the
farms Of Z trial are concerned :; and they
i6hall not Be deprived Of their liberty and
become slaves, except BY the Indictment Of
etfAhd jury. and trial By petit jury. and
ne Judgment Of a court thereon, that the
aperson isa slave. and the properly Of A.
And on this trial, let the person claimed
70 b 4 slave, have the benefit Of counsel,
appointed BY the codri. If he Is unable to
employ one ;--let him plead he is not a
slave. and LEI the burden Of proof lie upon
Inn who claims 70 be proprietor ofthe sup
posed slave Let the person claimed as a
slave have the benefit Of compulsory pro-
sess. 70 compel the attendance of those By
whom hn freedom may Be maintained.
But 1.-THE pctit jury agree on oath, unan-
imops|y that he's slave. let the judgment
II The court Be pronounced. that he is de-
pfived Of bis liberty, !" by due projects of
lag." and lee there be record made up.
smlink these facts a. an enduring memoir
al, and fled with the clerk Of the court,
a perpetual testimonial that this person
has bern deprirsi Of his liberty according
% the Constitution. The man Of The South
rises IN Convention, and says. than many
persons are claimed as slaves who are not,
and others who are, who think they are
~. This mode Of trial will settle the
Question . thar il may noe be q matter o.
||..I'.I dispute, and we Of the South are
willing 10 rnier the confrderacy on these
terms ,0.I 30 ptrsos shall Be deprived o.
We il.<f,, er9rcpsrty. sSithOst das pro-
Ikn, |hs great and difficult question
was arranged. in the formation Of the Con
slilolioo. Let Il NOT be said that the mas.
ter had. anlecedent 10 the Constitution