Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-03-05

- r---na W Inc states. add IL seclions Of
on.rs n. blacL ,,opulatioa far exceeds that Of the
o.hsIs' ~ : ~ ancinator. uroaoss an imme.
"D'eL sSa.ss VIVA, i The pronosition then, as it
'Ae 49, s,s,rs and nafts Of States. bat the al
fssas. n .raleamatioa with lie blacks, or an
1870. IN situations with them? Is there any
excua"5s ~ vbo does moi believe that the
man t.acks being a usiev.tv. will not in
n.aa : 6,lf participation Of political rights with
~ ~ ,.rites and when posse SEED ofthcsr, they viii
~ a.a,cnd for a fuli share Of social rights also
no, /" ~, H. extremity a. weakness and folly
~ ;n.I,c, any one 10 think, that such PROPOSE
.oA 49,. ca,tld be I,stcncg 10 by people 90 In
,.,lfv~n, IS DC southern States? Furthcr-The
e;na,ors esnetally declare that il IS their ~
$3.50. ~ Acct their object (alth0ggh their acts
I, ,be assertion by 10 other means than b.
co".f, eng The slaye-hoiders thai The immediate
.n.nc;nation Of the siaF es is called for, both by mo
raj obligation and sound policy. An uDheogeu
.n,th !. the moment ofhis icasing (indccd 10 INA.
~ .n.,auoes before he has left i) his Theological
rfn.,y undertakes 70 give lectures upon morals
~ ,be conntry men u ythe. Tucker, Pendieion,
and Lowndes, and iessons OF political wisdom 70
states. whose affairs have 80 TeceatlY been dir'e
IA 10 H. Gerson aud Madison, Macon and Cfaw
ard Il Il p~ossible, that Instances Of greater vani.
~ aud presumption could be exhibited! b"f lhe
course uursurd by the eniagcipst0rs - uncohstitu
tiouai. do not say that there are any "oios ~
Inc Constitution " hicb forbid the Discussions lhey
are engaged in-i know thai there are not Ahd
here 10 even an article which secures 70 me cHi
gems the right to express sHd puosish thelr oPiDi
ous W goit restriction But ~ the CONSTRUCTION OF
tbe Constitution, IL is always Necessary 10 feief 20
The circumstances under which 1t was ifameoi ana
10 ascertain its meaning BY a comparison q IT'S pro
visions With each other, and with the previous si'u
alton Of the several States who were parties 10 u;
In a portion Of these, slavery was Recognized, Hho
they look care 60 have the right secured 10 thetp'
10 follow aud re claim such OF them as were iusi,
lives 10 other States. The laws oi Congress passed.
under this power, have provided punishment 70 any
who shall oppose or interrupt The exercise o. ms
right. Now can any one believe that me ihs'iu-
ment which contains a provision Of ms kina' "hlch
authorizes a master 20 pursue his slave into another
State. take him back, aud provides a punishment
for any citizen or citizens Of that state who should
oppose him, should, at the same TIME, authorize
the latter 10 assemble together, TO pass RESOLUTIONS
and adopt Addresses, not only to encourage the
Slaves 10 leave their masters, but TO cut lheir
tbroafs before they do so?
81 insist that il the citizens Of the non save,
holding States eau avail theDstlyes OF The article Of
the Constitution, which prohibits the restriction OF
speech or the press TO publish any thing injurious
10 ,he rights of the slaYe-holding States, that they
can go TO the extreme that ] have mentioned, abd
effect ary thing further which writing or speaking
could effect. But, fellow 9 tIzens, these are not
the principles Of the Constitution. Such a con
struetion would defeat one Of the great ohJects OF
its formation, which was that of securing the peace
and harmony Of the States which were parties to II.
The liberty If speech and Of the press, were eiven
ms the aass: efectual means TO preserve 10 each and
every citizen their own rights, aud TO the States
the rights which nppertained TO them al the time
of their adoptioa. II could never have been cxpee-