New-York tribune., 1842-03-30


and 70 r1l anI perpetual conservation see
slave holding Executive requiring gTsat naioh 70 o
ea,c fundamental law empire when LII" : n"es
,a n lis safety and hopoT vel 70 Human Liberty and
Happiness We told. by he 6rse s'rkspt'let 81 ne
Court Washington. ;he:. urss> this demand be ecedt
TO- WAR is inevitable, In the Senate the Man " no
hs already done much mischief 10 the tree >nies'
guiding nnd-thc Ula>tsr.spc OF >syecycoIipeii'nS ,
Senators to pledge themselves solid plalarS, !5 Tie
phrase supper, the Executive, IN this cra1d iN u
@ an aen7. f lie same Kind iu the Peoples house 81 Re-
rrss,nativc deeasd rmpoary, however, uD;sr ProVi'
ence the sagacv, and :avincibr COURAGE OF oae goT,
os old Inar-weak indeed rom the burden Of wears AMI
ysar Of Youthful g-nQs ~ the ri'eoAi cause he ten
himself bound % orient >..
cx:r. and are 81. n.cany told viii, very ;ile elrcuIno-
cniion that This Navy IS waDied--or Wat ioirsfI GU!
Csnmerce Not a, ALL bar ihatt requires chen: 'o
,re SnIroa 20 nrotsci ts coast, OF the Soulr >,acs
ara ns, INVASION And wha provision IS TrQufrS o! Cor
rs>s 70 protect Northern Commerce oi whai Ray btfene
O.: that they apppar 10 be perfectly reckt>>; fo. @ w
,er with ons with the grea;cst naval power ~ ne ne
@ tn- ?,r,,; a slave States in embryo. annrXe'.
- m, r0p though war with Mexico must s'itaoty eh,
With commerce exposed 20 llS -
navy OF Grent Britain on the one haRd ana or, lt o ,
.vrv freebooter OF the world sailing under ie1ic1ne"h
mission and ,ag there vii doubtless be very tiuc ol
American commerce left either tie Government OF iht
And il there noihus ia IL irdch;edneS, abroad OF ne me
States individually. . the enormous extent !, !, S W.
r oj millions OF dollars, o which war may scfoie
Inevitable. VIII repHGa 20" pay these vi WI. @ ~.
ueople ab-oai holding I' evidence, OF TINS lidt9cIt
H.. ae 10 discover no Iieaa> OF enforcing payment u 'f
ale, on for pavren by the Gov erImen whose
neon i. thus ba>elv attempted cheat by retuai9h
n r.sr assume their e!ebt. That The free State,
arr, r5ls a1G ultimately i pay there car! h noouH'i VGt
I'm, ,h c,se with the slave States And are toe people
al the States willing 10 go 10 war Tor Ee"' ot % pay
their debts
Blu, alarming may be the evils which appear 70 D.. %
certainly approaching. there IS more Gecy important
because Il IS the fruitful source OF iher ali ~ ricah l'
condition the Constitution wien requires iAe GtItlng,
o fugitive slaves The other condition relating 10 te scale
or
merely and " hica A. we eiitrre,i ito @ " @
with eyes open. and is SIMPLY qrestonoi fr9hf u"
Los, as 10 Political powere u Dot very easily syade
or get rid OF, But the other cordon one OF an entrcy
dirr-n, character, azd which the recs decision OF
, Suprene or-t has rendered U Important
W. might assa i: en- tie ground OF mpd te'ta aaIniy
the adoption OF the Constitutions al thai tins implied iah
not having been rcdeecd Is DOT now binding upon US w
i,c doctrine w the South deny .hr srttte1r OF any such
condition But suspect ta; the decision OF tie supreme
Court already gven wOuldnuillty 10th o lo positions.
The nlcCl r, IIeG al.h the 5Od. and there
fore the Court could consider and a Tor the STREET
construction Southern Shareholders the Court TO 1t
horor has heretofore given very ltte colutrnance TO
Their. can be no dcub: thai the ccrdcn IS cs. and that
the Court rc:icg ader their eats 10 CoAsi
tuon could give other decision and yer, noivthstaad-
ing this decision Of that truly venerable Court we rtSPcI
fully ard contend ,ha, this condition has not e; d
and could have the nl. ftsdt bHGng foce irHis
We take cur stand against the etestabc condition.
iha, Fundamental prince ct law receiSe ana n'l'tn
ali civilized countries whether Christian or Eot sn GER
laniciv-nat dgrccpcr! 10
commit rouc DO rict.ily-no matter who may be
the parties whether the agreement be written or
verbal express or ppec-caA hive moments Legal or
Equitabis validity Can an agreement 10 Kill 10 psner
rob- commit any other conceivable wicked
be valid enforced by any decision oi any Court
whatever Would The prosecuting parties he driven
out OF Court with the deepest lrdi.naor and with the
solemn adiuration, that lar from being bound to iul such
agreement they, both parties were under p'or obigd'
Can ,ils contien in the constitution he exception
this rle5 Where the eiiec. OF condition i 10 10 wic.,.
u,,I,,. NJ NDr
tic contracting M rites however high or placed hey"i The
reach Of ordinary coercion continue 10 Gtde 10y 1T WITHOUT
TIE DEEPEST GrILr.And what's American slavery, nto
which this condition requires return The lu5l',v, but
pure and unmigacd 10uy an, rr.Hr, both Tor master
and slave, not something accidental, WHICH may or
may not accompany The state OF saver but uaeFen am.
tsrPdrnb from ttI Tery nature we have shown this
again and ngain, and pay la he heard y counsel on
this and the ether statements OF this memorial either al Ii
bar OF the House or before committees appointed with
power to send for persons and papers.
Merely this ground OF the nyalty o this wicked
agreement mist conviction with H. that the contract
ing parties had right vcntus 10 bind Themselves much
less 10 bind U.s. their SUCCESSORS. Could the smallest doubt
remaln however IL must vanish before the express words
OF the Statute emaang from the highest conceivable
tority With that reverence which pray alway, to
tain whenever approach His judgements aud His
ur'. quote from Deuteronomy. XIII. Is, 10.
Thou shalt NOT deliver unto his master the servant
which is eseapet. from his master unto thee; he shall
"dycl with thee, even among you in that place which
he shall choose in OF thy gates where keh him
best thou shalt not opprcss hn"-Drut xxii 5, l6.
Can coStjnne 10 abide BY this wicked contract, and
thus violate both the highest human law and this express
statute of the Drinityl When the command says thou
shalt NOT deliver the fugitive 10 his and this
abide, and which of them must obey Our duty is
plain and that Of the Legislature and State respectfully
! submit. equally evident and palpable.
H. in what has been stated, may to have reflect
I'd the ubseiency OF OF the great parties in
the States than the other il only becausc that
party has been longer in the ascendant and in the favorable
regard of The Slavery power than the other Our ndgra-
ton is equally warm ains the base ub>erviency OF both.
For il we iay0 the lenders partv eager obey
promptly the bI!Gngs and behess OF the Slavchoding
iuencc to pledge themselves even uncaed for and in an
kI
der TO retain power and The votes OF Southern Shareholders:
We The other party, after oulbddng their oppo
nents the abjccnes OF their scrvlty, equally eager 10
demonstrate the sincerity Of e pledges by the indecent
haste with which every fitting occasion they are prompt
and ready to redeem them. We see the man-deemed not
merely by his party but by the udcious OF both as
tt foremost man. not OF his country only but per
Iaps Of all the world for his great abilities and mature
judgement-we see him, the defender ot Grecan Liberty
the Orator OF Plymouth Rockville the music OF his eo-
hearing and our bosos yet heavins in to his
passing eOquencewe hin not only in the unguardcd
nomen, OF social con;'i:iaybn also in the cooler mo.
OF sobered second thought throw himself body and
SOUL the OF Southern Shareholders, pledged the
unre>erved support OF their denominations!
How are the mighty iallen,"
We see'ths man, whose arguments Currency const
tute study for future statesmen, which the country will
hereafter regard among che.es treasure sound
gulnen and thought while the language shall endure in
which they were deveredwes see him. no,r-controtiedby
the power 10 which lie has vowed MISUNDERSTANDING his
influence and great reputation schemes currency
after ths other each worthless that weitcr al
lowed is impossible 10 suppose his judgement So depravcd
approve them We sec him in whose arguments we were.
wont TO lookgfor nyincibe logic ewing in streas
pures and most finished dctiOD, ,or driving the country
into war, by argument which he aware i, ut-
terly untenab, and couched in terms mmeasuraby beneath
his great abtes;-and last scene of ALL thus far ter,ina-
ting this strange, eycnul history, him. sunk al
ready in his rapid descent from his former high ana Lofty
state TO the deep Humiliation OF receivn" oatsore praise
from the achdenon OF Slavery Tor this wrctchei abortion
OF his genius.
And may please your honorable body, vat
Petition in the premises Is II too much, the extreme
danger of our position 20 suggest respectfully since these
evils have mainly OF division. among ourselves,
art!uly omcned by the body of Shareholders, they them
selves continuing firmly united whether duty or
the Legislature example the people OF the grex
State OF NeyvIork and OF the other Free States By oinny
hands al least this great question Of Human Liberty p
We have the presumption nsk perhaps wish
that leg slaor> should their principles par
action, coalcsce any other OF the grounds which
perhaps must necessarily lead opposons Of sentiment in
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