Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-10-19

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to act, 10 lie, the oppressed 60 Tee. ends. ,t-'ia
traffic, which, by tie spirit Of Tie laws e,,,.i
government. Is ranked with pitcy r.,f R
more; they have sllenccd remonsiranfe, ,f wy
reign states agains, these grcvous wrong. -
cludei the petitions of the people
A State may no, infdnce the connp,ct
on the subject of slavery, any more than ola, ~
of the Constitution. We have oil sworn lN'
tina, instrument; and TO attempt 10 cyade o, ,.-
the oath, by easusiical soph,sify asic n.
force, would be neither JAS, nor wise Ia
ever legislative powers the states do po&.,,,
be exercised as occasions arise, 50 "a r,i 49,,
one scruple mote OF living flesh than the s,,'.''
quire..
An unhappy decision Of tho Supreme e..
the United States. made in January, 1870
case OF Prigg VS.. the State of Pennsyyant,
eved Will occasion some danger to hee to'.ai
people who may be found m tins stale la t,,
II is understood to have been de, ided tb,l,"rf
cral Government have an exclusive riolt -"
the mode IN which the claim of master 80
fugitive slave shall be made that Congress
ready exercised that Ilgti, ~ perfectly s...
ional manner, through the law Of 1893; n,r,..
gislaiion on the part OF the several states vb,.eA
tecis bt indirectly limits or trS'taiAs tr ,,,t, -,
recovery OF fugitive slaves, Is eutiiti, uu.laI
that no state can pass a law in any way ir,.,is,.
W III the power OF summary removal rom n, tecr.l'
~ Of ar individual claimed as fugiire Nav, n.y..
vded That this power be exercised under ib, ~,
ton OF the United States Courts; but II ts moi, .I
gaiory upon any State to suffer It's own tn,pi.,,,
10 exercise The same power
The law OF Congress Of 1893 confer, Tho sam.
power upon state magistrates as that given 10 iuie.
OF the United States Courts, and upon tina, s,,,e
the Court says, that their magistrates mas, Uihsv
choose, exercise the authority thus conferred ,u,
less prohibited by state legislation This deci.s,
is al present the law of the land and the danger !,
that among our great number of magistrates some
may be found who are not well informed a. 10 iter
duty, and may act unadvisedly. aud thus, upon A
false claim, consign some unfortunate bciug forever
to hopeless slavery,-ior from the dee ison Ola
magistrate their is no appeal.
] therefore recommend w The legislature 10 pass
n law prohibiting all magistrates, acting under tho
authority OF this state, from taking Coguzauce Of, OF
acting under, tho act OF Congress passed the lglho
July, 1893, relating 10 fugitive slaves or any other
law that may be passed of similar import. 'rt,
would seem from the aforesaid decision To Ne per.
iec,ly constitutional and proper and indeed almost
invited by the couri, 10y the language before qnoIej
by such act, the evil consequences OF the GeCl.
ion may in some degree be mgalc1.
also recommend a law prohibiting all executive
officers Of the state from arresting. OBTAINING ~
Jail, any person who is claimed fugitive slave,
believing this to be proper mode Of exhibiting me
determination Of This state 10 do no act, which sa'
may consiiulionay omit ~ do, To couneuance lbe
institution Of slavery. The cornmonucalt Of Mas
sachuseits has recently passed such law, aud III
Example is believed to be worthy Of imitation,
the passing OF the statute proposed shall incidental
" tend 10 prevent the reciptute of fugitive slaves
may we no. well exclam In lis defence, IN the Ian
guage of The sage of Monticello shall ds,Iesse,
humanity find no asylum
There are strong reasons for anticipating that al
attempt will very soon I've made 10 annex the Re
To ,ho Jntad wall far
purpose of creating a perpetual market for slaves
as. from that large territory. to carve out slsy
states enough 10 give a preponderacy in the Unio
to the slave power. IL such an attemp, shaN suc
ceed then woe bcides our unhappy country Wa
then can hope that the wrath OF Heaven an be lOyS
er restrained
have spoken perhaps too freely upon this sub
ect but at the capitol Of Vermont unlike that
Washington, there is liberty Of speech upon all pub
lie topics
In our expenditures the utmost economy lha,
consistent with the maintaining and promotion
the public interests, should be constantly pracisct
The Just medium between parsmony and extfnv
gance, in public transactions. il is not always cas-
to discover and 1t is to be found only by the goo
sense of those who make the laws; and this wa
one reason why our Constitution declares that N
House Of Representatives which Originates al
appropriation bills shall consist Of men most note
for wisdom, as well as virtue, In this State wher
the permanent source OF revenue is direct taxation
pro!uscness Of the peoples money should DC caI'
fully avoided.
1t appears by the Report of the Auditor in tn
Treasury, that the State School Fund amounts
5000 234 %, and that this sum Sl73,lj4 is do
10 the fund from the state, and the remaining $50
$50 9J is due from individuals on loans. 10 On
view, the state is in debt 10 the first sum and u
another view, itisa creditor to the last sum. Ia
Auditor Of Accounts has given very cogenl Tea
sons why the debt Of the state to the fund ought &
be cancelled and those reasons appear TO tb
General Assembly, as they do to me, conyincin
and unanswerable, the debt will, as The iund
under the control of,he state, be cancelled
That Tariff Of duties upon imponalions suii
cien. to supply all the reasonable wants Of to
National Government, and shaped with subsaa
tive and bona fde intention to give ADEQUATE prl
lection to home industry, is absolutely ncccssr
for the true Independence and prosperity Of d
country, is believed TO be fundamental politics
truth which ough, on all suitable occasions TO ;
proclaimed. Ii is doctrine, too which sboli
be put forth in no ambiguous terms, but o0gt
distinctly TO embrace the idea OF protection @' M
snlie Of protection that thus there may be bul '"'
sides 10 the question and no cover for hyPoeFs
on either.
/ The last Congress found that the sliding s'aI
Of the Compromise Act had decendcd so low me
nc revolu' vas not sufficient 10 supp0n ne to-
eminent tia, the low rate Of duiios had ca0'
excessive imporations Of fonign goods, and con
stquenily immense Indebtedness and large Um'
e Il. L l.. he