The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-26
BRANDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 90, 1913.

The law of Congress OF 1898 confer
the same power upon State magistrates a
that given to Judges of the United State
Courts, and upon that statute the Cour
says, that their magistrates may, if the,
choose, exercise the authority thus con
ferred, "unless prohibited by State legis
lallon.' This decision is at present tn,
law ofthe land, and the danger is, tina
among our great number of magistrates
some may be found who are not well in
formed as to their duty, and may act un
advised Y, and thus, upon false claim
conslgn some unfortunate being forever 10
hopeless slavery,-for from the decision
OF the magistrate there is no appeal.
therefore recommend to the leeisla-
ture to pass law prohibiting all magis.
trates, acting under the authority of This
State, from taking cognizlnce OF, or ac-
ting under, the act of Congress passed the
l2.h July, 1913, relating TO fugitive
slaves, or any other law that may be pas
sed of similar import This would SEEM
from the aforesaid decision to be perfectly
constitutional and proper, and indeed al.
most invited by the court, by the language
before quoted. By such an act, the evil
consequences of the decision may In some
degree be miti2aled.
| also recommend law prohibiting all
executive officers of the Stale from arrest
ing, or detainlng in jail, any person who
is claimed as a fugitive slave believing
this to be proper mode of exhibiting the
determination of this State to do no act,
which she may constitutionally omit to do,
to countenance the institution Of slavery.
The commonwealth of Massachusetts has
recently passed such law, and the ex.
ample is believed 10 be worthy of imla-
ton. If the passing of the statute pro.
posed shall incidentally tend to prevent
the recapture of fugitive slaves, may we
not well eXclaim in its defence, in the Ian
guage of the sage of Monticello" shall
distressed humanity find no asylum /"
There are strong reasons for anticipa-
ting that an attempt will very soon be
made TO annex the Reptile Of Texas to
the United States, as well for the purpose
OF creating a perpetual market for slaves,
as, iron that large territory, to carve out
slave States enough TO give preponder-
ancy in the Union to the slave power. If
such an attempt shall succeed, then woe
betides our unhappy country. Who then
can hope that the wrath of Heaven can
be longer restrainedl
| have spoken perhaps too free y upon
his exciting subject; but at the capital of
Vermont, unlike that at Washington,
here is liberty of speech upon all public
opics.
In our expenditures the utmost econo.
my that is consistent with the maintains
ng and promotion of the public interests,
should be constantly practIsed. The just
medium between parslmony and extrdva-
5ance, in public transactions, it is not al
ways easy 10 discover, and it is 10 be
ound only by the good sense of those
who make the laws; and this was one
'eason why our Constitution declares that
he House of Representatives, which
originates all appropriation bills, shall
consist Of men most noted for wisdom, as
we'll as virtue. ln this State, where the
MY permanent source of revenue is d.
Get taxation, proluseness Of the peoples
money should be carefully avoided.
1t appears by the Report of the Au-
itor in the Treasury, that the State
school Fund amounts to 5000, 234,95,
nd that of this sum Sl73,l5 is due 10
be fund from the State, and the remain
ug S260S0,95 is due from individuals on
oans. In one view, the State is in deb
II The first sum; and in another view, it
a creditor in the last sum. The Au-
tor of Accounts had given very cogent
easons why the debt Of the State to the
und ought 70 be cancelled and if those
easons appear TO the General Assembly,
S they do 10 me, convincing and unan
werable, the debt will, as the fund is I'M
err the control of the State, De cancelled
That a Tariff OF duties npon mporta-
ions, sufficient TO supply all the reason
Bile wants of the National Government,
nd shaped with substantive and bona
;de intention to give adequate protection
D home industry, is absolutely necessary
or the true independence and prosperity
f The country, is believed to be funda-
nenla political truth, which ought on
II suitable occasions to be Proclaimed
t is doctrine, too, which should be put
orlh in no ambiguous terms, but ought
isiinctIy to embrace the idea ofprotection
Or the sake of protection, that thus there
nay be but two sides TO the question, and
o cover for hypocrisy on either.
The last Congress found that the sill.
ing scale OF The Compromise Act had
escended so low that the revenue was
OF sufi lent TO supper! the Government; i
lal the low rate OF duties had caused ex.
essive importations of foreign goods, and
Consequently immense Indebtedness and
lrge remliances of specie abroad, while
I home the results were, great injury 10