The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-11-12

town on Wednesday evening, and was con
siderably bruised and injured. The acct
dent was caused by overlooking. The coacl
was top heavy There ought to be law agains
the crowding of IS and 20 passengers upor
one small coach capable of holding only nine
And when it is done by the Agents and Pro.
pretors, they ought to be made responsible
for all damage.-Bel. Falls Gag
Release ofthe slave-boy George.
We mentioned in our Evening Edition Of
Saturday the final release of the fugitive Slave
George Kirk, and his immediate departure
from the City. 1t was most happy termi-
nation of the intense excitement of the week.
By the decisions of Judge Edmonds in this
case two important points are settled: LIST.
That no man can be taken in this State as a
slave, except by his master or an authorized
agent or attorney; I'd, That the law OF 1871
which gives the master Of vessel the right to
seize person concealed on board his vessel,
and supposed to be a slave, and to get a GER
! tifcate from the Mayor or Recorder to return
said slave to the port whence he escaped, is
an unconstitutional law, and therefore null
and void. And public opinion has settled
one other point also, namely: That the Po-
lice of this City had better attend to their le-
climate duties, than volunteer their services
as slave-catchers. Great credit is due to
Judge Edmonds for his frmneSs in adhering
to the true construction of the law and the
principles of justice, and for the elaborate
opinions given, which are worthy of him as
sound lawyer and an upright magistrate
When he pronounced the boy free on Satur
day, the august dignity Of a Court was insult
ficient to suppress the spontaneous burst Of
applause which came from the audience
Though every body was DESTROYS of maintain
ing ORDER the expression Of feeling was abso-
lutely uncomfortable.
1t is fortunate that, in case involving so
many abstruse points of law as we'll as the
most valuable rights Of the citizen, such able
counsel were obtained. The result might
have been a very different one, had not the
crooked policy and the sophistries Of the OPP
posing counsel been met by the legal knowl-
edge and interchangeable eXertions Of Mr.. Jay !;
the logical force, the familiarity with constitu-
tional law, and great power of expression Of
Mr.. White, and the fervid eloquence of Mr.
McKeon. Not that all these were needed to
procure from the court right decision, or to
defeat the counsel Of the claimants; but the
innate difficulties Of the case, and the means
resorted to to secure possession Of the slave,
demanded industry, readiness, knowledge and
eloquence. And through them the right has
triumphed. A few weeks since, our neigh
bors of Boston rocked the old Cradle of Lib
erty in an Indignation Meeting" that a man
had been stolen from the soil Of NIassachu-
sets. Should not we have a Congratula-
ton Meeting" that the right of man to lib
erty has been established on the soil of New
York
When the deliverance of the slave, Kirk
was known, large number Of people congre-
gated together in Centre-street, and were adj
dressed as follows, by L. P. NOBLE, Esq,
Friends and Countymen In obedience
to your call, l come forward to congratulate
you on the happy deliverance Of our friend
from the grasp of the cruel slave power. The
Shareholder has long boosted of New York,
and triumphed as he pointed to his slave
holders hunting ground. To-day, for the
first time, has the Shareholder been foiled in
the pursuit Of human prey by the judicial
power. They have thronged the courtroom,
and listened impatiently for the issue, as one
suit after another has been instituted, expect
ing that New York would bow down now, as
she always has done, in abiect submission to
the bidding Of her Southern MASTER but to-
day has the character of the Empire State
been indicated
Hereafter, let it be understood that,if Geor-
gia and other Southern states have their pc
culiar institution of Slavery, New York has
her peculiar institution of freedom. Glor-
ously have our laws triumphed, and slave
holders look with dismay at this unexpected
and fatal issue; and they and their servile
Captains will now understand that New York
never will again give up fugitive slave, nor
will allow its nine hundred Policemen to hunt
down painting fugitive as he flies into our
city for protection,
"Slaves cannot breathe in New York;
They touch our City, and their shackes fa'
Let me, in conclusion, exhort you peacca-
bly, to return to your homes, with heart filled
gratitude to Almighty God for this triumph of
Freedom over Slavery, holding yourselves ev-
er ready to rally at the call of Liberty.
MIR. Noble was warmly cheered at the close,
and the dense mass which thronged around
the steps and vestibule of the Tombs quietly
withdrew, after three hearty cheers for Mr.
n, Judge Edmonds, New York City, and the
Empire State.-N Y. Tribune
IMPORTANT LAW DECISIONS. In the u.
S. Circuit Court on Saturday, Judge Wood
bury gave his opinion in the case of Smith
vs.. Babcock ct al. This was a bill in equity,
brought to set aside the conveyance of lot
of land in Oxford county, Me, on the ground
that gross fraud and misrepresentation had
been used to induce the plaintiff to purchase {,
The Judge ruled that the proof of such false
rendered the sale void, even
if the defendants did not know they were
false at the time the conveyance was made
He also ruled that plea in bankruptcy is
not to be sustained against a claim in equity
to rescind contract like this, on the ground
Of fraud.