Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-01-29

1.-THE same principle was again recognized
in the ordinance of 1897. 1t solemnly de-
clared that the perpetual condition OF that ter.
ritory should be, the personal freedom OF all
its inhabitants. But its trainers, aware tha'
the slavery existing in several OF the states
of the Union was exclusively the creature oil
Stale authority, so that, should any OF its STD
iects escape into this new free territory, they
would become free by that act, provided 'N-
pressly that such persons should he given up
on demand of the party to whom service
might be due.
alt has been recognized, too, by the decis-
ions in the case Of slaves escaping from one
State into another; for these decisions nave
all been given, not OIL the ground that The
laws of "A State, or the slavery created by
them, had any extra territorial force, but on
the ground solely of the provision in the Con-
%stiiution Of the United States securing 10 mas
tiers the right Of recapture the inference be-
ing plain that, without this provision, there
could be no recapture, as the slave would al
once be restored 10 all the rights OF Tree
DOM"
IL this doctrine be true, what better can be
done with Goodell and Spooner's arguments
on the Constitution, than to throw them TO
the moles ard to the balsl Liberty party
must fright about, facet" and come up 10 the
support Of its National organ and those OF
lis members who have SO stoutly commended
for a different doctrine, must be content to
tear down the sophistical superstructure they
have with so much labor reared.
In remarking upon the clause In the Con-
s%titution respecting fugitive slaves, the Era
declares:
"This is no compromise, for the South
conceded nothing; the North gained nothing.
The whole concession was on the part Of The
latter. 1t amounted 10 an agreement or com
pact between the States, that no one of them
would pass laws discharging from service or
labor a fugitive in it from another. The pro-
vision being ore against natural right, and
also Que involving sacrifice (%without any
equivalent on the part of many Of The States.
it was clearly designed that it should be strict
ly construed. And such, we have remarked,
have been the concurrent decisions of the
principal courts in the country. Construed
strictly, however, it confprs upon Congress
no right. imposes upon it TO duty, directly
or indirectly, TO originate, perpetuhte, extend
or destroy slavery; nor is such right or duty
] tblitilNd - ililfotu hpOh any pau Oi lllt
Constitution. The Inference, therefore, is
plain: the power 10 abolish or create slavery
has never been delegated to Congress; if it
exist at all, it belongs exclusively to the
States, or people thereof. Their power en-
tends to the system. so far as il lies within
their bounds, respectively"
So it seems the Disunionists have been
mistaken in calling this clause a compromise
between the North and the South, when it
was wholly a concession on the part of the
former. We do not care TO be over par,icu-
lar about terms; we think it was a comprom-
Use on the part of the North, a selling of her
self to the Devil, but if the DR.. thinks she
care herself to him without obtaining any
thing in return, so be it. This extract de-
clares that the Constitution "confers upon
Congress no right, imposes upon it no duty,
directly or indirectly, TO originate, perpetuate,
extend, or destroy slavery" How then, we
ask, is Liberty party to destroy slavery As
Congress has not the power to do it, of course
the party cannot do it acting by and through
Congress. Does it expect to elect a MAORI
ty to the South Carolina and Georgia Legis-
%lature ! does it anticipate obtaining the as
cendancy in Louisiana, and swaying the po-
l@itical power Of Floridal And is this Con-
stitutlonal inability Of Congress TO destroy
slavery either directly or indirectly, the rea-
son why Colonel Cilly, the first Liberty par
ty Senator-and we suspect in him the de-
c%laration will be verified, that the first shall
be the Mst-is so tame and submissive when
pro-slavery politicians are riding rough shod
over Northern rights? The honest men Of
the party, who are not so entirely blinded by
politics as to make voting the god Of their
ldolatry, will yet see that the motto of mo
UNION WITH SHAREHOLDERS" most truly de-
fines the position Of all consistent abolition