Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-10-18

Our ncighbor. the Globe. will fad il an
uphill business to defend Martin Van Blu
ren'S order - the Marshal Of Connecticut.
II delivcrts" snis:ll negroes to Lit. Paine.
- be sent back II slavery! The act was
ro}nafarF and gratRito3ts-no Jaw author
iZed the President to interfere with either
persons or property III litigation before the
Courts. The order is AN ACT OF SHEER
UsURPATI0N-to send these negroes into
siarery, ar oct Of "UNrARALLELEp afro
CITY" Loot, at it. II directs the Mar
shall 70 deiircr al tie negroes and 10 nd
in placing then, on bourd the Cramps.
What neoroeSl Those late Of the tmiS-
tad. then in the Marshal's cuS.o ". under
process pending in the District Court
The negroes were recognized as IN custo-
dv under pending process. President
Van Buren, usurpcd power 10 order them
to order forty human beings-on board
Il government ;'essci. TO be sent into slave
~. The order is peremptor,-. 1t con-
iains no word about foroearinr its exc
cution until the Court should decide in
favor Of the claimants. And If il had. it
would have been as ridicnious as it was
corrupt. The Curt lad power to direct
the restoration OF t,le negroes. if the de-
The Marshal was the erecutirc ofthe Court
TO enforce its process. The President hnd
~ suci pO,re4-. The marshalS are not has
crccntire officers, but those Of the law and
the Courts, Who can defend it, and pre-
serve his self-respect
But il is said ''ihc order was issued by
Mr.. Forsyth the Secretary Of State''-and
Though signed mith Van Buren's name.
was made out by Mr.. Forsyth Indeed
was ..siened ritA Van Buren, 5 namet"-
Yes and that name was signed by Van
Buren, himself! Was it notl 1t is not "a
mere forma} order. issued Of course in the
Secretarv's office. On the contrary il is
q special act Of usurpatioh, an order
which no Secretary would ever dare 10 is
sue. much less 20 afix to i. the Presidents
meme. without his cypress dtrccitOHi As
Il mere order To deliver the negroes into
captivity. il is wholly inexcusable. null
and void. whether they were at large.
in custody Of the Marshal under an order
OF Court tor their restoration to the claim
ants. The Marshal was bound 10 obey
the mandate OF the Court not that of the
President Thank God. the President Of
the | uited States has no power to issue a
Gat 10 tafe and deIiccr orer for trans
portdfi0n into sfarery any man. ecatte or
black. Ia this respect the order OF Mr..
' an Buren is bad enough. But il, it was
designed to interfere with. or control the
action OF a Court Of Justice. il was still
worse. and was well characterized by John
Quincy Adams as an act Of '-UNPARAL-
LELED ATR0CiTE.
s.Ihis order. says Mr.. Adams. was It's face
positive. sweeping, unconstitutional. y % specl-
location Of persons, no names. not even their
numb all the negroes, late of the Spanish
,chooner Amistad. in his custody. und-r process
'0Jr penting before the Circuit Court OF the [ nj
ed ciat-s. " as this order given III country
= here the rights Of persons words " itnont
Meaning? Ia the kingdom oil D.ihom+y' Ia
he region whore the hoas~triHg tii warrant Of
-Necution' 1t given IN the land OF tli- Dec
araiion OF In!epen d~nce-ia the land Of self
vidcnt truth II given BY President Of
he L oit-d States. II was Of course null and
old; aud if before the dec iaIon Of the Court, IL
ID h-t-n delivered to the Marshal, aud he had
x-cute.t II. h. wonld have siaked not only the
ives OF tho negroes. hnt his owB head. aud that
# Martin Van Buren,, the signer OF the order,
non the event"
I'ais is tIe order the Globe is laborng
o defend. excuse justfvl 1t is indeed all
uphill buSineSs'-Cta. Gazette.
The venerable Harrison Gray Otis. in
lis tier TO ~ people Of Massachusetts,
illustrates tn claims aftae Free Soil Van
3uren party t. tsaa retention II inc name
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