Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-08-18


Ihe negro from Baltimore, " hen he gsls there
and sees Poems lhcre-siayes not be hereditary
laLuJ, bat by much batter tiile-a verdict be-
fore ius,ce OF the peaee--shouId determine
10 Gyai. himself Of the admirable facilities al.
lorded him by this bin for gaining his freedom.
Suppose my friend from Now Hampshire, when
be goes home, gets up a meeting aud collects "a
fund for the purpose OF sending a missionary
after these men; and when the missionary ar.
ryes there, he proposes to hold a prayer meet
ng, he gels up meeting, as they used 10 do in
Yankee times. "iOr the Improvement Of gifts"
Tie goes 10 the negro quarters of this gentleman
from Baltimore, and saws: Come, | want this
brother; 70 is rJe he Is a son Of Ham, but
want 10 instruct him that he is free" am We
~ much inclined 10 think that the missionary
would fare very much as one did in South Car.
Ulna, al The hands Of him from Baltimorc.--
= his bill suPpDsrs the negro is TO star, all at
once iuiy a Tree Arg'u-SaNun IN Calilornu--ILc
blood Of Liberty flowing ia every vein, and iIs
divine impulses Ihrubbug in his heart. lie is
90 say: 81 avn free; am Californian; bring
the right OF hr5eaS corpus with me-" Al last he
is brought up on a writ Of haJcas corDus--be-
fore whom! Very likely enc Of those gentle
men who have been procajmiug thai Slavery
has right to 90 there; for such are the men
that Nr. Polk is likely To appoint. lie has pre-.
Judged The case. On the faith of his opinion
the slave has been brought thcre--what can he
do! There Is his recorded judgment printed in
your Congressional Repurt--whal will he sayl
You are slave. MIR. Calhoun was right
Judge Berricn, Of Georgia, profound lawyer,
whom knew well, was right ! know these
gentlemen well; their opinion is entitled to the
highest authority and IN the face Of il, il does
not become me osuy that you are lrce--so, boy,
So To yogr master; y0u belong to HE class par-
tpS scqptiur ueHirem; you are not quile enough
Of SNou!' What, thcu, is to be done by this
/ biIE Oh! writ Of error or appeal can come
to The Supreme COurI Of the United Slales.--
How! The negro if he is to be treated like a
white mau, taklugOul an appeal, must give bonds
in double the value Of the subject matter in dis
putc. Aud what is that! If you consider il the
mercantile value Of the negro, it may be per.
haps 81 900 or $1,000. But he cannot have
the appeal according to this bill, unless The val
ne Of the thug IN controversy amounts 10 the
value of $1,000. But, then, there comes in
this Ideally Of personal liberty. What is it
worth! Nulhlug al atl--says the Senator from
South CaruIIna--io this fellow, who is better
without it, And under this conpleXlly of legal
quJbng and litigation, it is expected that the
negro will stand there and contend with his mas
ter, and, coming on to Washington, viii prose.
cute his appeal Two years before the Supreme
Court, enjoying the opportunity of visiting his
old friends about Baltimore! Laughter.
And now, Mr. President, if VIC have found
upon the oPini DnS Of wise ones Of old, upon the
observations Of past and present time, that in
voluntary Slavery Is not useful prOIIablc, or
beneficial TO either master or slave, that such
institutions only become tolcrablc, because, when
long established, the evil is less than those con-
sequences which would follow their sudden
change, think it will be admitted that we
should prohibit involuntary scryitudc in the Ter
ritorics over which we have control
llcre, then, the question arises, have we this
|prohbjtory power! | have already said, that
where the Supreme Court of the United States
has socmnly adludgcd any power to belong It
any branch Of this Government, such adudica
lion should, until ovcrrulcd have great il no
controlling eight with Congress What, then
are the adjudcations Of that Court upon thi,
point! quote from the case SO often referred
to, American Insurance Company VS.. Carter
/ (lat Peters Reports, poge5ll.) On page 5l2 o
that case, the Couu say: The Constitution
conlcrS absolutely on the Government Of the
| Union the powers of making war, and of ma
/ king treaties, Consequently, that Govcrnmen
/ possesses the power of acquiring territory, ei
her By conquest or Feaiy.' Again, on the sam,
page, the right to make law for Territory i
/ thus spoken Of "Perhaps the power of govern
| ing rcrrilory Of the United States, which hu
not by becoming State acquired the means o
self government, may result necessarily from
the TACT that II is not within the jurisdiction o
any particular Stao and is within the powe
and jurisdiction Of the United States. Th
right to govern may be the inevitable conse
qucnco Of the right to acquire territory; bu
whichever may be the source whence the powc
is derived, the possession Of il is un9ueSiioacd.
Nothing can be clearer or more salisacta,,
on this point. While this doctrine conform
to the plain dictates Of reason, it is satisuctor
to know that the principle has been strengthen
cd by the uniform practice under the Constltu
tlOn. The latter class of cases is too numcr
Gus to permit even a reference to them all
They have been frequently adverted to in thi
debate, and therefore | need not again brin!
them to the attention of the Senate. | there
fore find the power Of Congress to make law 70
Il Territory absolute and unlimited. have on
ly to consider whether Il law prohibiting Slave
ry, in Il Territory where Slavery does not arca
dy exist is sound policy for such Territory.
, Now, if we can make any law whatever, no
, contrary to the express prohibitions Of the Con
slltulion, we can enact that Il man with $50. .0OI
, .,vnrlh nf hank nntpg pf Alarvlorl shall Gnrfoi
the whole amount if he attempts to pass one q
, them in tho Territory Of California. We ma,
say It a man carry menagerlC of wild beast
| there worth $j0O,000, aud undertakes TO exhib
it thcm there, he shall forfeit them. The ma
comes back with his menagcre and says tha
, the law forbade him toexhibu his animals there
II was thought that, as an economical arrange
ment, such things should not be tolerated there
f That you may do; he of the lions and tiger
goes back having lost his whole concern, Bu