The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-04


sil'usiea. 80 lslilnainnus in ils character.
aud - hostile 10 lie object and spirit Of
mai insifumens.
How lhen would The a compromise"
orersle in rrfennr~ 10 New Msxir0 snd
talilanisl 1hmngh what pnscess would
The rlase-0wnef L. compelled 20 passi II.
citizen Of NuFih csIOiina. removes H.
! he lrrrilofy Nth bis slave. On reaching
here. be finds thai DE inhshilsnls 10 nni
regard las Sir. lass saysl he Ainran rzre
| in he same light sl,al Ne do. lie : asked
hi an officer ~ show his authority Cor
restraining The liberty 81 his sla.s. lie d
himself no ofiieer-ean show no war
rsni. civil or criminal. by viriae Of whirh
he aels-hul he produces The Constitution
10 she United States. and declares that ID
b. tbe anlhnIty under which he hubs.
lie y asked 10 psiui oul The clause which
covers his case. After searching iot some
line for the grant OF power. his eve falls
upon The third paragraph al lle 81 section
oEshe 9th arlirle II the Constitution. and
he seads-" No person held Ia service or
lah0r in one state. under The Laws thereof,
escaping into another. shall incansequenre
Of any law or regulation therein. he dis
charged from such service or labor. but
shall be delivered up Da claim Of the par
y 10 whom such service or labor nav. he
due" Tie soon conrludes that Ihis does
no, help him out Of the difficulty. for il
applies 10 persons hrld To seryire of laber
.esf0ping" from Que State into annIhrr.
Here there has heen no " escaping" On
the contrary. the negro is there by the va.
luniary act of the one who. in The State
from which he Is carried. was his mater.
lie il forced then 10 rnnI ede. that no as.
sislance is given him by any expn.s prn.
VISION of the Constitution Of the United
States. and he is driven In anniher position,
The officer tells him Slavery does no,
exist here in New Mexiro-iI was abol-
ished in 1887 by the Mexican Congress
--ihe Congress of the United States has
passed no law re-eslahli.hing il, and our
territorial Legislature is forbidden by the
i" compromise" act 10 pass any law on
the suhjecl--wheTe then 10 your aulhori.
IS fnr tIe imprisonment Of this manu-
:" Stop momeni," replies the indignant
enngrant-" here are the Revised Statutes
&c North faroiia0, from which state
Iramr, ami iney recognized slavery, and
."a,ie rms mHri my Propery-unairr' isvs"
hold, and contend that her laws on the
subject Of slavery are in force here"
"Pooh!" rejuins the imperturbable con-
stable who begins al las, 10 feel his calling,
'we have nothing 10 do with your North
Carolina laws. We live under the Gov
eminent Of the United States. Why, sir,
look TO what contradictions and absurd.
lies your doctrines must lead. The state
laws are different and conflicting in rele.
renee to the subject aud institution Of slave
Try. In some il is not recognized al all,
and does not exist. Hnw are you tn re.
concile. Ia harmonize all these lave! We
are in a pleasant fix indeed TO have our
chief master, the U. States, 10 serve, and
then thirty smaller ones, welding their
scepires over Us, and that number liable
to increase annually. These Stale laws
cannot be reconciled, because the territo-
rial legislature is forbidden to Iegisla,e on
the subject. Well. how will the thing
work. You, Mr.. II. are from North Ca
rolina, and there is Mr.. s. from Louisiana
Now suppose had an execution agains
, both OF you, one as principal and the olhe
. as surety. and had levied that execution
on negro woman and child belonging Il
5 You. and NEGRO woman and child belong
. ing 10 sS--what laws would govern tina
, sale! You would insis, that the laws o
+ North Carolina prevail, and wishing you
, negroes To be sold to the best advantage
you would require them'to be sold srpa
, rate-bui s. perhaps, would say, the law
$ Of Louisiana look upon woman and ch'l'
: as differing from mare and colt. in som'
, respccis'at least. and there they must n"
/. be sold separately. and this being rathe
!. the NEST humane way ofdoing this thing
e S would demand that they be sold fogefh
8 err. Well, the sale is made. and Mr. U
A from New Hampshire. becomes The pun
Il chaser. and very soon an execution j
$ is slapped upon him, and the same negroe
d are levied upcn-by what laws is the sal
T. then 10 be regulated! BY those Of Ne'
{ Hampshire? Phere are none. The
n what law would step in to aid The office
n that Of the state from which the negro,
d The original owner came! II the latte
$, how would that be found out. aud. ho'
a. would the officer manage IN case OF ON
re who ernigrated from Ohio. and willis
n, passing through Mississippi. purchase
i, negroes! 1.-THE former. then what la
e. governs in reference to the issue OF II
20 negroes born in New Mexico, So too,
a. cases OF division of negroes amongst ne'
I'd of kin, &c. A wiiow-from Virginia wou
q. demand Que third Of all the negroes h
II husband died possessed Of. Wills. one fro
ds North Carolina would take but a child
of part. But suppose these two buxo
of widows marry again, each 10 man ow
q. ing slaves, and from diiferen, stale tro
an which they themselves came, and in