The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-02-10
ABBEVILLE f s. G, FEBRUARY 10, ls49.


ltance, the South had no cause 10. .poumplaiil
prior TO 1874 year, il is 10 bssTenred, dcs
tined to mark train of events, bringing
with them many. great,and fatal disasters
4 On the country andslls sinsttutions. With
i l9colhmenced tho agitating debate on the
question of, the admission OF Missouri into
the Uninn. We shall pussby: for the pre-.
sent this question, and others Of the same
KIND, directly growing out of il, and shulI
proceed to consider the effects of that spisft
OF d'Scorj, which II reused up between the
two sections. II frs, discospdsitse1f in the
! Nofrf hostility 70 riial porlion of In Con-
s,nution which provides for tho delivering
up of fugitive slaves. In its progress it led
10 The adoption OF hostile acts, intended 10
render it isnoneeffect, and with so much
success that il may be regarded now us
practically expnngeI from the Constitution.
How this has been effected will be mex, ex.
planned ~. IS.,st.
After n careful examination, truth con;
slrastts,u to; say. that it has beei by M cle1E
s3ssss f.
ifse from aR6ig 1ity soE doubt Ia ssi96S
following words -. No person held sIo: :sefs:
vice, orIhbor, in one: State, ind derethe Laws
escaping into another; State, sha lIsih
consequences fany law orregulation there!
IN, be- discharged from such, service or la
Dor, but shall he delivered up OH cIaimsof
thcparty toiwhom such service or :.bor inay
bc due. All is clear. There is not an ,uli-
certain or eqnivocal word 10 be found in the:
whole provision. What shalrSnot be done,
ana what sha.l.be do1e, are fully and,expil-
sss lsssssssi he lSfmers pfosiaass that
the iugifi.es slave snail not be dischaf faed,
from his servitnde bysnny law or regulation
oi,,hes Sia,e wherein he ia zlound<; and the.
laller,tha he shalt be delivered up onclaim
oi his owner. ts5s's.s rs
We do not deem. it necessary to under;
take 70 refute the aophstry and smhterfugess
by which 80 plain provision of the Constis
'm,ion has been evadei, and, in eiIect, an-
hulled. 1, constitutes an essential part Of
The constitutional campact, and ofGourse the
supreme laW of ina lAndis sis ssuch is.
dusati ,edefat 6g
ernmsiiisi the States aud tho sud- viiInaIs
composing them ,iiss sacred o6Ifga,i0n
of coinpact, J, md 81 thss solemn injunction
oi The supreme Ia@, which tegisl latofsf and
Judges, both Federal aud State, are bound
by ua:ih 20 support, al unite to enforce its
ln;timunl. u,..nrd,ng otis plain meaning
and true intent. Hn.st that meaning aud
intent are. there was no diversity. .oi opin-
ION about in the better daysoi The Rerio'ic
prior TO 1919. Congress, State Legisa-
lures, State and Federal Judges and Mag
is.raies, aud People; Spontaneously p!a-
During
thai period none ln;erpused impcd,mcn's in
fugitive slave nor did any deny his right
10 ve@evcry pro er facility 10 enforce his
claim TO have. him delivered up. II was
then ncarlyas easy to recover one found,,n
Northern State, as one fonnd IN a neigh
boring Southern State. = Bul this has ,pus-
sedaway and The provision IS delunct except
psrhnps in two States.* go ;:5si
hen welake into conside deration d the I'M
por,ance and clenrness ( fthis provision. the
| evasion by which ithas been set aside may
fairly be regarded as one of the most fatal
tiows ever received by the South and the
Union. This cannot oe more concisely and
correctly slated, than il has been by two
learned Judges Of the, Supreme Court Of the
T.. s. In one Of his decisionst Judge Story
said I" Historically, it is well known that
the object of this clause was 10 secure 10 the
ciilzens of the slaveholding States the com.
slstsssis ma fsfi 6Assgsship in their
slaves, as properly IN eysry State OF the sl4;
ion, into which they mig ghls escape from the
State wherein they were held ID seryii1de.' =
1.-THE full recognition Of ihis iight and ;title
was Indispensable to the security of this spc.