Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-11-30

il laying down sngulary nice distinctions Of duty
say be M not offer any orcibe resistance 10 the law, bu
they no and even called upon n carrying into effect
l"An calculated Of the interuptng preachers who
had - quenty before INDUCED 10 occasional running
marks Mr. Norris here read the fugitive slave clause in
the cofuton which he said he had sworn to support.
ook that OATH he added had reservations.
had should have been perured villain. care not
who or What the is who makes such reservation
whsb be who takes the oath belongs the pulpit the bar
or any ohsr Pursu-he is peured villain If he refuses
suppof MS provision among others The outcry about the
all humbugsery every schooLboy knew.
Every sehoo-boy who has read old Diwor,hs Spelling
Book knows that It is all humbug. What Of sense
suppoe that Congress would suspend the habeas corpus
when - constitution expressly declares that shall be
uspsnfed except two specified contingencies named in the
insIunenk Il was said that the writ practically
pended the Of the fugitive, because the proceedings
were summay in their character Now, not true that
hsd bssn NIB more SUMMARY than thsy wsEe
summary than other cases Of srres n relation
to which the habeas corpus might Be applied for.
We will not open resistance, say the higher law gen.
emen, but they labor necessarily and insdiousy ns
error and hostility into the minds Of the people in regard
the law One their is that there is danger from
the opposition they nAaming. But there was danger
He hsd been through crisis and he knew there was dan
ger Men at the South who have been in way connect
ed with the doctrine spirit Of notification in past times say
there is danger They know it. They are situated and
circumsanced that they where the danger lies If the
agitation kept up, will not be five years before the Union
will be dashed into fragments 1t is inevitable the cons
tuition be openly assaed undermined by false and disinge
nuous attacks upon the legislation imperavely demanded by
it, Who could suppose that the South would submit to IT,
even they had consideration Of property interest 10 the
question If 1t merely question Of honor-a question
of submitting to unprncped denial Of their constitutional
night they would Indignantly resent the Of the North
under the guidance Of what is called the higher law
Where do these volators Of the constitution find the duty Of
obeying this higher law laid down ..
THE Preacher. Read the fifth chapter Of Matthew
Mr.. NoRiIs. have read The fugitive slave law, in
substance a it now is, has existed sixty years without its
constutony having been suspected They can't show in
what it is unconstitutional.
The Hon. LEVI CHAMBERLAIH, Of Keene, followed, with
some general remarks 10 the effect that almost the unan
NOUS opinion of New Hampshire in favor Of obeyng
the constitution and the laws The loyalty of the people Of
New Hsmphre the institutions Of the country to
be questioned. There not sentiment in the resolutions
before the meeting which would be endorsed by every
genuine of New Hampshire and they would be adopted
as the political creed Of the State. He did not think the few
women and who entertained the notions about
stuional duty could do much harm in New Hampshire.
They did not belong in the State but Of foreign growth
The Hon. CHARLES G. ArHERroS, Of Nashville, next
called 10 the stand said he concred with his whole heart in
the objects of the meeting The object declare that
the people Of New Hampshire prepared to uphold the
constitution laws, and institutions Of the country that they
would rebuke the attempts made create jealousy and ha
tred which must in the end produce disruption of the Union
and that they will countenance those who. while they say
bring them into contempt Such persons like the mad
men spoken Of Scripture, who scatter about Grebrands
rows, anddeath, and then say, Am not in sport ~ While
every friend his country hoped that the perpetual topic
agitation had been slenced these surbers doing
thing in their power unsee the adjustment Honor
claimed Mr.. Aheon to those wise and patriotic VIII
effected the compromise. Honor to Henry Clay! Homo
to Daniel Webster IA few hsses We all know who en-
tered the garden of Eden to hiss and what his mission
The mission Of the hisser here whether he be from the pupi
not is better than that of the respectable personage wh
stole into the garden Of Eden Honor Lewis Cass Homo
10 Dickinson Honor Foote Honor to all those who
themselves the side Of their countys institutions
and stood shoulder shoulder for the constitution He
nued The very efforts Of the professed friends Of the slave
here at the North to keep up the agitation had done more
reta its prospective abolition than all other combined
Nothing could have prevented in that direction but
the misguided branless efforts of the higher law party
They saw not the sure result of their Vaccinations should
they unhappy prove successful Had they the least
ton Of one Of the consequences which must follow they would
shrink back almost into nonentiy They did not foresee
their destruction in the general ruin. But could they
expect 20 unhurt As the first drop OF blood shall
been shed in the contest the attention of would be
turned to the primary nsgatos and they would not
be spared in the hour Of carnage.
After some glowing remarks about Washington Jefferson,
Madison Jackson, and Taylor whose deeds and virtues had
stamped their names living light he spoke Of the national
gloes won by the of the South and the North fighting
side by side on many stricken field wherever the flag Of
their common country had been borne BY her armies The
Union purchased by their blood not to be put in jeopardy
on account of the visionary specuaons of dreaming enthu
sasts or by listening the domestic traitor who seeks to
undermine it's foundations Their views might be entitled
consideration, any one could show that any possible
good could result from adopting them Who prepared
say the violent liberation OF the blacks would not be the
signal for their determination
jefferson has said that the two races, they relatively
stand at the South live together upon terms Of equa
ty; and do want the blacks here to into direct
competition with our labor. Certainly he pre-
pared on their account to destroy the Unon under which
we had enjoyed greater degree Of freedom, taken
WHOLE than the people Of any country in the world Where
even had Of men enjoyed much OF liberty as had
been enoyed here under American institutions What
If our Union not free from impereconone which
did not affect the rights interests Of large majority of the
whole people Was it therefore, TO be anDihiated He
that would do would if be could blot out the glorious orb
of day because stargaser should discover single
speck on his broad and flaming disc
The Hon. GEoRsE w. NEsAIrH, Of Franklin, being
called upon spoke Of the security enjoy in lives persons,
and property, and oil other rights from the universal senti
men that they depend upon the observance Of law, II that
sentiment undermined, of those rights would
be secure. He yeferrcd Shsys rebellion where parties
aggeved in the matter Of taxes undertook contend in
with the constituted authorities Those insurgents only
ried out the principle avowed by the hgher law
party, that each is at liberty make his conscience
the Of his obedience the law and its authorities
He advered the Of the dissatisfaction at the
South. Il longer South Carolina standing alone.
She surrounded and aided by other States which felt
their rights to be equally endangered The feeling Of dis
satisfaction with the National Government bad become
strong and general that ii bad become difficult in OF the
States to get to accept office under that Government
So far from doing thing to increase that state Of feeling
the people of New Hampshire would rise in opposition to
Union Of the South and against the disunon Of
the North. After some remarks about the higher law, !"