Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-09

sprngng from such source in existence steps in and
not being able to restore him to his naturf rights of which
ne had been robbed BY the superior power of bis mase en-
deavors regulate and his conduct and mitigate
far may be- the evils Of the ensayed, by prescribing rules
for the government Of the new relation Hence 1t will be
seen that the legislative power does not create only ru
Ldfes the relation between master and slave for without
municipal regulations by which the State lends the weight
and force Of its strong to the aid him in hold
ing his slave in subecou and bondage his power over the
slave would exist longer than his own superior physical
strength would enable him maintain It, The relation be-
them would be that of perpetual war and the only
principle that would govern wsuld of he that by
which might makes right And this, In fact, 10 The natural
primitive and legitimate relation between master and slave
and would always Of necessity continue bat for the base
prostitution Of the supreme power Of the State to assist the
stronger In crushing the weaker party And may here OBJ
you find law establishing any other system OF
despo Of outrage and violence, whereby man has suffered
wrong from his fellow man. with which the pages Of history
abound These hmss do not depend upon egislation they
sAapp6f 10 upi Nj s Molly Independent Of IL auhody.
From the day h Gain went out and slew his brother Abel
up the last act IN the great drama Of human butcheryhe
Mexican wa--ths search would be vain and huess. But
this does change the character Of the wrongs pepe
ta,ed nor mitigate the evils flowing from them 1t tends
rather to aggravate than to diminish them.
Repeal the laws regulating the relation Of master and slave
in the slaveholdng States and there end of slavery,
unless by superior force you hold them in servtude
Your title them property, right TO their services
and buy and sell them, all depend the local or State
laws that have force efficacy beyond the limits OF the
recognises such distinctions wherever they exist they
arise from municipal regulations. AT law there is
no such thing and early the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth said the air of England was too pure for
slave to breathe in. 1t is the Court of Common Pleas,
in the 5th Of Wilsm and Mary, decided that might
have property in negro boy because negroes are hedens
kind Of reasoning that failed to be sasactoy for the
same court, in 9th Of William and the 5th Of Anne over
ruled the decson and declared that man can have pro-
perty in another while in England.
And might here refer the celebrated Of James So
mesett decided later period, in l772, by Lord Mans
field in which the absurd dctum of the Court Of Common
Plea in the 5h Of William and Mary, is treated with merit
ed contempt and The principle vndicaed, which has
since been invariably followed by the courts Of Westminster
Hail. And in 1924 the Court of Kings Bench denounced
the law Of slavery anti christian law, and one which
violates the rights of nature and therefore ought not to be
recognised here and declares slavery is local law, and
therefore, if man wishes to preserve his slaves let him
attach them to him by Affection make fast the bars OF their
prison. vet well their chains for the instant they get
beyond the limits where slavery recognised by the local
law they have broken their chains they have escaped from
their prison. and are free"
The Supreme Court the United Saes in ls42, resolved
that by the general law Of naons nation is bound to
recognise the state of slavery foreign slaves found within
is territorial dominons when it is in opposition to its
policy and institutions in favor Of the subjects of other
lions where slavery is recognised If does it is as mat
ter of comfy, and not matter of International right
The state of slavery deemed to be municipal regu
aton founded upon and limited to the range OF the terrific
a laws have deemed it proper to fory the positions
which have sought to maintain by the highest judicial
authority and have great confidence that it will be saac-
tory to all candid minds.
The indirect recognition slavery State institution,
in the constitution of the United States has turned out to be
great, and fear, fatal 1t only secured, after
earnest opposition, with the understanding that il would
exist and its great and acknowledged evils
would be of short Duration The foreign slave trade to
in few years. and the supply from abroad be cut off
and all the Territories carefully protected from its noads
But that time has increased such extent that
nine slave States have been added to the Cnon and five of
them formed out Of territory obtained from foreign nations
The institution has always been fruitful of agitation
and unkind feeling in this country and long as the
passions and preudices Of men, which minister's continue
unchanged, it will forever remain The just expectations
Of the trainers the constitution have been defeated BY the
predomnance Of Southern counses in the administration Of
the Government More than three hundred and fifty thou
sand square miles Of slave territory have been acquired and
peoped with slaves since the constitution was adopted and
still larger domains required satisfy the demands of the
South Slavery existed in the Colonies before the Revolu
ton. It was first introduced Virginia early day,
and finally extended into the other Colonies AT every Stage
Of its progress met with firm and vigorous opposition.
But the power of the British Government influenced by
sideraiions of mercantile and individual interests umphed
the wishes Of the colonss This Internal traffic. said
Colonel Mason of Virginia. in the Convention that formed
the constitution, originated in the avarice OF British
chants The British Government constantly checked the
attempts Of Virginia put stop it, The present ques
ton the importing States alone but the whole
Union The evil of having slaves experienced during
the late war Had slaves been treated they might have
been by the enemy, they would have proved dangerous in
strumens in their hands" Slavery avorte with
the revolutionary patriots In public meetings. in legislative
bodes-every where, and all occasions, s existence
deprecated as unmitigated evil gs36,
Every page Of our history before the Revolution fragrant
it is with the love liberty and devotion to human rights
is filled with convincing proofs Of the abhoence with which
1t viewed by the coonss From the close OF that sug
gle the adoption of the constitution, constant warfare
carried against it, and the leading minds Of the South
and the North harmonzed in opposition to the institution
And this that Southern denunciaons against slave
have supplied the vocabulary Of modern ansaveiy
with their choicest ephe and they have needed and scarcely
sought any effective and terrific bolts hu against the
institution than those forged by Southern
Mr. Madison, in the constitutional convention of 1857,
said he thought wrong to admit in the constitution the idea
that there could be property and in the year,
the occasion of the memorable trial of Warren Hastings
before the Peers Of Great Britain, Mr. Sheridan the eminent
statesman and orator. declared that allegiance that Power
the rights OF mon. And yet this truth dismissed
from the human hearts never, in any tne in any agenever
in any cline where rude had any social feengs-
this unex,ingushabe truth destroyed from the
heart OF man. placed it in the and of by
his Maker, that not made the property Of
The language Of Lord Broughsm, Of the distin
sushed statesmen Of the age is still more emphatic the
subject Of slavery:
"Tell not Of rights sad he y talk not of the property
OF the planter in his slaves deny the right acknowledge
not the property The principles the feelings
mon nature rise in rebellion against it. Be the appeal made
the dsfang or to the heart the is the
that rejects IT, There is Law above all human enacmens
written by the finger of God the heart of by that
law eternal and unchangeabe while despise fraud and
losthe apne and abhor blood they shall reject with ndgna
ton ne rid and s'aay phanfasy that hold PROPERTY
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