The New York herald., 1850-10-09

Suffice W oe io"sious J"in~'' published In this
city, the Rev. Henry Ward eecher, (wnite man,
probably distant connee' Ian of Samuel Ward
Esq, (olack man, Gu adidate for the Vice Pres-
dency OF the uni'ed States, put up by the oswego
Convention, hoids che follow wing language-
The fact s 70 It part of our citizens take this
ground fue' dives are free, and the laws which re-
in fact. ness are called ultra We are ourselves in
with uch solemn Convictions, no law inpous, inndel
to cd end humanity shall haverespect or observance
IN those provisions which respect aid to fusitives may
God do so to US yea and man also We dc not spurn
1t we would any other mandate OF sstan-indspes-
isHi-ward white maR) editor.
We regret that citizen of Mr.. Beeeher's logical
acumen, retiring disposition, and respectable con-
nections, should have given utterance to such sem
timens. The fall of our progenitors-the 10 st in
nocence OF the human race-entailed the necessity
of laws In the organic alton of society into nations,
the legislative power has been variously reposed.
Under one system, laws emanate from the auto"
erat; under another, from the olgarchy. Our
form of government is probably the mildest ever
instituted for the regulation of society. The laws
are made by the repre- sentatives of the pecre-are
supposed 10 speak the will of the majority--are
always subordinate 10 the constitution-the organic
compact of the States--and are subject 10 modh-
cation and repeal in prescribed manner In con-
sideration of the protection afforded by the laws,
all citizens are bound 10 submit 10 the restraints
they impose: and TO submit TO and uphold them, in
good faith and with alacry, is the essence of pa
,riotism They do impose restraints-they do
REQUIRE sacrifices not always agreeable to our
tsstes, our symgathies, our prejudiees-no doubt
of it but on the ether hand, hey assure as a ra-
tonel degree Of liberty. They often bear hard
upon the individuals but it is for the protection Of
the communy-an interest Of vastly greater con
Ctrn.
Last winter the Hon. w. II. Seward, (white
men) in transport of transcendental philosophy,
promulgated the theory of higher law, not de-
fined in black and white-lke the abolition nom
nations-but existing in the nature Of things and by
which every individual becomes walking consti-
tuition and code.
Some OF the old continental and constitutional
statesmeE- such as Webster, Clay, Tyler, Cass aud
others-exrressed astonishment at the audacity of
such a proposition, announced in the American
Senate; but doubtless they were behind the age,
and had been reposing in the arms of common
sense, while the world hsd advanced TO perlec-
tion. Last week highly respectable meeting of
coored gentlemen assembled in Church street; and,
acting upon the doctrines Of Seward and his fol-
icNtIt, by virtue OF lhe power TepOsSd IN tntm Dy
the higher law, enacted various regulations Tor the
government of this community. Persons obnoxoxs
70 disagreeabe laws Were 10 arm themselves with
bowie knives and revovsrs. Officers who at.
tempted 10 execute the laws were TO be shot down
and ripped open. All violence necessary to sue
cessfu resistance, would be approved of by heaven
and sustained by nan. To cap the climax, our
sne-booted contemporary, Hon. Horace Greeley,
(milk white) was soundly cufied by Cufiee, who
charged that there was screw loose about him
which is not improbable.
These meek and Christian enactments, reiterated
by Beecber, Leavitt, and a few such professed
white followers Of our lowly and law-sbidiag
Saviour, formed the staple of defamation at an
other lurge black and white meeting in the PARK,
on Saturday last. The consequence may be that
the pestiferous egitators, always forward in aoto
riety and always backward in charity, m ay succeed
in binding the blacks to prude ntal considerations
and incie them 10 resistance of the law The
result is plain-New York will not swerve from
her duty. The law will be sustain ned. Bloodshed
may come-there may be a passing conflict be-
tween the races but in that case, the whole black
uibe will be swept from midst as the shades of
night are dispersed by the rising sun.
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| The COMMISSIONERS OF EMIeRArroS, AND THH
MrDIcAL JoB ON WARp's IsLANp.-lf further proof
were waning Of the utter unftness of the majority
Of the present Board Of Commissioners of Emgra-
tion TO fulfil the sacred trust rsposed in them, il i.
TO be found in the strocious scheme lately adopted