Worcester daily spy., 1850-10-07

si.loh comes from the STAKEHOLDER, if he dem.nJ
iron you that you enact such law. eII b;l b;i'aads
SO iar as the Constitution is concerned tb; 'nat
answer = 1t Is has duty TO come with clean your
having performed has part of the bargain, befroS
can oe asked to perform yours If he asks Won you ",
perform that which your nature abhors Hs ;a yoa to
hun how it is, that while the Constitnt;oni i'ue OF
United States, provides, that the citizor :" Me
STATE snail be entitled to all the privileges and ;
ties OF citizens In the several states. il ban
that the poor mariner with skin not tncturodF m
our own, who sails from New Bedford Or Na..He -lHe
ct, or Boston, to Charleston or New Orleans ,boDT
ne be citizen and voter here, is not nrotectoJ
MS right oil citizenship there but is cast into nrsa III
ana sold as slave if he cannot paw the ;,I".'
lees Len MN 10 60 home ard repeal his law ho
fore he asks anything of you, in regard IN tho Ar
cry of fugitives slaves. And no matter y,bott ueiS
comes from Charleston or New Orleans or from, from. ne
other part OF the sunny south, it is all one and ,L
same. 1t is the language of them all, that tho c;1
zens OF Massachusetts who has colored skin ha-
no right to be citizen in any of the slave s,.to"
he acts OF Louisiana and South Carolina in dr;,ir"
our commissioners from those States, are susaino5h
the people OF the whole south. They make com,
mon cause In this, with the states have named
her acts are vindlcated by them all. The Sla,.
noiuer says there are compromises in the Constitn.
tlon; compromises for freedom and for slavery Al
II throught the eutre South, those compromisas
whlch respect liberty, are TO be disrecarded. how
can lhe STAKEHOLDER come and ask ycu that those
Which regard chattel rights and property in man
snall De treated with any more respect Or ira
citizen of your own state shall seek to perpex Won
and mislead honest minds by an appeal to the Con-
stItutlon, tell him that nowhere is it declared in the
Constitution that any man shall lose hir liberty with
out tral by jury that It's whole spirit rms in the
opposite direction Tell him that the lanouaoo !.
ODScDrp ha ralta. "a,
what obscure. They who are bound to service shall
be delivered up" Bring the man of whom service
IS required before the Courts, and see what law
blhds MN to service. Let him be tried before n
jury Tor his liberty, for that which is dearer than
life The Constitution directs that he shall he civ
en- up upon proof that he is held to service: and II
leaves to the general government or to states. the
duty OF enactng such laws as are consistent with
the spirit of that constitution which guards the roh,
oil tral by jury, even when nothing but small
amount OF property Is the subject of dispute. So
whether the Northerner come from the north or
from the south, your answer is ready. The present
law required by no provision of the constitution:
II Is at variance with the divine law, at variance
win the BILL OF RIGHTS; at variance with the
letter and spirit of the constitution Therefore Won
dare not and IN carrying out that law. For the COM
mission OF an nhuman act you have not even the
apology OF a constitutional command. TCheers
And now my flends let me ask that the spirit
Whlcn Is abroad may not pass of as transient emo
ito ton from the minds of the people 1t shall abide
That statute is to be repealed let us remember; not
TINS year or next 1t is not probable that it can be
repealed during the continuance of the present ad-
mLnlstratlon. 1t is not probable that he who has
afhxcd his approving hand to this act will sign bill
repeating It You must probably struggle on for
years before that disgrace will be wiped from the
institutions OF the country. Let there be feeling
which now pervades the hearts of men, become
liked principle of action, so that whether the repeal
OF the obnoxious law can be effected soon or only at
remote period; whether it shall he done by the
present Congress, or not till the youngest man in
tn, tins vast assembly shall become grey with age
Inc efiori shall begin now, and shall not cease till
,he o9lect shall be accomplished, till the law shall
prolonged Applause.l