The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1850-06-01

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,quired 1 from Mexico. One would suppose
that when a Senator avowed that, acting as
a Senator, lie recognised a higher obligation
ihans shis. oath to support the Constitution of
sthe United States Ian obligation which re-
qtires him to violate and set aside, tho pro
visions of that sacred instrument-the Leg
sislatnre Of Ills State, then in session, would
have promptly branded such adeclaration
with the infamy it deserves. such3a declars
S,ition, it's known to the country, was recent
lymade in the Senate by the Senator from
New y ork to whom have aliuded-but the
legislature Of that State adopted no resolu-
tons condemnatory of this sentiment.
ssS They did, however, pass resolutions, with
great unaninity, sustaining fully the ultra po-
ssiitions of tIeir distinguished mo, notorious
Senator. Resolutions have been adopted in
Eeyery non-slateho siding State, instructing
Their Representatives in Congress to yote5in
EtfaSor of the Wilinots proviso, and insoppos;-
stson, jill many cases, to the admission Of any
other slave istates.SS
t Mr. Nc cLanahai Snskedsif tho eage1itleman
from South Carolina had observed that the
Legislature Of Pennsylvania hadss recently,
laid upon sthe table, resolutions in favor of
the Yifnot Prosiso s$ -. t.z5 - +
Mr. Or. have : and Il honor the pa
triotism of your constituents in coming to
the rescue. of the Constitution in these peril
GUS times. Instructions, such as / have spo-
ken of, did pass the Legislature Of PeHnsyl-
,vania two years ago. repeat the assertion,
that every n-slaveholding State has passed
resolutions of an unn,istakable abolition char
acter. Yet the unceasing efforts of the press
here, and of newspaper correspondents, are
directed to induce the people Of the South to
believe, that this hostility to oar institutions
is confined to fewseehSli aboli-
ton is not the gens sss 8 q sAgn- X
y Another tl ,i e.idsness 81 ssrn.ossassfl l saaa
litionl sentiment, IS thaa kssslpSslEEs
slayeholding States obss7Ne tffe deliver
ing up of fugitive slaves. What is the con-
stitutional provision npon that subject? "No
person held to service or labor in one State,
under the laws thereof, escaping into anoth-
er, shall, in consequence of any law or regu-
lation therein, beadischarged from such SER
vice or labor, but shall be delivered up on
claim, of the party to whom such service or
Elabor may be ,due.' Some Of the Northern
States have passed laws imposing heavy pen
allies on any state officer who may aid the
owner inyrecove.ing his runaway slave. The
Estate officers of all the. States swear to sup
port the Constitution of the United States
as we'll as the Constitution Of the State in
which the officer resides. Now,Iif the Con-
stitut:on Of the U. s. requires that person
held to service shall be delivered up. and a
State officer refuses to obey that provision,
does he prove faithful to his oatha And is
not the penalty imposed by the particular
State q compulsion upon the officer to COM
NIT perjury This legislation reflects truly
tile feeling Of the Northern States upon this hi
subject. When slave escapes, friends re-
ceiye him with open arms, and clandestinely
convey him beyond the reach Of his lawful
oEner.7. If tie slave, perchance, is oyeFtak-
EeD, or hunted out Of his sTcret hiding place,
the owner perils his life, Though the lawless
| violence of the mob, in reclaiming his pro-
perty and in asserting rights solemnly ghas
antied TO him by the Constitution. The laws
and popular tumults against the master, to
(which / have adverted, clearly indicates the
settled, deliberate purpose of the Northern
States to deprive Us Of our rights in that spe.
cies Of property ~: -. :.
Northern sentiment on the subject of ab.
clifton speaks trumpe t.tongued in the politi-
cal privileges conferred on free-negroes in
some Of the Northern States Maine. New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, and New York, all extend the right
of suffrage 20 the African, At the las,