The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-06-20

Mat. N essw,se sse~~ psst,t slassy The
r,.pnsey,,@y II The wvr~aa sav AZ meet -
Mhsi 70 lie irae tresa.pg 81 u,-s~ desas.p-
t,v~ wurts, ".utts ~ cs~se~0 tee tiss
not NJ Webster, v~iy'1y ON he h,sh rpsts-
tom. s,.ps~es ef The ,naher ha,e tso san,
maI,l, lie sste s'the constitutes, declares
ihslss - a oemmsn isw.tas uistby jwry shsls
~ preserved - bat he adds, the rvcis'mna
ii . Ass,,ise slaves 70 not . suit at eosumoa
Hat shs supreme Ceart al ,hc Uaitsd
State. he. furnished as " tsh an suthnrstause
tntsr psv,ssh,u of ii,e ~nrds .a the s.astfu ut,.n
bcsr,,a "a tho sus.cct. !" ths easrs ~
LsAsss ~ fpssrta. ~ Aes,or u, xJs, ihsy
dehmc What "a ineass By a''soss Tse>s err
ihe.f wctds
"Waa, y sn, We untierannd II 10 B"
the prosecution ~ pSs.ust. of rss"~ clam, de-
maad ot reeaers. ia lac i."sa~gr, u 70 t"s
pso~sowtos si ss,use demand "a . ssift oi lvs
i,cs 'Iks sess~dy f,s every spseses es wrong
..' s.ys Jadsv HlaekstoI~. 'th% t.,as pvt :"
possrsspa ot,k st ste'a whvveos she pss'y W.
Iur~d 10 deprived The tastrsms~t whereby
the remedy N ob,siaed, ssc d'ssrsay "f
s.,its aud set,en., which are Arhned BY the
Mirror 10 b. the lawful demand "t oass
t,xht /, or a. Biacton and Fiets rhpress Y, IN
the ~ords of Ju-tin,sn, "lus ptosrqaendl n
jvesc.o qo.d si,co, deb~,., tn Iosm 81 pros
reat,ng IN u,ai, es JsdsacM what 's due !"
say onr) Blackstone ,hro ps"cesSs to DE-.
eribe every sp-rws Of sen'~ay ~ s",t snd
they ere all ss~s wlsss the party sue'ng
cia ms 10 obtain something 10 which ir has
r'gn.
thing by The Institution ot procrvs IN court
VI Justice and Ia pfosrcutc The sou. 70 &c.
corsaag to the common scccptAt'on of Ian
guage, h, Gopitn ~ that demand
According 10 iisc Supseae Court, ssh I"
The prosreuttow of po,sve cIas~, desnsnd VI W
quest. But tbe proceedings foS . fugitive
SLAVE, socosd'hs IN she v-ry k.tes u VI"
ConstNuiion, const,tssr q sia,~'. Tie pesso"
held to service Of labor 10 to t~ delivered up.
'"n eis'~ Of the party To whom such s-''r"
or labor NAV be due
SLll iurtI,er, IN a drs,s.op bearing directly
on the right 10 trial by jury, the sapreme
Court have defined the tenn common Law
~ special re!ernce 10 its meaning in the ~
NE shsimsnt W ihs Constitution, " hsah sec utss
this right IN suits at so,nr,.oa aw 1hess
are their ~oidu3
alt 10 we'll kuo~ =, that IN evil cause, in
courts OF equity and admiralty, Jurrs do NOT
intervene ana that courts ri equity use the
trial ny jury only 10 extraordinary cascs, I"
inforin uAr ,s,rDSe oi The court When.
therefore, We lind that ihe 7th sur~ fInrbt
requires, thai As right of L'al by jury shall
be preserved M suits at common law, the nat
urui con ciusoa 70. tbs, th,s d.sunr,,nn was
prcsen I'd to u . n,inds al 10 n,crs oi ue 20
iDehdmcni. by COMMON tan they 'neaat.
what the Con .tau,un demonstrated VI th1
thTd article law not merely suits, which
the common law recognized smorg rs old and
settled proceedings, bat suiis, m which fsgM
nights werc 10 b~ ascrrta,nsd sAS detr rr,0n~d. I.
~ contrndi-i,nctiont tn those Ia which SqsifA'
table rights alone were recognizsd, aud rqu'-
table Icn,edes were ad,ninlstTIr red .Ls 10 xh'c,s
sa ~ the sd,Dually, "a mixture of psibhe Law I.
and If maritime Law and vquiy, was otleU
found IN the ssise SUIT Probably ts~re were
lew, il any, States IN tie Cn,op, IN which
some new ksal remedies, differing ifom tho
old common law fornss, were mol in use but
IN ~heh, ho~ever, the u'al BY jury 'ut<svsn- =
I'd, and the general regulations IN oth"r re-
spects, were according TO the cnusr II Tho
conimen law. Pfoe~s ainss ia casrs Of part
t'on, aud of foreign and domestic sttach'nco,. .
| might be- cited, As examples vaf'ously adept
, ed and modified jsa Jaa sense, hs amtHd
mtai, tAes, msy rel be construed to t@traas
| oil suits, Hhnh are not Of sqSiiy or admiralty
| yurtsdi6i.an, wHArLyLhHA ~ f"L tAtvi -
! IAN iOpa wuitHr may nAt AsstnI TO sfr
TIE LkGAL mGHrs - Parsons vs. Bsdjord
Peters Rep. 4D.7
| The last sentence haze underscorcd. in
thus sentence, tne SuprcaIc Court PLAINLY cay
| that, Il The subject matter of The lliiga ION,
| or the object nt ibe lSoe-rd'ng, 6c w detrr
| mine Q 'rg,l righi' winch was ior.ncrly de-
" rn,n d by q suit at common law, thea
such proceeding :. en,bIsc.d IN the seventh
ame ndmrni, and either party m interest has
right " tine ulai by jury Nov |" u not
clear that any proceeding which deirFmrn''
| whsiier man owns himself. or IL 0ward by
sBoti,rt iSsD, and which delivers on~ man ~
! 10 the custody ot sDeti'eT, AZ his slave, or re-
iuses 80 10 drhver hun, Is 'wbsc,er pcculia'
iorm II may assume, yfnc'eciog TO settle
legal right The highcst legal r.ghtf II Is
mo-. . right ~ eYun!, "a sd'unaliy, OF .ubde'
the INA ntme law bot sI,ciIy and sie'usiye
! ly isgat naAf, and nothing else Aeeofdn,
the doctf,ne Of the ssprrne Court, then, IA
proceeding have sight. under the ssvrnii
amendment, TO trial ny Joy. A. least. II
not such the 'spra u the anne eBdWentf
But there 10 snoibrI well known fxct
which gives prrtienee and siIingt nry 10 IN
above view. A. common law, lb@ writ d.
homine rfPltRiHSde the writ of p~rsobsl rr
Plesin, 81 tor rplrvyibg a man - was al .
rigtasl writ, . Sfh whnh the party cool'
sue not, Of right one 10 he granted ~ mo
tion. without showing cause, and which u,'
eoari Of cbaacsIy could not spp~fsets. j.
Was, according Ia the very language of th'
supreme Court, recognised by the onnnwo'
law 'sDopg lis Old AID settL proceedings
The form Yt i, is iound 20 that KWst srpeos
of common law wf,ts, the R,giSrnm Br'ri
wa This writ, ssys tomyb, right be- bfoi
hy an infant agahs, his rs'sm~ntaty Rusf
dan, or bya r,tIeis againa his io,d UHg
I Title lmpgtson usot 4. ~ II II could b