New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-16

law in large classes Of intelligent and conscientious
men, who are usually, above oil others upnolders
OF the law
Says the organ Of another denomination, "lf NJ
Websters influence in Congress should cad 10 new
federal laws, as be lntimatcs, imposing upon the
North this ignomiRous niquiiy the carsss II al his
northern fellow citizens will follow him through Kfe
and the curses OF their children viii fall UPON his
gave The paper OF third denomination saws,
:. We hold it to be a fixed fact, that men in Inc
free States will not slfer themselves 70 be enpoy.
ed in save-catchin-, come the demand whence it
NAV. They feel themselves prohibited by law
which no mortal can set aside with inpanity."--
Another paper, belonging 70 fourth denominati0q,
rsmarks They tell US 1t is not ne.gh6)rly hot 10
become slave-ca.chers. We reply b. asking who
is cur neishbori Is our neghbor anything 81 1et Of
n.rn-imm0rta man, created n the ina &c OF Goi
The Bib'e enlightened conscience OF al the no u
saws, we cannot do l.. No human power can alter
this determination Sul n hith religions or52n
exclains. Does Mr. Webster believe ,hat ne Is
the exnopert Of Massachusetts or OF New-Englanl
10 this monstrus iuhumauity Pass enac nan's
enough to iii all the archives OF the Senate, AMI
xour aye.catcher sbail not bulge an men iister or
further than he now does in the North. Every VII
LACE VIII spurn him, every yeoman along the va
leSswill run the slave, and trip tie shameless
hunter Bread and shelter, protection ana direction
will be the slave : portion north OF Mas AMI DIX
ons line" Says the esteemed pastor o. one o. our
large city cODgrc cations, Not even ne Con5tlel-
ton shall make me unjust Ii my patriotic sres
confedcrated in my behalf that shonld MAINTAIN
that instrument, SO viii, to the utmost boundary
OF right But who, with the power which even
God denies To himself shall by compact preOriain
me 10 the commission Of inhumanity and inju'tce
Idsownthe act-I repudiate the Obligation. Never
while breathe will help an Official m'screant ia
his base euand Of recap.1rinS a ieIo"maa Tor
bondage"
Such sentiments, and the sources fsom which they
are promulgated lie ad us to believe, that IN tne ap'
preaching persecution for conscience SAKE, AOod'
tiopists will have for fellow sufferers very many
who have hitherto symPathised with tnem' Na
may hope that the Christian community NJ me
North. with few exceptions viii bear united
testimony against the attrocious attempt to en-
force by penalties an active participation IN the
epil, If Slavery Those in our country who shau
accent the appointment of Slave Catcho-s, VII In
deed be regarded as official mscreants, and treat
ed accordingly. The first trial that shall o:cur Tor
the crime Of Humanity 10 fugitive, VIII awakening
attention and sympathies OF millions, and 'he lirst
incarceration for this crime will arouse feeling OF
detestaton unsurpassed since the Judicial atrocities
of Jeferies Every convictwill become hero and
a martyr and will be greeted with the acc amations
of thousands. Heretofore the fugitive mas been
aided in secret but then men will strive who can
most openly do hm service, and will then court tho
honor Of prosecution and punishment. In the mean
while, trials of another kind will proceed The
discipline OF party the mandates OF leaders the in'
Guenee of cotton manufactures, will all be borne
down 10y an overwhelming tide ofindignation; and
the authors and abetOrs of this new crusade against
the rights Of conscience and the libeTt Of man, will
be tried aud condemned by their peers, and SEN
fenced to perpetual bsni,hment ftom every post
in the gift ofthe people Yes the cause Of abolition
ard humanity has everythng 70 hope from tho pas
sage of this bill Of denominations, provided the
avowed friends Of that cause adhere without falter
ing TO the principles they have protested. From
the day OF its enactment, let them hasten 70 incur
its penalties While visited with fines and mmur-
ed In prisons, let them be con5oled with the rehec
ton that they are acting in accordance with the DE-
vine will, and that they are knlliug flame
throughout the length and breadth of the land that
will u1ne the path OF our future politicians will
disclose the eager and indignant gaze OF the peo-
pie, the dark and oathsOme recesses Of the Ameri-
can prison house, and cause millions Of hearts to
glow with unwonted fsrvor in the cause OF civil aud
religious liberty.