Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-06-04
THE REGISTER.
shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Va.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1880.
mfr yyebster's Letter.

letter of The Hon. Daliiel
o,v 70 letter addressed 10 him by the
citizens of Newburypor', aPFrooa'ory %
his course upon the question which 10"
aci,a,es and divides the country.
The principal topic discussed Is The
Constitutional provision in reference 10
Fl o;,;ves from service or labor, and the
laws of Congress which have been passed
to render that provision effective.
MIR. Webster shews from the debates
Sc ,bo Convention. which met i'll Massa-
cbusetts for the purpose Of adopting the
Constitution Of the U. S.. that mat pro-
vision met with no exception or OPPOSE
ton, although the members "were par
,icularlv Jealous of every article and Sec
ton which might in any degree entFench
on personal liberty
The Hon. gentleman after quoting sew
eral sections of the act OF 1898 then states
that there was no provision in that act tor
= trial by Jury TO ascertain the rights OF the
fnyi,ive, and in another part of the letter
he sbews most concluslvely that there
;s M nrovision in the Constitution which
au,horizes it, and that it is 10 the laws
which have been passed Try the Tree States
land which he very properly calls iIl-con-
sidered State Laws which have a6so-
Iu,elv refused TO the fugitive, any such
trial, by refusing those aids and laclll'les
without which jury trial is Impossible
He quotes from the speech oil Mr. BIS
sell the following:
liam not so unmindful of truth as 10
deny tina, in respect to The subject now
under consideration, some OF our oo"th-
sru rr,eu,,,, have good cause to complain,
Dr. J." !, INNS, have been remarked by all OF
is that the representatives from NOSE
States which have really been aggrIeVeo
IN this respect are not those VINO nave
threatened MS with disunon. lhese'hrea's
have come from the representatives OF
States from which, | venture TO say, on
all average, not one slave escapes III h'c
wears. Who ever heard ola slave esca'
ping from Mississippi or Alabama =
Where does he 90 10! Who helps nun a.
wav! Certainly nolthe peopleof the North
Kentucky, Virgini4, Maryland, and Mis-
souri, the ONLY States that are really SUI
lerers by The escape of slaves, DO nor seem
have dreamed Of dissolution as RENE
DIV, while the representatives from lew
of the extreme Southern States, whence
slaves could no more escape than from
t ,e island of Cuba, see ample cause ana
imperious necessity for establishing a
Southern conrederacy," in the alleged
TACT that their slaves are en'ced away by
tie ciuzens Of the North.
And then adds:
"Now the counterpart of the agitation
presents an equally singular and striking
aspect in the fact that the greatest cIamor
and cutlery had been raised against The
cruelty and enormily Of the reclamation
has evel been made, or if ever made, the
Instances are so exceeding Y few and tar
between. as to have escaped general know
edge. New England. Its well known
/. The chosen seat of the abolition presses
md the abolition societies. Here 1t Is
principally, that the former cheer the
morning by full columns OF lamentations
over the fate of human beings free by ma
,ure, and by law above the cons ulIon
but sen, back nevertheless, chained and
manacled, 10 slavery and 10 stripes. And
the latter refresh themselves from daily
toll by orgies of the night devoted 10 II
same ontnourings of philanthropy 49,:
cling all the while their anathen, as at wha
IlI,ev call "men catching with The mos
horrid and prolane ohjurga'lonS OF the
Christian Sabbath, and indeed OF The whole
Divine Revelation. They sancllty then
philanthropy by irreligion and profanity
they manifest their charity by contempt q
God and his commandments"
And then proceeds 10 shew that in al
the New England States there has no
been half dozen instances of The seizure
of fugitives from labor or service i'll lh'
lives of the men who profess so mucI
HOLY Horror at the existence Of laws 70
the protection of the rights Of the Soutl
in that description Of properly.
,, He regrets that a necessity exists for tn
legal provision, and it will be hard TO fn'
, man North Of Mason IL Dixon'S line
} who has not the same regret; but at III
same me he declares that he intends L
support the South in her constitutions
J rights, so far as it can be done by his vOt