Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-26

Art. IL Of the Amendment reads thus: "Ths
writ OF habeas corpus shall, in no case. be sua.
pended; 1t shall be Nit, issuable OfrigFt-and
the General Assembly shall make provision te
render 1t a speedy and ehectua remedy in all
cases proper therefor"
Now, what has Vermont done, that entities
her TO the charge of ignorance, nsincerity. or
4 want Of loyalty or respect fur the Constitu-
ton of the United States? The secret of the
whole matter lies here. Congress, at her last
session, passed lava law Of penaltes--au.
thorlzing Southern men and Northern dousb-
faces, like the correspondent of the Times If
you Pleasc,) whosebigiest ambition seems to be
to crawl at the feet oil Southern despots, to A.
rest the citizens Of The free States. and on the
testimony or affidavit OF some irresponsible wit.
ness obtain certificate Of some United Statea'
otficer who is bribed by the law itself to grant
the certificate, that the person arrested ia a fn.
gitlve slave, such certificate being a sufficient
warrant to the United States Marshall To taxa
the unfortunate individual back to slavery and
chains Without semblance of trial, such "a il
contemplated by the Government under which
we live And the Legislature of Vermont, in
obedience to the INJUNCTION of our own constitu.
ton, have seen fit to make provision for the
speedy and effectual remedy against the en-
croachments of men armed with letters and
handouts to manacle peacabIe citizens, and un-
lcarpnnnniouslu hurdla (hor, oH 4.
, cruelty and bonds.
1t subjects the STAKEHOLDER to the necessity of
u meeting in open court the man or woman he
would deprive Of liberty, or even life itself, for
they frequently offer reward for the dead bod
e les of their runaway-slaves! Yes, Vermont has
h done this She has discharged duty she owed
e to her citizens, TO humanity, and to God. And
IS for this, she must be tainted with ignorance, by
e men who would as soon reduce the people of
l. Vermont to slavery in the cotton fields and the
re swamps of the South, as the unfortunate colored
,e man
lie am one among the many, that believe in the
doctrine that States have Rights that have never
st been surrendered up TO the General Govern
a. ment. "The powers not delegated by the Con-
n stitution to the United States, nor prohibited by
IT, it. are reserved to the States, or to the people,
ia is the language of the Constitution. And the
he privilege that "the people of this State by the
ZEE legal Representatives, have the sole, inheren
m and ercIusive right of governing and regulating
of the internal police Of the same" has never bee
,nt claimed to be invaded by any other than tn
o. STAKEHOLDER Thus, you see Mr. Editor, tn
ri conclusion to which am inevitably driven, ii
na- that the Fugitive Slave Law, SO called, and tn
ers operations under it, calculated to subvert Il
ple principles on which this government was foun
,e;r ed, and concentrate, or consolidate all Po~er
all The General Government The rights 0' 0'0'e
rea- the rights of people to trial by Jury'-W
,;cb right of the people to find certain remedy Il
- injuries or wrongs they may receive in their PEI
The sons-tIe right to hold themselves free fro
an search or sezure-an in fact, every other rgh
prs is invaded by the ruthless hand of the oppre
vor of the human race! What commentary Q,
the free government is it, when we see men,
the entitled to liberty with US, passing through
heir community, SO wrought upon by the fear
- being overtaken by the demon who has forme
the ~. y nero hem in bonds, that they 60 armed wi
'Ver VIC Instruments of death. readv IN strike Il
zap. deadly steel, and drench their h. nao IN hmm,
d in gore, or sacrifice Themselves in the "a;
man rather than again be deprived of liberty, and
:. reduced to the level Of the brute Shame
shame on the man that is so far lost to the clail
of his fellowm as to raise his voice, or 81
his vote, or sanction in any manner, the first
~ tempt to enslave his own image, or deprive
manity of her inalienable rights
close this hasty scroll, by expressing no
that no Vermonter has been guilty of author
" Il, ing the base ISLANDERS now being pu blished
a"u Southern papers, and uttered by Southern po
N'0 ticians, against Vermont.
ber- STATE RIGHTS.
A Montpelier, Dec, 1850.