The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-20

tatiOn to the soil and climate. IL has been retained
at the South by reason of the fitness of our soil
and climate to its employment. Under its auspices
the negro has been secured, beyond contingency,
in the enjoyment Of physical comforts unknown to
his trans. Atlantic ancestors, and elevated in the
scale OF being. Let any man who questions the
truth of this assertion, go to Liberia and compare
the negro trained under the influences of slavery
with the negro of the same generation reared in
his native barbaism. The Southern slave, unin-
huenc by the promptings Of mischievous inter-
meddlers, is sincerely attached TO his owner, and
happy in the condition Designed him by an all wi Sc
Providence. Familiarity with the practical ope-
rations of the institution would satisfy any ngenu-
GUS mind that these things are so.
But apart from this abstract view, the South is en-
titled to absolute security and quiet this subject
The constitution of the United States is in its
terms, bond of political union between separate
sovereienties, and involves high moral oblIga-
uon. The latter ls, indeed, the seal and sanction
OF the former. The Southern States, upon en-.
tering into this compact, brought with them as
part at their social system-as the substratum of
their Industrial puTsGits-the institution Of slavery
and The Northern States, by the compact recog-
pzed its existence, and guaranteed lis secure en-
joyment. Beyond the obligation thus created, the
people Of those States have no more concern with
IL than have The subjects of the British crown
The trainers of the constitution declared in timtns
the purposes to he accomplished by it in the fol
lowing terms:-"We, the people of the United
States, in order to form more perfect uniou estab
hsh justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common GEE nce promote the general weifa1e ,
and secure the blessings of liberty ourselves and
poserity. do ordan and establish this constita
lion for the United States of America" The peo-
pie ct each state, becoming party 10 that instru-
meDt, are entitled to all the benefits therein dis
timely enumerated, and are under the most solsmn
Obligations 10 abstsin from ell practices inconsis-
tent with their enjoyment by the other parties at
is nominated in the bond" that the people of no
one Stale shall disturb the domestic tranquility"
OF any other. Georgia lays open the volume of
her history, and proudly challenges her confede-
rates 10 the adSucio of single incident violative
of this obligation. She does more. In all kind
ness compatible with the assertion of right, she
charges upon the Don.slaveholding States inf.
deity to this stipulation in the compact. She
instances the existence within their borders Of
organized societies, avowcdly devoted to The an
nSpilsiioD of an institution inwrought with the
frame work of her social system, and in no way
modifying or affecting their own-societies en-
ployjng missionaries ard subsidiziRg the press TO
props gate their destructive doctrines, and even
To excite, within her own limits, spirit of dsafec
ton among her ciuZens and OF characterization
among her slaves societies which have boldly
entered the Political arena, seize upon the balance
Of power, and obuuded their fanaticsm into the
halls of our federal legislature. There, measures
Of hostility are necessarily proposed and discussed,
To the interruption of the legitimate business of
legislation denunciations Gay by day uttered
against slavery and slave holders against coBfede
rates and their institutions. In this state of things,
the remedy TO be applied by those State is appa-
rent IL was forcshadOwed IN the able and patriotic
messages proceeding nom the executive 10 the
legislative department OF the Stale OF New York,
in the year 1896 Ii is by the active interpositiOn
Of conservative pubic opinion, end il that he in
sufficient, then by Legislative enactment. Ii the
onward movement oi this insane crusade Is ever TO
be stayed, II is time that measures of resistance be
put IN progress there.
Desiring Ia he distinctly understood. ia order
that iucalculahle evils may be arrested by timely
return 10 the carly policy OF the country, we rest
not this remonstrance upon general ites Tue prac-
tical resUs aimed by these agitators, are-First,
abolition OF slavery IN the District of Columbia.
Maryland never would have ceded part of her
te nitory, nor iransft rrpd the jurisdiction over
ortiOn OF her ciZ sns, had she supposed their
oial sy would be Tevolutionized az inst their
WILL and Scat" pniiey ss,shiiehj ia tiso heart of
her territory, materially variant from, and hostile
consummated without bid faith 10 her, and 20
Virginia, whose territory il co-terminous, ia the
det mined resistance OF which, they are entitled
To the CO operation of their Southern confede-
rates. Secondly, that kindred measure, sometimes
of abolishing slavery in the military
posts dock yards, and other ffeeholds Of the gene
raj government, lying within the boundaries OF the
oldiuR States. These possessions were ceded
10 the United States for purposes of utility and con-
vtnitnce, in the generous confidence thai they
would not be used 20 the 6etTiment Of the cedilg
States. Thirdly, an amendment OF the acts orga-
ming territorial gOvemme for New Mexico and
u mh, whereby slavery shall be prohibited IN those
rrtonts. Fourlhiy the passege Ct IN act for the
suTpiC ston OF The slave trade between the people
W
oilicious and Unconstitutional Interference with
STATE policy. The rejection Ct some ct those mea-
sure, az the recent session cf Congress, comes
within the scheme Of edjusiment, and materially
milu, noes the decision Of Georgia
One other subject challenges our especial notice.
l IL the threatened repeal Of the recent act for the
reclamation OF fugitive slaves That statute was
"a maTds as en- unquestonable constitutional
night, and az a remedy ior a gneyous sRd growing
evil, and therefore cannot BIZ surrendered.
History bears Il stimony TO the Importance Of This
subject. II Mingled in The earliest discussions
upOn The formation Of the American Union. IL
commanded the profound CELEBRATION ofthe trainers
If The constitution, whs as>ig1ed ~ a pIominent
place IN that instrument. They ordained that Z" no
Terftn held 10 service or labor IN one state, under
The laws thereof, md escaping i0tO another, shall,
in Consequence Of any sw or regulation therein,
be discharged from such service or labor, hut shall
be delivered M, on claim Of he party TO whom
such service or labor may be due.
IL BE- universally conceded ~ IBIS provision was
ingCIttd 20 meet the case 81 fugitive slaves, add
that. without II, the slave holding States would
not have entered into the Union. No candid rca-
soner viii conirovert the proposition, that IL Is
binding slke upon the States as sovereigns, upon
their officers executive judicial and minister IL,
upon voluntary Gssociaiisns AZ persons, aRd upou
sUh individual citizen ~ The United Sta'es Hence
any obstruction 10 the recovery Of fugitive slaves,
enanatng rom nny one Of those so1fces, Involves
its uuacuun. ~ en- early period IN the hist ~ OF
the orfedtrunCn, the Conuess ~ The Unted
5 atcs, believing thai the ohiractens' our Peop'e
lAffHitN eNNAN nHt AhttrNNff ~ hhrNy w 80.
compact, enacted law dcyoiuFg upon the Hcvttal
sale authorities tie duty Of CaTTyng II into effect;
and the event jueiiiied the cOuhdt roe fcyOsed.
Tboee were the purer diys fthe republic, when
Vatrioii.fn was slfcuRer than fanaticism Thea,
The constitution Of the United Stafps II sin rheo
~. he fundamt nial law Of the Ind, was rc,og-
nized 81 the paramount obligation between states
end individuals. Bar new school OF political
ethics has arisen in the land-a tchool affecting
% morality purtr than th1t Of the Apostle Panl,
who Eent back the Gbscondmg Oacsmls 70 his
Masters philanthropy more submitted Than that
% the Aneel who, meeting the ieeitivc Hggef IN
the wi6erueas, "said unto her, return 70 thv mis-
tress, and submit myself unto her hand Under
the ouGrces 0f this school, new doCtnnca have
been promulgated, public opinion perverted or
oyorswed, the arm OF the Lew pffalyzed. aud cyen
the records of certsin states dishoHored BY enact
utn's prohibiting that TO be done, which the col-
stituion demands.
The act OF 1893, passed IN good faith. has long
censEd 90 be eiicctUai. The South, ratient under
this Rfeiyous wrong, and still with deferred hope
elm inn IN he Nfaa - uI