The republic., 1851-06-07

appointed 10 which | have alluded, and by
whose directing and personal agency Craft and
Shadrash had beeh rescued by the mob, and
the laws of the United States set at defiance.
Judge Woodbury. was also addressed by Mr..
Charles Sumner, gentleman who is certainly
entitled to the epithet bestowed by Homer up
on Ulysses. In Mr.. Sumner Judge Wood
bury recognised the orator who, in Faneuil
Hall, in November last, asserted that the law
ileoey could be erecuted here, and that there
We're many persons who ico,dd protect the .jugi-
tive By force.
Upon that occasion nobody doubted Mr.
Summers valor, but there were very many
wise and good men who doubted his discretion,
for thus spake he:
'sSurely the love Of freedom cannot have 90 far
cooled among us, the descendants Of those who op-
posed the Stamp act, that we insensible to the
Fugitive Slave bill The unconquerable rage OF
the people in those other days compelled the stamp
distributors and inspectors to renounce their offices,
and held to detestation all who dared to speak in
favor OF the stamps And shall be tolerant of
those uho volunteer of this mo, no. More
tolerant Of the slave hunter, who. under its safe
guard, pursues his prey upon our soiP mo, no ]
The staslp act could not be erecuted here. Can the
Fugitive Slave bilI?'' [Never.]
The 'unconquerable rage of tie people" is
invoked to, compel those whose duty it is, in
conformity with their solemn oaths, to main
tain this law as one of the laws of the land,
renounce their offices and violate their vows
before God. In the presence of such GUS
toners as'these, and surrounded by an anxious
assembly or observing citizens, what man will
put words into the mouth of an upright Judge
more german to the occasion or more honorA-
BILE to the speaker or better contrived to blister
the itching ears Of unworthy citizens, than
those employed by Judge Woodbury. WILL
MAINTAIN THE LAWS OR PERISH IN THE At
TEMPT. 1t is curious fact that there were
mon OF old who found occasion for derision in
the memorable '.tiat j,istitia ruat c9l,tm"
Mr.. Sumner has taken an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States, and yet thus
he talks:
.'sir, will not dishonor this home of the Pill.
grims and Of the revolution by admitting-nay
cannot bslieuethat this bill triH be erecufsd here
lNever. Individuals among us, as elsewhere, mag
forget humanity in foncied loyalty to a,o; but the
public conscience toiu not ao,c man, trho has trod-
den our streets as freeman, to be dragged aaoay al
a siave'
"a tancicd loyalty to lar Z" How deeply
do regret to find an accomplished lawyer ut
terlng such supereminently foolish and wicked
shibb9leth as this: ''Irodden our streets as
jreeman" Under the Constitution, which is
imperative upon us all, no RUNAWAY slars, until
he Is manumitted, can tread our streets as
freeman Such ad captand.m gable is ut
terly unworthy of the source from whence it
flows.
God have mercy upon us whenever the
sphere OF mischief is enlarged for any man
who talks about forgetting humanity in a fam
cied loyalty to law. Loyalty to the laws is vital
to humanity; for disloyalty to the laws must
lead to civil war and carnage, and the humani-
ty of this is not readily perceived, even with
the assistance of Mr.. Summers ultra abolition
spectacles. Alter the laws-amend the Con-
stitution, if you will; BUT OBEY THEM WHILE
THEY ARE AS THEY ARE. | am amazed to hear
such utterly absurd and seditous language
from any man who has sworn to support the
Constitution Of his country. q. A.fancisd loyalty
to lac very suitable person truly for seat
in the Senate of the United States; to assist in
making laws which the citizens are bound to
obey by no stronger obligation than a .tancied
loyalty! have little respect for fancy stocks.
The Lord deliver us from fancy Senators
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