The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-30

s"o power u toe Ic8mteturo o. m4ooooouuGeo,
and what msass We havs fox prolscttn9 tae
nights Of our citizens agaiust invasiop. ~ pr
sous acting under the authority Of The Fugitive
s,ave law; 10 lS4l, tho Supreme Conrt a Tho
United 6tates, 10 the .Prigg eass.n deelased
that "Every State il perfectly competent. and
has the exclusive right, to prescribe the rems-
dies IN lis own judicial tribunals, 10 limit the
time as we'll as the mode of redress, and 10
deny jurisdiction over cases sckich III 0sn soli-
cy and US o,cn iaGHMli0M e;thsr PRoJuBir OR
DiscousrEHAscE." And again, tho court n he
same case, says: 9sthe Et4tee canf,rt - 1sln-
PEELED to enforce them fthe ps0vistont foS. IL
surrender OF fugitives from labor,l and Il might
well be deemed al unconstitationaI exercise OF
the power Of Interpretation, to nsist that o.,
States are bound TO provide means to carry into
effect the duties of the national government
nowhere delegated or intrusted to them By the
Constitution" And again, the court says, alIud-
ing to the powers in the act Of 1893, conferred
upon State magistratcs,-"As to the authority
conferred upon State magistrates, while diff
ference If opinion has existed, and may exist
still, on the point in different States, whether
State magistrates are bound to act under il;
none is entertained by this court, that State
magistrates may, If they choose, exercise that
authority, unless prohibited By STATE lsgiskafion"
Peters, Il. Ola, 6l5, 622)
This decision not only frees the individual
States from all action in the matter; but ex-
pressly recognizes the power OF the States to
pro',ibit all action by its officers under the acts
OF Congress. Accordingly, Massachusetts, soon
after, in lS43, enacted the statute we'll known
as the Latimer law" and INSIDE it penal for any
OF her officers to aid in the capture or detention
OF any persons claimed as fugitive slave. The
use OF our jails for the detention Of such fuoi-
tves was also forbidden, under severe penal ia.
But as that statute requires some slight modjfi-
Gallon, and as further legislation seems also de-
slrabie to meet the present emergency; and al
the institution of slavery is recommended as an
appropriate subject for the consideration of the
legislature, by his excellency, the governor, the
committee recommend the enactment of the ac-
companyipg bill, and the passage of the sub
joined preamble and resolves. For the committee,
JOS. I. BUCKINGHAM, Chairman.
t=W- The Augusta (Ga.) Republic thus hap
PLY exposes the hypocrisy and the inconsistency
of the Georgia submissonsts, who, while Justify
abusing the disunionists," themselves threaten
disunion in case of the repeal of the Fugitive
slave law. The Republic says:
uIueIc0Ce tlere
'Iwixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee."
During the late canvass for the convention,
and in fact during the whole existence Of the
Southern rights party, the masked battery has
been brought to bear upon them, and they have
been denounced on all occasions rs uitras, spi-
tators, and disunionists. The submission party.
under their high.soundng name Of Constitu-
tional Unionists, have always been ready to de-
fame their opponents, and strive to defeat their
purposes, by accusing them of unfriendness 10
the Union under the Constitution, and of q
fixed determination to overthrow the govern
ment.
Yet, at the same time, the submission party
tells US, that in the event Of the Fugitive slave
law being repealed, or essentially modified, they
are ready to contend for their rights, even to a
dissolution of the Union" to the disruption of
every tie which binds us to the Union"
The Southern (Athens) Banner, the organ of
Mr. Cobb, which denies the right of secession,
holds to the doctrine of the necessity Of resist
ing, if the Fugitive slave law be not enforced.
1t argues against the right Of secession--denies
the right-but still will resist such and such
things, even TO u disruption of the bonds of the
Union. Striking consistency
Such position is absurd, to say the least of it.
..f'f
How JENKINS AccoUNTED FOR Ir-Jenkins
had been to convivial party-a gentleman's harty
AND had been so pleased with the company,
or the quality of the punch, he had become obi
vious not only to the "hight of time," but to the
fact that he had promised his better half to be
home at ten o'clock But Jenkins was going
at last-not exactly straight, perhaps--but
going he was toward home, too-deuding him.
self with the idea that he was whistIing "Jea.
nette ard Jeanott," very creditably-when the
clock struck IL.
"By Ju-Judas!' exclaimed Jenkins with
biccup, "what will Mrs. jenkins say TO this %
and the thought of what she would say, consd-
cradle sobered the ordinary discreet Mr. Jenkins.
In process of time, however, he found his
house, his night-key, and after patient search,
the key hole-the Prolonged scratching for
which induced Mrs. Jenkins (who was sitting
up in her night clothes and swaying backward
and forward in her rocking char,) to believe
that there was regiment Of cats trying to get
in at the door, and wondering what on earth
had taken her spouse.
But Je kns, at last stood before the battery
which he had been dreading to face, looking
like the lorlorn hope of a stormng party.
my dear. where have you been p calculated
Mrs. Jenkins-"It is too bad Here have been
sitting AID waiting for you till am 80 nervous
that every thingin the room seems TO be going
around"
Jenkins had thus far exhibited pentential
countenarce; but rs the lady's words fell upon
his ear, Jenkins, eye might have be seen to
twinkle with an idea, and ray ofhope Assum-
ing an air of deep solictude he replied:
"Pray don't alarm (hic) yourself, Mrs. Jen-
kins about the "tbings (hic) going round y it is
just 80 (hc) where have been; and you may
depend upon it, is all in the (hic) atmospheric
Mrs. Jenkins took a surprised but depreciating
surveyor our lord, and retired TO rest; but to
this day, slight alnsion to the "atmosphere.'
is sure to bring Jenkins home at reason able
hour.
"THE Honor OF THE MAN"-In view of the
exemption law in Michigan, the merchants Of
Kalamazoo publish the following card
Whereas, all laws for the collection of debts
in this State, are virtually abolished, and the
HONOR OF TIE MAN is hereafter to be the founda-
uon of all ordinary transactions,
We, the undersigned merchants and groccrs
of the village of Kalamazoo, in order to protect
ourselves from the losses occasioned by bad
debts incurred by men without honor or psntu-
in hn;r CxtI