The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-11
would do more to Kill OF slavery than any other means

would 40 more to kill of slavery than any other means
GERRIr SMITH, from the Business Committee read q
very long though interesting address, from the Con-
vention TO the people Of the State.
| SECOND DAY.
GERRIT ShITH prese ntsd serious Of utions IN
| test the sense Of the Convention on the address
The fret resolution declaring that the address IA
right in asserting that the Federal Constitution 4,
an anti slavery instrument, was taken up for consde
| tion.
Stephen 8. and Abby Kelly Foster made their frat
| appearance in the Convention.
right in declaring such ministers presch the en-
forcement OF the Fugitive law to be knaves and
cenares, was taken for consideration and withou
debate was unanimously adopted
The second resolution asserting that the address
right In declaring that the colored people Of the North
pressors and traducers and despsers and to worship
in negropew churches, n to disgrace and degrade
themselves and to make themselves an obstacle In the
way Of abolishing slaveryan obstscle great that
they had better be out Of the country than In unless
they will consent to remove the obstacle by means Of
the revival of their serespect and the reformation OF
thir lives-was taken up for consi derstion.
BY common consent, the second resolution was al
The fourth resolution asserting that the address is
right In saying that this nation is slavery and Is
perishng by reason Of its national parties, and in
ing that therefore whoever belongs to the whg de-
mocratic party, or to any national ecclesiastical par
ty, does in consequences Of such connection exert
sideration.
This resolution, with very little debate was unani-
A communication was received from the colored
citizens OF Ithaca, appointing delegate to the Con-
vention, and giving lsmentable account Of the
ton OF the Fugitive law upon the fngitves In that
village.
submitted q report relating whey to the bail OF VIM
l.. Chaplin His bail at Washington was So 6o0 $40 900
in Maryland and costs of court, counsel fees, &C.,
nished by three $5 00e had bsen raised by sub
scription-s6 OO0 advanced in New York city to be
ss q..eS bank psVab tns a.
sry $4,000. Two individuals I'M estern New York had
raised sisoO on same terms one Individual had paid
Of weekly meetings bs held at points in the
State the purpose Of raising the amount of money
needed and for the additional purpose Of arousing the
people OF this tate toa feeling Of the necessity Of de-
Tending Ch in against requisiion OF the Governor
Of Marylan4. 1t recommends the present Convention
to raise at least ST 900 as . beginning
J. @. HATHAWAY, who passed several weeks in Mary
land IN getting Chaplin out Of prison went into his
imprisonment and bsiling lie was at first thrust into
dungeon, under ground, with eight negroes and ono
month His friends had to pay 800 for guarding him
thirty nights that he need not be confined In oath
land was such that the requisition would be made.
The sentiment OF New York must be prepared to meet
$50 amounting in q total to about $500.
During the taking up Of the contribution, Mr. Chap
lin being called for took the stand and was greeted
with ndous applause After it ceased he madea
few remarks In regard to his in Imprisonment in Mary
land, and also upon the subject Of slavery generally
THE u. S. SURpEME COURT AND THE SUBJECT
OF SLAvERY.-The w ashington Union, OF the 9th
inst, gives the following synopsis OF the U. ). Su-
preme Court, in the late Slavsry case before that
body lit was case instituted in one of the Ken
lucky courts, at Louisville, to recover the value of
three slaves, alleged to have been taken away by
steamboat from the owner, living In Kentucky.
The two points of the defence noticed by the court,
(Mr. Chief Justice Taney delivering the opin-
ion,) as we caught them from the reading OF il,
were-l, that the ordinance of 1857, establishing
government for the Northwestern territory, so far
prohibited the existence Of slavery as to furnish a
les.-.s - ancs s..Va f,nnf 'sr - =
wefe slaves before their owner had in fact, Rber-
ated them by sending them voluntarily into Ohio
TO perform as musicians, and we could not sue for
their recovery, or for their value. The court be-
low decided in favor Of the plaintiff, and the Su-
preme Court sustained the decision. The court
held that the ordinance of l757 was repealed by
the adoption of the federal constitution and ceased
10 be of force from that event, so far as il was
changed thereby and further, il held thar the
question Of slavery, and the rights respectively of
the owner and the slaves, was properly cognizable
by the State Court OF Kentucky, under her laws,
and that l. would not review or disturb its decision
Three Of the judges, as we stated, dissented, but
only on the ground that the ordinance of l1S7 was
not repealed by the adoption of the constitution
absolutely as the Chief Justice in his opinion had
declared. On the subject of slavery and the regu-
lion thereof, OF them expressed any di5sitis-
faction with the views of the ma orty Of the court.
The opinion itself is a very clear, concise, and
able examination Of the subjects involved, and
will probably give general satisfaction 10 the bar
and the country.
RAILROAD RIor NEAR pirrs BuEsH, PA.-A large
number OF laborers on the Charters Coal Rail