New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-14

SECOND DAY-MOESrSe SESSION
T,rfhuna

r.-er by Rev. LYNDON hlN"' A"'"
= n all present to participate
'"sa,r snIrH said various objections were ia's
.se 70 the Address He had prepared
e'en.-0 resolutions, embodying the oejectlon''
~ no would offer, to test the sense Oh 'no
Oop''' c., .ssolution was. that the Address Is
ipe .;nts;n;ne that the Constitution is an
Iptislavery instrument. .u.s+o
ryrnrRtcK DOUGLASS said he was compeHeu "
-, the resolution He objected 70 the
i,troduction of this matter. An eau" -
.ct had been passed by Congress 1ne o'J0O' "
,hs Convention was to promote u''O'0u,'"'0 "
.h;, Kidnapping law. Men were here VINO were
So,a,r,ined 70 disobey this law we are not aA
Iibe,tv marty men, though that party may DC
-. 7. ,,onld not be well TO have it understood
.cton was that OF the Liberty party
s En".o 4. common ground, common feeling, com
non sentiment we may adopt. Ihst tne IA" -
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II ought nO'
- he executed-tbat we will resist mere Is Cvl r
- Ground. enough for all 10 stand on. NuIHy
~. eensctment resist this enactment, create
LIE us sentiment which will make this act nuga
~. and YOU strike blow at Slavery
he did not believe the Constitution was anu
eisverv-he wished he could. II is said the woro
al0
sisve Is NOT in this Fugitive Slave Bill-not even
- -. tile Don't you know what this law
~sS no anv of YOU think this law an anti
SIsyerv docunent7 No You know II is not
We had better own up, that there may here be an
honest difference OF opinlon--tnat men may non
ss,Iv think that the Constitution Is pro'Slavery
4 M. PRUYN took very much the same view.
GyRRIr SMITH was much obliged to his brother
n nonclass for this view. 1t is true, that the tog
q tive Law is not pro Slavery on its face. but why
isa pro avery construction put upon 1t FOR tue
reason that pro Slavery Interpretation is put upon
& the Constitution. And hence the ndls aoe .o'
cessity OF putting the true anti Slavery nterPreta
4 tion npon that instrument. He had never taken
a the ground that the Constitution is antfSlavery
because the word slave" is not In the instru-
ment But where is slave dehned IN the
4 Constitution? Wherel where land echo an.
swers, where l defy the ingenuity OF Freder-
s lex Douglass-and that is equal to that OF any
man In this ha-to find definition OF Slavery IN
3the Constitution In it found In the clause that
&certain persons lowe service and laborf
Islaye owe" service and labor He can no more
&sye service and labor, than horse or horse
Hblock. He cannot make contract even that OF
amatrimony. II takes two to make bargain and
mo man can owe service and labor who is incapa,
4ble of making q contract As to the decisions OF
The Judges they are pack Of pro Slavery scoun'
tlrels Brother Douglass does not believe the
Court in saying that Slavery is constitutional In
& cisiOnsI
Mr.. s continued his argument at length-in-
.istipg that whatever were the intentions OF the
trainers of the Constitution, they did not get an
fhe Constitution any definition or recognition OF
Elayery He also insisted that the plain, Ordina-
,v surface meaning of the words of the Constltu
ton. was TO be taken in interpreting it's meaning,
such rule excluded the Constitution from all
Recognition OF Slavery.
! What | ask, would be said if an attempt, I'M
= Al, nNnfl xryao
der such language as Is In the Oonstt1tlon' was
70 be made to subject Anglo Saxons to bondage
Would not your Websters and your Cases scout
xucb an Interpretation The only reason is col
bred men are weak and poor. If yoa treat black
and white skins alike, you no longer have Pro
l.Slavery construction Of the Constitution. Ii
would be secuted by all.
MIR MAY did not think the question under con
Moderation ought to be discussed. The question
kwas not one for argument. The question Tor us
kfo consider is hOsc ace TO TeStt tie execution o.
Ekkfs internal lato? This is TO be done, whether
unconstitutional or unconstitutional
n The question was taken on laying on the table,
Land lost.
n mir CHAPLIN contended that the Constitution
twas not pro Slavery.
MIR BgRLEIGH thought if we were to discuss
the consttutionality OF Slavery two days, there
swould not be q change Of opinion. w c had come
Aosetber 10 saw what we would do on the subject
sof the Fugitive Slave law. The question was
whether this should come from 1000 or oOVO IN the
State, or from the moral sense OF all good mem
There were men in this city ready TO make TINS
law nullity Wings or Democrats. he would
have il understood that the action OF the meeting
lis the voice of all We would not be rlgot 70
practically exclude many OF the enemies OF tne
law He did not care plcayune Whether tue ON
was constitutional or unconstitutlonal-he TOOK IL
as il was and put his foot upon it. Cheers.I II
il was constitutional, he trampled on the Constl'
tuition and he would say, with Patrick Henry,
HIf that be treason, make the most OF It = Fro
lOnged cheering. 60
Mr.. VAsHoN acknowledged the intention OF the
trainers of the Constitution bat are we TO be gov,
cred by their intentions by the document itself
Mr. MURCH of Madison, was opposed 10 ali eA-
traneous topics.
Mr.. WING of Oswego, said, that the doctrine of
the Address was indispensable to the resistance
ufthis law He would move an amendment, that
the Address is right in what 1t says OF tue Anti
Slavery character of the Constitution. Seconded.
The reading Of so much Of the Address as re-
lates to the constitutionaly of Slavery was called
for. Read by MIR. Smith
Mr. SMITH repudiated the idea of his brotker
Burleigh, that we acted as representatives OF
others out of doors. He denied it. Every man
md woman here acted for himself and her.
self He would be frank. He did not wi h to take
gound, that Wings and Democrats could stand on.
BE wished the friends of freedom to break loose
from their connection with National parties.
MIR BURLEIGH replied. He thanked Mr.. Smith
or his irankness. 1he whole matter Is Just As no
IMPOSED that we will not take Wing or Demo
srat by the hand in this matter. The Convention
will not heed the voice of the people to them
is the voice of God. He would work with him
Who works. and not turn round and ask him who
40 is, or what he is.
The debate was continued at considerable
epgth by Messrs Smith, Burleigh and Wing and
the question was finally taken on Mr.. Smiths
resolution. that the Address is right in declaring
that the Constitution is Anti Slavery and was
carried by a strong vote in the affirmative, and
dozen in the negative. Adjourned to o'clock
AFTERNOON SEssIoN-Met at . O'Clock. The
attendance large as in the morning. Stephen s.
Foster and Abbey, bis wife, made their first ap
pesrance in Convention