New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-03

'Ihe Progress o. ne Age is small
weekly Just established by d. L. Elder a,
Lexington, Ky. and avowedly Devoted
to Universal Freedom, Education and In.
provement." Ii bears at its head
| "Peoplss Candidate Jor GOs1s0r.
| cAssIus n. CLAY"
Col. CLAY, we learn from it, is speak.
ing through the heart of the State, and i,
we'll received. The following is his circu.
lar:
TO THE FREEMEN OF KENTUCKY.
"C0mprorssse Fagtire Slave Lac
| Emancipation.
| know Of no power under the Constitution Of
| the United States by which any such thing az
| Compromise can be made. know no power
! by which one Legislature can make law bind
| ing upon all future Legislatures, unless where
rights, or privileges. or immunities are vested Ia
individuals. or Corporations, or States, In consi.
| Iteration of an equivalent. There is no power in
the Legislature in other cases TO control the &C.
ton OF future Legislatures The whole is an
usurpstion, whereby individuals presume to 30
superior to the Constitution. Laws made in &C.
cordance with the Constitution ought to stand OF
fall on their merits, and be altered or abolished
according TO the exigencies Of circumstances and
| times.
Laws, made in violation of the Constitution
are null and void when SO declared by the proper
| Courts; and, until so declared, should be execu.
| ted by all good men.
The Fugitive Slave Law is regarded As uncon.
stitu,onal, because there Ia no power 10 Congress
to pass laws upon the subject OF fugitive slaves at
all. Sec. ., clause 3, U. 5. Q. 10: mo person
held to service or labor in one State under the
ewAthereto escaping into another, shall, in con-
sequence Of any law or regulation therein, be die
| charged from such service or labor but shall be
| delivered up on claim Of the party to whom such
| service or labor may be due" Sec. s specifically
| names all the powers granted to Congress. and
gives such additional power as is necessary to
| carry into execution the powers named. Nov In
all those ls clauses there is not the slightest au.
sion to fugitive slaves Article 10 Of amend.
ments is: The powers not delegated TO the Uni
ted States by the Consultation, nor prohibitedsy
it to the States are reserved to the States re.
spectively or TO the people" Hence there 10 no
power over slaves In the Constitution whatever.
James Madison and Roger Sherman, the leaders
Of the liberal party, were "not willing to allow
that man could hold property In men," while the
friends of slavery, on the other hand, were equal.
ly opposed to any power over slaves being vested
in the National Legislature.
The power to suppress insurrectiors, 1t 10 true,
touches slavery but even tina. would not haze
been granted, had 1t not been accessory r., the az
istence of all governments.
me power over luz Ives from service, then, u
org OF 'h"'o -,gers prohibited to the States"
hnsre negative, and binding on the States "a
= -aer sovereign capacity. All that the claimant
of a slave can ask of the States is that none DO
allowed to obstruct the capture OF the slave and
all The national government can do, IL to ALLOW
her courts to give redress in case of such oh.
structon, and in this opinion, il seems that Daniel
Webster concurred up to his late speech 10 the
Senate Of the United States
The attempt to compel the freemen Of tha
North to become slave catchers and the non
Shareholders of the South and North, to bear
the expense of bringing back slaves Is not
power vested in the United States. The len
guage is that they be "delirered up,"-nOt brongG
back.
What right has Congress to compel Us to pay
for the return Of the slave more than 10 force the
owners OF slaves to pay for the return oil afuv
bOrsef
On the minor objections to the law-such
refusing trial by jury and testimony in sell DO
tense, even where the alleged fugitive 10 q free
mantle unequal contest Of State sovereignty,
where jurisdiction is transferred to the SIDE Of
the Slave States-the questionable right Of Con-
gress TO give the power over the liberties Of rec
men 10 Commissioners, who are not "inien0
Courts" under the constitutional shall mol
speak. | only venture 10 say that the clau"
which gives brbe of double salary TO declare
against the liberty of the defendant claimed as
slave, wosld disgrace any code of law-the mag
nitude Of its injustice being only overlooked y
the accumulated wrongs and usurpations
Slavery
The issue, them which is attempted to DO pw
by eminent persons and parties, 70 the peopled
| Kentucky-to dissolve the Union Ia case sucn
law is repeaed-I am ready to meet now, and
| all times. The passage OF an unjust or unconsn
| tutional law shall not drive me from my aleg
ance and submission to the American Union'lm
less shall The repeal Of such a Ian force me in@
treason and ctva pari / am not only Tor tns
Union-repea or no repeal-but for the Union
| Slavery or no Slavery
While have thus far frankly ayowed my sen
| tments upon this incidental question, now az
clare for the benefit of ell Emancipatonists WIG
have any heart In the cause, that they need 10.
be deferred from joining the party, on accounta
my "uitrds," for while Ia discussion shall rangs
through all topics, which may add force 70 arg
ment or light to just conclusions shall, 90
as | am concerned make the basis OF the party
the single issue of Emancipation upon the soil,
the insertion into the Constitution, a clause, ~
after fzed day, all persons born in Kestscg
shall be free.
And upon that point 1 hope to be heard, on tho
stump, in every county in the State.
ask liberal editors Of all parties to give tD
ready, on demand, TO pay -.
claim the honor Of being ever loyal citiz"
of the Commonwealth @. M. OLAF
Town ELECTIONS IN KINGS CoUSTY.-fH
Election for Town Officers throughout the Ceang
OF Kings, took place on Tuesday, and 30 f1s
sscertained, the following gentlemen were ."
successful candidates for the SupervisorshiP' ~
other local Offices
Graresend.-BERsARDUsJ J. RYDER, (WhG'
reelected Supervisor, and Samuel q. spJi"
also Wing, Justice of the Peace. =.
FZatJnsk.-supervisor James V. Schoonm.~
(Oppo,ition). Justices Of the Peace W. H. o.
dam, (Whig) Jonathan U. Forbell, (oPp! "
stables George r. Cozine, (0ppl !oha ~
rel, (Whigl. SD
Fatl0nda-John A. Voorhees,, (OppJ w.