New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-24

| =, ~ aooul me teN - HnactmcntS IN Opp0-
ston TO It The law a. ~ ,is rp.:es Of the
| STATE Magistrates nNeht e1ecu,- --ai ensefments
iI" some Of the States passed p. authority
nFoIFing penalty on any who execute use 81
/ under the law. Others Of them denied the NY
lher Jali> 20 carry the law INTO effect and genera
~ me commencement of the year ls50, Il was ttoSo-
laiey-I Say Il was absoluiely-Indispe n>aole that
congress should pass some Tvs for The execution OF
Ihs provision OF the Constitution or else give up
tha institution entirely. That was The question. 1
Wa IN congress when the law was passed ] vas
i'i proper iaW. had, indeed. proposed diltfem
NV. was OF opinion hat summary trill bT my
night be had. which would satisfy the prcludicCS %.
the people but left The Senate and vent 20 another
etiAou before the law was passed. The law of 100
passed Now undertake a lawyer. and on my
professional character 20 say to YOU AMI 20 an tha;
ghe Ia" OF $50 Is decidedly more favorable 20 the
lu-iIle Than General WasnnCton's laW OF ly3 ana
ten ycu why. In The FIRST place the present law
places the power IN much higher haniS-0f lntepen-
ItW judges Of the Superior and Circuit Courts and
Di>inot Courts and Commissioners who are appoint
ec 70 Office for their law learning. Every fugitive IS
Drought before a tribunal Of high character, OF emf
ithl ability, OF respectable station Wen then, ln
me nrst place. when claimant comes rom Virginia
10 New-iork to say that one \ OF one has ran
away or IS fugitive from service or labor he brings
WIN nm record Of the county from which ne comes
ahd That record must be sworn 10 before Magistrate
dAu Certified BY the County Clerk rs 20 rs correct
ness he affidavit must state that or a> the case
may oel had departed under such and such circum-
stances and had come here and that record under seal
10 iull credit in every other state Well the claim
AM, or his agent here, and he presents To XOu
me seal of the Courts Of Virginia. thar and hal
escaped nom service. he must prove that ne = here
lie brings a witness and asks # thls Is the man. and
ne proves IT. OF m ten cases out of eleven the answer
would be, Yes, MaSsa, / am your Save, did es
cape from your service" such Is the present law,
ard so much opposed and maligncd as At As. Il Is
more favorable law To the Fugitive than the law
Of Wasmngton's Of 1898, which created no dis
tuTbance at the time It was passed, and
which was sanctioned by the North rs well
by the South But this opposition l. a Sent-
ment Of modern times From whom does this
camor come WHY. look at the proceedings of the
Anti-Slaverv COnventiOn-lOOk al their resolutions
Do you find among all those persons who oppose Tins
Fugitive Slave Law any admission whatever that
any law ought 10 be passed 10 carry INTO enect the
solemn siipulatious of the Constitution Tell me
any such case Tell me If any resolution was
passed by the Convention al Syracuse iayorng
The carrying out of the Constitution Not one
The fact is. gentlemen. they oppose the whole
they oppose tho Whole-nOt "A man OF them adj
mis that there ought to be any law on the subject
They DENY altogether that the provisions OF the on
stitution ought 10 be carried into elect Well
what do they say Look al the proceedings OF the
Antl-Slayery Conventions IN ONO MaSSdchuSettS.
and at Syracuse. ia the State OF Newton What
DO they say. that so nelp them God, no coiored man
shall be sent from the state OF Newly Ork. back to MS
master m Tglnia. Don't they say that ana for
Tie fuifllmeni of that they pied &c their IFeS IatU
fortunes and their sacred honor lIaughierl theN
pleCgcd their sacred honor 10 violate the laws OF
thclr counry-thCy pledged their sacred honor 10 re-
siSt their eNecuuOn-they pledged their sacred honor
10 commit treason against the laws ol thelf coun-
Try God bless them. and help them who pledge
their sacred honor IN such cause lAppdu,eI
have already stated. gentlemen. What your opsrrFd-
tion Of tins must have been. viii only recr To
for moment. for the purpose OF pcrsuldng you, as
public men and private mcn-as good men dhi purl-
otto mon-that You ought, 20 The extent OF your dbll-
iv and influence see 20 10 that such laws are eStdo-
hshed and maintained shall keep You and me
south, and the West and all the country togt,hlT
u.s. FAR ~ If is just and right, and aS nr rs me
Constitution demands ! say, that what Is deruanl-
ed OF us Is 10 be up 90 our CONSTITUTIONAL cutles
to do for The South what the South have right
10 demand Gentlemen, | have been some umr
before ne public My character Is known, my me -
before the country profess 10 love liberty is hu'h
any man living but ! profess 10 love American
liberty, that liberty which IS secured To me country
by the Constitution under which we I've and nave
no great opinion Of that liberty which goes over the
restraints II law or of the Constitution hold me
Constitution of the United states 10 DE the bulwark,
the only bulv AK Of our liberties and our national
chart. don't mean that YOU should become slaves
under the Constitution That Is not American b-
eriy that is not the liberty of the Union for winch
our fathers Ought-that liberty which has gwen us
night 90 be known and respected all over me world
Gentlemen, lei me say 10 you that As muc ~ admire
The character OF the people of western Ne"-i oIA ms
World ever place :, me hereafter r IN any Connection With
public life. let me tell YOU now that You must mol cA
poet from me the slightest variation. even OF hairs
breadth, from the Constitution OF the United STATES.
lCres of " Good Good Good,"l | am Northern
man. / wa, born at the North-educated AZ the
NOuh-hayc lived all my days al the North / know
five hundred Northern men 10 one Southern man
Ny sympalhics-al my sympathes-my love OF nd
CTy for all mankind, of every Color are tt same as
YOURS. Nv affections ami hopes M that respect are
exactly Ike yours. wish 90 see AL men Tee-au
men happy have no associations oul oi tne NORTH
em States. Ny people are your people Ana yet am
tod some times that ann not % Liberty man because
/ am NOT a Free SOIL man. lLaugherl what am
/ what was ever what shall bc hereafter II
would sacrifice. for any consideration, tut love OF
kfrfr Hgr fN IL ID
since nv infancy, and which hope viii never leave
ne TN ! expire Applause Henltmth' icsiel
extremely that slavery exists IN the southern states,
and that Congress has not power 10 act upon IT, but
IL may be IN the GlspCusdtOn OF Pr0YdCnce-soWt
remedy may be- found for It. But, IN The meantime
/ hold on 20 the Constitution OF the Inied states
and YOU need never expect i,om ne, under any cli-
cumstances that shall fdltcr from lt-that shall
be Otherwise than frank and decisive "ou1 NOT
part with my character as "A man OF hrmness ana de-
cision, and honor and prncip-e ioi an uSl Lte
world holds You viii find me true to the North
beause all ny ympaihles are with the Norm
My affections, my children, my hopes, my every
hing. Is With the North But, When st 'NL up
before my country one appointed 10 administer tie
Constitution of he country by the blessing OF Eod'
IWlll hc Just. Great applause Genuemch, Il A,
rect 20 be lbclCd and abused. Yes hbtleq ana
abused But j dont't disturb me. have not lost
nights sleep for "a great many years / have some
talent for sleeping. lLauRLtcrl And why should
we not expect 20 De beied Is nov the constitution
Of the United States llheled and abused DOM some
reopIe call II the production Of nell Is not Wash
ington ibced and abused Is he not called a blood
Mound on the track Of the African negro Are not
orr fathers lbeiei and abused by their own cml0ren
And ungrateful children they arc-and / am AFRAID
M some cases their mothers played false. Laugh
torn How. then. shall ! escape don't expect TO
escape but knowing these things l impuie no pad
motive 10 any one The great settlement measures
of The last Congress are laws. Many respectable
men. representatives from your own state and from
other States, did not concur ~ them don't implle
any had motive 10 them am ready 20 believe they
are Americans all Theymay not have thoughtihem
uecessaD-ihCy may have thought these laws Would
De- passed without their concurrence Let All mat
mas away II they are now men VINO VIII stand by
What is done. and stand up for their country and say
that these laws were passed by a majority oi me
whole country-we must stand by them ana I'VE "
men, ,'iI resrect them all as friends Gentlemen,
allow nae 10 ask Of YOU to-day, what DO YOU thinA
would have been the situation 81 the country al ms
time m your judgment. II these laws nad ho' oeen
rassoa ~ tonpr,1e II the question Of the le1dn