The New York herald., 1851-07-16

stution BY each I'LL each In Its own Independent aud
sovereign capacity might deem II safe to abolish It, The
foreign slave trade could be provided for without peril
its abolition being within the control Of
the general government affair Of foreign commerce
1t was therefore regulated and virtually abolished pros
pecyey in the constitution itself But the institution
Of slavery in each State could BIZ regulated only by 10
self without making each slave to the rest and could
not and the whole Union, be voluntarily
abandoned without imminent danger to life liberty and
terrific uries of anatics combined with extreme igno-
rance AID bad passions
Without entering into the question of abstract rights
but recognizing the property claimed by Others else
where in this class Of persons az Is done through various
parts Of the ecnsttution-and solemny engaging
have, aid its restoration when escaping did only
what the faterna feelings Of all lead them to do without
constitutional and oaths to other pro-
perty-that is aid friends and neighbors in eaining it,
flostshoud into our boundaries And If that
property existed in the service Of even white minor
child; white apprentices it often doesit would be
less just and right to assist in its recovery both at the
South and the North when appealed to by kindred blood
and kindred union the hopes Of the future and the
common triumphs and gories Of the past These reci
procs duties must slso be discharged by deeds well
wordsboldy faithfully with true loyalty to the Union
and not with evasion proGrasnation For If the pro-
mise kept only to the and the pledges Of the
stution fulfilled honorably in to others how
stand ct a moral honest and manly people
expect that the benefits OF that constitution will be
continued to ourselves in other respectsto
privileges under it as to commerce and rights
abroad well ut bome and in war as well as in
1t due to the present States say
limitation and extnguishment Of slavery. But when
carrying these natural ishes into effect by legislation
far regards their States the difficulty has been
for them TO act only within their own rightfu powers
and not in conflict with the spirit of their duties to the
other States, the general government and the Union
For ii legislatng to prohibit any State officer in
his private capacity, in u military station lowing du-
ties is often ot always the to the general GO
vernment well The Stae) from assisting to execute
process for the restoration Of fugtves 1t would
cend all lawful measures in principle The charitable
construction of the existing statutes to me- how
to be that they intend to punish State officers only
WHEN acting as such officers and not as czens else
they would most unhappy come in direct collision with
other and of Congress- and citizens rely
ing them, and refusing aid, would find themselves in
most perilous position. Mistakes this subject
times arise from not distinguishing that State officer
who holds his commission from the State and IL
counsble to it, may not be obliged perform official
duties for the general from which he holds
commission; whereas citizen and officer, citi
allegiance and duties TO both governments and
neither exoneate him from what is due to the other
but when each commands the requisons Of the general
government highest, paramount Indeed in oden
times the straight forward good faith Of fathers it
is believed, in every State in New England imposed
oath every officer which Is still taken, however full
filed by some, to support the constitution and the
Union. cannet believe, therefore, that the legislative
officers Of any State have any where been forget
full of fraternal feeling in fraterna Union, not
only BY legislation refuse its prisons for consttu-
tionsl purposes and to punish its judicial oic.
for aiding the general government, or u punish the
Of fugives for arrestng and regaining their
services; but TO punish and understandngly to
punish, the citizen militia man, such, for obeying
Judicial preeepts This hardly be credited to any
State composing part Of this very government and its
Union; by its Representatives and Senators in Con-
gress aiding to pass these laws for marshas and to
appoint and regulate this very marshal in all his official
duties and under the constitution also aiding to dsci
pline, and govern hs very militia and their to
help to execute laws hon resisted And how
saIy inconsistent would be the provision In the
sttution itself to restore fugves and in the acts OF
Congress hold marsbals liable for escapes and
provided they had not the right to command from all
citizens necessary assistance And who compose their
posse co,arifduS Who they resort to for aid but
the people Cf each district Statela people who be-
long to the government fthe Union well to State
and who often opsrated upon directly aud indvi-
dualy by that goyernnI snt. And II each stat In
this wny legally exonerate its people from obedence TO
the summons OF the marshal what becomes Of the supre
macy Of the laws of the Unicn and how exposed this
principle is every sacred and invaluable right enjoyed by
sou and others under the wing OF Union Congress
ppvded the very first year Of its existence that every
marshal "sLan have power TO command all necessary
assistance in the execution of his dutyn II Statute al
lLSE 20 section Of act Of Sept "a, l7s9l And IL the
ttfute Of state provide, that whoever gives this
'sstaDce in aslaye case shall be punished State might
just properly exhoperate its citizens from
all obedience to-R[rl$h neral ,vernment-even from
serving ntiahe orde.s of the President TO repel
murderous invasion Of your ,9ast to help execute
the laws against pirates who glunder your carsoes-
murdcrrrs Of your the the wretched
felons, who wilfuy cat away your vessels mutiny
against yOu officers IN the lonely wastes Of the Atlantic
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