The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-14

| NO where. The slave had no right that he has now.
True, you might issue writ Of Aabcas corpus but what
them There was an end Of the question. You
issue ha6eas corpus God knows ought TO be assured
OF this for In the case OF Henry Long in this city,
instrumental in issuing fewer than nine of them
Laughter and applause) am morally certain, there
act is concerned 1t throws about the slave checks and
safeguards which did not exist independently Of it
These things familiar to all lawyers household
words and yet 6nd denouncing the law Of 1850
az if it was unconstitutional Gentlemen if there be any
difference established by the of 1850 tho rels
ton OF master and slave, they existed prior that
act that difference is in favor Of the negro and where
in favor Of The owner What then do these men find to
denounce, In Gods name win they denounce all that
Is in favor Of the negro Well so much to this law
But 10 violent these uniformed gentlemen in their
denunciaons OF this law that some Of them counte-
nance open restance and they hasa this doctrine
on % the ground do Of some higher law" II has been my
much OF what is termed higher law" and the more
!, read the more | hear, and the more think
to what this higher law is. lLaughter) Higher
than what L. it higher than the constitution Is
II higher than the Legislation Of Congress within the
limits Of its constitutional power We told this
Who sayst From whence and from whom has this
what my friend at my left (N. B. Blunt, ESD would
term M e,;gaS or Ter mon se,ia, Where DO they find it'
point out so that we all may be informed it, Bat
il Is some mysterious law law craven deeply in the
conscience Of but which has not been revealed
to the gaze Of any other mortal man Q.aughter)
law self inferred self manufactured (morc aughter)
written no where-understood no where. This Is the
@hlghcr law" Who administers this higher law Where
the court to which to appeal for its verdict. its
execution and its administration! Who understands IT!
Who has read it /?
voicc-Iail Seward tremendous laughtcr)
Mr.. WHrE-Thcn the position ofthat gentleman is more
lauehter) First he makes his own Iawmakes it for the
occasionmakes it at time when appeal to higher
law necessary appasc) submits it to the inspection Of
but his denounces thoac who violate IT, aud
condemns them according to his individual wishes aud
judgment This is the hgherlaw (Iaughter) Why. gen
tcnen, law rule Of action and it must be understood
To be understood must be published and known to be
law Who knows this higher Law. Who interpreted it,
has not haap vVritta. UI,ah haa
patent to tell what is and what is its proper ai
mnistration' Who framed this defined and undcina-
bic, and unseen law, which TO plant
ourselves, and claiming right from high, claim
TO dsobcy human injunctions and human legislation,
and justify ourselves in the sight Of God and man
That il all very well but there two sides to the
question, and when they to resist the law there
ano her party the majority Of the people Of this
try, who claim to her law-on known law
written lava law susceptible Of int rpretaton-alaw
OF common understanding That law Is the constitution
Of the country.(grcat outbur,t of appausel-and em-
powered BY it. the majority acting through their federal
tribunals and the constitution will try convict condemn
aud hang by the neck those who justify its
gresaions (siore vehement applause, which lasted for
some time) Gentlemen, in South Carolina phraze
have just passed through crisis (Laushter) This
country has crisis about every four ycars-(aushter
and whenever there Is crisis there is always no
menclature. We are always at war about something.
and II il cant be about the Union, will quarrel about
something eise (aughter) Irecollec rev years
plircnoiogy, and do not know how many oogcs
Then came the war of isnls. (-aughter) We had
Otonnesm. rcpoasm. anti-reptsm, socialism. Fourier
i'm. and God knows how many other isns The coun-
Try remember was very much agitatcd on the sub
have Homeopathy, hydropathy, aopathy and. finally,
10 crown the apex, We have ncgro-pathy. (ureat
isushterl believe gentlemen the crisis has passed
by-tappaue)-or. in Wetsrn vernacular, the pro-
cession has passed by. tlnughtcr) The Union
has been sayed-sayed by that man who alone
could save t-who had saved it-and who orlsnrd
hy God to save without being even thanked for it.
That man is Henry Clay. (Thc scene Of enthusiasm
baile The audience seemed franiic) Now, gentlemen
II Il sometimes pleasant and profitable, to indulge in
fact DO you rccollcct the sine when Henry Clay
first introduced his resolutions into Congress-rcsolu-
tcns which we're afterwards embodied in separate bills
ana passed when he introduced them not Senator
found 10 chrp in their favor-not
in favor II those measures Party newspaper presses
north cf Mason and Dixon's line well south II H.
uttered not word In commendation of them but
~ one had something to say against them. They could
not look into the future God had not gifted them with
the spirit tf ascertainpg that those could
the country That reserved for Henry Clay (Great
applause) well recolcct when call made on his
friends that they should demonstrate what their sent
m' AL concerning these resolutions were recoicct IN
OBJ ence to that call you and and Thousands Of others
went to Castle Garden and there lifted voices In "a
yor q those Compromise resolutions We endorsed and
sustained there again and again shall fail TO
do the action the opinions and the conduct OF Henry
clay in the Senate of the United States (ireat APP
plause hat our conduct then We did not tim
lilly ak what public sentiment First, asked
what our great leader proposed and secondly l. right
and th, enlisted again under the old flag and under
our cid leader. (Grcat appausc) An impetus was
thus given TO public sentiment which spread through
the length and breadth Of the land The compromise
measures passed not in the shape in which they in
troduccd by Mr. Clay for spite and malice were at work
10 prryeat IL. But m,mlcrs of Congress found they
should support th,m ard then they willing to take
the honor which they were unwilling 10 hsht for before
After thse measures passcdaitcr public sentiment hid
declared t~lf-afcr the Union threatened with dis
solu,ion-afscr Il saved by the iopton Of those
measures then II was that W. found set Of new nedei
patriotg-of gentlemen who did not chirp when
call, on them to stand by the old The silk and
cotton trade not then in danger (Grcat applsuse).
But after we hud biazcd out the path-after We had
reached the goal ofsafety when all danger was passed
then in this batch II new born patriots the
road. and formed what they pleased TO term Union
Safety ccumiitec-(sprlause).- committee which |
undertake TO cay s composed ~ men majority Of whom
have Lcvn taught from their infancy to hate and dcspc
the man We honor and who contributed their money
and their voices and their talents to defeat him nny
more the men Who slaughtered him in Philadelphia and
shook hands with atcrnal feeling the grave of the
man IA m they slaughtered Circat appau'e) i this
committee a whig cunmitteei T. Il Clay whig
mittcc Orics II no no and yes) Was II
Clny vhig committee. which, when Babcock. of
New Haven ran for Congress against Colin VI Ingerso
~ho stood TO Henry Clay TO tie Lac, and caved in
was when he applied to the Union Safety Committee
t. carry the and that committee turned their
lack him and said that Ingcr-o the better Union
nlan-was that whig-vas that Clay whig' answer
NO. Wien did We surrender the custody of our pri-
yate Judgment the honor q advocating the principles
of Henry vay. To men who have alwVs been warrng
against his interests Bot there j. smother fact Ny
friend Willis Hall insists shah not mention IL but
feel like ockaway of Connecticut when Tyler vetoed
the bank bil the voice Of ndignann will speak out
Gaughter) Mr. Halls name, proposed as member.
when forthwith up starts lot Of decayed lawyers who
bad grown grey In search Of Office, and who. thank
tod never rrcoiNcuH-tnughtrrD- D-and objected 10 Mr.
Hall because he not patriotic enough 10 be member
a the Union Committee. (Grcat laughtcr) And these
the men who assumed to be the cusodians Of the
honor aud principles Of Henry Clay with the Journal of
Comprt, for organ. Why. gentlemen, have who,
up to this time had supposed ourselves TO be friends of
Henry Clay have delegated right q private
Judgment Are TO he the leading strings 81
George Wood and Charles O'Connor. and such
men I have always said, that when crisis comss
stmc new movement has 10 be adopted. Formerly
you aud | undurstood what patriotism meant. We
thought that liberty had distinct Specification. But
nov liberty has to the sale of silks (augh.
I ter I. This u u definition. Would you ever have
heard of the establishment Of this Union Committee which
supports mocrats ufcc-who dcnounco such men
Willis IIa-do you believe that these men would have
moved had IL been ur the threats of the south that
they would refuse buy Northern goods (Appialse
Nct az n The Union !, in boxes II silks and bales oi
/ cotton. Gauehtcr) Ths l. my Judgment about th.