The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-12-10

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eensiderasian n year isgisAatian. Nf
spiuions - his subject uere more fal.
II expressed in nv last annual eoa-
munieafion-
Oiher Subjects we're bresslas to he
zffenfien Of Congress in nav last "a.
nal message. % = hisk xouid respect,
fplly refer. Bat there was one IL more
than ordinary Interest to which again
insile your special attention. IslIud<
70 the Recommendation fur he appoint.
ment Of "a commission to settle rrirass
claims against he United sszss>< Jus-
tee 20 individuals as well as 10 the
Government impsFzfissls demands t!szE
some more Convenient aud expeditions
mode than al appeal TO Congress should
be adopted.
II is deeply 10 be regretted that Ia
several instances officers Of Govern
ment. in attempting " execute the Law
for the resufa -of issitises frosn labor.
have been openly resisted. and their
efforts frustrated and dciratrd by Law
less aud violent msbs that In one
case such resistance resulted in The
death Of an estimzblc citizen, and in
others serious injury easaed q. those
officers and to indisidualx who we're
using their endeavers TO sustain the
laws. Prosecutions bare been instituted
against the alleged Offenders. 50 far as
they could be identified. and are still
pending. hate regarded il as MY du-
~. in these cases, 10 give al aid legal
" in nv power 70 the enforcement II
the laws. and ( shall continue to do 80
wherever and whenever their execa-
ton mas be resisted. ss 4.
The act Of Gengrcss for the return
Of fugitises from labor is one required
aud demanded BY the express words Of
the Constitution.
The Constitution declares. That
no person held To service or labor ia
one State. under the laws thereof,
escaping into another, shall, in conse-
quence OF any Iaw or regulation there
in, be discharged from such service
or labor. but shall be delivered up onI
claim Of the psrty 70 whom such SER
vice or labor may be dac." Ihis con-
stitutional povisicn is equaily obiisato-
ry upon the Legisla tive, the Executive
and Judicial Departments Of the Gov
ernmenf, and upon every citizen Of ths{
United States.
Congress, however, must. frnm nrcerl
siiv. firsi scslsroa lie subject. by rfd
scribing The proceedings nersssary 20 u !
rerain that the person is fugitise. arr
the mrans To be used Tor his rest,raiie
10 the claimani. This Was dsnse ny = /
acl passed D sring the 6s.i Term 81 Pr,
dent Washington. which was amended
that enacted BY the las, vougsesa. and /
now re,nsins far the Executive snd Ja,I
rial peparsmras II lake exes hat sIsrI
laws be faiihfully excrnled l'hi+ iujnr
lion Of iIie Consultation is as p~rrsnpict
aud ~ hi,sding A. any other; il ssanslf q 4
aclIy on the same f.unda,nn a. llss, elau}e
whirI, provides ior ilss rtufn a. faosiv4s<
|s,n, jusnc<. - n 4 which sl1l3ys ~
M I'LL II a'laiadef ~ * pokf ~
shalt be passed. or that which provides
for an equality of taxation, according 10
lie census. or he clause declaring that an
luiies shall he uniform throughout ilf
United States, or the impnlian. provisioh
that The trial Of all crimes shall be by pk I
y. These several articles or clauses n
lie Constitution, all resting on the SANE
authority. must stand or fall mgeIhrt
Some objections have been urged agaln5 /.
he details Of the ACT Tor the return of Il.
giiivrs from labor; but il is worthy of itl
mark that the main opposiIion is aimel
against the Constitution itself, aud pro.
'ee,ls from persuns and classes of persona
many or whom declare their wish to sta ,
hat Constitution overturned. They avon :
heir hostility 10 any law whirli shall giva !
ull and practical effect 10 This rcquirei
nrnl al the Constitution. fortunately !,
he number Of these persons is comparal
lively small. and is believed TO be daiI,b
hut the issue which theyf
present il one which involves the suprc
nacy and even the existence Of The Con.
T.,
Cases have heretofore arisen in which
have denied the bindineE
authority Of acts of Congress. and even :
states have proposed to nullify such
cts, upon the ground that the Consti. f
ution was the supreme law Of the land, &
nd that those acts of Congress were "
epugnant to that instrument bat 2
is now aimed, not so much I
gainst particular laws as being incon- h
istent with the Constitution, as against &
he Constitution itself; and it is not to :
e disguised that a spirit exists and has Il
'een actively at work to rend asunder /,
his Union, which is our cherised inheri-
ance from our revolutionary fathers.
In my last annual message stated
hat considered the series of meas
res, which had been adopted at the I
previous session, in reference to the y
citation growing out Of the Territorial Y
nd slavery questions, as final settlers
nent in principle and substance of the =
dangerous and exciting subjects which q
hey embraced; and recommended adj \
erence to the adjustment established 4
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