New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-07

not venture TO try and sentence any one on
e charge of mail robbery or counterfeiting
the National coinage. The people have a
right to know whence these men derived
such extraordinary powers, and whether
those who undertook to grant them had ad-
equatc authority for so doing. This is no
cavil raised for the emergency. The right
of these Commissioners would have been
challenged aud contested in Henry Longs
case had that not been transferred to a reg
ularly appointed Judge. At highly re-
spectacle City Meeting held in Philadel-
phia on the 18th of last October-when no
Slave case was pcnding-the following Re-
solves were reported by F. C. Treadwell,
ESQ. Ia lawyer who has made the Federal
Constitution the subject of careful study for
many years. and were unanimously adopt
ed, viz:
l. Rs,olred, That the Fsgve act lately passed by Con-
gJess to amend An act respecting fugiuves from Jus
ters approved February 1898 devises in several i'm
poItant particulars from the Constitution OF the United
States and the of such deviation is repugnan
thereto end berce void and of no binding effect either
upon Courts, efhcers or people.
q Resoved That the Fugitive act Aforesaid is repugnant
10 the Constitution of the Uped States in that it seeks TO
confer upon inferior officers appointed by Inferior Courts
concurrent jurisdiction with the Judges Of the Circuit and
District Courts of the United States, whereas, by the Con-
stitunon the jurisdiction of ali in law and equity
arng unc er the Constitution, Is vested wholly aud exclu-
sively in the Courts of the United States.
s. Resored That inferior officers appointed by the Courts
not Cours and cannot exercise jurisdiction az such IN
any with or without the authority OF the Courts or OF
ResOred That The Courts Of the United States have
power issue writs Of Habeas Corpus and all other wrS
specially provided for by the statute, which may De
necessary The exercise OF their respective Jurisdictions
and that in all OF arrest OF alleged gitves from
service labor which may be brought before commission
other Inferior officers the judges OF The courts OF the
United States upon due application are bound TO issue
ws of hsbess corpus and brng such cases, aud bring
the respective parties EN- before the courts for adudl
cation.
has no more right decline the exercise Of jurisdiction
which given than TO usup that which Is not given the
the oher would be esscn 70 the Constitution su-
preme Court, Cohensv Virgins, Whartons Rep 404
g. Resored That the Fugitive act aforesaid in many other
particulars TO be pointed out In The brief reso
utiOps of public meeting but particularly In It's suspen-
sion the writ OF Habeas Corpus s at war with tbs Con-
slunon and The liberty Of the people OF the United States
primary assemblies and to take such measures by memo
rails TO Congress Otherwise az they may deem just ana
expedient to effect Its immediate repeal
While such grave questions are pend
ing before the Judicial tribunals ofthe Coun-
try-questions involving not merely the lib
erty of a man, but the security of Liberty
in general-what should be the attitude of
the Public Press! If every man charged
with crime is to be presumed innocent until
proved guilty-surely the man charged
with no crime whatever. and not even
suspected of any, unless prcferring to work
for the support of his own wife and chill
dren rather than to pamper some idler's
luxury be crime-should have at least
the prayers of every sincere republican for
his deliverance. He should be presumed
his own man until a title to him had been
legally established by some one else. And
yet the following Editorial from the Sa-
tanic Press of Sunday is scarcely more
than a fair specimen of the manner in
fugitive from Slavery is prejudged and
made the occasion of the basest appeals to
Northern cupidity by a majority of the
Cotton journals. Hear
Tbe case Of simms the Fugitive Slave who bad taken
up his residence Boston, brought TO close yester
dsy As FAR as the testimony concerned and there IL
very little doubt thai he will be delivered over 10 the agent
of Biz owner The evidence 90 TO his identity
wheiminF the counsel for ths fugitive had nothing
With which 10 FAbuliL Tbs further C0lidoTnon VI me
mailer was postponed TO MONDAY az ~ oS,ocH, In or9er
allow argue the consttutonaly OF Tue fu
giive Slave law End several technical points connected
with such whether the fugitive was entitled 70 tIs
Ill N...lsa k NUfH "A
I'VE csnnol but praise the authorities OF Boston, State
well Federal for the maoner they conducted
this We have felt 1t duty to eeRsuTe them ~ sereTe
terms for their supneness in allowing shadrach to be res
execution of the law or 10 have II indicated 10 that
The Of that fugitive inflicted stigma on mat cIIb
which could be wiped of IN but one way, VIZ 0y prevent
ing REQUIRE nee of It We take pleasure IN saying
that up this time al lesst, they have cone ther best 10
convince The whole country thet ins ln9sqas o. ,ns
how much they may dislike the law they VIII supportlt
being the expression of The will OF The majority OF tner
fellow liens hroueho the country They have shown
thai the 0arsons Phlpses and other miserable and
despcsble iauscs do not control their CITY, snd that de-
spe the rawlings Of these ncenc aIies they VIII discharge
their duty The Constitution the Union, ard their South
EN- fellow cizeDs The eyes OF the whole country have
been veted Oh Boston since the arrest OF SmmG NO one
cared about The slave fugitive nor his value Ills the
principle involved In the case which made Important
For the third time an effort was made 70 aIcssn Wnssne.
comply with their constitutional duties, or whether they
would diega lard them under cover OF the infamous esn
law Doctrine prOpOunQeQ DY Wlnhul II. oSWhu nnA
sdopted As gospel hy the Abolition fanatics throughout the
Nonhern States Thus far al east In this case the whole
horde OF dsorgsnizers from Seward down TO Garrison
have met with defeat Notwithstanding their violent ap
peas to The public themselves ana resist the execu
lion OF the by force. Boston has covered herself with
ory and rendered the ulras OF the South poweress"
Does any man believe that the au-
thor of the above is heartily favorable to
Freedom anywhere except in the grasi6ca-
ton of his own appetites! What mock
cry must be the pretense of sympathy with
Kossuth, Mazzini, Mitchell or their COM
patriots by the craven soul who can thus
hound on his fellow-citizens to the work OF
depriviDg an innocent man of liberty for
ever, when no fault is even alleged against
him hnr impatience under Slavery Can