New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-15

Our State deliberately abolished Slavery
mauyyears ago, fixing term (aow long past)
at which Bondage should utterly cease A law
still stood on our statute-bOOks authorizing
citizens OF Slave States passing through or visit
ing New-YOrk to bring their slaves here, retain
them number of months, and provided their
stay should not exceed the prescribed term)
remove them by force of law. This, too, was
abolished more than ten years ago, leaving alb
solutely no scrap of law or authority for holding
slaves within the jurisdiction of our State, save
the well known Fugitive clause Of the Federal
Constitution aud the Fugitive Slave Act
ayowedy founded thereon. The Constitutional
clause is as follows:
Ant " So Clause g. "No person held to service OF
labor IN Sfae, escaping INTO another SHALL IN con
Cueuce q any law ,utlon therein, boz scharget
from such service Or labor but shall be delivered up
claim Of tie patty to whom such service VI labor may
be due
Here, you see, is provision for the recovery
Of slaves who escape from the States wherein
they are legally held to service into other
States-and for none others. Ii is needless
to quote or analyze the Fugitive Slave Act,
which IurpOrts to be founded on and rgdly
restricted TO the provisions OF the COnsCitu-
tional requirement just quoted
Wei: MIR. and Mrs. Lennon, residing in
Virginia and owning slaves there, saw it to nj
CRATE to Texas, as they had a perfect right to
do. They chose to take their slaves with
them, as was also their legal right. Disap-
pointed in obtaining a more direct passage,
they chose to come to New-Yorh in quest OF
vessel up for Texas-as was also their right.
But here the late slaves saw tic to 90 their own
way rejoicing, as was their right, for New-YOrk
is Free State, and the laws Of Virginia can
hold ro man in slavery here, while the COnsti-
tuition touches only those who have escaped
from their masters in Slave State, which
these Blacks did not. They were just as free
here as if they had been brought into our port
by Spanish or Algerine SLAYER and lad made
good tLeir escape from their captors or pur-
chasers. Such is not merely the Higher Law :
for there happens to be no lower law to con-
tradict and override It,
And Yet half the Press of our City has been
at work during the last week to bully Judge
Paine into oyerruliDg the plain requirements
of Law as well as Equity, aud remand these
freed IersOns into eternal bondage Hear
that exemplar of Cotton pety and humanity
Tie Journal Of Commerce:
liz SLAVE Casa case ~ which rev principle
is nycl' cd up Tor decision before Judge Pane OF lis
Ciy' JUICE o. ne superior Court Il not the ord
nary tase q. slave brought here hv bis MISTER win IN
tenus 20 remain II winch . has been decided tar the
sa'e 20 Hsart becomes free; lut casciu which sayas
On her way iTom slave S.s-e D another are en
l IT, n mGtter through free state a. a no Ter nj no
ccsiy W. Say necessity, not in al sOlute sense bu.
10 III sense IA which Il l. used by the )n.t.itiol
~ TIC counectCa IN which II y there u-el T3s
prtme Court have held that II 4 c0arsaisl. Ne
csssIg.
Tie slaves were on their way 70 Texas end in o,io-
10 svi themselves Of the commerce OF this por tbev
were b. cugLt here instead OF be.n- taken "a II 1919
tIeuicus and expensive land route II is the precise
case supposed ~ CLiei Justice shaw Of Mss aess.-
tu' 70 which he said be pronounced no on.,;l in 81
oruLtEy case ~ hch the slave was brou n 70 Ns.s
cLUstts 10 remain. The care OF Caief Ju-fce Sal ~
ssPctnns the case supposed, from the case decided
clearly stcws That he thought there was difference 80
tween item, perhaps a WIDE difference yro,vr an, =,
thCs rtAtiye nights and duties that ap3erfain >, 80
comfy OF Iarons-rights and duties that should bs
-c4t e--f NS-H-ti-A DtlHttN states
de- the and delicate rearion thst doys -
our Consn;uron, than between States wholly separate
rDd Independent '~
This lev case IN which the slaves were -eizel in ,';
n,cessaIy usnsi through tree STATE from one siave
safe 70 another, 4 he important one now u be- dbl
OR GcTeInmeut has claimed indemnify from q -,
BIHtin or siaTcs which On their passage over ,ha 90
between the United states anu tie ihsras IsleTI. 80
IL stTes Of weather driven into British ports o -.
ST free through the interference Of the focal s.ho-s
The clam a. N . me case- been admed END paid mi
sscre;sIy Of state n presenting the claim 70 Ior -
tuI On, makes tle following statement:
~ as 7oleru state Of i1s IoH ssry b. tn r, -
&c >fs -ni sue-r RE tie Constuf.. ~ -
a'esj i Ia r1sel n 'Ae1 PERIOD ons aa.ece. 10 ss