Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-09-09

naught. 1t committed the most sacred rights to
the unaded Judgment Of petty magistrate,
whose fees were doubled, provided he decided
against Freedom No statutes ct lnitation
against iIeednm were allowed By it 1t was an
usurpatlon by Congress, not granted by the Con-
sttulion, and an lniraction OF the rights secured
to the States. It took away trial by jury, in a
question Of personal liberty and a SUIT at CON-
mon law.
The Congress of 1893 also passed an act to
charter the Bank of the United States, which
was now considered by many as constitutional.
If that Congress erred in that act, could they not
have erred IN the fugitive act The precedent
was of no authority. lie read from the bogra-
ply of Story to show that, in the decision Of the
Supreme Court, in the case of Prigg and Penn
sylavanla, the right OF fugitive to trial was not
touched, but was an open question.
lie read also from Veto Message Of Jackson
that Congress and the President wore moi to be
ruled by opinions of Judges Of that Court in their
legislative function. ilo examined the question
of the power of Congress over this subject, and
read again from the proceedings of the ConVen.
ton to shuw that the Trainers OF the Consultation
intended to give Congress no such power. Had
they 50 intended they wo0ld have explicitly CIV
en- Congress power to establish uniform rule
for the restoration oflugitlVcs from labor through
out '"o Orio"' pu' 'o P7'99" ~ NV
so audacous as to make this proposition. Had
1t pce'' 'lauG II "ou'u ""'o ooon '0"iSu' ~
III" '',p' III "i'ol W. P'oE"'o' "''
lhuherence VIA! "I''c'I us "uopl'on ""a o'o"
Gu sno"ou '""l u was "0' ''so'u00 40 '0'''00
Vi T"'ou'' Po"%
II was peculiar uu'y Oh '"g o'a'eS W pioI'. "
me Ilo'Iy " t"el' GU" U.S. ms ao' uo'.Gu
me o'"V'' ''l' PoN !" ''S a'' G,o',,,,Ym
Va ''''.u IIS,',9 M"1 II ''9.,n ,.'. ~ Nat,,,ol
:" P',s"9 wy .0 ',,i, P n,, ,Lo
/ Es,a s,atns for IN, .',l,a ,r .tIvn,y II was
shown how if NAV s,ra,rb these s,,oo crcot arm;
into the Slave States G,r Inc aalie nj fTpedom.-
! fjn ,bon examined m creot de,eil ibo rioht of
trial Inv irv II, NH c,sos ;nynt,,ny tho ne,s,nol
IIberty or rjahl Of nrnnnrtv Tho nar,v was emf.
ltled to trgl i,,ry vErh ms act donind
| He ruoteA l1r+,lt from, ,.ony Erol,shpu,hore
on the subject lie ran n,r,ild 6rtwoen thn
circumstances ottand,n, tho n,ss,oa NJ the
/ Stnmn Act in Is6S and rho on,o.;tion to ito on.
forcnncpt in colnn,os and H., nass,,o nf thi.
oct and thn ho.t,,i,v ~ t,n ,,a,,o}, t,,t
'rhc Stot,n Act yyas r,rcoaio1 IN tho Colo
ni.s by tbo 'r,r,s or tb.,t L,r ,,.oc;sol, nc th
Sla,o Act has bpno weco,no3 no i1rgs ,rJ in,
narions ,oai,r,tios -, ,iis nros.,,, 5oy THO
iudro. of thar ,charrnI ,,l.,,5 notice
all Resistance tn + and libs,iso ,In ,n,r.l,ls -
ME cnstn,n hnnse oiicer. cnII.d in tho s,Idiors
| to aid IN lis rypcpt,on
TG,r ,ci T .,~ r,s'to1 b, o oo,n,e IN now
o,r,t ,,alaov ,'d,ho ,,;,, o,r T,r,G fro
and wnrer cnn bn s"bd,|d %pt thov rnn hove,
be. In one wear after the Stamp Act was re-
peuIed, it was consigned to the charna house Of
history, with the uncleln things of the past. 1t
now rots; ,bltler the Slave Act is destined ia
! follow.
.rbe stamD act was nm infrjnrment only Of
! civil hbcrrv-it touched notlhe Darson, As free
dom is more than prooeriv rs man is above the
dollar he earns as he,yeI !, above the earth
$, are the riohts assaiIed by an American Con.
oress bioher lh,n those os4YIlcd by The Brlrsh
| Parliament. and ia fine same d4prce will history
IronIeun the siave act moro than the stanp act.
| ue pnlgrged nnon the obiertion 70 the law. that
it l,rkad tb,t essential s1noort mine pobhc con.
sc,cnce Of The St,tes where it II TO be enforced,
,yl,irh is the III, of nh lave and vitIlou, which
,ny law mpsr bccnn,e dead letter: pud he hrll
t,9t his duty ot con.nltrr the fcoliuos OF the
nnnnI, WAS rocorn,1ad nv Vash,poiou' who ia
w,,f,ng in 17gG IN rn, = suye returned. said he
did no1 desire 9nv lneasnles resorted 10 which
would rosnt IA a mob- ar rorse unonslnoss in
the minds Of The nannle. That fnuiliye was
naror ra,nrned hn, lived rll within few years
INST
# ,vos IN he roore,,od that WASH laton dcsir.
OIL hrr canine Fro,n Tins act ct Washington,
weighed nv tba noftcv II the world he np3eal-