New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
TIE Courier and Enquirer thus expatiates
on the decision of Judge Paine in the recent

on the decision of Judge Paine in the recent
Slave Case:
We mus, admit tlct d. the fret blush this decision
rppcsr. 10 be- more than plausible. Jssf 70 - no. J;
thou "a Is possible thut lie letter OF the law admits no
other T. is certainly dramatically opposed to sh' spTt
OF One Constitution and OF TIE reCcus law passed ~ Con
erer upon the subject of slavery. Di t. cons qiences
involve Cnv tA3 single case Y would BE- OF little mo-
mcut leCaue It not possible 10 MAKE laws wnlcl snail
be at once jus, upon general principles anu h'ei % Sc
cure ntre Justice under all circumstances AMI to every
iniiv.usl but this judgment dcpriycs at word tue
citizens OF fifteen States Of the right to bring to Now
York what property in their own states even ath)usn
tEev have intention 10 become even Temporarily ct-
zers OF Nev.Ycrk II VIII DO more 70 separate N)rtn
and South thlu any other event which has happ'n'd
since the birth OF our Confederation, AMI VIII open az
once the gaping breach which has but now with so much
solcite been closed And It's influence Will reach even
boyond til. FOR il tie cirlzcns OF slave STATE, while
continuing their allegiance 70 H. may b. denied N one
pat OF tie Union the rights conferred by their own soy
ercicnty recognized y he Constitution, an confirmed,
in spirit ii not in letter by express legislation OF Con
gfoss tie citizens Of any State I1ay be deprived Oh any
other rights when out OF tue boundaries OF thfr Owl
State according the whm or prejudice OF that part OF
the country through which they may travel One sate
may deny one right anohrr another, and thus sptu up
the Confederation y an nhnty oi ltuc enterugWcuts
oi pains anil penalties We reserve t1o suolsct IOr
moe deliberate consideration but cannot iOrOelr ~ re-
melk upon the manifest absurity OF the prctensc OF
Unity oi Government AMI equality OF citizenship among
states in which the property lawfully held IN one cannot
be- carried through another One OF tne Two positions
either the claim Unity or the denial OF the transit OF
illowc,izcns and their legal prcpcry-must be aban'
dcnod. Which must it, which should It beP
1t must be melancholy reelection to those
who have in good faith embarked in the Union.
saving business to find the task SO frutless.
Here We have had four consecutive years in
which the chiefend ofpolticians, merchants AMI
hY.,f boah h. IFnfo apI u.ha
WEI At a great expense of money and with
considerable wear aad tear of conscience, the
Wig party has been buiieted by those It cx-
allied to favor, repeatedly beaten, and finally
crushed-all from paramount regard for the
integrity Of the Union. Yet after all, with
Fillmore in the White House, Pierce his
chosen successor, both Houses of Congress
and the Federal Judiciary thoroughly devoted
to Slave-catching and a new Pro-Slavery State
Government and Legislature on the eve of n-
stalation-tLe whole job appears to be turning
cut most dsgracefil failure. Judge Paine
has decided that no persons but fugitives from
Slavery in Slave State can be held or re-
manded to Slavery under the laws of this:
tLereuFOn the heart Of COttOndom becomes as
water; the Compromise is declared over
beard, and the Union il on the breakers again!
But, says THE Courier, " the claim to Unity
[anong the States or the denial of the transit
fellow citizens aud heir legak property must
q be abandoned Legal property ,cherei This
is vital question. The CHban Creole's ne
groes are legal property" ia Cuba, bat would
be no property at all If landed here SO with
great deal OF property in strong drinks gam
ing implements, &c, &c. But the world
understands the question as we do.
Nay, let Yankee take wagon-load of Ado
ltiOn documents and undertake TO circulate
them in South Carolina, and he would very
soon discover that " the transit of fellow cti.
zens and their legal property from Free to
Slave State works a forfeiture of his legal
property at home. For half century Norih-
eTn rights, both of person and property, have
been systematically overruled at the South,
get nobody threatened to dissolve the Union
Tor that. But when a Northern Judge ex.
pounds and administers the law which protects
eight human beings from eternal Slavery, we
are at once assailed by chorus OF croakings
over the alleged danger of Dsunion!
Seriously, is it not clear that Union-saying
las paid its best dividends If Judges
ennciation OF the law as il stands thus speed
ily urdoes all that has been so laboriously
gained, is not the further prosecution of the
contest hopeless Ii four years OF prosperous
Union-saving have come to such miserable
end, what ean be nationally hoped from pros
ecutIon Of the business
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