The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-30

THE LENNON CASE AND THE soUrH-I will be
from the following letter, that the decision Of
Judge Payne in the case of the slaves Of the Lem
mons, is producing its natural results in the
South :
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD.
DEAR Mn. BENsErr-The decision Of Judge Payne in
the Lennon producing widespread discomfort
throughout the South Measures in train for
taking up the for argument before higher trbunsl
snds handsome fee was pledged to gentleman Of the
a. E ss 70 Be-
put in motion to render the movement general one;
that fund will be raised in other counties Of the State
and that counsel also in ether States of the South will
speedily be retained The indemnifcation Of Mr. Lem
mon is no security to the South does it
principle which already weskens the title to property
covering many millions Of dollars. VIII you put the
press OF the United States in motion
Nov. 20 1852 MARYLAND
The subscription raised here has tended in some
measure to convince the South Of the loyalty Of
New York to the constitution and the Union;
but, as Maryland says, it "is no security to the
South" Something more must be done to mani
fest the honest feeling of the North, against
the injustice and the inhospitality of Selling and
confscating the property of Southern men, upon
mere legal bubble, because they had the misfortune
to lie sojourners in Northern city, while their
way to another State; and we know OF nothing that
is better calculated to give that expression, than
what is recommended by our correspondent.
Judge Payne, no doubt, gave the true interpreta-
tion Of the law Of the State and his decision is in
conformity Herewith; but there was another law
which he ought not to have overlooked and which
is paramount to any State law, and that is . 81
preme fundamental law Of the United States By
the constitution Of these United States, the whole
Union is made one brotherhood, and it is pro-
vidcd that the rights and immunites Of the
citizens Of the several States shall be main.
tanned in ell the States. According to this
principle, therefore. the Lemmons had a perfect
right to travel through this State, on their way
to any other, without losing their property. They
did not come to reside here. They were passen-
gers, and their rights of property, rs citizens Of
Virginia, could not be lawfully taken away by the
mere fact Of passing through the State of NeS
York Keeping in view the supreme Law Of the
constitution the act which deprived them Of their
slaves was simple robbery and spoliation; and the
law of the State which authorized il is null ana
void, ard the sooner it is wiped away from the
statute book the better for all parties. The Lee
gislatme Of Pennsylvania has had the good sense
and the honesty to repeal State law, which con-
travened and para]yzed the operation Of the Fugi-
tive Slave law adopted by Congress in $780, to carry
ont the provisions Of the constitution of the United
States We trust the Legislature Of New York will
initiate this good example. Meantime, it is the
duty of every citizen who desires to uphold the
constitution Of the United States, and to preserve
the integrity of the Union-no. by mere profes
sions, but by deeds-to support the movement sug-
gested in the foregoing communication, or some
other that will be equally expressive Of the sound
sentiment Of the North.
THE OLD brewery, on the Points, continues to
draw. Five thousand persons were there yesterday
and last night. Ladies visit that locality, to the
utter astonishment Of the dust and stones they walk
upon. Such souls were never there before. Such
soles never trod upon those stones till now. The
Five Points and the Fifth avenue-curious coinc.