Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-20

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nalienai rgl, wir.ont a .1ol,iior 81 go Il -,
"slnch les c,ud 81 der gar,l then In 81
"sianal rielt. as ciliz.n- OF one OF lie st''e''
10 all The rights. ianun't'e- a a PnY eye %
neit,len. 81 the several Stats. j would be
"starflin. ia.lr.d # ue should dety our nigh
"bors and kindred lhat eo.nmoo rgld 81 ire
and safe pa.sage ~ bich foreign nations would
hardly d,rc deny"
Il Is impossible to deipe VIII m L. di'''"c',
ness and aec ,racy lie principe = 81 agti a q
reason flral should tam il such casts '''h
+, here done. I'll, Law Of nations = -'ree*if'
rpad b, the prec,denisofo lro II state Ge''f'''
ac.in, under i4,r sens. OF the obligations IN
posed Nv the CHARACTER Of our federal cona'act'
How does Judge Paine asold tie n '.sH"ry
;nre-pretati,n Of the law Of nalion~ ant rhcin.
cyirabe eff CT II tine IodiIna and lIleos dc
cisionsl BIZ e him>i,.,t aud iecbles' q hrhd"
tbat a iu1jcid dodger could in,e nt: by assam
ing the pusirion that i is ,'ssar. Ia ta<f or
definition Of prop,rty,N givr- Us ourr rights
Of tan .it-and h, cau.r the ~ ut nature
| (Which, he says, not very correctly, l. tie Ia"
Of narions) doe not recognize property N per
sons, he concludes thai the general right, winch
tLal law conrrs,of transporting property safe
| ~ through the domtons Il another oihte'
does not apply 10 ,laves Non "e See no dI-
! fculty in deriving Me right from one source,
aud ascerraiuiog he Vbjects apo" 'ch'ch II 'r7H
o0cyatc by reference ta armthel The laws and
customs ufths government. aye. even The con.
| stituron itself recognizes the right OF owner
shipto slaves. Il may bcassumed lhat b, tacii
consent these States, Ike all civilized Power.
agreed TO conform 10 the laws of nature and
The comfy Of nations When thai was done
The right Of transit viii property was CONGO
deJ. Tins was the first step. The next was
an agreement by and among the States that
slaves should be regarded as property The
clause in the constitution requiring the rendl.
ton Of fugitive slaYes, assentel to by all the
States, is full recognition Of the property
Which The claimant has in the fugitive. This
then was the second and final step First The
concession of the hight to pass, with your prop
erty and then the admission that slaves arc
properiy-he one dervabe from the general
comfy of nations, the other a part Of the par
ticular comfy Of these States.
"In order to prevent any misaprrehensor
as to the identity of the law Of nature and tho
law of nations" Judge Paine quotes from Vat
tel: The law of nations is originally nothing
more than the law of nature rplied 10 nations
If he had looked farther he would have founc
he same author declaring; There are many
leases in which the law of nature does not de
"terHine between State and State. as it would
"betwecn man aud man. We must therefore
"know how to accommodate the application o
cit to different subjects, and is tbe art of APP
"plying it with j1s,ness founded on rig hit rea
"son. that renders the law OF nations a distinct
"science" (Preliminares, $. 6 An accom-
modation OF the general principles Of that law
with business and right reason, to the State.
Of this Cnion-snd to peculiar description o.
property, recognized by them, would have
brought slaves within the immurities Of tn,
privilege, belonging to travellers and emf
grants.
It Is scarcely necessary to consider VIA
course Of action the Spirit of the Federal con
sdtatron would inculcate In lis preamble il
LAYS down one Of the prime objects Of thai
bord of Union to be TO provide for lhe "gcp
cral welfare" Il eut les The citizens of leach
Sraleto all the privileges and immnnies of Cit
izens Of the severa>;tates,' and it requires the
authorities Of the free states 10 render back 10
his master any runaway slave that NAV have
taken refuge within their hor,iers These eyi.
dences that lrarerual spirit wns expected to
be practised, and that With regard to this spc.
cal property the slavehoding STATES shonl!
suffer no deliment by reason of the Union
demonstrate beyond all doubt or cavl, thai the
liberation OF these slaves was IA gross violation
OF The spirit and moral obligations of thai in
strament. That the clause in he construct Il
providing for the rendition of fugitive slave.