Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-12-17
TERMS OF ADyEnTvsy~a
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW PROVED
TO BE NO LAW,

Read the following citations from the writ.
fings ofthe profoundest lawyers, and see of how
little binding force morally is the infamous Fu-
gitiye Slave Law: ..r.a I'D Foes
Statutes against fundamental morality. are
States. O''''eN
IAN laws derive their force from the law of
nature, and those that do not, are accounted as
NO LAWS."-[ Fortesque, Jacobs Law Die.
tionsry.
| =" If it be found that former decision is mon.
ifesy absurd and unjust, it is declared NOT ,ba
such sentence was BAD law, but that il is NO
Law. A ference is to be observed between
popular language and scientific legal LANGUAGE
In popular language, we speak of good laws
ana bad laws tn" Bible, which generally uses
me popular language, accordingly speaks of mis-
chlef framed by law 1t remains true thar.
strictly and philosophicaly speaking, there is no
LAW contrary to equity Blackstone
"When an act of Parliament is against com
mon night or reason, or repugnant or impossible
to be performed, the Common Law will control
1t, and adudged SUCH ACT TO BE VOID"
i Coke.
1t is commonly laid down that Acts Of Par
HamHnt contrary TO reason, ARE VOID - Black.
stone.
An act OF Parliament may be VOID from its
Erst creation, as all act against natural equiv"
Hobart.
The law of nature, being coeval with man
kind and dictated by God Himself, is Of course,
superior IN obligation 10 any other. Il Is binding,
all over the globe, in all countries and az all times
No human laws have any vitality il contrary 10
lhs, and such ot them are valid derive ali their
force. mcdlately or Immediately, from this origi-
nal. - Forescue
Whatever is just is always the true law;
nor can this true law either be originated or 40.
rogatod by any written enactmens. " Cicero.
Neither the Senate nor the people can GIVE
us any dispensation for not obeyinq this uniyer.
sal law OF justice. ~ Cicero.
Against these" q, G., equity and iuslice,)
" there Is no prescriptions, or STATU TE, but
only corrupt customs. y DR.. II. Steel.
9 The reasonablcncss of law, is the soul of
w. jerks
The right Of the case Is the law of the case"
= Several Juriss.
"Where the foundation is weak, tho struc..
ure falls" What is invalid from the Begin
ming, cannot be made valid by length of time
Noyes.
"Of law, no less can be acknowledged, than
that her $ AT is the bosom OF God her voice the
harmony of the world. All things in heaven
and earth TO her homage the least Of feeling her
care aud the greatest as not exempted from her
power. - Hooker.
"Those rights which God and nature have cs--
tablished, and which are there called NATURAL
RIGHTS, such as LIFE and LIBERTY, need not
the aid OF human laws Ia be more ehtctuaIlv
vested IN EVERY MAN than they are, neither
do they receive any additional strength when
declared by the munit ipal laws to be invioable.
On the contrary, NO HUMAN LEGISLa-
TON has po'"er to abridge or destroy them,
unless the ,owncr himself shall commit some
acts that amounts to a forfeiture, - Baca-
stone
The law therefore which supports SLAVE
BY must necessarily be- condemned as cruel for
every feeling OF human nature advocate, liber-
ty Slavery is Introduce through human
wickcdness, but God advocates liberty By the ma
turc which he has given to man. = Black
stone.