New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-15

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rps. thatthai -beh IS the es-af rssA % H'''''"' w.
on no. AMI o5her Ike grounds indemnity was clGnsi
Now 1T us suppose tbs, the slaves, ins's u len
driven INTO a British port through necessity, al
mn his uorf Would The relston between h''s'I ~
Owner De- chanSedf This Is question tla may VI
growing out OF the ordinary casualties upon me ga 80,
c,rta.lly II the slaves were IN tlst case hsat - ~
ire, hv orr own tribunal wOuli e-top Va HOin IA
r. ,lei,n which Mr. Calhoun and NJ Weost'r cacn -
r,tarv OF state made on the Government o. Dreu
Akilh comfy looking % the close r'aaoA, III.
LttNctn TIE several states OF tAe Unon Wou'I
protect the czens OF Ststc rom hazard OF my
er uch circumstances the result superior io-ce OF
ucccSsify. -. - 80 .h,-ac.
ter Illinois a tree State, Is projected soniawStd DC
,,, ror,,ons of Missouri and Kentucky, slave states
narrow strip ct Virginia extends north"ardiy eeyoni
,be hack Of he STATE between PennsyiYSna AMI ol'o
The ordinary line of land trave between vi sour suN
-, l.. aruss Illinois Tie ordinary travel Oe,ween
til uoiut Of Virginia referred 10 ana h'h'uCN' : -
rsy OF the Ohio RIVER in boats that stop az por's Ia
Ohio The principle settled IN lne oele ~" ~, ,h
b,ore ,he SUPREME curt VIII determne prooAoiy inc
80. tbst - sv occur in The travel between Missouri anu
Tc,,'ctr cd Northwestern Virginia and kentucky oy
fbe staj rortes-rouies that must be cohslue.ci He
ceS.srv as that word i applied 70 ordinary fa'eL
W, ,-;,c',Ie in view Il the embarrassInents AMI
disturbances likely to result from r1'c ho''-Io ~ 20
interests Of many az the states OF me ohioh ousuI
trilrr,s OF the North 70 lay down on tnls 81
l.
rcpo.e on the eve Of decision by one OF our Coux',
10 ~, rcss decided opinion upon the SUBJECT lH s
Court doubtless understands thai dtc'si0H aIee'se " 20
-fcbts Of Southern citizens E1A ce FeSHut" a. a. "
,S,D6 oe and as a ground ths treats them rather AS
strangers than brothers, and That converts neoe'3
such Il will ke regarded into mater Oh so:s ~
punishment In the present irrhaole sa'e OF lceius
between the North ard South-he remains OF c1nes'
the repetition of which trust Is tar ds,snt-a CIR
cLmstsnces Of further irritation ought on ootn SIDES "
be avoided.
The Journal fails TO inform its readers that
the claim of indemnity set up by Mr.. Webster
in the Bahama case was utterly secuted by
Great Britain. and that nothing came OF 1t but
d.scredit To the claimant That would have
damaged its case 1t does not pretend to have
a scrap OF law to justify Judge Paine in as
suming the tremendous power OF reenslaving
eight freed persons, but talks OF ga con1enient
necessitu" and of the light in which decision
adverse to the Shareholders claim would be
regarded at the South What principle
asks The Journal ought the tribunals OF the
North to lay down, in rieu Of the e@oGrrdss-
.mepts and disturbances likely to result from
their refusal 10 re6nslavs human beings whom
the voluntary acts of their masters have eman-
cipatedl And this from journal that scols
at the Higher Law and processes to favor the
school of strict Constitutional Construction
Our JUDGES are urged to manufacture law or
enslaye without law, lest the South shall be
offended by the refusal of our State To make
slaves of freemen Hitherto it has been sup
posed that Judges must take the law as they
find it-tbat they have no power to change lt
one iota, but simply declare what 1t is. But
The Journal has a very different theory, and
would send men into Slavery in obedience not
TO the dictates Of Law but to the interests OF
Cotton.
Now hear the bolder maner voice Of The
Satanic Press,-always Jealous and outspoken
in favor of every species of diabosm:
"There has been in this case a decided abolltionlst
triumIha victory eoecd by tdp not governed by JUS
ce; for IL not justice TO take from CITIZENS oil Save
holding State their property, and thus 70 send them
Gdriit upon the world, deprived OF that which they IN
herifcd and had held TOR years
alt arrears that Mr.. and Mrs Lennon owne those
eight slRycs-two women, man, and hive children
and their way with them from Virginia TO
Texas where they proposed to settle On arriving IN
kewNOfk the abOltionlsts, who had been teegraphed
the fact ent armed with hdb6as corpus and brought
z
item before the Court where they demanded their dis
charge the grounds that, being in free state, they
could not be held in bondage. Their manumssion was
received with great JOY by the colOrcd people anu the
uboliiCnists The WILL however, create more than
an eIhcmerel excitement
Here is a new and startling question sprung upon the
country, and OF very important crlss. The question
involves the most mentous considerations OF good faith
between the North and the South has heretofore been
considered that both sections OF the Union under the
same General Government anu that accorlngtO the Con
INF "A tho lp nj
shall be entitled 10 all the privileges and immunties OF
citizens in the several States This would clearly imply
that the privilege to citizen OF Virginia 10 carry hl'
faycs tr a. int State would also apply 20 the State OF
New-YoIk any other State OF the Union.
"liczcns OF the South thus TO be excluded from
passing through the nCnayehoding States with their
property the spr and intent Of the Constitution sub
vented and ut end and the work OF separating the two
sections Is practically commenced. In TACT ls remark
able decision, in this extraordinary case % one step
Ken toward tic division OF the Union into two national
ities
ct H. pcrhups fortunate at this juncturc, when the
Abolition movement of the North the OF Stunning
and formidable shape than cvcr-ti. perhaps,
iCriuLte that IN tie new Administration decreed BY The
pee pie we have abiding guarantee that the letter aud
,pIit Of the Constitution will be enforced Were 9th
eIwc, might well regard this the reopeniny
the slavery sgotion in the most alarming form, and
upon issue wholly unantcpated by the public A IL
r hall soon hear whether the south willing that
the coupromes OF the Constitution shall be superseded
ly The aw OF any Stfta, or b. the decisions OF any tr
Lunsl upon them -hort Of appeal al least 10 the Su
rrcme Cout We have not yet had the end OF this case"
'CoSrced By ta,c,' do you observe Judge
Paine's Ofltnse consists in his conscientious
and literal adherence TO the law which he has
solemnly sworn to obey and enforce. Aud even
now, whilothus admitting that the Law has been
obeyed, The Satanic Press does not call on
our Legislature 10 make the Law accord with
its sense ofjustice and propriety, but chuckles
over the election Of Pierce and King, as if
they had any power to override a judgment of
one Of the Courts of New-York.
We lave not thanked Judge Paine for do
ing bis simple, obvious duty in the premises,
but, in view of the papable degeneracy Of the