New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-03


.tutiou which made the slaves free-tey DO, having
sesssd from Kentucky, bur having been sent by ne
permission and direction n the owner, into no, Inele
there can be no slaves The kentncky Court horeFeI
gave decree for $1,000 In favor OF Gralsn LH4s w1
affirmed BY the Court Of Appeals, the highest state Iu
In Kentucky. Strade1, Gormsn AID Armstrong soox up
this derision 20 the Supreme Court Of The tod S'e
That Court dismissed the ca c, FOR want a. t1ey sese1
Of iurisdieton But they not content Win oaresy
dismssing the csse but ma IL the occasion OF repest
ing 10 NJ dat the ordinance OF ~ was NOT no "a iofc7
that IL had not been in force In toe OLD a1rtaStrn
Territory for long tine and Ct telling US may o,ner
thngs which certainly a. new, ss unexpecped,
unv.cotue 70 a very large number Of p-sons, VINO haa
removed on tie faith OF thaf ordnance 70 the Hof
western Territory and who on that ground, CONTINUE 20
to H. its non-exftence could De- Inc N0ui'
"yy Ga. he, an unsoub.ed r.i. to ae.ernin. the
s1,r, or domestic and soc condition Of the PeTsoss 1o
iced within ia territory except IN 90 TAR ~ TOE psws,s o.
the s,.s In ths respect are restrained duties and oh-,
tors i1I upon them By the Cont tufion o. ne oe
States There s nothing IN the % ., sse
States that in any degree entFoi tne sT u Asly
upon tbis subject And the condition 81 the n q - u re
fore 70 freedom OF ssyery AFR ~ rstH & - ia
fuene,d BY the laws Of Ohio. 1t exclusively n ms
power Kentucky determine for Itself whether tsI
sarloymept smother State sho1d or should not make
them free on thar return The Court fAp2ess have de-
erned that ~ the laws OF the state they cont nls 70 ce
slaves And their adrrnent this point a. upon TINS
writ Of error eoneuve upon ts COart and we have no
iurisicti1 over it-nF -
We make he more particular mention Of this dec sion
not that we mean discuss its principles and $40"
how utterly hostile they 20 those OF the IOn1ln
uonto those that generally prevail among us-ior 'hls
should dink superiuous-bUi eecaase i has been re
efred 10 by Judge rier Pe5edsas Wcwlsh our read
ers 20 see how powerful the Supreme Court i. IN publish
ing on constitutional ,aw the most diaboical opinions,
and when acting the iasraHtf OF those VINO appons
them and how successfully the provision Of our Con-
stuon granting liberty 10 the enslaved on certain con
ditons can be put aside by Sae law, sayng mat me
same party may be cnsaved again If this nterpreta'
ton Of the Constitution be true 20 talk OF the Consu-
A. a. H. Nv
do we zee why under H. the slave trade may not be car
RED on well in this country ~ In Africa for II ai-
thorses the reduction Of person once free 70 SsVry
why Graham would not have been, had he ret ken
the men who fed to Canada outand-out slave trader
Granted that the Legislature Of Kentucky say that
Slavery msy exist far the te r0ral limits Of inst
| State extend cannot the Legislature Of Ohio say,
equally as rghtuy, that Slavery shall not exist az far
o. her territorial limits extendi II then Kentucky
ssveholdcr send one or more OF his slaves into Oaio,
rlic stse shall make laws for thsni Shnll De hen.
lucky or Ohio The question IL too plain for formal
answer that Ohio shall II the laws and Constitution Of
Ohio in addition 20 the provision on this subject IN the
Constitution Of the United Sta,es make the slave ffee
man. by what power on earth shall this freernan-5o
| where he Will in this couniry-be again reduced 70
Slavery n the laws and Constitution Of ONO where
they riRhtfuIy preva- the Constitution Of the United
States where also rghhally prevails ses slave free,
shall law of Kentucky cay he shall not be free II he
aatin within her territorial insi FOR inc court
10 act forh-as in their decision they dohh Grahsm
cent his slaves 10 Ohio 10 perform service as sdre
knowing full well they must know, that M sHch ser
rice be performed there; TOR them 20 say that
the slaves doHiciled IN Kentucky when they don't
own a house a foot OF land In that State is-cOne
from what quarter msyto talk utter nonsense, and
20 suppose the people Of this country more easily
imposed on than we think they are.
The case cited IL go entirely similar in principle %
the main one and the main has been 80 much az.
cuised az large already that but little remains 70 be said
indeed only thiscan any law OF Maryland operate
pTeprio r9Orc beyond her territorial limits, Ihat
cannot, we oil know. or ought 20 know. Before he
1 fafiop tbo u1epcn1
ent Of each othcT-fuly a. much 20 rs one European
Government can be Of another. The old Coniet-rocy
league of indcpendent sovereignties' law
OF Maryland, then, had no more elect IN fenn'
sylvania thas IL would have had In France or
spain and rice rasd--If slave escaped from one
State Sovereignty 10 another there was no law for
delivering him He really free there being no one
who could clsm him a slave. But the slave being INC
weaker party, and ell the States what call Slave
States usage existed 10 seize and redeliycr him. much
II IL now But from the Declaration OF Independence,
nl the adoption OF the Constitution in "a great
change had taken place, particularly In PennSlva
mainly no doubt by the influence OF DR. frankin. and
In the New England Ststes The Declaration contained
truths that said "selfsridcHf truths % which
all the then slsveholdng ststes Of the South sssenei
and which thought 20 he quite too no tile 20 Slavery
Tho South unprecedented difficulty In recovering her run
away slavos and Just IN proportion these truths were
no, considered theoretical, bat made practical She
asked that this matter should be remeied ss far a. IL
could be- while Slavery going osi and the practice
Of the country madeto correspond with 10 svowcd prn
ciIes and the ConventiOnsts In an evil hour, ayrect
that the States should pas law which would make the
slave free, aud that the might reclaim him and
take him back For this concession, they GOT, in cS
eh,nge ihs-hst If slave were brought sent by his
person having legal charge OF him into State
TINT did not tolerate Ssyery-in hne II he hsd not -
oaped-he should be free, and 70 the laws which
regulated the rest of the community The Northern
Snios have scrupulOuSy observed thai part OF the
rnngement in which they were concerned
Into the NdfEs questions mos, tytannicsl nsone
altogether unsuitable 10 the notions and feelings Of the
country-we do not propose 10 enter but We have no
more Tir 10 take slave one who may have been such
IN Southern States from Great Britain her dc9ca
dencies-or from France her ocpendeDci.s-ateT he
may have escaped thiiher than Maryland has to take one
from Pennsylvania who has ao escaped thither-~ht
ever may be the laws OF Maryland on the subject OF
slavery.
But supposns the persons bringing their slave. into
Pennsylvania were ignorant OF tue feeling and lesss
ton Of that STATE and OF the provision IN the Uai.ad
ststcs Consituison-whst them Shall II mske no dh
ference No not in the smallest degree. The "iguo
rsncs OF the slavcholdeT IS here ~ least bliss. 20 the
shye II Is GodSend &c him The laws su1the Con
81 tuition make no sllOssnce-snd Il woeli be old Ii
they did-for the ignorance Of the owner IN this gcf
His knowledge. or the want OF IT. can be known only 70
himsei and might prove too strong stemPtsiion TO
fslsehood AEd what would be the use Of C5Rsi'u-
ina progisios ii IL could any time be rut aside BY
the ooEsoieres OF the STAKEHOLDER Bot Is Shareholder
gsorani Of these hnes. Is he not OF the tenure
b, which he holds fellow crostarc property We
kAew that many OF them rnorantsro&ly gnoran;
--slmost o. heahes-yct hfs Is hardly sapposa1le
But. admitting Il all are human beings Themselves
10 continued slaves-arc ell thew poscrfy o. be
sAtved-becsrse their holder ignorant Of what
especially beloved Inn O. kGOWi Beside. whoever
heard that Ignorance Of the law excused anybody
Agsn; supposns it be intended 10 convey - slaves
BY FROM Slave State 10 another snd hs; against
TIE wisses az the owner they are drivcs into free
StAfc-wnl the law or Coussu,ioa deprive one OF his
property tAeut SyvcTA @ he gwen 10 tbs
question l. Hs@Gs bstsss csnuc, be proPaTs We
kuow they msy be called 90 sEd tn tifefnp. nsy b.
tried O. make them tgt 4 must be always unsaccess
fules unsuccessful a. woUd be 10 KEEP one from
a,ing . b the Consultation Of tde arei states
slves Fcgsr'ci sasral hc.c-S tli cGu be pos
ssssed q rsats When - sisyetolirr gocs 10
sea h. Knows thu he i suhjcc; 10 tie wnds aad gsves
ard ths, he may he driven on the territory OF zee
S;x,c Tbs plSsb,hiy he mast Re considered rskns
WhSt Tie slave hss ~ do possesses ul3rsl ga,.v
that matters not whether Ne has any crncera m
doing IL or not % aR Is d0ls Il Aogc. o-e
hundred dollars and c discharges tie dch, 3. IS