Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-11-08
A TRUE ANp rop1n -

II iSa'Nfattef Of enthusiasts. -,
mesI and lovers Of Law and o,S. tINe WITH N
ness the terOeIchs assaults rssSle II. SheE
frCc1SOIl ara W ing press upon J,,j ule Nan
hrEHRess IN maintaining the fucit;ls.e Graif,S
the Constitution, and IN thereby 1,-,,',aaEe
tioniSm in Mr.: CUshiMgs eniphari t"i Sl Osi
ahelitionists take every means to b.,,anl259.g,
dischaEge 81 MS duty As the Penn,sIz- hh i
G"ha nus s, @.eGeae,,Is prove that Franklin p
syIvania who has seen ths sx,4nt "a ileSsailP-
olitiOnists are ready TO 90. cntf VIM, Fl ltss n
ana the power to check them, Thu, nH Ne ~
c. tIrier, Justice of the Supreme G.! 'IAA b p
for the Circuit composed Uffhe StgfH- 20 2 u
and Pennsylvania. He is n native e IN IL
and of the race of ScOtch-Irish-a Jr--,
ment as clear Is light in his high oeifrs ~
as pure as ttlaS OF S1n3ild.possesEinga r,s'.,
land, by long and distinguished en-. s::uT IL :
bar and on the bench. Justice Grier :
Uaa-tbcTe is not one more generons =. Egs-
in our broad Commonwealth. Bur nj, Otitrs5s
q Justice begins with his sacred lu,;sS
the Constitution. His humanity as ~ We s'
inspired when ne the law trsu,nIe5 %.
and that CoBsulutioH mutilated TSoss rIas'
lavish of their ~ agpathy Eor the neUS 70 n
any for The white, 3hoss who are n , "sN5 h,
aronEe foreign commits sraffoa rarely tbinI laGt'
tic duties. Those ~ho seek 20 desirov n. ! =
Slave Law, care little for the Cons.i,6,io.' .lg
they labor to an1ihilate both ut 0F, Llor.' sss
c. Grier is not a man of that sort. s'G
aHence, when Justice Gricr was CALLED
decide the hGbsGs corpus in the raS. Us y :
ed States officers who were sough, :,
ricd TO WilEeSbarre to be tried under . s.. q
for doing their duty under the laws Of n. : =
States, he promptly and indignantly Sc, 80
and before doing 50, avowcd in the most -.
language, his determination tn put stop 70 n <
disgrnceful attempts to set the CCnstit1fo, ;,
United States at defiance. He told the AtsJi.la
and their coutederAteS, and counsel. that he -
stood their designs, and that he would cheek -
every riSk-that the laws were paramount ,b,,s
should not he nullified by the foes of the Up;or
that those who expected to iutimidate or Ia -
him by their threats or their tricks. would l. q
IL mistaken. Such is the substance of rhs 49,
rcbuke which this fearless Judge pranoua,e5 u
the combined enemies of our free institution,
weeks ago, in Philadelphia.
"And now ,Ic have 81 cry for the imrearL,-.-.
Judge GTier. because he dared. in plain an5pg,3'
ed Saxon, to announce his determination e, N,
turc Who are they that insinuate this aliens,
Men who. tomorrow, would herd with the milf;
AGAINST their own Country-mcn who regaritbs
stitution of the United States a compsr, Win
deyiI-mrn MANY of " hOm ridiculr the afr,.I r
men. who regard Washington and JrE5,sa,
damned beyond redemption, because DURING 4
lives. they held slaves in Virginia These are az,
the incendiaricS who applaud the lIySerical tear
the Eng IisIl ladies, who worship Mrs Stowe rs !,
carnation of piety, and who regard every Ansf
who thinks the Southern States the political ecr
the North. as an enemy of Human Freedom h
Grier ought to thank them for their abuse
s.Citizens of the South! Here is n picture Cf
progress of agitation in the North. Here is Ar
stance. also. of the unselsh devotion to the ,iCh
cured 10 YOU hy the Constitution. The contrg
eloquent. and will suggest many valuable refeyt
--Rich Eng