New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-29

,h'x vr oTb s. of en- tincturcd by generous eas
cert vi en IN dsfance q renson he ude,s 10 cetnd
thtt which is obviously indeien'ise ms senator was
dtp-l ID heu 10 his INJURY whether would render per-
sonal assarco in reducing or returning u'e che words
ns eorvtl,ur feIlcv-rgn 10 savey, exclaimed, " Is
,ty servant dog that be should 20 this tang iac
S.r,to~ ais If there Is any dog In the COn.ti.uol.
Te foe not seem 10 'huk tina, b. tue interpret .o1 that
he has gven to the Constitution he has helped nurture
,h.re cular South Carolina bloodhound trained 10 hunt
roes No Sir do not believe that there il any bloc I
ROM or any dog in the Constitution Of the United
stace but since the brief rcsponse which maze TO the
INQUIRY OF this senator has drawn upon ne various attacks
all NAKED ly grossness OF language and manner,
have been charged with openly declaring ny purpose to
violate tie Constitution and to freak the OATH which hal
taken u, that desk shall be psrdonei FOR showing simply
low few plsn words will put all this down. The auth
report The GlOte shows wha: actually said. Where
that is read it renders anything else superuou Bat the
Senators who have been swift in misrepresentation de-
serve to be exposed. Now Sir, begin By adopting a.
guide the authentic words Of Andrew jackson IN his me ~
orsble veto s32 Of the Bank Of the United States 10
his course opposed The authority of the Supreme Court
an0 this II his reply If the opinion OF the supreme COurt
the whole ground Of this act onght mol 70 con
troll the coordinate authorities OF I'M. uoVeIneul' ie
"Congfess the Executive and the Court must each tor
",ef be guided by its opinion of the Constitution.
&" Each public officer who takes an oath to support
the Constitution swears that he will support 1t
ga he understands it, and not il is understood by
others II as much the duty Of the House Of Repre-
"sertaiives Of the Senate and Of the President to decide
.uuor the constitutonaty ofaDy Dill resolution which
ma, be ~ esened them for passage approval il is
"of the Supreme Judges when may be brought before
chem for Judicial decision The authority Of the Supreme
Court must noitherefore, be permit. control the Con-
cress or tie Executive, when acting in their legislative
cauacte but have only such influence the force Of
tlerreasonng may deserve" Mark these words Elch
pub lie officer who takes oath 20 support the Const.
tuition swears that he will support as he understands
lit, and not as it is understood by Others. Does any
Senator here dissent from this rule Does the Senator
from Nrginia Does the Senator FROM South Caroina
At all events. for myself accept the rule "a Just and
reasonable. In swearing to support the Constitution at
your defk Mr. President did not support it
understand the gentleman Virginia Under
stood IT, the Senator from South Carolina understood
it, with bloodhound at least dog in in pursuit Of
slnve. No such thing sir. swore TO support il as
dersfood it, Now viii not occupy your time, nor an
disposed at this moment does the occasion require that
should go into any minute criticism OF the clause OF the
Constitution for the surrender OF fugves from labor as
sumDg in the face Of commanding rules of Interpretation
all leaning toward freedom, that in the concise language
of this clause palterng in double sense the words EN-
ployed be udiciay regarded as justly applicable TO
Fugitive slaves, which is often and earnestly denied.
Assuming, | say, these things hostile to freedom,
then desire to say that understand the Con.tiilon,
this clause does not mpel me to any personal Obligation;
especially il does not impose upon me any obligation to
render any personal assistance in the surrender Of fny
five slave As Senator have taken the oath to sup
mort the Constitution understand it, and understanding
i, az do am bound by my oath to oppose all enact
menfs by Congress the subject M fragrant violation
Of the Constuonand especially must oppose the last
act as a tyrannical usurpation. Here my duties IA
Senator under the oath which have taken, end In no
respect by my oath Senator can be constrained TO
duties in other capacities. or as simple citizen, which
are revolving 10 nv conscience though required by
positive enuctments. Now in this Interpretation of the
Constitution may be wrong-others may differ from me,
and will act according to their understanding. For
mysef shall act according 10 mine. Oa this statement
of my constitutional obligations stand and to the in
quy whether would render any personal assistance in
surrendering fellow TO bondage, reply again" Is
"hy servant dog that he should do this thing Aud
in looking around upon thus Senate might ask fearessly
how many there in this body if indeed there is sin.
gle Senator who would soop to any such service Until
some one rises and openly coDfesses his willingness TO be-
come savehunter, viii not believe that there can be
And yet honorable and clyalrous senators have
been prompt judge because openly declared my
adherence Of service at which every manly bosom
must revolt "Sire, have found in Bayonne brave
soldiers and good citizens but not one executone was
the noble reply of the Governor OF that place to Charles
the Ninth of France when he ordered the massacre of St.
Bartholomew; and such spirit, think, will yet ami
the service of dogs. To the question which has
be en- proposed, whether Massachusetts will by State
laws carry the offensive CLAUSE of the Constitution,
reply that Massachusetts at all times has been ready TO
do her duty under the Constitution she understands t
and doubt not will ever continue OF tins mlnd more than
this cannot say. In quitting this topic cannot forbear
to remark that the assaults for disclaimer OF all
constitutional obligation to render personal assistance in
making man slave, come with an III grace from the
veteran Senator Of Virginia. State which by its far
famed solutions of l79o assumed to determine its const
utonal obligations to the extent of notification in
act CoDgr, and also with i'll grace from the vet
eran Senator OF South Carona-a State which at ater
oay arrayed itself openly against the Federal authorities
and Which threatens Dullihcaion often babies cry
He then dwelt upon the rhing of the mails in South Car
the Postmaster henua thereto.
Oh Sir there particular ncden, in the history of South
Carolina which should have made the Senator from that
State hesitate. 1t is not many years since Massachusetts,
commissioned distinguished gentleman OF biGmcless life
and eminent professional qualities who had once held seat
in the other House. Samuel oar TO reside al Charleston
for year in order to protect the rights OF free coloed
citizens of Massachusetts,, 10 test the conuonaty OF
statute of that State, gross in its provisions that an
eminent character of South Carolina Judge OF the Sd
preme Court had characterized il "a trampng upon the
Constitution and direct attack upon the sovereignty OF
tbe Ipited Rut this AGENT Mass lPhuSetts.
his duties driven from the State by respectable
mob and the Legislature subsequently sanctioned TINS
lawless act by placing the stetute-books an or
der for his expu And yet the Senator from South
Carolina holds up his hands in holy horror at the i'm
aenod denquences OF Massachusetts toward slave hunt
ers and also al my refusal to render any aid.
Before this Senator undertakes TO lecture Massachusetts,
or myself let him return TO his own State aud first lecture
there. The Senator from South Carolina IN sublime
exacy of Slavery burst forth in the ejaculation that Mas
sachusstis at the time she illustrated by OTIS Han
cock and the brace of Adamss slayeholdng and he
hailed these patriots as representing hardy sayehoidng
Mass achuseti Sir, repel the impuaiion. IL Is true
that assachuses hardy but she was not IN any Just
Sc savehoding-a few slaves were still found within
her borders but early 1863 one of her Courts actual
" anticipating the decision in the Somerset case, esab
lished within its jurisdiction the principle of freedom.
Similar decisions followed in other places during the revo-
luton and last under the Influence of the Bill OF Rights
of the new Constitution in $780, declaring that all men are
horn free and equal Slavery ceased Thus the Senator
when be speaks of Massachusetts, lie es still more when
he Puts forth the declaration that the independence OF
America TO maintain republican liberty was won oy the
arms and treasure by the patriotism and good faith OF
sayehodinC communities. Mark the expresslonSr, the
Senator fresh from the Nebraska bill can speak OF the good
faith of slave holding communities only IN irony ana lei me
add that when he that American independence was
won Nv the arms and because Of savehodlng comnuni
ties be spoke either in irony or Ignorance. lie then
went into an elaborate exposition Of the contributions of
The southern States TO the War Of Independence parcu
arlv OF South Carolina and then ssld had almost Tor
gotten to again to the Senator from Virginia de