New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-18

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T.r,,onS uov absurd is IT. then, ~ ta'k :" SUPP.
sNy M raccs " 0isuncnons =" color VI V"us''e -, Jug
sAvs,,;,rs whites aud hlacks Oh az human beinSs
y. az 80 al the Constitution They are ALIKE m-n-
81 n,,r, M css-auds So this provision OF the 'ohSH'
,r,t,n M ards them.
W W., 'ssit,cn cf SiAvcrv or involuntary scrvitude
-, .Sorys h,cn and ftom che na'urc OF IN nSs mast
So, he rarulatcd Nv csoh political power IN the
,,A rallN aai iruly sovereign and independent ior
;s~lL n is domestic relation Known IN every axe
whether savage civilized, aud has no otlei iounua
,Sn in law az morals than the ancient maxim, might
ss,n.kcs risht" Ii cannon he justified any other
Ground than as an exercise Of the power OF the strong
est indians and Moors make slaves OF whites, whites
make slaves oi Negroes. but wherever IL eNs's y Is
the creature Of positive law. Unless soma law Is ionn
f,r IL IL has no validity. for freedom Is the nOrus'
<>nnsiicn Of every race, tribe and people. ~ 'ohow'
that unless scmeihiug 90 be found IN tue COnsutu
ton sano'Sni'g and e1P'sry Saos rbs,evS1 il
NAV be in the several States. To proceed with the
Constitutions . e.. a., 4,
Subdivision Of section is a limitation on the
,nvcr of Congress and is confined 10 the states NOW
a,;s,;ps that "a AT the adoption Of the Constitution,
snd lids Congress from prohibiting for twenty years
t migration or importation OF such persons as any OF
those States should think proper to admit AL tna'
can be said about this section Is tha negroes are 10
he REGARDED as On article of commerce. Congress has
shsou,e wer 10 prohibit their migration or imports
ton as wei from State to State as from ABROAD unoer
the POWER to rGu'aie commerce WIN ioie'gh ha'"u'
and amorr fhc several Safes and II they are regard
"a ,sufn Conepss could do no act within the twenty
wars after the aGopiOn of the Constitution interfering
with the power of the States then existing 10 ADMIT
them within heir territorial limits On such terms as
tlev cboe, This section Does not III any mauntI ue-
rIfe or recognize the relation OF master and save
br simply restrains sud limits the power OF Congress
aver stei6ed subject for particular PERIOD
The IL ~ nroy sion cited Subdivision OF Sc 'ton OF
.y4;ce does Indeed declare tha' - No person he'd ID
1ay. or labor in OIL State under the laws threof,
and escaliuC into another, STA l. In consequence OF
any Law or regulation therein, be discharged from
0such 40 vice or labor" But II would be as lOglct
10 srope from this that the Constitution recognized
p-otry in slaves would be 10 cOntOund the Gen-
trai Government with the individual Governments OF
the several Sta'es. The service or labor mentioned
n;oht be found due without a resort 10 Slavery. The
yery frs provision of the Constitution cited subd. 3,
sc 9 article in determining the number OF repre-
senatives expressly mentions free persons, tncndtRg
those bound 10 seTrice for term Of gears, and the
return of such persons if they escaped from Their
masters But grant that it includes African slaves as
well Ho does that make the Constitution response
bic for Slavery early, does not. Toe language
of the section fOrbids such notion. No person neld
ito service or labor in one State, UNDER THE
CLAWS THTIEOF, and escaping into another,
"sbell," sc. Is it not setevldent tina: the con
ditiOn of the person ID deteTmue1 by the
laws of the STATYl Congress has nothing to do with
il No power is conferred on Congress- and none with
held BY this section. Ii is the naked declaration, IN
the Constitution that subsisting condition OF things
under the laws of State shall not be changed by
the ecop OF the party owing service or labor into an
other State where perhaps that particular holding TO
service or labor would be illegal. For example, con
tract by iourneyman mechanic or lsborer TO work
for the term of bis natural life might be valid In suth
Carolina and void in NewYorki or, contracts OF ap-
prenticesip to learn trade, might be made In one
State for fourteen years. and another mi hit De pro
hibited if made to last more than seven; or, what
probably was intended by the Constitution az much
as negro slavery the contracts entered into by Ger
mans az Othcrs TO work 50 many yssrs-50metlines
twenty or more-fOr any Que who paid their passage
money for them, were embraced IN TINS provision
and the psrsOus who. uncer such contracts were held
Uto service or aO. one State under ue laws thereof
"apd escaping into another were TO bs delivered up
pis declaatiOn like many others IN the Constitution,
completes ief and does Lot require any law on Con
pTess for te fument, any more t1an the Dectarauon
i'm the same section that "the citizens OF each state
sbsl be enti lied 70 all privileges and lmmunltles OF
citizens Of the several States; aud no one ever
heard OF OF ParoVu ~ SiO SAUS' w '.
declaration.
lam not arguing 10 show that Slavery has no ex-
istepce The aggressive nrOAdS made ~ II Iuto Tree
States anG free Territories afford lamcniable evidence
Of that fact. But have underworld TO make II APP
near that those in such unfortunate condition are
invariably treated by the Constitution persons and
not as sioUc and that the relation of master aud
servant whether limited perpetual, depends for IFS
yadity on the local law of each state. II an night
in these views the territories of the United States can
not vi der the Constitution lawfully become the abode
of slaves while they continue in the condition OF terri
tories Suppose for example, stakeholder emgrdt ne
to Kansas voluI tariy this description OF persons
with him. and after he gets there one OF them chooses
10 leave his fervce how can he get him back By
ttchson and Stringfeow law, grant, he may be re
claimed but this sort of law is good deal unhke as
vet what hos been deemed sound law, at least In the
Free States Is there anything in the Constitution by
which he may be reclaimed and put back toto bondage
That is the question. Can there be two answers to
that question? Does not every man see that If was
necessary for the hansas legislature to pass laws legal
zing Slavery it was because the Const uton did not
recognize sanction, or uphold such relation!
l have said that this declaration 10 the Constitution
completes itself and does not require any law OF Con-
yress for it's fulfil ment might go further and say
that if Congress undertakes 20 pass any law tor the
purpose Of giving effect to this section, they assume
bower not granted by the Constitution, but IN deroga
lion Of it. To pursue this point further at the present
time would prOtract this communication to an lntoer-
able length and If you deem what have already
written worthy place in ThE TRIBUNE, you VIII
hear from me again REPUBLICAN,