New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-10

of sny county therein, shsI Be used TO imprscn cay
persen accused ccsvised OF any ososs eresssd ~
either Of the Laws If Congress-, psssed IN 1873 % ieo
NepectiDg fpgves from lssbce, and persos secA1se6
rom the vice of their mss'es, who may DO con
vic;sd Of obeructiI sisting any process, war
ra or order btusd un0tr eitccr Of thoes s~s, p of
eseupR sby peoD dean 60 under said laws, nor for
the meit Of any peen arrested on precsss OF
execution for oam.ges pet atss scoran{ claimed
in sequence Of any aid cred to any eecsoisg
iusnive slave.
Thus il will be that the whole purpose Of this
oct s 10 render null and VOID scs of Congress ps ssd
10 execute csus Of the Cor stuoa ess< n,is to the
security OF tlsye properly Ia the southern STATES, and
without which DO slavebodirg State would for mo
n ept have "a if.d the Constitution.
The Constitution provr Is expressly tas. M per-
son held 10 service l.bos in one State, under the
lsws tter,of esespiIs INTO sn.thes shall Ia conse
"quence of any lag or resaanon ,nee,n, % ds-
charged from sucn service labor, but shall be de-
ivered up on claim of the party 70 whom such se''
" vice or labor maJ be Que. :,
The act of Massac useits, in every paragraph, IN
tended by its frsmers avowedly to boefsse, 500 es
pre.ly provides for disch evey slave from SUN
service or labor Ia prevent bic beog deiVefei ~
VI der any cicums,aI Geo o bls esDer.
The act OF Congress Of 1888 and the anenda;ofy oct
of 1880 providing the rendition OF fusi;ive Slaves
were .ract.d solely and expressly % execute the
clause Of the Constitution, aid are in s,ccrtAnce With
Its spirit ard let En-
Tie second elsu,e of the sixth article OF tie Cons
tn ion ao declares "Ih.t the )ns itu ion and the
"pursaance there shall be toe supreme law Of the
"lsnd, and the Judges in every Sate sasl be bound
thereby; anything 10 the ustiIuton or ays Of any
- ; ate TO the cont cry hot siths anoiux"
IL requires Sgument TO grove that the at Of Ma
sachuset's IL precise such law regulation ss the
Cons utioL int led to provide against Ii any State
thss violate aDc set a. nsugh. The fundamental law
In particular II may IN all, asd security tsie
uard Is left for the Preservation of rshts or Der
ties. Iftbis Government is worth preserving, ID mat
be maI tanned III is purity and nights solemaiy guar
a,tsed must be Respected. Ii oecomss q subject Of
deep import and of vital cons que1ce Toe people thai
would smey subDt TO dep'lss ion OF their rights are
unworthy the appeiiation o. tree men
VIrphia ceRtrihutd With her hearts blood TO estsb-
sh tbs IN ion. She q eIishes its halosed oossss,
aud would sacrifice much TO maintain it. Bat there s
point when suhbisson 10 IL justice and gross wrong
lie degradation and lDfamy.
In the hope of prserv ng the legacy OF our fathers,
and holding up these Independent States TO the sdaii-
ration of the world examples OF the glorious results
of liberty restsncd by ~h)lesone laws, Virgins has
yielced much; borne much in patience permitted re-
ptaied and improper int, ference win her domestic
relations endaDgelDg her peace; witnessed the vio-
leton of somn oblga ions and compsc 9; ana tnsly,
upssrantsbe assaults upon tie Constitution.
We have vaineo our Northern brethren OF the evil
tendency Of their Lot Only IN the direct Assault
upon rights, but by the inevitable efie;t OF such
course TO cesiroy frieJ dy relationship. We have
reminded them OF our former happy intercourse and
uuQus lifted bIotherly bif, ctlon. We have renon-
stTated, p o.esied, appealed to then. Iney, TOO,
"haye been deal 10 ne voice OF JUSTICE ana cohs6n-
"guiDiy' IL becomes us then To ioqure solemnly
whsl cour'e we ,hal pursue Many suggestions have
occul led the public mind.
BY come IL has been suggested to adopt system
of reta iaop, oy taking possession OF their vessel.
and o'htr property when within our Jurisdiction, ana
by acting tOwsId tteir owners, when attempting TO
assert their Tgbtr, precisely as they act toward
master attempting secure his slave, passing laws
similar 10 ters aDo hTsssns aud annoying toem
with criminal prosecutions penal les and foifeitures
Nv Others il has been thought best to disefiminafe
sgapst the States which exbibi; hostility to our in
stitutiops by imposing risid commercial restrictions
laying taxes upon their booos, and obstractin9 their
inter CO urse by every means sanctioned b. the Coos
tuition. Some would appeal TO our sister Stses Who
suffer Elm ar ills with us recommend the call OF
Soutfe Conven to c0Dsu together for our safety
and the security OF property, and, II need DC, re-
suue those powers no. deleS ated 70 me Cen
eral hle Others would at once rush INTO
the aernaiv. of dissoving the Union and refdse 70
submit TO constitutional provisions which are violated
with in pun under the ssIcton OF State authority.
Such pIopostioi 8, graveiy mooted ny hBisasuve
booiss by executive functonsries aad by the people
in their primary asss nsbes, are solemn wunaSs Of
imminent sanger History teaches to what they 70 ID
When men begin to talk Of p,edging their lives, their
foruI their sacred honor ~ preserve their nbfs
we need not be tO that the spirit Ut the tsthcru Of We
Revolution Is terminated. Tie subject is 0ne for deep
Election and wise counsel Torests and mena es are
utelefs. leave 10 the calm consideration and dgni-
fed acti OF the General Assembly, confidently be-
action is decoed on, 1t vii be such as will vindic ste
our Iighs, redouId 10 the hotor Of the Conmon
wealth ara 10 the glory Of eDe Union.