The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-07-13

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ance Of your farm because you wsre never
satisfied with that line " That is precise
ly the argumen, involved here. (Applause.)
The South has got all she wanted; She
has taken all the advantage which that COM
promise offered; and then she turns round
and says "we will abolish that compromise
altogether because the North never was sat-
istied with IT," and that is Wing argu-
ment uttered in Wing convention and in
tended 10 DO impressed upon US as q reason
why We should no, now object 10 the re-
peal.
And then the great compromises OF 1852,
what are they what are the fruits Of ihem'
On the application for the admission Of Cal.
ifornia, with free constitution, the cry was
raised that 'ihe Union is in danger - the
gongs were sounded-the trumpets Of alarm
were blown-tin pans were rai,led-hideous
faces were made = and the South again
dares the North 10 'come on" The diff
Guilty with the North, as has been said, is
thai she has no spinal column - no back.
bone, or there would have been seen very
different result. We have always had this
spinal complaint, this weakness in the back,
and we have always wanted ''poor mans
plaster" because il was good for q weak
back. daughter and applause.) We
failed and faliered in 1850, and what Were
the fruits Of that failurei One fruit was
the infamous Fugitive Slave Law. i say
tin famous" know that within week,
we have been told in this whig convention
tina, VIC have no right 20 objec: TO this law.
I saw ,ha, il Is law which, In my judgment
is unconstitutional and inhuman and re-
iierate the sentiments here OF the Republic
can convention nj Augusta las, winter.
do no, say ,ha, there is no constitutional
provision on the subject, nor DO | attack
such provision; but the law is unconsiiiu-
iional because !, belongs TO the States 10 act
upon il and again, because denial Of the
right oil habeas corpus, and trial by Jury
is unconstitutional and against common
right. Then we are told that because GER
tain Judges or courts have said that the law
is constitutional we have no right 10 ask its
repeal or demand il know that il has
been said tina, the Wing doctrine heretofore
was that we have no right 10 dispute de.
cision or denounce law which court has
said was constitutional. never so under.
stood il, the doctrine have ever understood,
and preached, and advocated, was this =
that when a court Of the United States pro-
nounced law TO be constitutional, the indi.
vidual officer called upon 10 execute il, was
bound 10 execute il, and could not set up
his private judgment agains, the law. II
he did not like 1t, he might resign il he
pleased. But 10 say that or any other
American citizen has no, right 10 ask for
the repeal Of that Infamous law,-,hat be-
cause few judges have said il is const,u.
tional, and Congress therefore should moi
repeal il, is doctrine that is carrying this
construction OF judicial power TO an enor-
nous extent, 10 which Tor one, will never
agree. We have right 10 resist such a
lava rishtto do all in our power as Amer
lean citizens against il.
But, fellow. citizens, this is no, the only
law ,ha, Is TO be forced upon US against our
better feelings aud better judgment. This
is but step 10 something else. Do you
understand what the South is demanding in
addition TO this Fugitive Slave Law! Why
i, is not only for turning our roads and
streets and cities and farms into hunting
grounds OF their runaway slaves, but you
will find that they are coming forward and
are going TO press upon US still more er-
roueous doctrine. The right Of every slave.
holder 10 come into the free states with his
slaves, holding them here in transit, or as
long as he pleases, and then compel US Ia
admi, by our laws tina, slavery may eyis,
in our midst a, the North. You understand
that by force Of n constitutional provision,
tho slave VIM escapes nom his master in
the State in which he IS held, is the only
person contemplated by the constitution.
You know that masters have brought slaves
with them into the free states, and tina, the
courts have decided that no provision exist
ed in the constitution authorizing ihem 10
bring their slaves here, and that the only
ground he had for the reclamation Of his
property was when the slave voluntarily es.
capped or ran away. But tho South have
got the question before the Supreme Cour,
in which they insist that they have right
10 come into The free states and bring their
slaves here, and that we shall acknowledge
the existence OF slavery by our law, and
that they can hold them and settle down al
our watering places, or anywhere else, and
bring whole families OF slaves there, and
tho next thing suppose, will be that they
will seek TO compel Us TO erect in every
parish town whipping-pos,, and appoint
some one 10 DO the whipping! No doub
you would have plenty OF candidates for the
Office, several voices, "no doubt Of il" J.
Mark you, then, that this is no mere crude
notion OF mine, GOT up in my own head.
have said that this will DO tho next issue
and il the Supreme Court Is no, up TO the
mark, they will suppress this Lennon case
aud wait to bring another; and il they
should. no doubt democratic convention
backed up by Wing convention, will say
ave cannot help it, and ave mus, 10
the laws bend TO the necessity Tor The In
ions sake. Cries Of "never, never."O
Now the compromises OF 1850 len al
this territory without the Wilmo, Proviso
bu, they did no, ai,emp, 10 repeal the Mis-
souri, Compromise. No; weak and hum
bled rs the North was, no man thought, M
man dared to sugges, the idea Of repeating
the Missouri Compromise. No man woulC
have thought OF il nor dared TO have said i,
but j, was reserved TO be done two year.
amer when the North again having weak
ness in her back, acquiesced and said
"For the sake Of peace, we will agree iC
this" and thus il was that the repeal OF The
Missouri compromise was brough, abou, by
Douglas and Pierce, and the connection ant
management Of i; was brought abou, BY
the executive power in order 10 obtain
Southern support, thinking that the voice
Of the North could thus be hushed.
The repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
was the grossest kind Of insult to the North
II was a dishonest and knavish thing TO un.
dertake 10 avail themselves Of wha, they
had got, and then 10 leave us with viola
ted compact, and thus opening all tina,
country to the curse Of slayery.n
Aiier advertising 10 the horrors Of slavery
as he had Witnessed them in Brazil, and
the course Of whig senators from the South,
IN voting for the reperl ofihe Missouri com.
promise in common with Dougla and other
democratic leaders, the Governor proceed
ed to say:
consider the grea, question TO be-and
Il Is the question most have ponderei-