New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13
nDGE KAyE'S LAST.

The time 30 joyfully foreseen by Senator
Toombs, when be should call the roll of his slaves
on Bunker Hill monument, is approaching with
rapid strides. Pennsy appears likely to take
leading part in efectiI that contamination. 1t
is hardly two months yet since Senator Brodhesd,
in speech 10 The Democracy at Eastou, pro-
pounded the doctlipe-for the first time, we think,
that any person Of any political consequence in a
Free State ever enunciated it-that every slave
holder has an indefeasible right to take his slaves
into any Territory of the Union and there hold
them as slaves just as any citizen Of Free State
may take thitber aId retain his horse, OK, or hog.
Judge Kane yesterday pronounced new opinion
in PassmoIe illiamscns case, which makes every
State Slave State for purposes OF tIansis' winch
in et ct makes each Slave State for all purposes
in defiance Of it's owe constitution and laws
For il any STAKEHOLDER have common.law right to
bring his slaves here for the purpose OF shipping
them hence to New. Orleans or Galveston, he has q
right to work them here lille they are awaiting
passage, and to hold on six months for the sailing OF
the vessel Of his choce-ard at last take them back
TO Virginia, if be sees fit. If Judge Ranes opinion
is law, then New.York is a Slave State this mo-
ment-so is every other State-and they cannot
help it.
We do not propose, with only telegraphic
summary before us, to review this monstrous doc
trine. 1t is the desperate struggle of man who
has gone 80 far wrong that he is necessarily driven
from bad to worse. He contradicts an unbroken
chain Of judicial decsions-most of them pro-
nounced by slaveholdng judges-for the Last three
quarters of century. That property in men
unlike other property is the creature of munich
pal law. and is bounded by the jurisdiction Of that
law-tbat slave taken by his master into Free
State becomes thereby free, and cannot be re-
manded into Slavery-that even the voluntary
return of that slave into bondage cannot invadate
his right to freedom-has been adjudged again and
again Judge Kane is the Columbus Of the new
world of slave. whips and shackles which he has
Just annexed, and is entitled to all the rights of
discOverer His insulting, inhuman persistence
in bis demand that Passmore Williamson shall
produce in court the bodies of persons who Che
solemnly testi6es) were never in his custody nor
under his control, is the acme of outrage and
cruelty. God be praised that be has m IN to deal
with whom he may kill but cannot debase.
Mr. John Cadwallader, who volunteers to amend
the public impression of what Judge Kane said on
committing Williamson for contempt, is Nebraska
congressman elect, chosen last October BY ma
joriiy Of eight votes. Kane, it will be recoected
when Williamson's counsel asked Permission to
amend his (w's) return which was adjadged
contempt stopped him with the declaration that
it ,rus too iate-the contempt had been committed
and must be expiated-he could not permit it to
be retracted. So he was refuted at the time,
without contradiction or demur 1t is now con-
venient to say this was all wrong-that Kane only
said he would permit no amendment then, but
,eonld permit it after the record should be made
I'D. This shuttle is of little consequence, except
to show that Judge X. is at heart anxious to e.
cape from his present dilemma. Let him redress
then, the great wrong he has done and restore Mr..
Williamson to liberty-he cannot do SO too soon.