New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-31

gipis. See John C. $50, % Roots Com -. M
Il he brngs his slaves with him the moment that they
cross the line they gre free: al 81
tie Con.titution of the United States does not e1'end
to the case of slave voluntarily carried oy bus master
into another State and left there under the protecIon
Of law declaring him free Butler Hopper, ~ u H.
499. - -, -
There ia nothing in the letter or the spirit Of the Con-
.,;tu,;on that will Justify the night claimed under H.
Nor has the Supreme Court OF the United States nor
even cur own State Courts, 20 far as We have been
able to ascertain given ii such construction
Nv the act of this Commonwealth, passed LIST March,
l7s0. for the gradual abolition OF Slavery IL pro-
vided that ali negroes mulattoes, and Others born
within this State after the passage of this Act,
sbould be free By the Act Sd of March, l547, 6,
40 much of the Act of lst March, 1850, authorized
the masters or owners OF slaves to brng and retain
such slaves within this Commonwealth for the period
Of .ix months in involuntary servitude, for any
period of time whatever, be, and the same hereby
repealed.
Il has been decided that slave brought into this
State since the passage Of the Act OF Sd Of March
1881" il ipso facto free. Perce's case, decided in
Common Pleas. Philadelphia, ls4s. The rule of the
Common Law Of England in regard to Slavery before
the Revolution became the common Law OF PenHsyl-
vania,except far modified by the Constitution OF
the Unitel States. The fugitiyes were free the mo-
ment that they touched the soil of Pennsylvania; all
incidents aecofnpanments and attributes of bondage
fell from around them. Hoffner and Oliver, 10 Barr
547 Ifthis right of transit with slaves Is incorporated
in the Constitution tse then all state LAWS prOnDI
ing the introduction of slaves would be unconstitutional
and consequently void. But several of the States Of
this Union have enacted just such laws and they have
been passed upon by the supreme Court of the United
States and their validity has never been doubted
Slaves brought into the State of Maryland in violation
of the law of that State are declared to be free
Rboads Va. Bell Howe Rep. 4o5; l6 Peters r. OIL
Thomas W.. Genesis, 10 Louisiana Rep. ise; Leigh
6l5; 10 Leigh 697; Gil and Johns 10; IL Louisiana
Rep. 500; 10 Howe Rep. 81.
1he right to pursue and reception of fugitive slaves
escaping from their masters into Free state, Is not
raised by the petition referred TO the committee and
has not been noticed in this report The eth section Of
the act Of March 3, lsi7, having especially repealed
the provisions of the act of March $780, authorizing
the masters OF of slaves to bring aud retain
such slaves within this Commonwealth, while tempo
rarIy soourning here and said act having been
pronounced unconstitutional by any Federal Tribunal
the undersigned do not deem it e1pedient, on any
ground TO disturb it. We satisfied that the abro-
cation of this section Of the act Of ls47 would lead to
sectional discor and domestic disturbances and that
our friendly relations with the citizens of the Southern
States as well peace and tranquility, viii
best be maintained by the denial of the prayer OF the
petitioner ID. PHELPS,
f.. JOY MORRIS,
p. MCCALNoST.