The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-05-24
THE SUPREME COURT.

soon to be decided BY the Supreme Court of
the United States, growing out o. the follow
ing facts. A slave in Missouri was taken b,
his master to Rock Island. in The State of Ii
linois. and from Council Bluffs. in Iowa. TIL,
slave married slave woman 4 child wa
born to this couple while in Council Bluffs
and one also on the Missouri while in transit
over the free waters of the country Whcr
back in Missouri the slaves claimed their free
dom. The Washington correspondent Of tn,
Independent. speaking OF this case, saws:
"Uner TIE former decisions OF this Court iii,
voluntary taking Of slaves tca free Sac ~ tht
master gave them freedom. The Cour. | uu,l,r
stand. by majority of iul-r> has ovc.ru'e all il
previous decisions. and has decided that the per
sons ar" still saye- e. he law al Slave Sat,
holds Il slave in bondage while i'll Il free State. TIM
is the gi>t Of IT,"
We believe that eases are numerous il
which slaves. while in Free States. hayin,
been taken thithrr voluntarily bv their mas
tiers. have claimed and been awarded thcil
freedom. Whether the Supreme Court ha
ever decided that ;hc law Of the Free Stat,
operated upon the slave so that after his re-
turn TO a Slave State. he could still. claim hi:
freedom, We are not aware. Ii the Court ha,
now gone TO the length stated in the abov.
extract, and decided that the law of a Save
State holds slave in hon,!agc while In =
Free State, 1t rcvolutionzcs the whole thee
ry and practice of onr Government 1t de
stroyS everything like State Sovereignty. ir
the Free States. and subjects all law. Stat,
anu National. to the law of slavery. Tia,
the unchecked course of the Slavery Propa
ganda wonl eventually lead to this. W. hav.
never doubted but we were not preparcl
for so early a decree of the Supreme Court
establishing Slavery As The supreme powr,
in the Republic. Such decisions di>courac,
the hope, which prudent men have cherish
ed. that the contests growing out Of Saver,
might have a prarctnI solution. They pom
unrrr'ng'y to black and bloody issucs.-.N
y. TneS
The call of the State Committee for ;
Convention TO be holden at Monrrclirr. on
the Sd OF June ncxt-anA that also. Tor ;
preliminary meeting OF The irccmen OF The l.
Congressional District, at This place. on Ia,
18th instant. will he found above. This cal
OF the State Committee NAV hc rewarded a
the first signal gun to AVA Vernon
trccmcn to acton. an! il is 10 be hoped ,la
ITS sound NAV rea, n every section of III,
STATE ana c.ii forth responsive echo from
every mil SIDE: every valley: every viliac,
and hamlet. and arouse every ,rue Vernon
ter to ful sense OF his duty to himself As
man, and to his country rs patriot sworn Il
protect her institutions Of ircclom II will
not be thought in the Irc>c:lt instance ths
this call is untimelv, or too early made Tn,
ercmv. with their accustomed alcrtnr>>. ar,
already in the field and though the new
covenant with slavery the application Of
new tc>t>-ani the various humila,inc de-,
radatlCn> IL which the Democracy had beer
Of late subjected. rtf,ctuallv turns from then
dhc more manly and patriotic OF their mum.
brr.-yct a SutiirIrIt force is kept in m,
hrld-patrot> eager for Government: ra,. Az,
the >E"il> OF 'lrtorv-to render ;: n.c,>>,r,
that active efforts should b. mad. To- ,,rc>rry,
tally and unrqulvor ,hr noror and ,nrcc
r,'y OF the STATE. ,,rVtr within The rcco!cc
ton ct th" art'.c men Of the present genera
uon has There been greater necessity thar
That "'lra now exists. Tor the energetic az.
ton o. every true man that this integrity ma,
br thus preserved. In the coming con:c>
there Is but a single principle involved =;
single question at ISSUE. an! that. >imp,
whether SLAVERY or Freedom shat. trrom,
na''"nalizcd in a Rupub!lcan government
protr>>rd.y based upon the principle o: lihrr
" and equality. Can there be doubt a. I,
the sentiment of Vermont on tins subject
We know there cannot ,,c. and We hop. tht
even IN the preliminary action Of III" 0rpo
urnt> ct the present Administration OF mi
rule. unmi>takrahlc evidence will be river
OF that devotion 10 freedom which has e,tr
chara tcrizcd the sons Of the Green Mount
ain State. II will be seen that these call,
are made without regard to past pclitica
differences. and this is a> il should tr. Tn,
honest di>t-rccmrnt> of the past >honld II,
forgotten in a crisis ike that of the rr,>ru
dav, and the struggle should now be. only
to see who can Do most To- irat back the .i1,
that threatens To ovrrwlclm our institution:
OF freedom. -H,H'aN n caN
Ne" mud Old s'nrtiC~---Eaction W. Par
uiC~.
From Daniel Wc'~fcr> >i--c,i Fa-.c,l II all in Is,
" New parties may arse. growing ont of
new events or new questions but as To tho>,
old parties, which have sprung from coniro
ver>lcs now no longer pending. or from iecl