New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-29

mere absurd 20 INF man for horse, as Goes the
'avsaS'dsg, 81 as the Constitution might be for Slave
Ind be void for blaspnemy. For II esssing
~ N,n,er.and sinking into chaitehood and putting
VIZ. sncfonblock beings made in Geds own hs.t5e
ssfbla,phtny, what then can be fo FOR u ~ Him
Hi6fstc by making Them vile ID mol ~ '"'"' '
how v"s M" CONSTITUTION is law for siay-
srven The round that it is bargain H. 81 ,he
vi,tee aad blacks for making one lhc rp LACK of
ether But such bargain "og Il not credible that
m enc ,uto II AID II they did, IT'S ho' Pos
st,pw.s ,hsy,e.,iyed ID equivalent, or 60 la
,.tar whate yer for con.enpg 10 og ;"snactste for
cry Such redaci,ssn aVs measure of compensation.
RECEIVING my, NJ Of his manhood the seller puts IL
~ ~ ~ ,;s sorer 40 receive the purchase mo' M
ssifo be PAID r making n,%se himself is nccessa.
auemPs" ps,bops II will be said that tae bargain 10
ny os vas not between the whites ena o,ac~s, Do,
Ssyseln The whites and the whites-lne "hi.s vi 'ne
%1,,b and The whites Of the South. but qui'e as el-
t,n.y in such case as in the other would the DAT.
asn ,ack validity For certainly 1t rs not compglenI
s,I,so rsries 10 annu the rights OF q third. lhey
~ enter into compact to confirm but not 10 &C.
lis ris hts To soy that the Constitution is bar
ra tttw cen two descriptions OF persons to take away
sifihe rights ay even ell the manhood OF thfd Is
that The Constitution is the guitest and iouiest
q all eonsprscies, and at The very 'urheS' 'eH'''
NV next reason for insisting that the Coheulutioh
..nr,t he law for Slavery-that, indeed, no paper
can h,-ard that in short, law for Slavery 10 lmpoA
sbie is that no person administer or recostize
SLAVERY ms law without being dong
un,o others az be would not have otbes DO unto hn
What man il there in my hearing who were he 10 ia'
nndet the yoke Of slavery would DOT rfJoce 70 Ssv'
erv and Hterate rim, at whatever expense to the
claims and honor Of human enactments Inere If moi
one an hence if there is who knows Slavery a.
law he is dishonest. say not that he is Conscious OF
4 { n, "A "a filer1fo
men. but say that he is guilty OF it. 40
Twill de.ain you with bat one other reason against
Interpreting the Federal Constitution to be law
for Slavery. So to interpret 1t Is to leave our.
government which does Dot promise protection IN re-
urn for allegiance. That is not government bat
naked despotism, which, instead Of protecting ITS SUB
ecs, strips them OF every ngn'' even , T sncsl !.
ali its claims upon them Away, tnen, WIN those M
OF the Constitution which go 10 release
four millions Of couutrymen from an allegiance 10
the Fedeia Government and TO prove that 1t has not
the character and is unworthyof the name, OF gov
eminent! Away with those interpretations which
Authorize which Decesstate, these four millions 10 be
rebels and enemies 10 our bosom To the tyranny
which holds him in slavery man owes aught but to
hate H. and overurD il if he can. The lawful enemy
of his country is every slave
There IL another point Of view in which we could
rot be certain Of Federal Government had the Cor
stuton authorized or permitted Slavery. In each
State bsndful might have succeeded IN reducing the
masses TO Slavery and thus have left the Federal Gov
ernme1it without citizens or subjects.
Buf 10 return 10 my declaratieD, that, even If the
Constitution were from beginning TO end in favor Of
Slavery il nevertheless could nG be law for Slavery
DO not understand to admit that it is in favor of it,
Nest empbatcally do deny that it Is. Such denial
il due 10 truth ard 10 the memory OF the men VINO
sdopfed the Contribution. ~. tt
The Constitution is lot for Slavery unless they who
adopted it meant to be for Slavery. But there can
be no evderce that the so meant unless there s
tl,4t in
When the masses vote for paper 1t is never to De
alleged that they vote for crime in it, unless the CRIME
is on the face of it, and they thereby certainly ap
ancestors great and cruel wrong when we charge them
with having established the superla've injustice OF
Slavery in peper, which, at the most, b9t coverIy
them but not il it only Turks there 1t is worthy OF
mention that the Courts concur with common sense In
holding that no law is TO be Interpreted IN behalf OF
papable injustice, unless such INJUSTICE ~
The Upited States: "Where rights are lnfriDged,
"wheIe Fundamental principles are oyerthr0wn where
1.-the general system OF the laws is departed FROM the
Legislative intention must be expressed with iressti-
"be cearness to induce Court Of Justice to suppose
"a design TO effect such objecs;'l Cranch 59V.
Surely he must be quite ignorant OF the spirit whlch
prevailed among the American masses az tne o.ose oi
The Revolutionary war; who believes that Coesdtu'
fen expressly and clearly for Slavery would nave peen
adopted by them. , - e-o, 49, fo,.,;,ut;or
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CoDstutiop is Lot what the handful who framed u,
Int what the masses who adopted it, intended il TO be-
deed Of land is not what the scrivener, but what the
prantOr and grantee meant to have 1t. '
am lot willing however, that the trainers of ths
Constitution should be misrepresented or di,honored.
Tree not one particle of evidence that they meant 10
establish Slavery even TO spare II tor anOther gen.
Grafton. They put into the Constitution many pow
ers any one Of which is capable Of being welded Tor
the immediate ard entire overthrow OF the whole sys-
TEN of American Slavery. Did they qualify them SO
as 10 exempt Slavery from their operation This
they certainly would have dne haaihey been intent
10 establish Slavery, or even to prolong its life be.
yond few years. But they did 1t not. They did not
say ono person except slave,' but "No person
"shs be deprived Of fe, liberty or property without
"due process of law They did not say, +" Tie night
Of the people except slaves but "The right Of the
"people to keep aud bear arms shau rot be IN
hinged" II is s6perauous to remark that the mas
fers viii throw down their whips whenever Govern
rnent shall obey the Constitution and protect the
slaves il taking up their muskes. The trainers ofhe
Constitution did rot saw The right of the people
except the sayes," but Tle tight OF hepeope to be
"tscure in their persons" &c, "shal not be vio-
"lated." Nor did they confne Congress to color or
condition in obtaining recruits for the army aud nsvy
1 reed not say that Slavery would come to speedy
end were CoDgiess 10 go among the blacks ss freely
with officers and prva,es. Ii Is only by observirg in
every direction the policy OF prescribing, degrading
and outregng the black man, that slavery can be
maintained. Again in forbidding attander, the fra
mere Of the Constitution did not except Slavery which
IL the wort possible form of attainder. Nor did they
provide for the defeating OF the writ of hsbeas corpus
by allowing the plea-the entirely effectual plea-Of
pfoperty in man. They provided for the Suspension
Of III. writ in certain specified but Slavery is
Lot one Of those cases. Well did Professor Christian
say alt is this wit which makes Slavery impossible
IN England
When said that the trainers n the Constitution pat
many powers into il that could be used eecIualy FOL
the destruction Of slavery hope you did hot under
stand me 10 claim that sucn use OF them YVES 'nei'
Ioioi III NJ il III sHu