The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-12-06
LYDIA MARIA CHILD's REPLY TO
GOV. WISE.

peacriul purposes, III Couiliou W'tn every
! citizen of the United States. was per
/ fectly well aware that such was the theory
of constitutional obligation in the Sava
States; but | was also aware of what you
! omit to u ention viz: that The Constitution
! has, in reality, b O. conpl't lv and sls'o.
matically nulliel whenever it suited the
con, eniencc or the policy Of the slave
Power. Your constitutional oblg zion,
for which you profess so much res ect, has
never prov"l any prolcc ion to citizens of
the Free States wh' happen to have a
black, brown, or yellow complexion; nor
to any white citizen whom you even sup
posed Of entertaining opinions opposite to
your own, on n question Of vast importance
to the temporal welfare and moral exam
pie of our common country. rhe total
disregard of constitutional obligation has
been manifested not merely by a." L,nch
law cf mobs in the 81 ve States, hui hv
deliberat" action Of magistrates and legis
tors. What regard was paid to constiru
tional obligation in South Carolina, when
Massachusetts, sent Hon. Mr. Hoar there
rs an cnvov, OH II purely legal errand =
Mr.. Hedlick, Professor of Political Econ
omv in the Uniycrs t. of North Carolina,
ad a constitutional right TO reside in that
State. What regard WAS paid to that
,;nh, hon i. v,S 'd,ivo, fron HI. homo
,f-r.I, f,r doc,.,;ro ,h., lao o,rs,Io,od
| SI,vcyv an in noIi,ic system iuiurious to
rho ,,osno,ity nf St,tGs9 Wilt rosoact
fnr corst,,u,,o,ol ,,,t. was manifested hv
AIol,o,,, vIon - IooLsa,lcr IN MohiI.. wa.
con,nolI,d ,o a.e for his Lfe bocaus, no
! j.,J -, rim .,oo,I r,o,.,, or Soma of tbo
c,,,g, - NM, r,,.d - f.,, con,as of a roveI
,n., ,,or Il, w.. crri,,,s +, rc.,lg yonr
own c,,,z.r II, In ,erw,ol had = con
>tunt, nal righ. to 1--we m vrs.nra, and
vtc lsr wnu.,.r nr ~ e, 4. WHAT to
p.,rt W.. r4l 10 l.. r,,... W.. h wa-
d y u ,roa, yonr .-.q... f.. lc .,ru hun
,cl j, favor a., election or r. mont? -
W,,t ms Id a muili,ua. uf her
example a,Gr, ,ou ,yos. II w.ui.l ~,..,u
a. II t,,n !r.,. ,imi wa .sI ahout resp O.
,o, co,,.,,,n,.n.,. .nIy .,Io, At N. ;, oath
d,o lcrr,r. ~E,y ry j.. t.. fact. .p inf.uro
m,r, All law. anil al .cr.s TO II. law.
,n,o for il, own p,.r,, Soc, If oppression.
Yola..ti,o can't John B,1wn of "wt,t I
;iur kurc, o. h1'rii " tor tn ,u.rh r..
,.lcJ>, daughters aal hrb s." Of Vugn3;
and ,ou Iu,oru ,no ct TIA Wa kl,w. f,r,
hat hr /, "arra-roi tor ,a, ,rlm. Of mar.
| dor robbery aud If, a>on." viii not
here stop to explain why | hy,i.ye th,t
old hrrt to be no criuIual, but Il martyr tn
principles which b. .onghj to mly,u,e b,
m tholls sauctlaned V hi, own re- gions
views. hough u,r b, mine. ! "w ~
la, Capt. Brown did aCt.mpt u schcn"
IN which murder, robbery, and treason
were, to his own Consciousness, involved, |
10 not see INV Gov. Wise can consistently
a.raicu him for cru ho has hm'etrom
mcnIed. Iou have threatened to ,ramPe
on the CouNt!tnj'n, and break tie Union g,
il u majority ot l"ga' voters IN these Con.
t.l,roiad States dar. to elect n prpSi lrIt
-, c.,
uh'a'o'HlIe L" lh' eNt' nsioh ~ H'aN''!'
| | not such declaration proof Oi n pr"
mcdIatcd treason! In the spnrg ot l8+2
you made u speech IN Congress, trom
VIII ch ] copy the following:
"Ouce set before the people Of th"
Great Valley the conquest ot the rich
Mexican Provinces, and YOU might aS well
attempt to stop the wind. Ihs Govern
nlc',t might send Its troops, hui they wo'd
tur over them like herd OF Bnitaio.-
Let the work once begin, and do not
k ow that this House would hold me very