New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-30

Of that State, i Illegal.
There was, and presume i, paper Published IN
tins city known as TIE Pld"deaIer' a, the une ,he
Fugitive Slave Act passed the editor OF tina, pa
per and myself had something 10 DO with each other
At that time the editor Of The Plamdsaler declared
that whether that act was constitutions or not Il was
Internal in il origin When that editor thus spoke
he uttered the truth. II never intended that the
Constitution should be the -held and guarantee OF
Slavery in IL ncursions on the Free States and free
Terri.6rie- THE trainers Of that Constitution could
have dreamed OF The construction now II
upon i, by men, that Constitution would never
have been adopted. They thought, with NJ. Madi-
ION, that il was wrong 10 recognize properHin man,
and far from intending TO foster Slavery they were
calculating it, total extinction in briei period.
L, us 90 peaced5ly 10 Eork. 1t go 10 our Courts
FOR redress. Let not undue pressure 70 aeHc.
he.r decisions 0gd, 'ehaterer ha, dec..'oH may o. r.
as do our dH'y. For tie porer after al rests ruth ne
pcope Thy can, through The ballot Dor, regulate al
h,Hgs. Let ~ see that execute that porer properly
See that night ard faithful are sent 20 Congress
BE snre ths, President i sent 70 Washington woo
will Truly represen, the wishes of the people, and who
VIII see that the Constitution be the security and guar
anee Of liberty, not the prop OF Slavery.
In concluding he said that he had not given utter
ance 10 all he wished, bu, what he had said he was
willing to live by, and willing TO die by. He begged
them 10 be faithful 10 Themselves 70 their country and
10 the laws
The Convention adopted & Declaration beginning
This s.sen bly, Of the People of Ohio, hodins- .
I'm. mex 20 or duty 70 The spI pre- hf,f r9s
That The greatest yrsnt' have been 'ho.e "h'se tiles nave
That every violation the Constitution .b.id BE- watched
u,h jealousy and resen;ed with spirit; -
Thai the history of every free people IA, shown ., mpo.
by cordial complain with Awe which n-in"r emoody
execute the public viii;
pie productive only Of evil threatening publ, order aud the
stability Of soverI mental institutions,
"Anc holding. furthermore.
sesaiy sdnn. .S s., e ss 81 m y h
oIuen BY diffusion and establishment; Of slavery aud The
policy Of founders Of the Republic which boxed 20 the ex
q ~ s G s end se sfis@,Is eysns h
i.hd (which for have been the bssars Of personal
liberty, y s legitimate fruits in the recent a,roties com
the Western Reserve, and cals upon IS
for and .acrces for constitutional liberty do
F-Ihst the .evers States composing the United STATE. Il
America not united the principle Of unlimited abTss@n
.'ye and te Of Constitution for the uuisd saes and Of
amendments thereto they constituted General Government
m special purposes delegated 10 that e-iah Den
pow.rs Iesens zach State tell the rr,iduaTy mas Of
eral undeega,ed power- it, acts are un'
shora,yc void aud Of force and being void ian derive no
escRsate accorded STATE and is All integral party hat TINS
Government GRATED BY this comPsi was no; mad. "a. s
that would have made - discretion and not The Cons
ion he ne. re Of H. pow.rs but that, in all other Il
compact among parties having Judge each party as
equal night Judge for itself well OF nfscon' as Of ne
Second Tha, the law commonly called The si,ive Slave
Law Of 1850 the opinion Of this assembly passed py ton-
ssss ;he eus Of improperly assumed and had
bier presented question wis., and IN
pDdeI Cour have ben held 20 be III conflict win the
Constitution. and therefor. void
Following these declarations are five others-set-
ting forth remonstrance against the plant subservl-
ency of the Supreme Court to the agents % party poll
tics declaring the absolute necessity OF an amendment
of the Federal judiciary system: censurng the action
of the United States District Court in the matter Of the
Oberlin trals and recommending the establishment ~
a relief fund for the prisoners. This proposition resis
Tina, f1nd be raised r their relief indemns atom
be aled the Fund Of Liberty and 70 the end h.: sysy Ne
fnd that contributions be limited 70 one dollar ssh ne same
collected thu direction Of the several County Ceus
Committees Of the Reserve three Commissioners b. ap
pointed BY this s.semy 20 be c.ed Comm..eneIs Of he LIB
ned and account theef By Pe,iodes paosii9n. ont,
ment Of RepubiieaHism and LIBERTY"
A LETTER FROM CAssIUs VI. CLAY.
GEsrLEuEs: Your favor of the 10th is received TOO
late To accept it my part deeply sympa'hize with
Won. in your movement against the advances vi
- slavery and despotism. The scenes which are now
being enacted in Cleveland, where men are fined and
iuprsoned for the exercise of the highest instincts of
Heather Philanthropy and Christian Morality IL vios,
ton Of the sacred principles OF our Government ana
the utter overthrow Of tn. much Wanted Constitution,
are well calculated la sluggish peopleto action,
and awake the sleepest from their fatal snmbers
always hated and denounced the Fugitive Slave law
not only because il violated the United States Constr
lution-the return Of fugives from labor being duty
imposed upon the States only according to the un.
bough. dcta of the Expounder OF the Constitution,
Daniel Webster and denied to Congress-ont pee nse
violate all the safeguards Il
life liberty and happiness not only of the humble and
hated African bat OF every proud Saxon III the land,
and made justice mockery IN al lie forms pnt oe,
cause il kHmiiiatcd and Degraded onr manhood, and
fitted 10 be ourselves slaves, when our masters
long stree designed.
Gentlemen, allow me 10 be little egotisncal In
letter To- the members Of the New-York Legislature,
dated Jan. 2, 1876, more than thirteen years ago.
n.ed these words; This is no longer a question
" abou, Africsns-wbether they be beasts or men-a
q" debate about msudn philanthropy but rhfther
40 we, the eighteen millions Of white men o' these
States shall be freemen or slaves y
These sentiments and utteraDces were denounced as
the most a; cous and anatca all over the North
and what little reputation had for common sense was
for long wears lost What you now, men of ONO
VIVA, link Won Of the expulsion Of the Representatives,
of MASSACHUSETTS, seeking legal redress OF wrongs in
III. Courts Of the United States from Charleston and
New -Oreans7 What think you Of the army and navy
present in Boston enforce unconstitutional law
What think you of the trials of American cnlens i1r
tber lives for "cohstrHcfire treasonl" What think
Won of the selling Northern citizens into southern
Slavery VIVA, think you Of the Govern
mental murders III Kansas WhH ,hi1h You
of the military Dictatorship there What think yon 81
the armed overthrow ofthe ballot by the NATIONAL pay
une,s Wha, think yon of the political stenpt- 10
vote minority Constitution over the heads oil the nee,
men OF Kansas, and 10 DIVE II down WIN s"oiu anu
ball What think you OF the decision OF the supreme
Court that the black has no rights when inc
white man Is bound 10 respect! What mink you Oh
their dcta that citizens of free States ARE not c<eh
of the Uaiied !Stattsl What think you OF the Dred
Scott decision in it, real ParPos-thet slavery Tue
onv sovereignty these Statesin the language OF the
Kentucky and Kansas laws-a mans right 10 his slave
" is higher than al laws AMI Constitutions Mhat
think You of that sort Of " Higher Law = what
think you Of the embryo political movement under
Democratic u auspices which will IN looD call upoo
won 10 invest Congress with the power TO pn' INTO
practice in all the Territories, and then 10 all the
States You can't speculative opinions-youk know
noihir the logic OF prncpes-you ignore cause ana
effect by induction, making the past, future history