New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
A LETTER TO THE HON. THOMAS CORWIN.
r. ~ Eltr II T1s n y Trbsns.

r. a. EAtsv II Th n. y Tyibs.1
SIR: VIII you lei me talk TO the people kttle, snC
10 Mr. Ccrwin 10 particular, about the " Fugitive
Slave Law Ii seems 10 NE pity that any sts'es
mar sensible Mr.. COrwin il, should DO the 1000
NIB thing Of endesyoiing to commit the Republican
psrty in one wsy or another in regard Ia the Fas'tv'
Slave Law. TIE world has not, probably, reached
within a Thousand yes,s of the age when majority
Of the people will not think il may be exped'ept for
nation Ia do wbst il would be meaD wicket, and ~
.,cp.sble for aov Individual 10 do. There are SOW
ard VI probably for huDd'eds Of year. be mutt ~
Of vesy WORTHY people who know aud tank 30 N.s'e
M the psture snd formations Of law sod OF ~ aodrce
Of obligation a. 70 believe that IL can convert ady
crime whatever INTO duty. II Congress sbolld pss-
q Law requiring every grandmother or rescnlh2 Tue
age of 80 10 De .kDned alive, aDd tno fre7inch'
s6oph sign il, and the slprene Soul' pio.
neubee il contntut'ODs, there woul1 De siss'
deal of taking and perhaps some swearing AZ shs. u,
DO DOUBT. IL would be very popular W e'Sus IA
,ome undergrounG way. Bat opebly to ye'is' tne
Iyp,,ed States Mnshals when formally aud soe'noly
Attempting 10 put it in exs@utioD-Io 10! NO poite
esl psrfy xou1 dare 10 become respoDslpe 70 pa-
form, for that. Almost every BODY would iEe 10 yep
ali the .Tsndohers 10 whole .kins; but 10 resist the
nsj.tty If the Law oily, man alye, COO you $50
fiat al law IN that case goes 10 thunder NJ, no.
NAUTICAL party that should commit itself 10 favor an
ortp re.tsaoe Of aw-tbs; ~ Of course, anything 10
The regular bue-book, redtspe costume OF law
m
eIoupb in all the statesmen that ever yet STOOD %
stuu1s 20 rave il. T9erefOfe, however mucn m'gh.
hate ths grapdmotber.skmnng lag, j snooldn ask
apy political psity " COMMIT ltssu 70 dl'oDe liencs
Eet mark me- Mr.. COrwin and all o,ner
nrofotpd statesmen who think th.t by sons
ksi.h,ivs hocus pocus DeanIess can be 10
yesud with majesty, no political parry,
can help il shall COMM me TO any soTt oil oohgfu9n
IN obey or TO not res,t law for skoning grandn tn
sys inight not the courage TO DO 1t myself but
saonld honor the Ean who pat bullet tbrOnSn the
hear, of marshal just before he began ~ cOnsnm-
mAie the execution Of such law. 80 honor aud re-
sreet sIy nan who reslsts the execution Oh tne ras
i've Slave Law, suiicieJtly to prevent it, Toa; Law
tOes lot Contemplate Anything go cruel, perhaps a.
ming alive but thing mean, a. Iary, utJus
ard crn,inal IN itself The Shareholders themselves
scknow lodged this long ago, through Mr. Maonon,
when be objected TO having the word Stare pu IN, a1'
L. pt the sTteD instrument OF tine Constitution guilt
kss God for I'D | should resst law which AIMS
hoe ever s@kwardly, t. refnse an obligation OF DEBT
But slave Does not owe labor. No Constitution or
law though clothed with all the msery OF tho assem-
bed wiQs Of this and forty other planets can make 1t
The dfbt Of the slave 10 work for his master
or the DUTY of any individual or State to assst u
master in enforcing wrong. Moreover, the avo~ed
nBdeDiabe object Ofthe Fugitive Slave Law beng ho'
70 recOy those who seryice or labor but those
who do not sn0 ne yer did believe any State with a
due respect for the sacredDess OF lie soil and the honor
and conscience Of its people must retass TO ALLOW 1t TO
be executed within tie jurisdiction, and most re cue any
therein, from the hands and power Of a
nsser who would claim hun az such. II the CJDs'itu-
ton had for hidden this much the worse for the Con
stitution. But Us kHov If you do not, that tue Con
sttution dOes net forbid shall Away labor not Ony
with m but with hops to bring the Free States so to
lsgislate. Therefore, Mr.. Cdrsin ! cry out against
having the Republican party COMM led to uphold
the dlg,ity OF the Fugitive Save Law Why
should you try TO do that IL you could
succeed, as thank Heaven you never can, you would
drive some Of us of from the Republican party, and
We should resist IL, and perhaps, defeat Il just ~ We
DID the Wing party 10 1874, which We then thought,
and still tuk, in spe OF IFS Anti slavery professions,
vss ss much the harness Of the Slave power as ITS
rival. You may thick are but an insignificant
handful and probably we are, numerically but we
have all the instincts Of human nature on oar SIDE asd
more logic thai some people think Tor. we can snow
you heaps { facts too-bad lsws-though not haf go
bad al mesn AZ the Fugitive Slave Law-wh'ch have
been resisted opeuy deed, aud kicked about as dead
bsttersand Yet, law in general has not suffered by
that, but iust toe reverse, Mr.. Corwln la~ must
be honest IN tee al least deceDty respectable be-
fore IT any serious damage 10 other laws TO resist
H.
While the Republican party of TO day is greatly sf
licied, belonged, ana befOOled, WITH reverence tor
grsno sklOniDg legislation, believe II wholly
npo homes " seeks 10 tn wart The yTGGnous usurpaOn
Of the Slsve.pOwer, and ma ntan all the treedom
honor and manhood we have lett us. Therefore,
without eXsc,iug any pledge to resist the Fugitive
Aaye Law or even ~ repeal H. can 90 With the party
and that without being rery critical to ITS tIckeis
But II It's stampers are TO SICK their voices into
Cbotean soeinr,ty, in reference TO s'ave-cachins
United States Marshal, and say, "When we see that
suthoriy contravelsd we see treason committed, lot
them look out for breakers It's only the bes sort OF
law A. No. sound, raw material, without much party
uertaiiop that VII hold To tie up tgnt
~ thai. There is great deal manufactured b. both
Congress and the State Legislatures that won't bear
snv ,uch stain. A platform that should give the
shs ht,s hint of making treason ont OF resistance TO
the Euciiiv. Slave Law. would make the Republican
vs,ty TIE laughing stock OF ali Europe, and consgn il
to grave tins county where all the salt OF cee-
brAed river would not much read the rspdlty of its
putrsfacton. ELlZUR WRIGHT.
Bpsfoa. Aug q 1859.