The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-06-09

piatiOim Jul VI Tic b'Sc VIZ 100
clear to the two great parties to- ettle the I'm
portant question by an appeal to the whole
people"
FLORIDA SHIP CANAL.-The Sruelty of the
National Iatelligencer in demonstrating the |
practicability and necessity OF ship canal
across Florida, through which the commerce of
the country to and from the Gulf of Mexico can |
securely pass in times ofpeace ans war, is more
than the filibusters can bear. i takes away
the only national reason that they have ever
urged why Cuba should be acquired, and
throws them back at once upon that sectional.
ism that they would be glad bc have out Of
view. The hlteiiigencer says Il al the surveys
under Government sanction ha e. been made
the latest no further back thar S55-and the
fact that good route for anal of the re-
quired capacity exists in the b-oper place. has
been fully demonstrated. AS l. is obvious that
its construction by the Fedessl Government,
by developing the resources a' State that is
as fertile as Cuba itself, would l. /, paying en-
terprise, without reference to 4 uses in time
of war; and as it can be | ALT for a mere
fraction of what the PropagaJ ~, through Mr..
Buchanan, propose to give for Cnba we take it
that the agitation of the Cub. question, as a
national measure, is at an END Hereafter, let
the flibusters say, as Senate Brown, of Mis-
sissipp said in New York, wlEA1 all Tammany
| ttlitu III uouSpOTb Vi utl IHt, Vc tCuW
Cuba for the extension Of Slos zy!" That's
reason that the meanest cap eity can under.
stand.-Chicago Press and n itae.
"THr JACK Krrcu OF EscroRs.-There is
u peculiar significance in the testowal of this
title, by Blackroods MagdzJss, upon James
Gordon Bennett, which we a-nst explain to
our readers inasmuch as it is likely to become
his distinguishing soubriqnet.
The common hangman If England is
known throughout that r0alI as Jack Ketch.
| He attends all executions, al for specified
sum, paid to him by the :, lciating sheriff,
launches convicts into eternit His calling is
scarcely less disreputable thai chat of Bennett
and his fortune has been quiz as fairly earned
that of the Jack Ketch of tie press. Wash
nlgton States. 81
This is an ill-disguised in 5nation that the
political hangman. is now casting the rope
about the neck of the Presi ct We confess
that we had suspected as mg s
Cassus NJ. Clay's letter to- BE Anti-Fugitive-
Slave. Law Convention at ClessE land treats of the
dissolution of the Union as tpws:
"When the shareholders ~, if you elect a
Republican President we s.ll dissolve the
Union, don't want any on, 10 put of the evil
day which would follow sue event by saying,
Let it slide - but some or who would stand
by the toomb of Andrew JAZZ son, and become
infused to such extent with spirit of that old
patriot and hero, that he w6a;d be ready to cry
out, in the fullness of insprss,n, BY the Eter-
nal, the Union shall be pr Served!' | would
have no man to be precipis ae, handy no hard
words, be by no means T. ssy' but standing
upon the great rocks of Sta =. Sovereignty and
National Supremacy, woefl defy the canting
traitors to Liberty, Law, Ce lization, aud HUI
mainly That's what ] meSn by asking you,
Are you ready to fight X If you have got
your sentiments up to that ianly pitch, l am
with you all through to tbs I'D But if not
I'll have none of your &c entions, no more
farcical campaigns, no mop- iumbugs, no more
Fourth of July orations, NJ aore Declarations
of Independence, no more attitudes, no more
glittering generalities, no - e rights of man
no more liberty, equality, :. fraternity"
Eighteen shareholders ~ Enterprise, Miss.
lately pledged themselves 70 buy one Thousand
negroes, at a certain price YER head, by way O
encouraging the reopeningsaf the slave trade
They referred, among Off -, to Mr.. Garland
: Goode a commission meri rsnt of Mobile, as
, competent authority to pros.sthei credit as mel
of means. Mr.. Goode, no elishing the o
his name in connection - h such pro ject
: published card, declaring hat ali unwarrant
= able liberty had been taktf with him, and ex
@ plicity disavowing all Responsibility. The Mo
| bile Mercury has since ~ lished a rejoinde
from the eighteen plante addressed to Mr.
), Goode, informing him tina. Il he had to do wa
i to certify that they were Primarily responsible
for their obligations and t,ssing the opportunit
n to express their views os-~ the African slav
: trade more fully. They sc that they consid
5 er the reopening of that t. lie as necessity
;. morally, religiously, politi ely, and practically
The SUPREME Court Como AND THE Flu
GITIvE SLAVE LAw.-Tt ssSupreme Court O
. Ohio has refused the ap-s-hation of Bushnell
e and Langston, convicte&esnd under sentenc
for participating in the O Sin fugitive slave res
8, cue case, to be discharges from imprisonme nj
y This case has excited int ese interest in Ohio
y and the decision is of natis sal Importance. Th'
n Attorney General of Ohi.s iunder direction 0
+ Governor Chase, appearssAnd argued in favo
: of the application, and had it been grante'
there would probably have been serious col
q lision between the StatA and Federal authori
!, ties. The main points of jhe opinions of Chic
l. Justice Swan and Justice Peck, concurred il
l. by Justice Scott, three out of FIVE judges o
the COURT are as follows;
4 81. That the provisions of art 4, Sec 2, @
). the Constitution of the. United States N
!, person held to service ay labor in one State
!. under the laws thereof, escaping into another
r. shall, in consequence ofAny law or regulation
>. therein, be discharged tepm such service or la
= Dor, but shall be deliveyed up on claim of tn,
q party to whom such s4vice or labor may b.
, due guaranty to the owner Of an escaped
;, slave the right of reclamation.
y az. That citizen, -vhO, knowingly and in
tentionally interferes With for the purpose o
g rescne, or rescues from she owner an escaped
,f slave is guilty of vioAlon of the Constitution
of the United States, whether the acts Of l79:
!" and 1850, commonly Called the fugitive slav
laws, are unconstitutional or not.
D. "3. That the question in this case is no
IS whether the fugitive act of 1850 is unconsti
tutional in respect to the appointment and pow
ers of commissioners, the allowance of a writ O
e hdbeas corpus, the mode of reclamation, &c
e but whether Congress has any power to pas
Is any law whatever, however just and proper il
u its provisions for the reclamation Of slaves, o
!, to protect the owner Of an escaped slave fFoE
y interference, when duly asserting his consti
}, tutional rights of reclamation.
n a. That Congress, from the earliest periot
/ of the Government, has, by Legislative penal
ties, indicated the coasttutional right of th
~ owner of slaves against unlawful interference.
&c d. That such legislation was adopted il
Y 1893 by the Second Congress elected under tn
. Constitution, composed of nia3y of the member
u of the Convention who framed the Constitution
has, from that day o.this, been in active opera
lie ton, and has been acqulesced in by all depart
W ments of the Government, National and State
(. and the Legislative power of Congress on thi
subject has been recognised by the General AS
sen. bly, of the State of Ohio in their statutes