The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-07-06

Rescue Case-syllabus Of the Decislon.
Judges Swan, Scott and Peck held:
l. That the provisions of article 4.
section 2 of the constitution of the United :,
States: mo person held to service or ;
labor in one State under the laws thereor,
escaping in to another, shall, in conse-
quence of any law or regulation therein, Z
be discharged from such service or labor,
but shall be delivered up on claim of the
party to whom such service or labor may Il
be due" guarantee to the owner of an es-
capped slave the right of reclamation.
2. That citizen, who knowingly and Il
Intentionally interferes with, for the pur.
pose of rescue or rescues from the owner
an escaped slave, is guilty of violation ],
of the Constitution of the United States,
whether the acts of II 93 and 1850, com.
monty called the Fugitive-s slave Laws, are L
Unconstitutional or not. 70 .ea
3. That the question in this case is,
not whether the fugitive act Of l850Iis L
Unconstitutional in respect to the appoint
ment and powers Of commissioners, the
allowance of writ of he6ees corpus, the 70
mode of reclamation, etc., bat whether
Congress has any power to pass spyIlsv
whatever, however just and proper il its
provisions for the reclamation of slaves,
or to protect the owner of an escaped :,
slave from Interference, when duly asser-
ting his constitutional right of reclama-
tion. ''.o f1snl
4. That Congress, from the earliest
period of the government, has. by legisla-
tive penalties, vindicated the constitution
al rights of the owner Of slaves against .
unlawful interference. " ..n7A laaoi,ay u
5. That such Legislation was -adop.
ted in 1898 by the second Congress elec-
ted under the Constitution, composed Of
many Of the members Of the convention
that framed the Constitution; has, from .
that day to this, been in active operatiou,v
aud has been acquiesced in by ell depart
ments of the Governments, National and
State; and the legislative power Of Con-
gress on this subject has been recognized
by the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio in their statues, by the Supreme
Court of the United States, and by the
II Supreme Courts of Massachusetts,, New
York, Pennsylvania. Indiana, Illinois,
Il California, by the Supreme Court Of Ohio
on the Circuit and, indeed, by the Su-,
preme Courts of every State in the Union
, where the question has been made, and
} has never been denied by the Sapfems'
t Court Of any State-the Courts Of Wis
consin, Notwithstanding the popular i'm.
preston, not forming an exception.
. 6. The right to rescue escaped slsyss
. from thei. owners being denied to all cit
izens of the United States by the. Constit
tuition; Congress having prohibited it and
!. enforced the prohibition by penalties;
Q the Supreme Court of the United States
; and Courts of the Free States having rec
!, ognized and acquiesced in such legislative
/ prohibition and punishment if the ques-
r ton is not thus put beyond the resch Of
g the private personal views Of Judges, aud
if they possess Judicial discretion or pow
!. er to overrule on the authority of their
( individual opinions of this unbroken cuf.
e rent of decisions and this acquiescence. Of
r the States of the Union, and change
t the settled Interpretation of the Constitu.
tion of the United States, then there is no
g limit and no restraint upon Judges maxi
ing at any time and under any circumstan-
It ces their own individual opinions the sfs
II Ibitrary interpreters of the Constitution.
3. I. Whatever differences of opinion msy
now exist in the public mind a. 70 the
le power, of Congress to punish rescuers, -
% provided in the acts Of 1898 and 1850,
le no such vital blow is given either to con-
ID stitutional rights or State Sovereignty BY
N Congress thus enacting law to apuniSht
,. q violation of the Constitution Of tHs
d, United States as to demand of this codfs
the organization of resistance. II, after
i, more than sixty years of acquiescence By
1t all departments of the National and Staht
lg Governments, in the power Of Congress
o, to provide for the punishment Of rescuers
it of escaped slaves, that power is to be dis.
d regarded, and all laws which may be pss'
o. sed by Congress on this subject ft6hu
. henceforth are to be persistently resisted
II, and nulifed, the work of revolution should
st not be begun by the conservators Of TIN
is. public peace.
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