, 1860-10-19

and tho law-reytseEcing Democracy-how
do they treat this substitution Of Austrianism
for Constitutional freedom? Even thus-they
uphold tie hands Of those who de!y tho law
and Tie Constitution. Strange reverence, tn4''
for the SIM Gritty Of lawl There WAS never w.
a man SO much misanthrope that he oaa no'
like something; nor law.hreakeF 80 's' s'D'
in sin that he would not obey some o. '''e 'ss
ulations Of society. No thanks to hun "no
otlciouky goes out Of his way 10 help ao o.
ficcr fasten handcui1a on one whom he hatea
ar despises, The ra.cal Of his own clan Ao
would screen from Justice. This is not rev:
erence for law. There should certainly oe as
much alarrity to maintain tue just r1ents u
freemen, as to fasten anew the shackes ol 'ae
runaway slave. Anything less than ta's 10
NEAR. n.tpi1iled, at cnmity with good govern
ment. and prompted by IN obsequlous nsp0e'
1isy.
Some months ago, two citizens OF Ottawa IN
this State, aided slave to etcape. iheg were
arrested, indicted, tried, condemned hned' I'M
prisoned. All the requirements Of the Ia"
were complied With. And what An uproar 1oe
Democracy made because some people sympa'
,h;sed With Tie prisoners. 1t has been written
about and harapeued about from Maine to Cal
ilornia. A rro-slavery orstor who should make
no mention Of it, would bo strongly sufpec'eo
OF ursoupdn. 81. Last spring slave a.lio vas
captured acd taken into Southern port. a.
grand iury was summoned to ipdict The man.
stealers for this fagrant violation Of the Con-
stituticn aad Of Congressional statute NIX
ing the slave trade piracy. The proof was over
whelming. Not one palliatirg circumstance
c,uld lie offered, But the robbers were openly
acaul,ted. Their offence was not even deemed
| worthy Of trial bsfore court. Public Eend'
| mcnt in the South would not tolerate COZ
yictjoo. Ard the leaders Of the Democracy
uttered no wcrd Of condemnation. To pity
men for aiding miserable slave to escape
this vas q heinous offence. To violate the
law and the Constitution, to steal thousand
peop]e aud cram them into filthy hold where
two hundred persisted for want OF a!r AID
nourishueut, TO outrage raasoo, justice, hu
naanity,-this vas no offence at all. Is" raw
erercine Dsmccrats-mera whited sepulchre:
-on the outside smooth AID plausible, but ful
of all rottenncss and corruption within. From
what thraldom is our country e:caping'
1t the Charleston Convention there was
delegate from Georgia, a Douglas man, on
Gaulden, who advocated the opening Of tn
slave trade, boosted that he owned negroe
stolen from Afica, ard inviteu the ircredulou
10 visit his plantation. ao went to tue oa!t
more Convention, and repeated hia word'
There il law Of Congress which provide
Il. It, if any maa in this country bold as
, slave a negro brought from Africa, he shall t
punished By Imprisonment III the penltentlar
for period not less than three yours nor mol
than seven. Was Mr. Gsulden arrested? n
; nor 1cbuked; but On to:h occasions lie VI
l. loudly applauded. And the Douglas tact1o'
i. at both those conventions, had the effonte'
. TO paes resolution declaring any resistan'
= 10 the Fugitive Act revolutionary and aubTe
!. siva Of the Constitution. Is this reverence
q law? We have the authority Of Nj. Dough
,- hinsen for saying that fifteen thousand natl'
"a Africans are annually imrorsed into this cou
q trr and hell Us slaveg. Not nan has ev
a b=eu even threatened By the authorities wi
. prosecution for purchasing any of those U
~ fortunate people; hut the seoundfels
. abroad, boast Of tAeir in:quity, scof1 at t
i. law, and invite others to join with the
-, What q commentary is this On the moral
md tru.hfulness Il men calling themselV
10 law.abiding citIzons-