The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-24

lhs subteo bat nom the masaeey manner n VIVA Il
haadscd II everywhere oyerfsws With thought va
v0ad scas arse~os eIysg ~psw b x wsed 10 sAs
great costea bdsee~ liberty and aov~y. hope Il viii re-
oeive the widest ctroulAtsa."
FULTON, Jr, says q Part Nrss:--a Nov that
have read u, feel bsund 70 say that IL u the
most clear and Iuminsus production that 1 have
over read - tho subject II begins without a line
of preface, and ends without wsrd Of apology.
solid mass q the most brilliant argument ussrsken az
seems % me, By single naw and tresds dawn das,
everything which has preceded upoa subjscs L.,
every resd Of tho slave READ the work without delsy
ies'ssse q destsrod 70 se phase to struggle"
RICHARD HHpRSrH says of Part First" No one can
deny to the present the merit u great ability aad
great learning anybody Wishes to this arsu Ten,
handed i. mastery Asnner with great ciearness aud
pianness array Of constitutional learning which
in the hands II most lawyers, would have expanded into
at least threc royal estavos, we commended them 10
Mr. sposacrs modest pamphlet OF hundred and atty
pages"
ELIHU BURRIrr Gays Il svinces q depth OF legal
orudtcn which would d hoasr the frst urst Of the
age"
TIE TRUE AMERICAN (Osurtland Csansy, N. ~
says -" II is mpershAbis and triunphau, work.
law argument that would add 70 thu fame OF the mos.
famed jurist living o. dead"
TIE BANGOR AZErrB says.-"It Is Indeed q masterly
argunens Ne oas unprejudesd whs has supposed tina,
that instrument ho consttutioa) oostaned guarantees
Of slavery who has had doubts upon the psint can
rise from the pssusa without feeling relieved from tA
sFYssw tkas roat watswat cAartr n ONE af sar.ry
and sst Of freedom And lawyer read is without
aAnng, besides Its shsr great exoeencss the olear
mess OF its sAyie, aad its logical precision"
THE HAMPSHIRE HERALD (NsrtAanpton) says:-
T worthy the most 81 ted intellect in country"
WILLIAM L. CHAPLIN says:-"This effort Of Mr.. 5000.
ncr Ia a remarkable in many respects Il is IN
rvalec in the simplicity, cearness and force Of style
with which It is executed. The argument Is original
aeol.ribbed and triumphant. II bears down oil oppo.
suon. Pefoggng, black letter dullness and pedantry
special pleading aud dsmsgogsm all retire before it
u eucry Idsryer in 1e country could haue put into his
Aands and b induced to study IT, he does his brief
,oould alone ou~throW slavery. There is moral force
enough In it for that purpose."
TIE LIBERTY PRR5s (Utca) says:-s'The author
labors 70 show and does show that SLAVERY In this csuasr,
is unconiationa and wrsusasned by Iaw either Stale .,
federal
THE GRANITE FREEMAN says:--"we wish every
voter in the Union could the opportunity to road th
magnificent argument We should hear No moro, after
that Of the compromises Of the constitution ~ an ar
gument close tho lips and palsy hands Of hsse who
abhor slavery, and labor for its removal"
THE CHARTER OAK says" OF its raro merit as
controversial argument il is superuous TO speak 1t
may In fact, be regarded unanswersbIe, and are
persuaded that its general circulation ,c,uld gice xew
aspect 70 tie anti slavery cause, By exploding the popular
taa miaaem ~etiox that slavery someAoD enreucAed be-
hand the constitution
THE LIBERTY GAZETTE burlington, VI } ssys:-"This
work cannot be to highly praised TOO extensively cir
culsted It's reasoning is conclusive, and can read
1t icihoM ting convsnced that the constitution, instead Of
being the friend AVID protector Of slavery purely anti
slare,y document"
TIE INDIANA FREEMAN says" Every abolitenist
should have this admirable work. and keep in constant
circulation among his neighbors."
SYNOPSIS OF ITS CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. WHAT Is LAW s--NotAs~g i~csnsissest
,c justice Be law FAlsehsoA Of tho definition that
Law is rule q OWL conduct prescribed by the gu
preue power a State" s
Where the genuine trial BY Jury prevails this princi
pie can be carried out in pra,tce.l
CHAP. H. WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS --Admits. for
The sake Of the argument, that constitutions and
statutes Inconsistent with justice may DO made law aud
insists only that constitutions shall be Interpreted by
tia established rules by which al other legal instruments
Interpreted Of which rule u.s. that all cords that
suso7te Of to weanim0s, Favorable to justice and
tie oA~ dv~ice sAsu be taken IN the sense favorable TO
justice.
CHAP. I'LL THE COLONIAL CHARTERS.-Tbat these
charters the constitutional law Of the colonies up to
he time Of the Revolution that the provisions them
the effect that their legislation should bs csnsonant
to reason and not repugnant contrary but % far
conveniently may DO, agreeable 70 the laws statu a.
customs ana rights Of this kingdom Of England,
made Il possie at lay oodd haze any lqa, eriasnoe
in tie colonies up to the time Of ne Recosuson and that
the decision Of the Kings Beach, n somersets case was
a. much applicable to the colonies to England. Note
oorrecs Bancrofs statement that England ever leazed
the slave trade.
CHAP. ". COLONIAL srATUrEs.-shows tina. the
colonial Legislation on the subject Of slavery failed TO
identity, with legal accuracy, the persons to be made
elaves and therefore, even such legislation had been
constitutional, would have failed TO legalize slavery
That, consequently there scds legal slavery TIE csun-
Try up to the time of the Rerolwion
CHAP. v. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
By this the nation declares to be "a secvident truth
that all men are created free and equal. Au seepid1.
truths necessarilya part Of the lao of the land unls
never
denied this sels evident truth, which it once asserted
This truth Il, therefore, part Of tie lao Of tie IaSd, and
wakes slavery illegal
CHAP. VI. THE STATE COESTITU TONS OF 1885,
None Of he State combinations erise,ce in 1889 eaa,
lis I'D authorised slarsy. All OF them, their face
free constitutions. Shows that the words ree and
freeman used in these constitutions used in the
English or political sense, to designate native or natura-
Lied persons As distinguished from Aliens or pessons Of
foreign birth not naturalzed and that they were In no
case used 10 designate free person, a. distinguished
from slave. That the Of the words In this sense IN
the State constitutions Of 1889, they had been previ.
ousy used m the colonial charters and colonial legislation
furnish an authoritative precedent by which TO fx The
meaning Of the words, free persons" In the consi.u
ton OF the United Sates in the clause relative To repro
scntaiion and direct taxation.
CHAP. WI. TIE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION