New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-31

in TIE sense in which | am a submissionist wonld
have entitled himself TO cravat not mads of silk.
lApplauss l hope these gentlemen will not push
the matter - euch sn extreme to ente bemst yes
to u; but If they do | trut such examples will he
made as will have salutsry and effective infiusncs for
the future. [Appause.l
baviDg discussed the right and the power to ssceds
from The Union, say we will not be disturbed With
this ghost of disunion and you will hear no more of
after pa sion has had time to subsid because there is
no cause Tor It, IL there any law Of which they com.
plain? Is there any who is now disturbed by anv
federal law in the quiet possession OF bis property
There il not law the statute book which the La
mocraoy OF the Southern country has not pa.s,d
They have had absolute and uncontrolled management
of tbs legislation Of the country from the year 1900 to
the wear 1850.
SO that if there is any law the statute book that
ougt not TO have been passed. just get out of the wav
and will repeal all thoee laws for you. fAp,suse
Some gentlemen seem to open their eyes when saw
the Democratic party has had control of the Govern
ment for the past sixty years 1 know they think
there have been several intervals such as the admius
traitors Of Mr.. Adams and others But Congress- wss
opposed to him and be bad no Legislative power. SO
il 1910, we elected Gen. Harrison, who died within
month after bis inauguration. We then had both
branches Of Congress, and the President on our side
But General Harrison died before Congress INST
ard consequently nothing was done during that
period. When he died we had Vice-President
and the two Honses Of Congress: but / do
not think Tyler had been there week before he was
purchased by the Democratic party-a debt which they
afteIward repudiated mention this only as hstor-
icsl fact and from no desire to deal uukindly with
things long passed away We all know he deserted us
10 become representative of the Democratic party
al when we had the two Houses of Congress we had
President to carry out our views they still con-
inud in control of the legislation of the country. SO
II was when General Taylor was elected, and when
Fillmore was there we bad both branches of Con-
press against that in fact we have never had the
control OF the Government from the year 1900 down to
the present DAY.
Well il there ia any law of which complaint is made
thew alone are blame lie that their lust excuse for
a dissolution Of this Government Ii may be lust
cause for to complain but not for as even to dis
solve the Union. Now, those gentlemen q very
specious and plausible argumentone that is accepta-
bic the public, that TO take with every
unre1ectiDg msn-that we have the power and the
right TO carry slave property into the Territories.
Well am not going to tell You what think ought TO
be the law; but will tell you what is the Constitution
and the law The idea is thst what is property in
State is necessarily property in all the Sates. But it
is not true.
For example: short time ago the game Of billiards
vss prohibited in this State by law, and billiard
table could not be used in Virginia. Ia New York
thew are property sn1 you may find manufacturer of
the article with 500 0O0 $50 900, or $4,000 worth in
his establishment. Was it property here Yes it
was Droperty that is he could bring it here and you
could not take il from him, but be could not use it
billiard table and therefore not property that
could he used as such. So il s now with distiIleries
where the Maine Liquor Law has been adopted. You
cannot carry your dsteries, 10 be used such, in
many Of the States. Bank notes are not property
York they authorize the issue and crcu ston of
below the denomination of five collars. In Virginia they
are Prohibited They are not property here. Sup.
nose there Wa law of that sort In Kansas Territorial
or Congressional prohibiting the circulation of all bank
notes You sell cut your estate here, receive payment
in bank otea and emgrste TO Kansas and cary your
hank notes with you into tie Stats or Territory OF
Ksrsas Won cannot use them there, they not being
rronertv So with great variety Of things Race
horses are rot property in NewJersey thst is say
racing is prohibited there by law and although you
may carry your race-horse TO New-Jersey, II you at
ten p 10 him such you incur the penalty OF ths
law he is therefore useless 10 you for the only pur
pose for which he is valuable.
If YOU get ont tomorrow with a drove Of hogs
another nan with a drove of horses, another with
rrples and another with reeroes-a wanting to 90 into
Kansas-the FIRST three will 60 there without asking
protection Tor their property from the Federal Govern
nept BIT the man with the negroes will not go there
without asking protection. The reason Is THIS: You
will have 70 learn it tire other aud you might
a. well know il DOW. The reason 49, that slaves are
not recognized property under the common law.
While negroes not property your horses are ana II
Won carry yOur horses mules into karsas they are
nTotscte6 by he common law; but If you carry your
pgros thtre they not protected because Slavery
il municipal institution and requires special law Tor
its protection. Why is this Becans5 III the year
I1-2 decision was rendered by Lord Mansfield when
essbshed the law on this subject Prior 10 that yesr
slaves had teen recognized as property and the rlcn
planters Of the West India Islands were IN the habit OF
carving their pegross to England when they visited
al
bs ernrebended and thrown into Jail that their own
era coud recover them and take them back whsre they
came from put them or board ship, aud carry them
home. But in the yesr l712, a man named oIe"alt
carried his negro James SuDmerset, there, VINO ran
svay He was spprehended and thrown into prison,
YVES then carried before Lord Mansfield unoer writ OF
habess corrus who finally rendered the dscislonss
YOU will find in Howtls State ITlaIs AZ Vuo oPipi'
rendered Lord Mansfield said:
ssveTy is Of such nature thai it incapable Of beos intro
dUced any moral or political but only BY
and is Odous that nothing can De suffered 10 SUSTAIN 0o
positive lswn
being the Colonies of Great Britain at the time, 1t be-
came The law OF the Colonies, and 1t was 80
recognized by the trainers OF the Constitution AT tne
time Of its formation and adoption, the evidence OF
which lie 80 be found in the fact thatin fixing that
clause Of the Consu ion which relates to the recovery
Of fugitive slaves and which is the only part of that
instrument which does recognize Slavery at al-and
then il is Only BY inference and not ly express terms
for the word slave was puIposely excluded from the
Coustitution-thst clause declares:
person held service labor state under "a,
lars eyef"-rot under MS ConshiuoHbu under the laws
OF regulation therein be discnsIged" sc &C.
Mark the words, and remember that did not make
the Constitution, am only reading il as find it; bat
il il manfest that the trainers OF the Government
eaIded it ss local and municipal under the laws of
these States which recognized and protected il. The
public mind may have undergone great change in
the South, vet must hold 10 the Constitution as il,
and bear IN mind hiss undergone no change and that
the Northern mind has changed the other way; bat
Ufy too, must hold 10 the Constitution as liz. WHY
did they this peculiar phfaSeOlogy Because slaves
were not recC gnized Az property under the common
law, and they DID not 10 recognize il under the
| Constitution. II was local law depending entirely
upon local legislation for protection and Mr. Madison
said in the Convention he thought il wrong TO admit
in the Constitution that there could be property an
nen.' Now they say the bred Scott decision has
sll that ASIDE and you have the same right TO carry
slaves into Territory AZ thew have 10 carry any