The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-06-28

day. is thus beautifully EXPRESSED by
Cowper-
,r.,, =; r,,.,, e t,,t.,.
Rscsive nnr MR. that moment thew are fre.
They touch our country. and their shacklcs fall
That's noble. and hespeaks Il nation proud
And jealous Of the blessing"
Al =; ror,rr,l "a \, C,rr,, !, ,ho
~ " "
tOllOwlng eloquent IanSua-e-
at Ispcak in the snirit Of British law which
makes liberty CONNIE nsurate with and insepera.
HE from British soil: which proclaims even TO
the At, snger ami the soiaurner the moment bc
steps his foot on British carth that the ground
on which he treads is holy and conSecrated hv
the genius of Universal Emancipation. No mat.
ter in what Ian guage his doom may have been
pronounced; no matter what compile Xion in.
COMPATIBLE with freedom, an Indian or African
sun NAV have burnt upon him; no matter in
what disastrous battle his liberty may have been
cloven down: no matter with what solemnitics
he may have been devoted upon the alter Of
slavery, the moment he touches the sacred soil
Of Britain, the altar and the god sink together
in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own
maJ"sty: and he stands redeemed, rcgcnerated
ana disentnra'led pv the lrrcsisttbi genius or
Universal Emanclpatlon.'
In the Lemmon CascD rccentlv od-
!u"'e"'co W 'nc tou' vi tNPpea's vi 'he
State of New York, this decision in the
g Somerset C,san ;s c;ted and dominant
ed on as follows:
"The laws or Enyl,na resrecti,r n.rson,I
rights were in general IN. Iaws of the rniop;ns
and they continued Tho sama syst.m ot,.r ~
Rev oluton by provisions in their Constitutions,
adoptiny the common law subicct IN altnrat;o,
by their own statutes The asner, in wh;rh tho
case of fugitive slaves was presented 10 .be an
thors of the Constitution. therefore was this
A number of the States had very little ir.,os,
in continuing the institution Of .iav.,r onS
!
When they should do so no ,rir;,,lo f ,h
laws of England as to nrrsnn,1 r;nhta .na tho
remedies for ILLEGAL in,nrisonme,t wnnlI ,Im.
diate,v nr~,.,, . ,,. II" ~, "o"," % u.'"e
ir con,.r.,, " 80 10y 10y ,i;; -, J1 ~ m Nv
/ -, ~ " , ,,a', @ ~, 80 - ~ ~. ~ . "ii,o"nt
u ~ ,-".u la',s'.e w. WI. s.nnu,nk auhon'
; uous. ',"' s..u "'s'"p,"'i r:s"a'n' W iers'h"'
~ ,s.;,,n "I"e' ', '.,e ,AMS W,
.;.'.; a. ,ou'" '?' "e s"s "n'ae ,'.a. m
the remedy by habru, corpus, which was cher
1shed Isl institution of this country as well as in
Reading the nroyision for the ,cnd,;or Of
fugitive slaves in the light which these consid-
statSns ON onerea IT is impossible not to perceive
cple to be that the esrape o, a Slave from '1 a
State in which he was lawfully held to service
e1o 1i hm m,o se "TSa @ so
recognized as the legal consequence of a slave ave
going into state where slavery did not exist;
against the viii Of the owner ' c,.,;o,, "hn ha
would be free if the master vol, ntarily brought
@ Rt INT INTO FREE state h ior any pnrpose ofh,s own
no further :han the case Of the fugitive AS in
this case the admitted general consequence of
t' h "' sa'e IN .eT n'aI was not
was by an express provision in the Federal com
pact to be returned to the party to whom the ser,
bu n, sai % lane, [n onnirae 70 % them" he hs wes
not unreasonable, as the owner was free to de-
tsrmne whether he would Voluntarily permi' his
allow him m to . be held in hond.se That "a" was was
within his own power, but he could not always
whch ths~ serye out o' ne i'te
The provision of the Constitution was precisely
suited !" the eS'seney of the ease and it went
VIII .1,o ,uL.o
that b.,o o;.aa w;,h H. .oaia,;o os
tbo hos. ;v,],;a;,,l ] ,'';s1. @ w." :.L ~ "
ions Of ths L;nha., T C,nrts w." o";Jaa ,iJ II hr
,hoso ..a ua.s: =. .I,
.nno.r .h., H. m.al 60.
az ona ;f svoL ~ ~ ~,
T. ;s tlsn :, ~ rz.arIa a>,a;,s, l,m o'N
and it follows. that u 1ecjsiou reDu1pout
IN IL. =,
W WV I'''' I'''' " '"~ "'"Se "o Hnno
NEOUS, UNREASONABLE AND UNJUST.
Our learned Juapes of the Snnre,ne
Co.. ~ .,o 60 ,:,
oo"'. "ssu"'c "s ''c '"c. "pon "h'c"
they base their decision, that slavery was
sanctioned and tolor,tcd by orory Euro-
y
peah nailon, ana tnat the opinion OF lts
rightfulness, was at that time, fixed and
un;yars.l :, .bo .;,.;I;,ol xo..;o,, r a. y
world. To this sweeping statement we,
not only cannot assent, but most emphat-
ically deny and now for the proof of its
truth or falsity. l have already cited
the Somerset case " to show that slave
ry was not recognized in England-let
us next refer to the literature of the aay,
for it is conceded fact :nat the itera.
ture of the Colonies was that of the
nother country, to the language of the
popular writer's of the English nation,
and the views and opinions of the emf
nent men of the time.
How many of us have read with de-
light and admiration the affecting and
beautiful language of SrERNE:
"D;syuise b,sc,f "a ,hou wilt s,i, s,or.ru
still thou art bitter drought; and though thou
sands, in all ages, have been made to drink of
thee thou 81 not the less bitter on that account
1t il thou L,bpytv thrice sweet and gracious
goddess. to whom all bend the knee. in plblir or
in private. whose taste is grateful, and ever miil
be So until mature herself shall change. No tint
of words can ever spot thy snowy mantle or
chemic power turn thy sceptre into iron. With
| thee. to smile upon him As he cats his crust, the
swain is happier than his monarch, from whose
| court thou art eNied."