The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-22

drmg me aaes,,on W. WI. 20 30 ayof1ed 70
,s ss any s ssisiA',Ss -sa, as '' cup
'ress national cos' seeros Rc.SS sas o. If ta ns
= ~ snnS o United states be would 90 Tar
utonsi law into the matter as quess,hn Sides has
,cos he 's issss sesrs en- question
ning Of the word coercion as appnua ~ s~nstion
nent Again, they were ns'ax oI sidsred fatal 10 The
existence OF the republic Of the United Saves as nov
constituted might no, Be ats sng ,s O. that
ton If il were that State might wltnars itself
from all connection with s iso T,t states q me unon
,sef az the benefits conferred by the Union and the
laws, that each law vital 70 the existence Of the
Of that state That s, STATE ever did withdraw al.
the laws Ugh; be enforced without disturbing her DO
ltcai relations 70 the general Union and II state
should secede, whether did under the epecous garb
Of state sovereignty not, ne unable bow Il
was that any distinct number Of men, combined to give
force and conntenance 10 the existence Of the laws OF the
United States, could pass Laws to make any difference 10
the measure of the offence, be offence, denonin
ated treason The facts which had come 70 hs knowl
edge the had been FUZZY submitted 20 the
committee. Now II was supposed that the causes Of the
complaint which had led 70 this strange and eccentric
movement Of the Southern states either bad no
foundation IN fact, or # they had these OF
plant could be removed and the people night hope mat
the public tranquility would be restored. That brought
him 70 the consideration OF one two topics which he
wonld briefly present They PEELED in matters
moi perhaps always but the best that rey could
command. u bad been alleged that unconst!tutiona
laws bad been passed by several Of the Stasos which
laws mad tendency enoarrass the operations Of Tie
constitutional laws Of the United States and that these
acts were, in the judgmfn Of me Southern states
sufficient cause for dssocmg their with t.
Union. These Laws Lad acquired the naye
Of Personal Liberty bls' IN some Of tie
exactly IN The predicanen, and position e legal Ia Ca
ton, they in 1888, 20 determine with reference
10 Se laws or the United s.ates vas taen alleged
tha. unconstitutional laws lad reenvassed by tie 20
vernment, which had preadcEaf tendency, and ina;
sicn being the ,Aat II Itself sutcien.
her connection with the Union Vow il yas stSe ed II
state psssed law otcral in character was The
proper udicature determine tie character CT that
paced 10 sovereign State y that were CO., State
would the right TO absovo 1self from al aleg
and 1Sssye e citizens ss 0s Ssa s 81 allegiance to the
Il this were the case, this vas sufficient
oaose for breaking up theTnion, there ugn, nave a
thousand reasons seized with as mech proprety
rT breaking up and dissoving the UnYon now The
tdcia reports Of the courts all the country were
full OF decisions which had declared that such and such
law Of the United States unconstitutional and that
such and such law null and void. 1t was Tor the
purpose Of having tribunal for settling forever all dis
puied points of oonsutonaly that these questions az
last appeal should be decided that the Supreme Court Of
the United States was established I,hsd been esabshed
70 protect the rights Of all the States against encroch
nefte, no matter from what quarter .hey might
To ,hs last arbrament it had been the habit Of the
and liberty lowing people of the country refer
a their disputes and differences, and hitherto the
Supreme Court had decided all questions of constitutional
law submitted to It. Now this SuTreme Court the
proper arberof this very question. This anconsttu-
toDal law 10 which ne mad adverted law enacted
Of Sa FIRE e 81 N
ger arising from the manner in which the laws Of
gress touching the recapture Of fugitive slaves was
himself did not approve OF these laws but yet
| for him TO arraign the Legislatures Of sovereign
serve whatever they deemed the jus. rights Of the
| people within their separate jurisdictions But IL
was obvious 10 any man of the commonest understand
ing tina. any fuch laws though Nhey might in the
statute books Of state yet were totally null VOID
when they came in conflict with the laws the United
States. He looking at this allegation one which
II II could in any way be sustained oy fact could be
easily removed or, rather he now wished 10 show that
II could have any effect the interests or rights Of
Southern men Southern States. The law FOR the re
capture and surrender Of fugitive slaves was passed il
1850 and sustained by the opinion Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States and the State had
more 70 do with il than they had with the 1898
II must follow as legal consequence inevitable that
the supreme Court Of the United States, If tn,
law OF 1850, or the law Of 1893 amended by that
1850 as within the constitution ard prov Of Congress
IL followed that they viii execute that law and there
fore every law csmng in contact with any portion Of
constitutional law and nterpoeing 70 s execution mus
be deemed by them totally and Of no effect whel
he asserted This he presumed no mar, whether lawye
ar layman, would disagree with hiu. IT. then, any
these laws passed in the North entered INTO conflict viii
the laws Of the United States which declared
mont, that constitution under which they still
| lived and loved, and which the paramount Law
Of the land, ordained that the constitution tac and the
laws maze ia pursuance thereof, and all treaties made
under it, should be the supreme law o. the land any
thing IN the laws and constitution Of any state to TIC
| contrary Notwithstanding. The committee, therefore
had been anxious to Ind out what injury hal resulted
citizens or their property from these laws That brought
him 10 the question Of property lie looked upon thai
as property which, w.ng man labor, could be con
verted INTO value IN goods or money. That be called
| property He did not mean 10 say thar NJ n hal mo
peTty IN man but there was a relationship Existing no
! tween slave and his owner which recognized by
the oonstut on OF the United States n tbs 10 VITA,
every state recognizes the right Of estab s
his claim to his runaway slave. That relationship which
existed between man who labor and him 70 whom
u IL due was called slavery He believed that the word
slave had been strangely perverted from lis original
meaning. The word = slave was formerly applied 70
who had raised the great Russ empire s present
stupendous and brilliant height In the presen, day the
Emperor q Russ had found II desirable lioera,e the
millions OF slaves Of his vast empire Now, in this
try, The word slavery hal come TO be well
| would call II anything-theology divinity black
republcansm, - (langhter) slavery anti.slave-
ry-my name they pleased The th.og which
relationship existing between certain persons 10 state Of
slavery and the persons 70 whom they owed service or
labor That property In the acccptation Of law that
relationship property As the law for the recapiure
Of slaves passed by the supreme judiciary OF the
United States and the Law thereby being declared cons
tutiona ii consequently followed that the law was rara
mount either 70 law Of state the constitution q!
state any law coming n conflict with tha, constitution
and law which was instrumental in preventing ts exc
cuton was therefore much blank paper Urder these
circumstances be would ask II possible for gentle
men Of the South, lawyers Of the south for the states.
mcn Of the South that they could look passage
one q these useless laws ne sufficient cause for
break ne the bonds Of erohcrly regard which had
long united them under the constitution II had been de-
caree that the Northern newspapers and publications
WINCH were Circulated N Inc eOutn ha1 tendency 10
cite 70 domestic nsurccton twas obvious that against
this became the duty Of every state TO guard Itself
BE held the fret duty OF every free state in the Union
70 suppress publications intended 10 be circulated
the South with intent &c create domestic instruction
u the bouEden duty Of every State suppress such
publications. and 10 punish the authors them He was
aware that, for the utcranco Of those sent mons
brethren Of the North would Southern friends
| would few years ago. call him s'od federal.
| ST. hut vet he held tnat every society had
| the right 70 protect Us interests and welfare
when those interests became menacod by danger. He
| d "
The concerns Of the government whether he n news.
paper editor other Individual goes abroad through
The states circuat ng publications with intent TO excite
domestic instructions should be &c zcd and pgnPhed
and was n the power % every State government 10
punish that intent according 10 the oonsttut ona dedp
uon OF TREASON He the last man IN the world who
would interfere with the institution II the press bot tho
man VINO went apops the country crciiat documents
with intent Of exciting domestic instruction ara INST the
/ aw-ans man who would thus ralse his suicidal arm
against the southern bosom, and raised he fratricda
hand against his brothers hear-fe would have h m
dnlN aLd ocmmeI raalx nnlsheh n tharn