Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1861-01-25

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/ o,rta .ntv as 10 the tate of one arrested ms a
]. @n.,,iive bas given risa 10 tha low instances
!. K, own to ns of farcibe resistance TO the INV.
i 4 lie e.,tia, ,nbiaction to the nrasent law has
,jjnti;nbte,IIv stiimI,l,ted in most instances
I the enactment OF what are called Personal
4 I,;hertv R;ils'' in some nj. the States
II s6ouId he horne in mind thar the obiec.
tiups ur,ed by The Nortbern neonIe ara NOT
To the law ior the recovery of fi1Sitives who
reaii, owe labor: but thew are fonnded in
the belief thai the nresent law NAV and clnes
;nert,,It tI,e se;zura nf nerSons WIN nre Tree
mud Subjects Them to servitnde cnntrnrv to
both law aud right. The Committee believe
it to be unjust to tn free States to assert that
auy considerable number of persons in those
! tn, a are onpnse,l to the reclamation of ner-
sons. " no by ,he laws Of any Statc, owe la
Ebur or service 10 any other. If any such
tciass exists. it is that known us abolItlonis,s
Ihts class asserts its opnosition to the Con.
Stitutiun. because it does authorize the pur-
.suit and re.cnnture of fugitive slaves. In
fwhatever li.,ht- the nersons comnosine, this
class may be regarded. it is certain their
Numbers a, 30 small that no danger can re-
suit 10 the constitutional rights of any nor
tiou Of the Union from their peculiar opin-
ions of their 1n,eIe of commencing them to
-,b..s GENERAL nublic.
q 10 cerr,inlvtrue that this class does not
act with any ois the great political parties of
rho ,,,, and tI,ot lis .cbiaf' leaders ,,nd most
talented orators. were most strenuousIy opnos-
en- a, 1he fenubl,caI, ,,,,tv in the lats. lresi-
5acnt;al contpst and danmnnoc Il and ito dor.
trioes in bitter and nns,,arino terms me
,rr,at n,istnke which is now 9re,ny ON the
nnhlic r,ind to tbe widest excesses consists
,,,,+omn5;ne, thot Jas of non L,l,y,, .S
boittimistsl With the oreat mass of The Re-
n In,,cun Marty of the North and West.
similar ~ his and. .,row;nes mainly ont Of
Il & : bctief which seons to have oht,ined
vow, :, tho s,tb tb.t the
nc,,rle a, the sl6yslt6ldiny States hayintr
s, posi,,,,t o,,tart,;r p
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,5St, f,,s,mrSes otf .onoy,ss ,Sfil fbr6l, TIM:
sional act;on Il viii abol;sb slavery in the
Statcs where II NAV then exist How this
,,nptoss nn,,lJ I'm accommodated MO ara mt
in+arn,ad Tbis nreIlict;oa has been ,,onred
;n,o tI,, oars nf ar,.;tod r,ntt;tndes IRON, the
,,I,tbs ~ ,,.,,3,,l,,r orators and ,,Lcad before
tI,a; o,,es 7, The NJ ,,rosses
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nss,,nad ,ba form ~ nlsnsible tf,g +;,ct The
,,.rIr Cf,raed with his nnrnose ybe, itmat
e ,onve,5tion ~ Chicaoof to nominate ito
o,S,CIatos ocI.rel ;ts d,.ct,;,o nm tIis Mint
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.tThst [ the e ,,,,;nt.;nsnca ;nv;olata IF the
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NJ ~ tt,st.r,l;to- the ,rarosta,o,,s. claroc-
ter Of, this idea. The committee have deemed
t6,s beiiats IL Same. ,ortiions of the sontb
srtfc;si,tly i,nlort.,nt 10 demand n notice at
fb,s time.
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