New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-15


made the commandment Of God of none effect by
their traei'ions,
Dust 60 IN the pretense Of being the owner Of q
human person, aud under authority Of the wicked
Fugitive Slave Law cODh1ved and appended 70 he
Constitution, the commandment and purpose OF Jus
TIVE and Fl, edom in the Constitution are made OF no
feet and the Constitution Is trampled nnder loot
and violated ny the pretense Of i'sbeng an authority
for this most infamous crime.
Tee same thing is illustrated in the perverted IN
terprvtIon of The law of the Sabbath under which
The pharisees condemned our Lord bimseh and his
discipIes for doing good on the Sabbath day. Our
Lord hen declared the object and purpose OF the
Sabbath and informed them that IL was lawful 10 do
good on the Sabbath day; and just so II Ii lawful 70
deliver and project the fugitive from Slavery, aud II
is aceorJaDt Wi n the Constitution TO do thls tne
very object Of the Cousiluii and it's supreme In
,erpretng law being Liberty and justice and the pre-
venting Of injustice.
Tie great indictment Of God against our nation,
against Government and people, is the crime OF
having sIained and sanctioned the forbidden claim
Of property IN mantle crime of having admitted,
by airocious peryersion and cruel law and precedent
tbs impious and iDbuman csim into free CoDsttu-
ton the eff of Gods providential mercy-ireedom
ana happiness to all. That this cim could have ex
listed, could have been tolerated any where In the V-
lied world AZ tbs day, ii STANDING blot upon Roman
Cath ole and Pro- estant Christianity but in This
boa.ted land OF freedom and evyals 1t is disgracc
and crime unparalleled. II Is especially 80 here,
and greatly exaggerated in its implcty because The
claim was repudisted by the fathers, who distint y
avened even while they yielded 10 what sinful dis
trust and dsobedirn nee of God they claimed TO be
nee, ssy for the establishment Of any United Gov
eminent at all and therefore admitted slayeholdlng
STATES 20 the Union-they sverred at the very same
time that il was WRONG TO ADMIT INTO THE CON-
sTITUTIoS THE IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE PROP
ERTY IN MAN, and therefore they would not suffer
the name slave or the term Slavery, even servi-
- IN l. sueh a far n1iyh
carry that idea and il could not be admitted. i, is
our duty by the will of our fathers as well az the
will Of God 10 exp.l such claim from the CODstitu
ZION. The permission Of this diabOcal interpreta-
ton is our national Disgrace and crime. But, II
Satan has thus entered and got possession Of our
Constitution and of the country, by means Of it, We
must turn him out OF the Constitution. lie has no
claim there on the ground that our fathers let him
in, any more than Bssl had in Judea on the ground
that former Kings had given him an altar there.
The temple in Josiahs time had been 20 desecrated
that its apartments were FLIED with denominations, 10
that when Josiah entered TN bis work Of reform, he
found idols in possession Of the very holy Of holes.
IL was Solomon himself the builder OF that temple,
who set up affairs 10 Mooch within its hilowed pre-
cncts And il might have been as jutt! argued that
Josiah had no right TO take back the temple 10 the
service Of God because Solomon had set up idol wor-
ship in IT, as that we are prohibited RON administer
ing the Constitution in the service OF p.ty and free
DOM because fugitive slave bill Las been grated
Of Baal right between the cberubim, under the face
of the angels, this monster would not have been
viler or more impOns audaclty and debasement than
the attempt set up again this DsgoA Of nhumanity
and impiety in the temple Of our Constitution and
religion.
In reference TO the charge Of atheism uTon the Con-
stitution, because il did not contain tie name oil
God, be said: mans piety, and a nanon's must
DO found somewhere ese than in their creeds, their
ecclesiastical and political phylacteries, and the
hem Of their garments, or IL 10 OF little WORTH IL is
in the life ana spirit, else, as God himself faid,
/" lie that onereth an obation 10 no better than an
idolater and he that bumeth iucense, than IL he
offered swne's blood. / will have mercy and not
sacrifice" When our pleased Lord would teach this
great truth 10 the atheistic Pharisees he took little
child, shrinking little prstter that could scarce
stand alone. There was no name OF God, nor any
need of il on the fair sweet forehead Of the little
creature, nor any profession of religion. He knew
nothing about the Aihsnasian Greed, nor any other
creed. Indeed he could hardly have been old enough
TO learn and repeat the answer TO the question IN
the Westminster Catechism, What ia the chief end
Of mani" although that answer is 40 true and
grand description Of mans high proroeatiye, and
Of the end OF his being The litle fellow had
no phyacteries bis robes, while the
SorIbes and Phsrisees very likely Haunted
their texts Of Scripture In crimson and
gold. Yet our Lord ret this little child there
10 u symbol Of true piety, model Of the trus,iul,
gueless, fearless, unpretending obedieni life OF
child Of God. IL we would escape the guilt Of
atheism, we must do Justly, love mercy, aud walk
humbly with God. That man is an atheist Of the
WORT stamp, who would obiiteTate Gods image
from bis fellow man. and sell Gods intelligent
creatures Gods own children 10 the highest bidder
on the auction block and that nation is atheis-
tic than any other the face Of the EARTH that dnres
set in its Constitution the right IL property in man,
and blasphemously claims privilege and commits
sion from the Ain ighty, the business Of slave
l. lin md t~aa n
Constitution be interpreted In harmony with lie de-
clared objects, and IL anything be found IN IL that
hstes against those objects, the spirit OF the Con-
solution must overTuls that inconsistency. III You
were raiting BUILDING, and discovered that
beam with O vast weight designed 10 repose
upon il out Of the line of the perpendicular aud
wonld inevitably fall If run up according 20 the plan
Of the architect would you think yourself bound 10
execute that mistake, and take the consequences
your head and your childrens. Nay, you would
know that the purpose Of the binding, and in the
architect in continuing IT, required you TO bring that
beam into perfect, exact and safe correspondence
with the whole structure. Suppose an ATHEIST should
say that the toothache was provision Of our frame
that ought not TO be violated, and that every mans
Jaws ought TO be wrenched 20 10 correspond with
that provision; this would be quite just and wise
as to demand that we interpret the Constitution IN
favor Of oppression. The teeth were made to eat
with and not TO ache, and aching tooth, If incura
bic, muit be drawn, and not bring the whole jaw
under the law Of pain it's presiding genius. And
just So the Constitution was framed for the establish
ment Of justice and the blessings Of liberty, and that
being the law OF the Constitution, all its articles
must be interpreted accordingly.
The Rev. Doctor referred TO the Constitution,
quoting from Justice Storys principles Of nterpreta
ton as follows: The preamble reads thus: owe,
the people of the United States, in order TO form
more perfect union, establish justice, insure domes
tic tranquility, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the bless
ngs Of liberty to ourselves and poserity, do
dain and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America" "This preamble, says Judge
Story, is very important, not only as explanatory
on but as aording the beat key to the true inter-