The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-04


and .ppiauded BY lis followers with sheso q, incpIes
he majority Of Me people Of he North ds sDs% a
we shall receive them our rulers. The prohibition OF
slavery the Territories is the cardinal principle Of this
Organization For forty this has been Goa
sdered and debated in the balls OF Congress- before
people, by the press and before the tribunals Of justice
IN their owl favor Ne refuse TO submit to that juds
nsht and In vnGcaton Of refusal 0eer the
situton of country point the total absence Of
any express power 70 exclude We offer the practice
cur government for the first thirty years of its exist
.h IN .mpete reutation Of the position that any such
PwtI either necessary or proper TO the execution or
any oti or power in relation TO the Territories We offer
he judgment Of large minority Of the people Of the
with the unal iinous viii Of the south against
this usurpaton: and, finally, we offer the judg-
Tie highest judicial tribunal OF our country, in
our favor Ibis evidence ought :, be conclusive that
have never surrendered this right the conduct ad
that If had entered IL ia
in a. resume H. The faithess conduct OF our sdver-
not confined to such acts might aggrandizo
1t mselves III their section of the Union They
ent they can ony injure u.s. The constitution declares
bat persons charged with crimes in Sta and nee-
my TO shall be delivered up on the demand OF the
executive hory ot the state, from which they may
ice, to BIZ tried IN The jurisdiction where the crime
Committed. II would appear difficult to employ
language fres from amb guilty; yet for above twenty
years ibe ding States generally wholly
refused up US persons charged with crimes
ecng slave pr perty Our coniederates, with Punic
a,ih, shield and sanctuary to all criminals who seek
g ctprve s Of th's poperty or who used IL to destroy
rs This cla,se 81 the constitution requires Thorn to
tnderfuginsss {, III labor. THIS provision, and the
last reiere ed TO- were our main Inducements for
decorating ih the Northern States Without them, IL
historically true that would have rejected the
sttutn In the fourth year OF the republic Congress-
passed nw I. give fun vgOr and efficiency to this i'm
portaht provision This act depended 10 considerable
tel upon the Ice of the several states for
iis nciehcy The non savehodng States generally re-
peakd all laws intended to aid the execution Of
lat act and iuposd penalties upon those citizens whose
C,alty 10 the COZ sutoD and their oahs might induce
b. III 10 discha'g Their duty Congress then passed the
act of 1880 for the complete execution OF this
duty by fedora officers lhis law, which their own bad
aib absolutely Indispensable for the protection
Of constitutional rights family with ferocious
reyilirps AMI Ill Conceivable modes Of hostility Tho
supreme unanimously, and their own cal courts,
with equal ,panimiiy, (with the single and solitary
exception Of The Supreme Court Of Wisconsin, sus-
tanned It's 9. stmt,ialty In all it's pfovsons; vet
II stap,s to-day d, nj letter for all practical pur.
pses in every sisveholding State in tho Union.
We nave their Covenant, We havo their oaths to
keep obs IL hut the Unfortunate claimant
accompanied by federal officer with The mandate OF tho
high, judicial authority IN his naods, everywhere
met with fraud with force, aud with Legislative enact
ments elude, resist to defeat him. Claimants
murdered with IMMUNITY officers OF the law are beaten
BY frantic mobs, Est1aed by iefammaory appeals from
holding the highest pubic employ ments In their
states supported by legislation in conflict with the clear
est shs Of The constitution and even the ordinary
pri cples If humanity In several Of confederate
states citizen cannot travel tho highway with his SER
want, who may voluntarily accompany him, without be-
ing declared hy law fslan and being subjected to in
famous puDshmeDis II liz difficult TO perceive how we
could suffer b. the hostility than by the PATERNITY
The public laws civilized nations equrc every State
restrain subjects from committing acts
INJURIOUS 10 the " safety Of any other States at
tempting rection to lessen tho security
d'stub the tranquility o. their neghbors and our
constitution w'se, gives Congress the power to punish
all against the laws OF naous. These are sound
and Just prrcpes which have received the app obatton
just all countries and IN all cennres but they
wholly dsresarccd by the people OF the Northern
states and the fed raj government IS impoent 10 main
them For twenty past the aboit onists aud
Their allies the Northern states, have been engaged IN
Constant subvet institutions aud 10 excite
II surrection and s+Ivle war amongst u.s. They have
sent .missares amongst for the accomplishment or
their pu " Of these etors have received tho
public sanction OF majority Of the leading men Of tho
republican party in the na,i nal councts-the same men
who proposed rulers. These erorts have
IL TO the actual invasion Of OF the
slavrf >tates and those OF the murderes and in
cendmies who escaped public justice BY flight, havo
found traternal PR Northern c,nfede
rates These are the men who say the Unioa shall be-
preserved.
Such az the opinions such are practices of the
republican patty who have been called, by their own
Votes u administer the federal government under the
constitution Of the United states. We know their
tn acheIywe knew the shallow pretences under which
they cali, disregard lis pLnest obligations Ii We sub
nit the it viii be fault and not theirs. The
people orga have been willing stand by this
bagsthis contract; they have sought to evado
cstat lsh any new government They have struggled
maintain he ancient rights Of themselves and tho
human race through and under that constitution But
they knew the value Of parchment rights in treacheroas
han, therefore they TO commit their 70
the rulers whom the north oner US. WHY Because b!
their declare principle and policy they have vutlawed
three thousand millions Of our property in the common
Trritors OF the Unionput under the ban Of the
pubic H. the States where 10 exists and out Of the pro-
'et4H,p ~ federal law every where-beeause they give
eabo,naIy TO thieves ana nc ndiaries who assai
the whole extent Of their power in spite OF their
sol obligations and covenants Because their avowed
purpose In H. subvsto society and subject not only
the oss Of our property but the OF ourselves
and our children, and the deeoati0n Of
homes alters and hresides To avoid these evils
resume the powers which our fathers delegated 70
a. government Of the United States and henceforth
s EEK new safeguards for our liberty, equality Be-
Sm..ty Al, d tranquility.
NJ ssSd copies OF the address ordered to be
r,n,sd and IN clerks were directed to place It on the
journals.
The OF dnance aboshng the federal Circuit and Dis
rict courts WAS reported back wish Faaencmen's and
passed.