New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-25
$500 Reward.
DEAR TRIBUNE; The way you sons,ir..
once the biggest question to nutshell ia proyokas
Here is a case. You say, Saturday, March 81.

DEAN Tribune; Ire way you eome.in.s
duce the biggest question to Il nutshell ia proyoL;.s
Here is case. You say, Saturday, March q.
" Several Of our Anti-savery friends have s.u,
turcs on hs pont which prove II anythng tast no s.
Acrery al eH If The question were new oe ,tegan
inclined to favor that view. Knowing VIVA. we lent
,orInst!on aud eoeap,,aneous exposition of lie y,
Consultation, we cannot" ' f1aa
Believing, as do, that true democracy ,s,.,,
canism, and English grammar equally obiips ms.'
adopt the view you reject, and knowing wbs,TA
not only Of the formation aud colemporansou, 49,.
sition Of the Constitution, but of the prOemno,.r
Gus exposition Of the principles Of its fsmsr, and =.
ratifers, am provoked to this reply. Twill rin.
$500 to you, or any one writing in your colnm,,
who will prove that any State has rich, d.,r.}
from or guaranteed by the Constitution Of the D,;,.s
States, to deprive any person of liberty wLou. An.
process Of law or for crime, or. in other word. !.
hold any perssn as propery--On the following coa.
di,ions The argument is to be published IN van,
columns. Within three weeks after its pub,iead,o
am 10 have equal space to reply to it. Both s,su.
ments are then to be submitted to U. s. Attoros,.
General Bates, and shall be bound to nav. II Il.
decision is that the point above stated has bean
proved against me, provided he will give Il n
writing over his signature, with such reason, for 4
as be may Gee lt to assign, also to be published IN
THE TRiBgsE.
L. seems to be about time to have done with tbia
deporable political humbug abOu. tho "constitu.
tional right" of State to commit, sanction, or al.
low the commission Of that mcst undemoers.c crims
which now threatens TO sweep democracy from tho
fpce Of the earth and leave nothing but the stain d
its blood. Are we, or are we not such aninole able
set Of spoons as to believe that the slavehOlden
would lave rebelled against a Constitution as good
for their pet " institution" as tia! Of their own
Montgomery manufacture Let US have this QGes
ton feted at laSt. cost what it will to the precious
oil political hat-boats called Platforms whether
bull. at Philadelphia, Cincinnati, or Chicago, aad
whether now rottipg at the head or the mouth Of
sll River. What do you say, ny dear old Tan.
uaEl Do you darel II you feel any doubts about
the color of the money, say So aud i shall be Do.
po.ited in advance with Judge Dates. ~
ELIzuR WRIGHT.
No. Il, 1ryy street, B5s.on March D, 1863
.Arsner.-What understand to be the truth
of the matter is this !. The States which
formed tie original Union and adopted tho
Federal Constitution were prer'oasiy 10 full
possession and exercise Of the power to hx and
regulate the legal status of their own'peOpls
.. They surrendered many power
to the Federal Government, but they d'd nj
surrender this one; 3. They have nerer say
it; A. Consequently, they s,'a 7's
sess it. We believe this was in substance
affirmed in the unanimous report to tie fra
Congress on the petition of DR.. Franklin sod
others that Congress should step to The rey
verge Of its constitutional power 10 opposition
to Slavery and thai it has bcea repeatedly re.
a.%aiiael by every department of the Fedsrsl
Government, all mover disputed by auy.
Treason has given, as treason alone eosld
give, to the COMMANDMENTS Chief OF toe
Federal armies q right to abolish Slavery
wherever that Slavery is adjudged by bin
IN obstacle (as it maniiestly is) 70 thu
r. establishment of the now defied and sub
vertcd Federal authority. He has exactly the
same right to decree the freeing Of slaves 81
nc has to order bridge over the Rappahan
mock burned, or shells thrown into Charleston
n Richmond. But were the Rebellion giVe1
lp, and the rcvolted States back in the Union
&c would have righttl power to do nei!he
he one nor the other II. q.