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Advertisements not having tie ni tnber of ins nrtions marked on them, will be conttinued until utdered nt and charged accordingly. Contunications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictly attended to. IN TIE SENATE OF THIE UNITED STATES NR. BUTLER'S RE1OuRT. The~ Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred cet tain resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, "in it vor of a passnge of a haw by Congresst to enable citizens of slavelulling States to recover slpves, when escaping into non shveholding States," have had the same under consideration; and have be stowed upon them that degree of atten lion and deliberation which resolutions of such grave import should at all times demand from the Legislature of the cOt? federacy. The facts and circumstances o which occasioned these proceedings are fully set forth in the Report of Corn mtttee, and the action of the goten-r' ment of Kentucky, and are as follow,: Resolutions of the fLegislature of Kentucky. in favor of the passage of a law 1by Con- a gress to enulie citi:ens of slaveoldif;l ,t Stales to recover slaves when escaping in % to the non slaeholdinag States. - ti Report and Resolutions of. the Genera; et Assembly of th'eCommonwealtht of Ken ti -lucky,.. - .. d The~com rittce on federal. elaittins, t ti Trimble and Carroll, in rehtnion to t rrce-t i aholition mobl in the town of Mtrsial. -t State of Michigan. have had the same un- h der consideration, an. submit the follow- fl ing repoit : I it appear to the satiifaction of the coi n mittc, that one, F.raneis ''rotmtan3 was y employed as n-cnot and mtarney in fart il for Francis Gilter, of the county of Car- h roll, to go to the said town of Mar;nrha in o the State of Michigatn. to recltim. take if and bring back to the State of Kentucky f, certdin fugitive and runaway slaves, the e property of said Giltner; that Troutman :1 proceeded, under the authority thus given v him, to said town of Marshal, for the pur- s pose of bringing htome to the owner s of the slaves aforesaid, and whikt endeav- ti oring to arrest said slaves, a mohl, cotpos- i ed of free negroes, runaway slaves and c white men, to the number of from two inft three hundred, forbid said Troutman, and r those who accompanied him for that pur- i pose, to arrest and take into their posses- a sion lthe slaves aforesaid, and by their n threats, riotous amd disorderly conduct, tid n prevent said Troutmau, and tihose asscem- 1 ted with him for that purpose, from taking I into their possession the slaves aforesaid. I Your committees regret that the eii r zeus of the town of Mlarshall, in the State aforesaid, have Thus actel and conluctrdn themselves; and stneh conduoct and such t outrages committed ttpon thte 7ights and citizens of the State naf Kentucky, or any other State of thtis Unint, munst nefcessari ly result in great mniseWui, nai is wel cal culiated, and must, if persistedi in lav theo citizens of Michigan, otr any other of the free States of thtis Union, termmtitc in breaking up and destrnying the peace anoda -harmony thatI is desirale mv every gnat1 citizen of all the Suattes ot this lUtmnnn, should exist btetween. the several Stuncs, and is in violation of the ilaws of the Um-i ted States atnd the constitutional ria'hts mf the citizens of the slave Statec-. The atli davit of said Tiroutman is appeniedl tan this report and made part hereof, (moarked A.) Wherefore, Bc It resolved by, thne Gencral Assemubl.~ of the commi~onu'eaIlh of Kenutucky, 'Iinhat the legislatute of tihe State of .nl ichaigan he,1 atnd is herebny respectfilly butt catrt:esthy . requested to give the sttbjnct thtat cott~nd ratin which its impoarna nce (lean a s.-a anal to take stuch action thttenon as im thle jamag ument of said legislatutre is deemed't protpuer and right, with a viewvn toiainatitn tht peace, amityv anal gatod feelingu whIicht malt to exist between tha' citizetqnsaf ihe Staters of Michigan anal Kentmtcky, anal Ian tine purpose of enabling thc citizens of lKent iucky to reclaimt their runaway atn1 lugi give slaves to thte State of Michigan. Re,eohved further, That nttr Sentatnors and Rtepresentnves itn Gongtess Ihe ram. qttested tao turn t heir at tetntinnnn t Inc snab ject embraced itn thne fortetni ng repmort andu resolution, and urge tpnt tine conasidernann of Congress the itmportante of patsstng suchl laws as will folly enabale tine eitnzens of the State of Kentucky, andi tihe otlter slave States, to reclairn annldntaim their slaves that may run awvay tan thne free or tntn slaveholding States oft thnis Union ; thIat they also declare lay sail lawes titr severt-~ penalty for Iheir vwnlan:iou thannt tine cntsti ..,:,.. of the tited States n ili tolerate. h0solved, That the Governor he requ ed to forward to the Governor of the- St of0liebigan a copy of the foregoing rep and resolutions. with a regtest that submtit the same to the legislature of State, for its conilderatiot and antii That h( also forward a copy of the same each of our Senators and Representatit in Congress. LESLIE COM3BS, Sprukcr of the louse o/iu-ps, ARClilIA LI) )IXON. *X peal.cr of the J cuale . Approved Alarch 1. 1837. Wil. OWSLEY. By the Goiver::or : G. B. KINKEA I, Sccretary of .Sate. TilE Atil n.vtT tIt' FRANCIS T1OL'T3MAN This aliiant states that, as the agent or attorney of I'ricis Giltner, of Carrt county, Kentucky, he proceeded to il town of ila;rshall. in the county of Ca boon. and Stat e of Michigan. and in con pany with the deputy sherifT and thrt Kentuckians, on the norning of the 271 January. ent toi a house in which the oind six fugitive slaves, the property t Gil:ner. The slaves were directed to at murnpanty us to the oflice of the magistratl tome of them were preparing to obey th ominous, but before alliant could g( he:n started, lie twas surrounded by a mol icih, by its violent threats, menace: td assaults, prevented the removal of th laves to the oflice of the magistrate. A( ant directed the SherifT. litte after time > discharge his duty, and he as oite ade an efllirt to do 4'', but so great wa, he excitetntot anil violence of the mob hat the tillicer wa< afraid to seize the aves. tesolotions were offered by som' f the most inflietntial citizens of the town hich were calculated greatly to excite ad encourage the negroes and aboliiiot ihble, who comnstitnted a part of the tnob ''he tmngtroe enigaged in the moh wer< timateid at from forty to Pi'ty, many o ho-n are fugitive slaves from Kentucky 4 irhlliAi was int'utred and helieves.' The imber of persons cntaged in the mto! ere variously estimated a, from two to tree hundred. All the resoluitonts offer ly those enegiaeil in the mob were sos ined. by g:iidieal acelanation ; many of e mob pledged their lives to stisaitn em, and at the sate tm-e had Cqu.i ith which ii eeee ti:i hi:ir purposes. Al tt contenti"d f er sm ne hours witlr fli ob. an I -till i sittol on taking the slaves are the m" gistrale far trial; but the itt ential mcn of the mi.oh told allilot that eyre nas no nerIdo trial other atiemit to reinive the slaves wvoltl opardt the Ihve of a1lh who mrighlt takh to attelict tri. t t they we;' ,iieit ri'iied' 1i -ve! nliait ifii roim toiniaii 'iig, the slavet item remoivinae the -l!v.-; fro-n towtn. even he pro-vel hi ri;hlt ti di s'; they siated, lrther, tha--t publlic: sentitCol was oppo ? I to souiterner's reclaiiiing fig'tive slaves id that nltihuuh the law wis in our fa >r. yet public enltiment tmust and shoul ipersedle III( i'w in this and similar ca ,s. Atliamt tthen called upin smne of thI >ist active inc tte rs of thit mob to givc it their tanes, Anil inform himd if they tomsidered themselves responsible for Ihein ords atl action< on that occasion; they rumptly gave their names to alliant, no rt was told to write them in ca pital letter, nd bear them back t' K'ntncky, the lane slavery, as an evidleice of their deter iittion t t ersist in the dcfeicc of recedence alrealy establishedh. The fol win i resolutinu was then offtred: Ie rlt'cdi, That these Kentniekians shall 1a.1 ntive from this place these (naming I11h laves) by moral. physical or ligad furcc was carried by general accla mation. ilianit thten di rectedl tie shieiffi to soinn on t hose leting men~i of tie mohni to as st ina keepin ih~ile peace; he did so, ho le, refused their aid, nitd ifiant tnole mnd them lii say thatit they wtould assist il reventinlg thle a rr'et oaf th~e slaves. rano iation wa~s thien held by~ eight or tel h the molib, int mmeti di--tantce fromt th aini criwi, as lto whiethe ia'i1tint miigh lae thiema biehire thie ma;,istralte ; thie deC ision was ini the itegaiiv.. and the feillowt 02 resolutijot wv t olfered: Resol'Ce hat theisej lentinekianis shall leave ihi wnin t wot Ihour-; (stomi pientaty in tl ~vent oif a failiar'' was a taachecd, whtich a anth does noit recollect.) It wasl sustajine y~ the itnnrnimtons vite of the molt. A wa trranit of tre'spass was, thten issuie nl served uponi the, she'rill, alliint anr -ompany~ltl; we sitn i thie trial: th~e imagi rate, wito wvas aainiiholitioniseh lined i 11)0. A walrrami wvas t lien taken iii igiiist atilanit ihr drnawing' u pisuei nPo' Lacro, and telliiig him toi g'and back. wr "ida negro wa is miain~g ian notemptht lto for' i tltelf' ilion al I~anat andt' into the ai where alli:mtt lad alae slatves. Oni triai imatt pruovedl his agentcy, and thati the slav wire the' prer.ty oif Gilater. for whomi I was actinig as niaenut, yet th'e court ro tizedin tias ;alihta to appear at the next ci ceit court for truth. .iay wrte ..be IiuIts olIer ed niianijtt te leaading2 men of thie mtoba whno inaformi hit at the samie lttme that it was 'jnst so reaitmenit as ai Kenatnekiani deLserves wht attmpting to re cap tare a slavie. and th hev initendled to i make t ~anhmle of hi hat others mtighat take w arning. TI hern hail been attemtpis by slavehaltder's rclam slaveos itt aheir town, hut they h alwass bieen repulIsed, and always sh e. "The insub~ds olTeredh this aflianit, as printe individuail, wer'e tretated with a to oh' silent conttemplt , hut snech as wi offeredl himats a K~etnekiani, dturing I titte of the tmob nod thte iro::ress of I st- dass' trial which succeeded. were resenae rte in such a manner as this afliant believe urt Ihe honor, dignity and independence of he 1 Kentuckian demanded. hli, Given under my hand and cr'ai this 15t mn; February, 18-17. F. TRtOUTM]AN. to Ft.ICLtN COUrTY, set; es I lrsoually bethre the undersigned. justice of the peace for said county, thi day Camne the above named Francis Troni itan, who made oath, in due form of law to the truth of t le statements as set fort ini the foregoing alt-idavim. Given under my hand this 15th day o February, 1547. H. WINGATE, J.P. EXECUv;V D.PARTTIEN'T, Frankfurt, Ky.. Dec. 11, 1847, Sir: The last general assembly adopt ed the annnexed report and reaolutious it ( reference to certain proceedings had in a ,II meeting of the people of Trimble and e Carroll counties in this State, which I now . have the honor to forward, agreeably to the directions of the logislature. e I have the honor to be, very respectful hly, your obedient servant. y WM. OWSLEY, Gove/nor. W. D. REEI), Secretary of State. e To the Hfon. Jos. 11. Underwood. These proceeings disclose a state of things afl'eting deeply the relations of the States to each other and to their common Union under the constitution; - and the rights and duties ofboth are es sentially involvod. What laws may be and ought to be adopted by Congress, for the protection of slave owners, in re claittng their fugitive slaves escaping into non slaveliolding States, depends upon the provisions of the federal con stitution and the laws of Congress made t for their enforcement, as well as up on the laws of the non slaveholdng States, that may in anywise affect or in terfere with the remedies which the cit izens of the slaveholding Siates suppos ed were to be found in and were affect ed by them. The second, resolution ur ges upon Congress the .importance, of passilgsuch laws as -will fully enaibl the citiz ns of K.intucky, acid the othier slave; States to reclaim thoseslaies Ic tog thats'o t had declared by the said laws the severest ;nn Py fu their violatson that the con stittioun of the Uuited States w it tol erate. This plainly expresses a fearful truth it-it the laws now in force are inade iinate to remedy lhe evil; or that the non slaveholding States will not recog niz, and enfor ce them according to the oblic ttion which it was intended they shoul impose on the pirties to the fed ei complact. That compact originated in the inte. rest, and was intended fot the mutual security of it? menb'rs. ft was adopt ed by wise Ind practical statesmen in a mutual spirit of concession, of compro mise and of justice- and the abiding guarantees for its harmony and preser vation and perpetuity, must be GOOD FAITH. Whlen that ceases to operate on the confederate States, these guar anties will lose the sustaining breath of their life. They will he appeal ed to in vain, when their is a reluc tance or aversion to observe and en force them. There w is some elements of discord. arrising from dissimilarity of sectional interest, to be adjusted by those wh'lo fra-n'ed thle comp act. Bit -the greait;tandl wise mtent upon whmom the taisk devlvedu did not look upon these elements as theoret icail phtilusophers, 0or specubitive legislaitmts. N or did they stif fer sectional prrejudice, mutch less sec tonail bigot ry, to control th. ir cotmnsels. t All the dillerenit pate hal t heir pecu -liar rights, and it was the object of all to restect ar.d sccnre'thiem in subservi.. e nce to the common desire-miutunal sc e cetrity--as one people involved in a econmmon destiny. The sla vehiolding States at that time, the0 strongest ponrtion, but from iibvious d causes, likiely to have a peculiar posi tio~n awould tnot hmve entered into the confed u- rary withountt express recognition of 'a their intit utinus, and i'ithiout what they in supposed, somIie priactia gnaranty of thiiir ritth's to tt'e and enj oy themin, ca pible of enforremenut. W liilst they' re served to themselves the right of deter t. mninhg thteit ownt 1policy in t ri efernce ten s~ slavery, they' claim thie tight in the con ec stitution of prolhit in g Congress fron - intrfering. withi thenm. Nay nmore:, that r- Congress shiould protect thiem agains lie interference of others, b~oth agij.ins foreign powers anmd againtst the legisla. -h tioni of their confdelirate members. Th litter entered into a constitutional pledgi at In give to thle sivehodling States thn ni. fill dlominion antd controil over t hi at sIv es esca ping into their territory, illt toexpresst stiptilat ions to "'deliver up"' ti aitheir masters or owtners, such fugitive llas tmigtzl effe~ct their escape into a frne t err itory'. .re The clause of the constitution mom himnmediately involved in the subjec wo matter of this renort is as follows: di [See 4th itlo of the constitution ( sec. 1.] . a 72. "A pe son charged in any State h with treason, felony, or other crime, who'shall llae'from justice and be found in anotlwr fate, shall, on demmid of a the ex -cutiv eautho: ity of the State from s which lie Il& be delivered up, to be removed to-lhe;State having jurisdic, tion of the criine." 3J clause.."No person held to 7ser r vice or laborgin one State, under; the laws thereof,rescaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or reg ulation thereiti, be discharged from such service or lalbr, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such servce or labor may be due." The latter;iaus'e becomrs especially important (i the consideration of this subject; whitl :the first will shvew in what point ofvtew the States from which fugitives m ve gone, had a right to regard (I era ;; n both, the character of the person: must be referred to the understanding and laws of the State having the orn al tight and jurisdiction over hima. For many ySars, t e clause immedi ately under consideration had a self-suf cing ellicacv; iaving all the incidents and advantage t~onceded to it of an ex trajudicial tred . The commoaa " prac, tice of the tii . s an honest and in posing conime nisnthe intention and object ofthe p sion. A slave escap, ing into a non veoldiang State 'could be pursued, a tn general, Could be as easily ali ndedihere as in the State from it he lad made his es cape. It was t oniinmon, as your Conyrmittee.a cAInfortiaed, for jud ges to rema ve.Sitito to be tried, a per . erngli ing his fre n *otirtsiiid judici .a' =,o c a nn .slaveh d, cognzd agene N 'C -e ri0 t owner o a pre den where the svecould be identified as a fugitive, was net disputed, much less c imipeded by Stab laws or the violenco r of iuresponsibleiobs; The paran.ount authotity of thdconstitution, and its ac- a tive energy, sere acknowledged by it common cons . It executed its pro. ei visions by the active co-operation of In State authority in the fulfihnent of what they theniecognised as a eonsti- S tutional duty. ;The duty to "de-licer I up" seemed ted regarded as eqal to e the right of thoowners to demand hik sr tscadping sea va. The term "ceiuver cr up,," had a nning so preenant and at obvious, that itannot with all the ob- fe ligations, by cirmon consent, growing t out of its use; ait inpat ted a conceded st a ight, so it wastgarded as containing a perfect obligion. The dictate of good faith foun in the non slavehold ing Stait-s nodposition to evade or de ny its obligati . The framars of the .ri consiatuion e then the living and nI honest expon rs of its maning antad ty active operat The j:a latsy of po- lo lti-:.d intere ras thera not strone e notugh for h .e and unconstitutihal 114 Iegislation. r committee are n;t in-o174 forunod tha~t Ie wls, in the mly d.a st fal tiC dais gove ent, i a ny occaion lhr calling for I shative lagisla tion ont the e pairt of Coas, for th" prpose (far enforcing th rnvisionsio tiChe ctanase of ser the constitui hist raeferred to. 11law t long it wou vae conutianuil to execu :e itself, mustv hie ai matte Ir of conp c tiarae; anad i ea enda, it may be raeerd- aiv cal as atnnfo aire thlata Congress ever i'fi undertook aumae ane b~la'~liiti~ On ino thec subject therie nre any :easons a to stuppose ihe States mighi t lhave wi: gone on in lirnt of conceurrenlt daat ies lim to dischaarg-ii obliiiinrs aaadelr iha iba: conaeita'tionJintil I179.3, and for manv a . years aiftera', such~ lhad baen the' tn dietcy or a'u. Thineiclau~c of th ina cons: ittirttive in pearsons esc apin m; a a fa oma sea vaed nevmn haeen brouighat toco an aial Itur its enaforcemaeant. ly It app~heauromi stateenats nov; be.. et foro thet ccitt.'t, "'that in tahe vi ar I t 11791, the :enor of Pennsylvhita, : tinder the lision iof thle constiatmaon oat: retitiave to itive to ' "gtiavas fromco justice,'" mat demianrd oat the Govarn- Islhn 'or of Virgi'ur the suarrendelr iad de-I tir livery of tlperasons whto lad bee'n in- oaf dlictedi in asylvain ia for k idapi law a nega 0 aerryine lhim in'to Virg.iia. -owl The 0Govr of Virgjinia lwsitaited as cI t) the couo be ptiisaied, andur refeir, AfC red thie mj to ithei At torney Geneiral muel aof the Sta hao advised thlit thle de- ' bi mand Oatg t tat L-e comaplied with-- vall Upon01 thaisga l te Gover nor ofC Penni - Ini sy vainia assed a cnomaainicatioaun olaor Congress ugh Ilie Presidenit. Tl'tiin t a P'residenat rdingly laid than drocee'd, pri tinugs befo magress, and teir delib';- puia rations fintesuhecd in the act o1*173. I er which was passed without oppositior and is as follows: AN ACT respecting fui iders f out jus lice, anrl persons'escaping /on the ser vice ' their master, Sec.1. B1ed. enacted, c., T'hat when ever thlexecutive nathority of any S in in the the Union, or of eithr of the Terri !trce northwest or south of the river Ohio shall demand any person as ;I fugitive Il-on .iitice. of* the creni-tive aolhlrsiy ofl ny such State or Territory Io which sucil person shall hava sled, om oid Il, mioreov. or, produce the copy of -oi intdicin:eat foini, or an alli levit mlade, before a man, istrate of tny i:,ate or Terrilory as afore said, charging ithe prson so demanided with having conuinii ed ireason. felony. or aiy other crime. certified as amtestie by the Governor or chi.--f aiiintgisirate of the State or Territory from whenco the person so charged ilnil, ii shaill be the duly of the executive authority of oihe Si;Ite or Terri tory to which such person shall have lied, to cause him or her to be arrested ansI-secut ed, and notice of the arrest he given to the execntive authority mtaking such demaid, or to the agent of sitnh nt!irity appointed to receive the fugitiv'r. and to cause the (ugitive to be deliverral to such agent when he shall appear. But if no such agen: shall appear within six mouths from the time of the arrest, the tprisoner may be dis. charged. And all costs or expenses incur red in the apprehending, seentring and transmitting such fugitive the State or Territory mtaking such demand, shull be paid by such Sintte or 'T'erritory. Sec. 2. That any agent appointed as aforesaid, who shall receive the fugitive inl. lo his custody, shall be empowered to transtit hiin or her to the State or Terri. tory from which he or she has lied. And f any person or persons shall. by force. tet at liberty, or rescue the fugitive from uch agent while transporting, ay afore-. aid,.the person or persons so offending thilfl on conviction, be fined not exceed. rg five hundred dollars, and be imprison, d not exceeding one year. Sec. 3. Trhat whe person hlI4 to ra nny/of the Unite St Is, or in:eith iothe Territorie rhtwes'torsourb of' Oh, uderyth& a- h thert3; . - . tQ w on ake him or her before sy jug ge of the ircttit or district courts of the U. States esidini or being within the State, or be. i'e snily magistrate of a county, city or iwn corporate, wherein such s. izures or rrert shall be umnle, and upon pAoof, to ie satislacon otif such jndge or miagistrae, tier by oral ot..mitmni.y ~r a tlavii;t r:ci nfore ani certified by a tngistrale of any icl Ste or Te'rriiorV. Ihfusi the perein so ie'l or, gitretedt tho ih. uinder the l;ws tif e Sitae iir Territory from wisihi lie or I e fled, ot ae service or ihor :o the person ;iming hint or her, it shall be the luiv oft ch judge or agistrate to mite a ceriili, le theriof to steh claimtan:t I, his agent or torney, wh Ii ich shall he stificent vairrant r removing the .ai.l fugitive fro-i laior fhe Siate or Territory froii which le o. e is fied. Sec. .1. That any peron who shall e origllly anI wil lin;ly obstruct or hin. I ucl claiiitat, his aucot or attorney. so seizIg or arrenini" such fugitive m labor. or shall resenw such fugitive In such claimatm, his agent or attorney. al en sm arre'sted, nuro:it to the alibori- n herein given jr diethrir'id or shall lir- SI r usr congeal such ptrs'~tn. after notice It ba( sir she a a fI iiive front hibor, in afoiresail. shIl. for tl ihe' ..I f the sail vi -tsnes, f-it anl pav ie sumtii of live , !redl dollars. WIchV60 Itmiv ny l-l bec sivered-t by antI for tisef bnell iof siteh imanft, by thne action of deblt, ini any t int proper to lhe m:nnas; sarviiig. nore ,to the personi clatiming -nuchl labor or j siceh richi iif actionr for,. or on ac- cI mul of fthe said itnfjurirr.sir either of theum.It .\ pprove~l dle b. I-?, I ]. ]ic Ithe claiumis of ih:-se acts isre stiittto he Ulmts bylthe f iinn ~~f ofati ti 1an mis Congiiressr, tha;:t the iwars or hh.liill lii hii iiow ~n veiwhervir li-n ilonh I limit, w'ithulsf t tor bhils rtancte; andi, i ( a ' i I- ia a itoa-'y ais well toin Stauts corts as ta th' Uitds.ih nfie slav i TIi- ift was hut thes fiin aii il f I i-(s fz f-n i -ins, :io;| iiai w 1y 11 e i is n i!t h' V i i i si : e ~ i~ n o ' p~ trtie; but. m 1 ifr-Ld and ohn l.11"Thie cl:iuni his!r f f the try-t: wonidt show thatf~i iiat ,fiineriod v pn-ry was' ivd' eog i l iior iiiti l.iv ir int ali'.the ohi.? :vin , i ~in all er' ' tihmii alic-nvuni-Iettdt or entimmshit er thte revlini, t~-hinphilic se-nti, i! it otf sonm1 rf the ntillhilrn Stnies, in sil chi slav e Ibi lonrid becomie of little sol II, commen tiemi olU Ine oiniig at change- Cat l'Sf), Pennitsyvaniii fpassd an nict "1 the gradta! a bolit ioti of slavery; and Ea lie sa me yeatr, i'ih'ssachuisetts ma~de ".v visiotis for then pirospectiv emaitnci- ti iot of lieri slives. I n a few years af. be wvat ds. the e-xamoilles were folblowed by all or nearly all the. ~England; States. The southern States, however, for obvious causes, frem soil and climate . and local relation:, continued to retain. the i lstitution. This state of things was calcolated, and, in fict, was leading to angry rontroversies, and to conflicting and retaliatory i-gilation, unpropitious to the harmony and peace of the States. The compromises of the constiiution, under which we entered into the Ut.o. ;arrest..d this t'endency of things, by con. taining such guaranties as gave onfi= dhence and suppos'd security - To :the slaveholdts of the south. These guar rant ics and solemin pledges were gener ally observed in good faith until about, 1819. About that time, t~i nstitutioefs of absolute slavery (it still being conin& u:d in a iiodificd form) nas exptrid under the acs of previoul legislatioida. Ne!w Yoril. About the sagne timethe ..~ voice of discord was learO in. the bates on di Missiur'-luesti n. I as rt. JefTerson xp. ..ed sound of a fire bell ilhli' . ' roused drnmant eledlents of mischie%, X. " Sectional prejudic actionalgiib lion have assuue. in well calculated to - - attention of patri t in the )erpetuit ff" lI . From the date r n " tion of the non-slaveho - tes 1}?, . taken the direction of rign,:-aind assumed a form well ..cla'tedP dermine the guaranties*-, u tion, and to put in jeopa of the slaveholding po}o lederacy. A justifica will be found by are t of several nori slaveli pervaded by a conuno having apparently; ":s"sI.!. make war;K.both upon- Laer. political pbwer of si ^d'precaiwd by man. ere %m t %iba ' tr r+eured, t a it has beendelided thait tat. . . courts have no power or right to exer ise any jurisdiction conferred on them. y an act of Congress, and, as a conse-, luence, that Congress cannot vest in the tate tagistrates and sherifls and con nabb's, power to e-xccute the act of 17a 18, as is attempted by that act. With-. mt qiestioning the soundness of the de ision, it gives to the constitution a dif.. rient conist ruction from that which Con ress unantimnouii.ly enteitained at the me the act was passed, and, in effect opuives the noun-slaveholding States of ecog nised remedy for tlesecurity and rotect ion of their property. The legiation of some of the non-. avelilding States has beef, of a less puivocal character, and more palpably ]constitutional as it has been deter ined, by indicia l decisions, the para ount law of the land. In all or nearly. I, the easter n and northern non-slave ddinv States, laws have been passed Ice t$820, prohibiting, under penalties, c owner of a fu itive slave from ap ebenlding such slave without the pre ous authlity of a magistrate, and af r apprehension ?o efficted in many .es, giving th. e s:v the Wr it of habeas pus a nd the right of trial by jury, rl thirowing -:ex:itions and hostile imn dimienis in the wa;y of the owner well lculatd to deter hims fr om asserting i ihts, anud in: palpable violtion of Yotur commoit tee have not tie to re, speciceah y to these laws ini detail; as they ate gener ally of the same rpot t, it is tuncessaryv. One, howw tr mt he referred to, not by wvay in;vid ious d iinctiont, hecause it was HS as bjec:imonableh in its provisions as iwrs, but foir thle reason that has un rgn neoaejudicial ivsia o, andi its chai~iracter settled by arn hioritmilve judImnst omft lie Supreme iit . We refeir to a law of Pennsyl lint, patssedi ini 18:26. It nmay be re tk'l here that New Jersv, Conneti i lssiehnistt s, tand several othier tIes, hiad laws aiing beyond this in on and ojetitiotn. lThe fi rst ser! ion of that act provides I, "'il any personl shll , by force and lce, take antd emryi away, or shall. ise to bie laken ;and carried away, or hi, lby fraud ansd flidse pretence, se-. .:c or cause to Ine sr~luced, or shtall at ript ton take and carry away', or to so ti m y negrol o1 nlla to from any part tat comon 01weakhlii, with a design of linig and dI kposing of, or causing to be di, or of keeping~ and detaining, or of isinlg to he kept and detained such ;ro or mntltto as a slave or. servant. life, or for ainy termi whlatsoever, ary such persCon, by aiding and tabet g, &c., shatll on conviction thereof, deerned uilty of fen'. nnd shall