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• —ll~oWlllc
'DENTIST. • • •
• paigasoint,
OPTh big TOtaislonal rervilite bias i!lthirne
nu vicinity.
s4inegrat, ANIKI6I.
Ar9ll YAT LAW. •
• itiutrciorw, reepei.
AWree en th. Dimeond, Oalldoor west of the
WIFIAVAIWI A. 'WALLACE,
ATtOIINItt At LAW.
, CLAARTIIILD, PI Wei.
will riot Bellefonte prolliesionally when spe
cially retained in connection with resident coun
sel
••
perces ilk COM* E.
• ATTOILItgitt AT LAN. •
Locx ;Avis, rsineA.
Will poOtop,i; the sereeesi quits otC
end Clinton conatieg. busbies entragted to
tbeic ears will be promptly attended to.
EVE WINGATE.
DENTIST.
John D. Wingate Dentist, office is the Ms
smile Ball. At honm, except peihoipo the first
two wwe!i ofnaeh month.
Mikity Y. MITITZEL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Sista Ws Orrick,
Bormiroirro PA
Mir -be oensenkod In English or Gennon.
larch 1884,--tf:
W. W. ILARIIIIIER.
B XXXXXXXXX X PA.
Whoa la dm room on it JO street, formeTly
misopied by Judge Burnside.
_. _June 10,'b{--1 .
JOSEPH. L. 11411 FF,
J.ISIONSE'D AUCTIONEER,
'B4OOIIITAUI EAOLI, CarlMS CO., PA
WIII attend to all sales intrusted to him with
IldeUti and sate. Residence near Curtin's Iron
Works.
.lams 10, '64. -
09 , 111/1 N. CAVIL C. T. •LIEXANDICR
°RIM 111 ALEXANDER.
ATTORSIX-13 AT LAW.
lIIILLAPOPPR, PA.
. Oiliee—Rooni No. 4 4 np steink,Reynelde's Icon
Prow. directly opposite the. Welchem alike, on
Lin street.
DR. 4. B. mriarcuELL,
PnYBICIAN
lIIILLSPONTZ,
Will atteed to professional eons as heretofore.
ns reePectfully offers his services to his friends
and the public. Ones at his residence on Alle
gheny street.
A. 0. WVIR.OI",
ATTUNEYAT LAW
IBILLIEJOIITI, PIINYeI
, Will practice in the several . Courts of Centre
and Clinton Counties. All legal business en
trusted to his oar. will receive prompt attention.
011100--On the North-west corner of the Di
amond.
DR. Z. W. THOMAS, .
PHYSICIAN AND suncior.oN.
=masons. rein.e.
~viarto big Mona
Mill street, opposite
°Coy, li. Thompson, T
MANSE
I 110IUISE
WM. it. REYNOLD CO.
f JIZLLSPONTIII. P 'A.
DUD oflEnelmart sad Notes disoonn
COmilitmo mmitrand proem& promptly neat,
'irUtmost pato* .o. special deposits:
gns tho Boattantsnittly on bond
fat Deposlto , MlNfilreir--
.
MISCELLANEOUS
HAWLEY'S
Bouprrtan
gnizmumgr
POk IrrbiTtlr.lNG axn PUllis9lllll
T IC-TEETH!
This article In preppred with the greatest care
epob atdadtificr prixtelples, and warranted not to
contain sir thing in thildightest degree iniationi
to the teak or game. &meet our most eminent
'UMW BS4ieml have giren their asnotion to,
and ehemfally reeminiend it all a preparation
of apalm atalitim, for Oltunaing, Whitening
sad Preanwhig the Teeth. It chow . them'
Magi. rendering then beautifully white and
pearly,. with Ont the idighteat injury to tire Sin
aloa. It is healing to the gums where they ere
ulcerated and_rore. It to Who an excellent:Pr
infector for old decayed teeth, which are amen
eiteeedingly ofteneite. It glees -ay rich and
brainy bete td the etogth, eventing it
thor
e'nghiy, and imparting a delightful trireme° to
the breath.
PPPPP ZED DELT DY
A. HAWLEY A C 0..,
X. W. Comer 10th and I,omird Sta., Philad's.
AIM SOLD MIT ALL vatraourne.
PSJCB 96 CRhTS.
TESTIMONIALS
The following opinion of Dr. -White, u to the -
high esteem to whleh be holds the Dental
CronsEinStiSs snekelent evidence of its trebles
to (POW ofbot.testiiitbnials in detail is needless,
eoitenting ougolvell by simply giving the
illinise and idanwpw of panne who speak of
He e ri t i V es iikrtatra.
I) irnre, April 15 11181.
' itliving. Willa& Wisiniined 'A. hawley's
'l6lldittod Violist. Croossi," I hereby eheerfally
soossolliond btu. ths gsablio morally. It is tus
Itioollsoit gottigioti, ost for eleanstng and pre
otvilic_r. 00 lath, wad , oia be sued by all por
ous ertsa We Ulna* dense, .... its roper-
VAIS rilmrfostkihiesid . Besides preserving
ib° weeIL P - 1 1 . Ay Walt to the
gams, and Inspasth i I *pm to the breath.
DE lir. li: if, ME Areb Bt"
S, vapdsracip, e• thato4 us Arbil St.
1 "
T. MD, Pat 491 X Songth St.
4.P aixt#
. 17ti hrstalp il eAltt a !"" t *
Tv
' P IN tHiron, tn'
Shed Turn Viletitist," MI VI Irmo tit:
VR40 6 10 1 07, Ilitettot,'Bo7l( Tooth St .
hi Is Lost, D00tt41369 N Sixth St.
~ , • pit7-'64.ty.
710.1
. .
Igl5llOW. „ :--" 0 .•
'to the reeldearre tihreizbeeri.
bit; retain eertal t Welke; tap,
---Cestre-Arooeter, •
tat, a-yellow Steer, with a ea= I=l
iw,.sad supposed to be Arms three *ears old.
,fteeritaer is requested to eons funned, prove
Vry eherw mot tike lebtaway, Ote
10 be 110004 at areartbst lew.
',MOMS.
GOD OF Ar.L2ILLNDS jus w- • '
11 tritrol • • sotinuot.
Ancoftai*Wrei
4 ql !
4
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t ce.,
1 ., - rf
EMU
NEM
Vol. , 9 •
MI►scELLLNEOVS.
, IiA,LTI LIIITBMWSTCI; AND B Ad,
THAT WOULD -
PASSER ITN It.oll,ll 4 .llEAlalf,
.4191 Tain t. )1101 , 11.Y
Hirer AND CONTNTBD,
siodLo 4.enipatAsic YOUR .44140 as
AT T4E, WHOPESADE
R A N . ll LIQUOR STORE.,
Oi 1115110 e IMAMS?
dinkit4 opposite the old Tempenwe
AMIZIJUKAILIK &GNU &Co.
Notwithit4ad, los- the atormoxis tins'bloo
med qpoit ertieles in his line of business, he
ebidinues Oilcan the parent arthritic atilhe
isry bevtaid trims: Every disatiptios of,
Fbnalas a molisaTlC Lum9all,t—
-wholimile end retail, at the lorest cash prices,
wthieb are Warranted to be`the beet qualities ac
cording le their respective privet. ilia steak
consist& in part of
•
Me
OLD RYE, •
NCINON4i2IIII74,
IRISH,
WRE.Afi,
CORN,
„NECTAR,
and others whiskies, s fron 31; rents to $2,00
per gallon. Also,
ALL RINDSOF BRANDIES,
from rs eta., to 116,00 per gallon. named Ohm
pown,:from 76 cts., to 13,40 per gallon.
PORT, MADKRIE, CHERRY, BLACKBERRY
and other win - Abe best attiolas--st
115WICISIBIZ.I.,1 , EiFoe anti Id tie o ty,
CITAUPAONE, HI.AOKBIIRSY, OINOTA,
AND CARAWAY BRANDIIIB, PCB&
_ JAMACA AND NV/ Willif.ANO _
CORDIALS OP ALL KINDS,,
all o\ which will be warranted to be as repreimu
ted, lend sold at ptioas exceedingly low.
,tfl the liquors offered fur male at this establis
hment have been rurehased at ths United
States Custom Rouse, and oonsequently l musi be
punend, good.
requpi" Physicians and others are respectiblly
ested to give His liquors a trial. -411 t. Ile
has the only article of
PURE PORT WINE JUICE IN TOWN.
May, 28,1862. tf.
THE WONDER OF THE AGE I
tonne nODY ASSOSUSRP4I
AT THE PURENESS ASV CHEAPNESS
or vim AATIOLIS SOLD AT
31rJE1IT & 352%111411111
WHO'D/MALE
WINE AND LIQUOR STORE.
,RSHOP STILEST, oluxiirorf r si PA.,
The proprietors of this estaldisbnient take
pleasure in informing the public at they have
constantly on hand a supply of obohte foreign
ito4 OODIestIOAiILuP-T-&_SUALOS----
Oki Nectar,
Old' Rye,
Mcmoongala,
And Irish WhiAey ;
Cognac,
-Blewkberry,
_ Cherry, --
Ginger,
And .comnton Brandies;
Port,
alesderia,
Chenv
And Ltst•-ne trines,
Scotch, •
And Ilditenci Gin; ;-
Hew -England Runs,
Jamaca RUM.
CORDlALSFtirpermint, Anniseed and
-Rose.
The attention of practicing physicians is call
ed to our stock of '
PURE ' MUMS,
In • .le for mepioal purposes.. Bottles ji gs
and I constantly on bad.
Web.
-ONLY P *. NECTAR WHISKEY
in Top
All liquors were bo
low, and we sell them icna
- All liquors are warranted
tine
-41. 19
Confident that we can please custom •
respectfully solicit a share of public
. patro.
Liquors will be sold by the *mart, barrel or
tierce. we have a large lot of ,
BOTT trBD LIQUORS
of the finest grades on hand.
•
Ppril 180863.
FASHIONS' liliPOR , 4TAL .
MAIN ATNVIT, esweroirrivii.
W. W. MONTGOMERY, Prop.,
Has received i lire invoice of •
CLOTHS
CASSIMERS
W.hioh wUI ho manufaotnied (Atha
. 'LATEST - STYLES,
and in a manner that cannot fail to prows satis
factory. C;
A large assortment of
GENTS' FIIttNISIIENG GOODS..
Coidtsting of
Collo" liftc)c . Tiee'
goLopooders, Roger,. •
rHankerchiefv, etc.,
Exactly tutted to this locality and intended for
the ,
•
61:10 13 33 TRiirfi; •
Ins shelves premed& greater variety of plain
sad fen goods than oan be found . elsewhere in
0671 Pennsylvania.
C 1 and See thist,
tgemery is the man that 610 make
Clothes in thelashloa strong and *hasp;
All that has ever trial bins yet,
1367 that he many onn't be beat;
2nanlitit '63-1y
NEW BAKERY!.
Woold neepeethdly inform Vie people of Bele.
roots and nanny, that he him opened • new
and
comllxrE BMCBIY,
lb the old Temperance Ho op 1111100 P street
wherele will keep monst °Mho/id all kind,
et
MAD,
- POUND:OArgIit
strqn xraloOGEB caw,
ciatlMOr-7-
• &C.'112,C.', , &C.,
wide & hit itol•sll.alhersamsle% •
ter ries
22211122,viie ima g i t AO
sipni2
81°W ir im a ."l" "
kirt toy those 2. 1 2-1,
=Rd
lin
Whi) are they ? . Who ate the men that
baste undertaken to render null, and void the
eonstitntfon and• laws of their country tz—,
We shall net disagree se to the pu;lehment
_they merit Nor shall we long be in dOkbt
is to the patties upon whom - the chastise
ment ought to fall. Their recoil! $4 midis-.
gnised,'unblushing, and unrelieved by even
a_palliating regret. Thirty years two they
annonyfeek.tlie . dittetmination. to overthrow
the Constitution. The -p lot began with
Garrison, and-ends with Lincoln. 'ln the
beginning it wide called treasonous—it
knowledged itself to lie so, and stoutly glo
ried in its shame, It by turning the
tables—ealls itself loyal, and denounce - I as
traitors All who cling affectionately to the
ConstitutiOn and the laws. While this rev
olution Was in the hands Of its founders, it
seemed to be harmidss, because they had
the impudent honesty to confess their dark
designee stilt tlr moment - it fell lite the
hands of ambitious politicians, who had the
craft to make their assaults upon the Con
, siltation in the prostituted names of liberty
and patriotism, li er ored equal to the worst
hopes of its founlrrs. When it began to
gild its treason with the names that were re
vered by the 'people, it achieved rte first
r_lfor for evi . Now, in the seam. kr:
with wkieh they blast ( their country, they
declare that they are drying to 'twins the
Government back to the prinoiples of Wash
ington." _
The Father of our Country, with miracu
lous sagacity, foresaw that just Busks guilty
party might arise td curet our fair inherit
mice; 'and, with sOlemn pathos of prophecy,
he warned us against them in hie Farewell
Address. Hear him
"In contemplating the oanseS which may
disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of
serious concern that any ground should
hire been furnished for characterising pu
ttee by geogritphical discrimination—North
ern and Betathern, Atlantic and Western;
whence &flirting men may endeavor to ex-
Oile a belief that there is a real difference
of local interests and views. One of the ex
periments of party to acquife influence
hin-pertieularifitotrietsis to - misrepresent
the opinlanwend aims of other diatflota.-,
You cannot shield yourself too much against
the jealous*, and heartburnings which
spring from' these nalereprentations; they
tend lo render alien touch other chose who
ought to be bound together by fraternal at-
"The unity of government which' consti-
Sete,' you one pOeple, is also now dear to
you. It Is justly so, for it is the main pil
lar in the edifice of your real indendenoe—
the support of your itafety, of your prosper
ity, of that very liberty which you so highly
prize. But, as it is easy to foresee that,
from different quarters, much pains will bo
taken, many artifices employed, to weaken
In your minds the conviction of this truth;
as this it the point in your political fortross
against which the batteries of internal and
external enemies will be most constantly and
actively (though Olen cowardly and insidi
ously) directed ; it is of Infinite moment that
Ale Should properly estittifte the immense
value of your national happiness; that you
should.cheris 'a cordial, habitual and immo-,
vable attachment to it ;„ accustoming your
selves to speak of It as of the palladinm of
yoilr safety and prosperity; watching for
its preservation with jealous anxiety; die
countenancing whatever may suggest even
a suspicion that it can, in any event, be
abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon
the first dawning of every attempt to alien
ate any portion of our country from the
-rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which
noW link us together in its various parts."
These are th warning words of Washing
ton. Are they tot already fill/Bled
t when liquors were
-Logly.
ha matisfac-
„ Have we net a party triumphant which is
"ahem:Seri:4,d by geographical discrimina
tions?”
Has it not built itself upon • "difference
of . • intereets and views!"
Is it n. , n , stitertmt to alienate one por
tion of our 0.. • hi/rte rest r
Has it not "e -W p M! the tutored ties
which linked tiiget,ber nriotis parts?"
Are not' the`prophotio w' • A of Washing
ton fnlfilled'in the history an iuropli.of
this party'?
Resit not been tho mission of the Repu.
lican party to inflame the making of the ig
norant and the violent, until a general feel
ing of unrest, hatred and disorganisation is
diffused, like a destß4ing poison, through
every strata of the public mind t
A party-has st last-tTluzipheti whore sole
political capital is hatred or Ignorance of
the lawful institutions of one half of the
Republic. . .
Could this state of things go on and the'
Republio survive.?
'Ought It to survive in the midst of injus
tice, theft, and'oontempt of Constitutional
Isow I
VESTINGB,
eto., etc.,—
Northern agitation•of sh e slavery question
'robbed the South of over sixty millions 6f
hbr property-1a lest; than (hirty yeira.
It .Im/reamed the taxes of many of the
Southern Statee one-quirter or one-third',
by rendering extraordinary means neoems
'ry to nrateot their property and lives.
i .
It nullified' the ConetitutiOn of the United
States lel twelve of- the non-daveholdlng
States, and threatened to go en In Its .irre
preedhle'"inwith, 'intik:every Bien State
should4i deepelle4 *fits irropeliy.
Mr. Elewimi, 14 life ewe 'eh at Boston
dar
fng the' list. earapaip, deelared 'that hie
party Will coatendiag "for weal or for woe,
tariff* oroJeatlti is the irrepressible me
dia Wilma *OM shit slavery"—alal. he
added, Aterieula abwia the Leto etieffetat the
eauttlett heforsitke vow IlitiettiPlems
eptretiete-4-4,l*Atelhoritdiiitorgattneestey
of the thtitett kbie "dell
Oa. MPS 11111 eAdOr -
I Ilit:ttotoitise wor4. with 04. .bso. 7 ,
stattn.pm, Abotewituttli Logo! le
4 0 ,?0Pier if 41 ,901$
If Orth wobid *OlOl4 , ikointita war Oppet
Colvilltationeirlghtrirt-the Stnitirtl Do we
RUM.
DTI
"STAMM ROHM Auld, rEDZILAk
MEI
-- !:lipL '''''' FONTEI'-,PAFRIDAir;
THENCLUFIERS OF THE NORTH.
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expeet that the Union will remain alter the
printlipleS and guarantees Up which it was
founded are tilt swept away? It cannot.and
it ought not to last in crime and ihjustice.
It dannot, and for one We do not wish to See
it last, with one-half 'mincing war upon the
institutions of the other hay. , Thy party in
poiver has fulfliled its'mission. The "irre
pressible" couthdt has proved no - mere rhet
orioal nourish in the mouth of Mr. Seward,
but a terrible, a bloody reality; dostrpying
our resources, Isolating our homes, and 11-
mob , leaving our country-a mass of smoking
ruins. The prophecy is fulfilled, and the
prophet revehrin the fruition of carnage and
death.•
- Wan the Smith'cltit, - ttar ire - Cipeer ber
19 remain to be denounced, insulted, and
robbed or her woperiy by a blatant and.
lawless fanaticiyii which haa'nullified the
Conatituti,9n and laws in nearly every north
ern State? 4
Men of the North, do you know what you
have done*? Do you 11410 W that in at least
twelve of the northern Statea you Lave
trampled,ttie Constitution of yAur country.
under your feet ? Do you know that you
have resistodovjth mob violence, and with
intive enactment, the supreme law of
the land?
Do you know that you have not only ti o-
• rfttilik - stoi — ortliiii - ritroliTlTtryou have
broken' the solemn compact that made ue a
nation t You have turn out the key-stone
ori-whialt-Ahta • -
and now you shout and aoream, and mock,
and dance about, while the mighty edifice is
falling
You are just ai much bound by the Con
stitution of your country to give up a Posi
tive slave to his master and to respect the
rights of that master, as yea are to obey
any other part of that seored instrument.--
Bead this clause of the Constitution : •
"No person held to service or labor in one
State, under the laws thereof, escaping into
another, shall in copsequemse of any law or
regulation therein, be discharged from suoh
service or labor, but shell be deliyed apron
claim If the partly to' whom such service of
labor may be due."
There can be.no doubt lada..the meaning
of this clause of the Constitution; it says,
in so Any 'Words, that the escaped slave
"shall be given up on claim of the party to
whom such servioaer labor may be due."—
it has never been pretended"thset there is
the least ambiguity in the meaning of this
section of the Conptitntion. The Supreme
Judges, even of the New Faglend Atatee,
where they are, for the most part, crazy on
the subject of the negroes, 'have never pre
sumed to deny, the plain import of this
alunse. •
Mr. Seward admitted it, in his speech in
the Senate of tile United „States, February
27th. 1860, when he said, in referring to the
hietory of the Constitution:
"Each Stale reserved -to itself elusive
political - powjr over the subject of s every
Within its own borders: ,Nevertheless, it
unavoidably presented itself in their ,con-
Imitations on al:Wade( Federal Union. i The
new government was to be a representative
one. Slaves were capital in some States, in
o r tbers capital had no investments in labor.
'Should those slaves be represented as capi
tal or as persons. or should they not•be rep
resented or taxed at all! The fathers dis
agreed. debated long, and' compromised at
last. Each State they determined, shall
have two Senators in Congress. Three
' fifths of the slaves shalt he elsewhere repre
sented and he taxed as persona—, What
should be done if the slaves should escape
into a labor State ? Should that State con
fess him to be A chattel, and restore him as
such, or might it regard him a person, and
harbor and protect him as a man! They
compromised again, -and decided that no
person held to labor or service in one
State, be discharged from such labor on tier
vice, but, shall be delivered upoh claim to
the person to whom such labor or set vice
shall be due."
This is :lir. l Seward's statement ; and we
demand of bin, the reason why ho did not
use his influence to induce his party to re
scind the lows whioh they passed in twelve
rf the northern States, in nullification of the
'onstitution In order to fully and Wea
ns carry out the spirit of this fugitive
slave cl aof the Constitution, Congress,
under the a • istration of Geniet4 Wtsh
ington, on the 12t f February, 1723, pass , -
ed the following Po
Sec. 8. That when a pars ,old to labor
in any of the 'United States, ovitkeither of
the territoeies,be the Northlwest, Or South
of the river Ohio, under the laws therbef,
shall escape into any other of the said`
States, or territory, the person to whom
such labor or service may be.due, hie agent.
or attorney, to hereby empowered to seise
or arrest such fltgitive from Libor, and to
take hilti or her before any Judge of the
Circuit Court, or District Court of the Uni
ted States, residing, or being within the
State, or before say insgiatrate of sotteunlyv.
' citi. or town corporate, where Mach eteisure
iirest.sball be hinds, and upon proof, to
the satisfaction of imobjudge or Magistrate,
itt rl ier i by oral tostitiony, ad affidavit, taken
& ands tiertilled by a stagistrettof anyl
au* State" or territory, that the person so
Iseised or arrested, doth, under the laws of
the State or territory. from whiliti hear slat
tied, owe service .or labor to the Itereoe'
claiming him or her,Aahall byp the, duty of,
shoh,Judge to give s eilktificate thereof to'
'such' olaimant, his 'agent, or attorney, which
shall be sufficient,. warrant for removing the
said fugitive from labor, to the &Wee W
elton, from which he or she fled.
.flnor 4. That'any'persen who bliali,rovi
Anglyeadoi willfully, obstruct or bind rude '
leisimettt. his , egeoti.or ettorhe.V, in wising
or arresting such fugitive _from labor. .or
Shall rosette such fUgitive Prom etteh,
4 s i i p t i t his agent,' orititterney; *he& in irreet-,
1
mkr . inimorifivot
or dieilared, or tda I bothog oF conk*, sue
twareoh. after:netts that be of ehe le a hit
,to s from labor,. alli abroad& littea, for a -
I tber et t h e. elthi offenses , faifeittmettlfiily the ,
I gyps of five hundred dtßosei - • ,
•
, 0 •bas. been, oanottkilid diet tagint,
Asap Isar," . wan anornalid II lii
dens Washingtol, and by an Ilia who in&
J, 1864.
paitiodo weis'of the vciaritg, Nord as will
as Saudi. , t.,
•
Justice AfcLane,"Th the celebrated case of
Gilmer vs—Gorham, ILO., width was an
action to recover the litmus of some fugitive
slaves that had been• rescued by a mob of
Abolitionists - in ati ltilohigss, untOr this law ot
1798, *barged follows:
'The titifendante' dounsel, to soma extent,
have discussed the abstract, principles of
slavery. It is not the province of this Court,
or of this jury, to deal in abstractions of
any kind.' ith the policy of the local laws
of the litate‘we Wise not hing•to,do. How
ever unjust and- impolitic slavery -may ho,
yet the people of Irentuoky, in Limit sover
eign capacity, basis adopted it. And you
are sworn to decide this case aroerdieg go_
law—the law of Kentucky 'as to slavery,
and the'proviitions of the Constitution, and
the act of Congress in regard to the recla
mation of fugitives from labor. This-pro
vision of the Constitution is a guarantee to
the Stave States that no act should be done
by the free Stalest° discharge from service
in ally other State any one who might es
cape therefrom, bulAilat such fugitive should
be delivered up on'claint-being made. This
clause was deemed so. important that, as a
matter of hietory, - rie know the Conititution
could nut have been adopted without tt, As
a pelt of that .instrument, it is as binding
upon Courts and Juries' as any other part."
Chief Justice - Shaw, St the March ternetef
the Slipretne Court ofMassachusetts, in
"The -regulation of slavery, so Par as to
prohibit States b3t law from harboring fu
gitive slaves, iiati an essential element in the
feimatitm of the-C'emstitnt-iinu-mid - thirPni •
intended to be established by it was essen
tially necessary 'to the peace, happiness
And highest prosperity of all the Statue. In
this spirit, and with these views steadily
in prospect, it Strained to be the duty MIMI
judgeb and „magistrates to expound and ap
ply dim provisions in.the Constitution and .
laws of the United States; and in this
spirit it behooves all persons, bound to obey
the laws of the United States, to consider
end regird them."..
Chief Justice Tilghman. of Pennsylvania,
in the charge of Wright se. Deacon,
"Whatever may be our opinlen on the
subject of slavery, it is well knovrn that our
Southern brethren would not have consented
to have become parties to a tonstitntion,
rider which the United Stater ITS enjOred
so much prosperity, unless their property
in have, had been secured. P * Here is
the principle ; the fugitive is to be delivered
up on claim of the master."
The fugitive flare law of 1850, is rneroly
supplementary to the act' of 17112, Which
was Washington's measure" On the subject'
of this net of 1860, let uVquote the words of
Daniel Webster, in his great speech at Buf
falo, May 22d, 1851 :
"Under the provisions of the Constitu
tion, during Waahingtou'e administration in
the year 1798, there-was passed by general
consent, a law for the Yestbrittlen of fugitive
slaves. Harilly any one opposed It at that
period; it was thought to be necessary', in
order to carry the Constitution into etre& ;
the great men of New England and New
York all concurred in it. •It peened, and
answered all the purposes expehted from it,
till about the year 1841 or 1842, when the
State interfered to make- enactments in op
position to it. The act of Congress said
that State magivrates might execute the
duties of the law. Some of the States pass
ed enactments imposing a penalty ou any
State officer who exercised authority under
the law cr assisted in its execution; others
denied the use of their jails to carry - the law
into effect; and, in general, at the emu
nencement of the year 1850, it• had become
absolutely indispensible t hat Congress should
pass some law for the execution of this-pro
vision of the Constitution, or „else give up
that provision entirely. This was theques
lion. - 1 was in Congress when it was
brought forward.' 1-was for a proper law.
1 bad, indeed, proposed a different law ;
I was of opinion that a surtmary trial by
jury might be, had, which would satisfy the
people of the North, and produce no harm
tothoem who claimed the service of higitiVes;
but I left the Senate and went to another
elation before any law was passed. The
law of 1860 passed. Now 1 undertake, se
a lawyer, and on - my,professional character,
to say to you, and to all, that the law of
1850 is decidedly more favorable to the fu.
gitive than general Washington's law of
1798; and 1 will tell you why. In the drat
place, thepresent law places the power in
much hig her hands; In the heads of inde
pendent Judges of the Supreme and Circuit
Courts and District Courts,' and of Commis.
Metiers who are aupolated to office for their
legal' learning. Every fugitive is brought ,
before a tribunal of high character, of emi
nent ability, of rdroectable station.' 16 the
second place, when a claimant (mines-from
Virgiuia to New York, lifsay that one A-or
one 13 has run away. or is a fugitive from
seqice or labor, he brings With blot a reo
-ord'tif the court of the eounty i trom which
he comes, - and that record mime% sworn to
_before a magistrate, nod certified by the
o my Clerk, and bear en official 11414r - ri the
atfid 1 mist state that Aor Blatt Ile et
ed under main circumstances, and gone to
another Stat } and that record under seal
the Conatitullen of the United States,
entitled to full oredirip every State. Well,
the claimant'er his agiint,oomes here, and
he presents' to 7ou the seal-0 the court in
Virginia; -affixed:to his destiaratton, - that A
or B bad escaped from service. ' •
then prove that the fugitive is here. 'lle
hringl a witness; he .le sulked if this is thd
man, and helproves it • or, in nine Wes out
of ten, the fact is admitted by . the fugitive
himself. _
ili3uch is the preset" law; and, much op
,franittrai and •malignetras it is, it is more .fa
vorable to the fugitive shoo than the jaw
enacted by Welts ton's administration, in
1798, by the South. The present- violent
opposition has sprung up in modern' times,
From whom does the chimer dome , Why,
Ipokat t h e proCeedings of the anti-slavery
noeventiontr; look at their reholutiottra.
you find among those persons Who 'Mir*.
this Fugitive. Slavi Law, any admission
whatever, . h $ say tow ooytkt to ha pulsed
to carry into effect Aft solemn stipulations
of tlievonetituth*? tiot, • •
tpj me I? eityTutlin wasadt*fed by the
,oranhintion at &reuse' filVralablie to. tie
Thefu t i ra hio" t entnw,virp , 4 v N o t
.omatiesto;strpferviMoni'llm7 sti
10140 ;# , ,:: . ."1ti0t" 'dun
t rtl [ ° WO . 5 1f4rYl i rr °D !Ol d '
ri!V , or hit : tht
estenMWAtUni igoighkl6 , -IWAW.ried i
elect. Look, at the proeeediap of the
:frse-ts.-4
anti-slavery conventions in Ohio lifassaabn
se4a, and arSyrerulie...in the State of liietr
Tork: *hal do they ray ? . 0 11110, so help
them Godr . no eolorod man shone be mutt
from the State of letCroillt: back to hie
toaster in Virginia." Do not they say thasß
And to the fultihnent of the{ they e 'pledge
their lives, their fortunes,. and their sacred
honor? Their seared honor! They pledge
their sacred honor to commit treason
against the laws of their country !
"I have already elated, gentlemen, what
your observation of these things must bare
taught you. I wilt only recur to the sub
ject fora aliment, for the pin-pose of. 'per
suading you, as politico men, and private
men, as good men and patriotic men, - that
pq might, to the extent of your Ability and
inftente, to see to It that anal( laws are
established and *41044%4 as ahall keep
you and the South, and the West. and ell
the country, • together. oh the terms of the
Cohnitution. I may, what is demanded of
us is'to fulfil -ar Constitutional duties. and
do for the South what the South ban a right
to demand."
The godlike eipounder of the Cunatitn
tlon sa!d wall, that these men ''pledged
their sacred hondr to commit, treason
against the laws of their oountrj I"
What is honor to such men?
What is the honor of men who trample the
Constitution of their country under their
feet? -
What was il:e crime of Benedict Arnold T
the legislative powers in twelve of the north
en) Butes, to reCitit the supreme laws or
their country, tell tut if they have any ap
dation- fhe' twine whilittliii - seirifie
name of Benedict Arnold hissing down to
hell I
Let the Massachusetts where she
stands. Ras she beeb true to the Constitu
tion and the Union? Or has she been la SD
attitude of rebellion and practical disuni..
by herioglolati+tr4bistanot to the supretnti
lawn of the republic
Let the following acts, which she passed
even over the veto of her Governor (Ostd
ner,) May 21, 1866, speak for bee:
Sae. 9. No person, while holding say of
floe4 of honor , trust, o emolument , under
the laws of this oo onwealth, shall, in
any capacity,..lattne L y . warrant or other
proenes, or any certificate, under or
b,y virtue of an eel of Congress, approved
the twelfth day of February, in the year one
thousend seven hundred and Ainety-three t
entitled "An Aot respecting fugitives from
place and Penedo escaping from the tier
igtit vitt/kir mastere t '.' or causer and by wit,
tdi of an-set - ofCongreas, approved the
ighteenth day of September, in the year
bun thousand eight hundred and filly,enti,
tied "An Aot to amend. and supplementary
1 to "An Aot respecting fugitives from justice
and persons escaping from the servioe of
' their masters," or shall, in any capacity,
serve Any ouch inerrant or other process,
Sec. M. Any person who shall grant any
intitifteatemuler or by virtue of the acts of
Congress mentioned in the preoeeding see
ticiti, shall be deemed to have resigned any
commission from the Commonwealth which
be may possess, his office shall be deemed
vacant, and he shall be forever thereafter
ineligible to any 01E00 of trust, honor or
emolument, under the laws of this Common
wealth. ,
Sac. 11. Any person who BUM' act as
counsel or attorney fur any claimant of any
alleged fugitive from service or labor, tinder
or by virtue of the acts of Congress recut lott
ed in the ninth section of this art, shall. be
deemed to have resigned any commission
from the Cummonwealth that he may pos
sess, and he shall be hereafter incapacita
ted from appearing as counsel or attorney
of this ftorcinionwealtb.
Jane- 16. Any-sheriff, depany.sheriff, jailor
coroner, constable or other officor of this
Commonwealth. or the Joolice of any city or
town, or any district, county, city or town
officer, or any officer or other Member of
the volunteer militia of this Commonwealth,
who shall hereafter arrnst *griffon. detain'
or return, or aid in arreining, imprisoning,
detaining any poison for the reason that he
is eirimed or adjudged to he a fugitive front
servioe or labor, shall be punished by fine
not loss than one thousand, old not exceed-
Ireetwo thousand dollars, and by lanprb *-
merit in the State 'Prison for not' leas than
wee, nor more than two ye4ra.
113. The volunteer militia of this
Coitmonwrelth shall not sot In any manner
in the aoixure, detention or rendition of any
person for the reason that he is claimed or
adjudged to be a fugitive from service or
labor., Any member of the rams who shell
offend the prov :muck,.
/than be 'ftnished by fine doll leas than one
thousand, and not exceeding two Thousand
dollars. and by imprisonment in the fits's)
Prison for not less than ope, nor took. than
two yeay4.7. ••••
Sec. ne: - Prigon Or other piece of
°entitle put belongintio or used by either
the Cominonwealth of lillsisseobuslitte or any
county therein, Shall be used foo : the det en-
Om or imprieonment of any person accused
or convfotednf shy offence created by either'
of the said sots of Congress mentioned in
the ninth sedshftn:tf this act, or atousfd or
convicted of obstructing or resisting any
promise, warrant, or Order, leaned under
either of said sets, or of resenipg or attemp
ting to rescue, any person arrested or de
tained under any of She provision' of the
said sets, worforfhe • Imprisonment of any
person at rested on use process, or *Wese
-1
cation in any 'suit for damages or penejfien
„ . tteerning, or being violated to accrue, in
amsequernee of atir aid rendered to any es
capittglbgitive from service or labor.
thesSlaws, , of Massaehusetts ,naps It a
crime punishable with tine and Itiprison
,
meld of illy adieu, or officer, otriie State
to obey the Conatittniina , ,of the linked
States in this partieubm
Evert althea of illemetebsetts tenet either
be • rebel against the' Constitution of-the
United e lates, or he may be sent to the
Penitentrli Patriotio State! "LoyV:
'State 1 , •
Nair tui , Look at the • following ant of
the • slikire of the State of Varinioat's
- Irfirliragy,4o;6o3ll6e gWel:
Rembly of the Bt,ite Of Tersiont:
11 01. h -- No°clot- of recently tide fliete t ,
' 1 " 1 !)44 PlT i p,7 l4 loott eke
ro l 97t i kofijr4 i titte. 4 4 11 :40=
00. 0 4 4 000444
41 1 411 7=h 1 4 4 001 0110.07.. P.MIII-6.1*
Wl** - linnet - 131Yee — ff Its set WOW ,
gnu, psuiei 'Ornery twelfth, seeesteine
intiot„ oe dots*
rtnit or detection, or impristromeoll; sag
Jolt ...66Mir beimeisir lb Nio iltate
orb • DIY MotOktir, iowitt ail% et ..p.r.o•
therein, irt i stifor Unitreoatmelhao Imo
L. Or tisitletiltitiod so it llogithettitio.4 •
'Bllti , 11.113 - 1161011:7-4Wa r ria 0 01 1 0410 - "
birminv **NOW rOr mkt 'esSer h iPlor *r
O To iS w h a ili r O d o r r th imekMt ift ,
,s b 4o il - l
r d
'
Toss'.:W # aft .
e
-
oeeaimed edis w talt,'ftdieYrhis
State to up oniotiraes it tikhi dr whheat•
the secet m , , - .
- Re - 6.4. 044 fieb o in‘. )044did: if the
p h
M i len - eristliteiti TOW ' ons.. al .
Inch id . i ittstioe of tho M. ' ram.
ofilser or alt !Ho„ shall be en ' •to the
penalties provided io seenfoti vill• of tbi.
o
No. 26...
•ffso, B. Any juffgO of any cane . ot nosed
inAga State, any jamas. of the pease, or
oiiipnagistrats. any sheriff; high hattiff.
constable. or Jailor. or any (Alison of this
State, who shall offend spinet the Med.
alone of thin set, by acting dirttetitor Indi
rectly under the-prorisioas of **Woe • throe
of the sot; of Congress afonsoai4 dual for
feit a stun not exceeding ono thoueoad dol
lars, to the use of the Stan, in he reinleted
upon information or itri*Mstit; illebn
lmpri
'bead in the State pal= not suceeediag firs
jean.
This iv pretty ,strong ft
punishes by s She of one ibeessnd dollars,
.or inintroerstion in thelltate Prison for Ivo
yeari, any oitisen who should-obey !Wier si
certain atones 'albs Constitution, or
of 1798, signed by Wasbinettei.
Let es loot It the Peregpal Liberty DUI
of Rhode blend :
Timm *me., Czar: 212.-800. IR. 14
judge, juatlee, magistfate, or *oars ',bure
au's, of title 8101 e,
,shall grant any •eertill.
cats or Warrant to, or otherwisein env man
ner of ioiallr sid
_person , olointsor
piareutug anotfi - eriChe fugitivelitt:re. either
under the aot of Congress, approved Febru
ary 12th, 1798, entitled "An Aot reepestiog
fugitives sad persona iectalang from 'the
-rtios-of their madaters.!-..0m-under-thesse ,
of Congress approved ldeptptaber 18th11350,
entitled ~ A n Act to amend, sad sopplassa
tary to" said sot.
Bso. 19 No sheriff, deputy rherifftows
sergeant, constable or other officer of this
State, shall arrest or detain, or aid In the
arrest or detention or say . peison claimed as
fugitive slave, for or .by reason than,
er imprison such fugve, es - such. is
any jell or other building belonging to this
State, or to any city, town or village there
of.
20. Any justice of the me*, shertf,
deputy sheriff, town sergeant, closeable,
jailor, or keeper of a jail, who shall itblate
any provision of the two sections sent pre.
needing. shall, for every letkotreaes, be
tneditria tonadred dollars, orl*kospristxtel
01§1411terint _
Tmat run., CRAP. 128.—Atiejitiseill
of the oars and dicipHne of fa no: 6.-
"Priaonora t ,,anoopinsig esesped Awns, say
be committal under the scuitorltg or the
United dud* fa any Jill. uptle Parreit
4r,q,
This, fa t ilireet tenon, naliilles one,nietiost
of the Copeatution, and two anctlintCoe
'tress, tad fantails 'any eitisess_nhiesbanlit
obey the mum with imprison:cent or be.
Thu is, it makes obedience to the Conon
tutton end law in this respect a arindiel of
fence. Could nulliflooticia or rebellion p
further?
The following le the Liberty Bill of the
State of Maine. Revised Statutes 1869:
Time viii., CUM.. 80-Bsm 68.,N0 sher
iff-deputy sheriff, coroner, constable, jailor,
justice of the peace, or other °Meer of this
Stat., @boll arrest or &gain, or aid hi so
doing, in any prison at 11101'41ns belonging
to this Suite, or of any count: or town , any
person, on soriount of a claim on Min as •
fugitive slave. Any of said 'officers viola
ting any of the aforesaid provisions, or aid
ing or abetting any person claiming, &nue
'deg, or detaining any person as a fugitive
slave, shalLforfett a sum not emoseding on•
thousand dollars for each Offends, to the
ass of the county whore ft is committed, or
be impßsoned lava thin *ii• year is the
TITLI CHAP. 118-9-43110. 29. doolaree-
Any slave, voluntarily &roily* info this
State by his master, or by his linowled or
consent, is thereby tree • and realued
of his liberty, may be di•eliarged on writ .1
habitat narrow; and it any person adiempti
to rostrata him, be aball-be punished by •
tine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
by imprisonnient lean than one year;
The law of New Hampshire admpe ma
gmas to the rights and privileges of • Mt.
ten; declares slaves doming or brought
into the State. by or with the consent of
master, free, declares the titiompt to hold
any person are sieve within' the Nish. s
felony, with i penalty 'of imprisonment not
less then one, nor more than live years;
provided that the provisicont of this 11 , 110tiO•
shall not apply to any itot lawfolly , done by
say of site.iftsited fitates6ot other
person, in the eseention of tiny
pro
cess.
Connecticut poised th. followlicissr.
entitled ..An Aet for the Defence of Libry
in this State;"
Sic. 2. Tn ell ewe *rioting order,tble,aet
the trwit every declaration, e,
tfon, or wet ~ any wean b eor
having been, in e littattp, le or was a sl ave,
Er
or owes or did ova aervllee;or le to
other ponce orttlialliten Awn '
proved except IT 'ebiteaerhanay is
at t
tiro oretdilite.witneaset toit#ls4llg to faviti.cli-
reetly tending to eiti,1221.1 Elrod' at
snob declaration, i
,traltoons..or,„ellprepenia-
Mona, jitr by legal irvidonotratiptioroo ,
to. .
See. 4. Upon the Mat of se, prbeeelithee
Arising eider this sin, lid dietkiltfte
be edaditel se ewithemett 4.lettrelltlitiiny
,proaternest in eehh deOlittlos t ,teutfiiferii. -
Bea. 8: instou•i ,pousirivsmoi
fenpribenment "ter otestru
betiitoa of say one 1101i1
rbirsoLm
•
Mb4lo this ke - lir)eiii Oileetiertatsle
then' theVereose4 — iiiit tottkii M s pit et
the Nei/ *lac "Ohl hp "idisw
Mostly mktworsive
este*Oreih kt,