9“er e. ‘W'VTW*~“W‘ ’ '3" 3’ "'1" - 1 4w flagrant rtla use. ltisthera provisioning-ch m- adn‘ittedthsttha men: Stat. may prod mama (mg nut their magi-mm.“ other and J _ Mt those d.oa, MM .‘ an orityeonferredl “7- '0 -Jfleuneulfileglnthe Constitution ofthebyenactof ' :andthatvhllean. ,fiaPatrbtt‘Uatec-llilmou. euthyitstennnwas made motedavgmlerandiavirtneotthe' g. “4 in "M. ‘P ; inapplicable t 3 domestic slaves attendiq oomutnflonpf the United-Btu. is clothed 'llhbllkatodisunt-‘nm delegates in Congress homtheothd’yithpoyuin every Stated thaUniou te ‘ a w ur\'tioaal Anerleanhtateaandthosehaldbprsaeueandneapthehdavethemutnev-l "9'" ° “ .while pamngthroughthisstatemrwjoum- amide-. 60 sowlthcut twinge meg ‘nlflhz‘ iingthereinforaperiodnotlon‘avthndx Warwiqahdof moss. l month 3 :m It it minute fiance of the, ningoondltion' In 1788 it was made ahighpeual ethno- aet onm Ind studied the case of /ouv lmmedi- for any per-eon. by force. violence or fraud, Pris; vs. The Commonwealth d Pennsyl-l . of Mb... to take out of this State any ntzro or mu- nnia. and had kept his law My within l South Caroling, chlatto. with the intention of keeping or sell- its letter. In many respects beet is a: ityof the 1‘8“!“ ing the aid negro or mulatto as a slave for codification of the principles ennnhted by manta-ions vote. de-J term of years. Soon after the of the court; and more fault may justly be now subsisting bO. this act. th Supreme Court of genusylva— found with its tamper than its want of. the on: gum, . nia declar§ that it, did not apply to the constitutionality. ; lnited guts of forcible removal ofa slave by the owner or If fugitive slava were still claimed under “l;" .nd the up his agent. but that its object wan to punish the actof Coupes-of 1793. the denial to the; -alotherSouthern the forcible or fraudulent abduction from aid ofState judges and magistrates might in their intention the State-office negroea. with the intention be a aource of great inconvenience to him ; . lof keeping or selling themes-hives. Thus. but the complete and perfect remedy now 4291 of seceesion it atthst early dav. givingjudicial sanction to provided by the act of Congress of 18.30. m is merely .wmn the doctrine that a master had a right to renders him entirely independent of State. .1 States com ing. take his slavcswherever'he conldtind them. officers. And the punishment of arrests . the States wincfinmay' The first act ofCongress prowding for the without warrant. by a master in the exer- ; ,3, fig. pleasure. declarei rendition of fugitives from justice or labor cite of his constitutional right of reception, l - be my to the com-l was passed m 1:93.1ud originated from the but, made in a violent. tumultuous and mm is clearly erroneous.- ' refusal of the Governor of Virginia to sur- reasonable manner. amounting to a breach the United States is ‘ rentler and deliver up. on the requisition of ofthe peace. is but nmgnizing. by statute. ’ 1 a more compact, or the Governor 01' Pennsylvania. three per- what was before the common law. These re several States. As eons {Vho had been indicted in Pennsylvania acctionn were reenactt-d in the revised penal compact is but a trea- i 0? kidnapping a negro. and carrying him , code of Pennsylvania. at the hut sea-lion of "‘ole at the will of Into Virginia. And when it was found that the Legislature. and are still the law of the, lble m the other party ~ this congressional statute did not atford a State ; but they are not now of any practical , refusing to ltec. its cu- , simple, speedy and efficient remedy for the importance. and as their retention on our ltircly impongibl; many ‘ recovery of fugitives from labor. the Lepis- statute book is calculated to crcate the ini- ' A government. on the Flature of Pennsylvania. at the request ofthe :ressiori that the people of thi-t State arcun-' 3: created by consent. or ~adyoxning State of Maryland. in 1820. pass iavorable to the execution of the fugitive. clothed with legislative. ; ed her act ".to give effect to the provisions ~slavc law. and the discharge of their» con ;ive powers_ is necessarily. to the con-titution ofthc United States relae ft‘dt‘l'alt’ duties, and with the view of re ; sovereign ; and from its sove- tire to fugitives from labor. for the protec- moving this subject of reproach. I earnestly {its right to enforce its laws and non of free mangle of color, and to prevent recommend their constitutional rcpcal. * civil irocess. and. in an utter kidnapping." his excellent and well-con-’ \‘v'hile a majority of thejudges of the S‘uJ , “11 military and naval power_._lai_dered law met all the existing cmcrgc-n- premc Court of the United States. in tth governmentsOwc-s wotpcnnn to the , own. It required the iudgcs.ju~ticen of the l'rigg mac. held that a State had no musti ‘ ‘_ ple. and they, in turn. owe it their ulle— ‘ peace and aldermcn of the State. upon the tutinunl right to provide by legislation for. .z ‘. ”351.1109 Hahn’s cannot be violated by it: oath of the claimant. to Lune their uarrnnt delivering up fugitinw from labor. a minori- I" . tritium. without accountability to the tri- for the arrest of any fugitive from labor cs- . ty wrre then ofthe opinion that State laws. E Mung}. creatodlto cnforc‘c its decrees and to " coming into this State: directing. however. “con~i~tcnt nith and in aid of the constitu. .‘ . r 11” offenders. Orgnuju‘d rcristance to that such warrants «hould be made returna- ‘ tiunal injunction. were valid and proper... ~3 isrebellion. If successful. it may be pur- ble. h)’ Whomi‘OWW 1‘“le before ajudzt‘ And this minority opinion in now the judg-l if“. . Wcfimebyyvolution. Ifumuocetbful' lof the proper county. It required sheriffs mom of the prercnt court as recently llltll-l , ‘thg W"! engggpd intho rebellion may be and constables to exccute such warrants.— cntcd in u cu-e which grow in thi- State of W as traitors. Thp government of It authorized the commitment of the fugi- > lllinoi-. There is. thcrefore. nothing to. file tilted-States. within the-limit: assigned two to the county jail. and otherwise made piment the revival of the act of 1820. and t~ ‘0 it" i; .5 potential in w“orcignty as any , provisions to secure its etl'octivc execution. it~z restoration to the place in our code to oth" government in the civilized world.— and at the sametime to prevent its abuse. “inch. by it:- mcrits. it is sojustly entitled. Mnefitution. Hid law-s made in pursu- ll!" law continued quietly in operation Thi-x would leave to the option ofthe claim-. ? .mmof. me CXI’YC‘S9IF maul-0d m be until the decinion of the Supreme Court of . ant whether he would seek his remedy un fllo mpremc law of the land. l'nder the the Ltmlt‘d Shit“. made in 1542. in the casexdcr State or national laws. He had thia| {a conetitution 11.0 general government hasthe , of Ilrigg vs. the Commonwealth of Pentiuyl- , right before the repeal of our act of 1826, 1 We, to mike and supportarmiex, to create vama. The history of this case may be and. in my opinion. no gum—reason can be “and maintain a yy' and to provide forl brlefiy Hated: hdward Prigg rm indicted . Luigned for refusing to place him again in ailing forth the %_m to execute its laws. ‘in the court of oyer and termincr of York the same position. ‘ . m. insurrecti and repel invasion— I county for kidnapping a colored persmxf I would al~o recommend that'the content sopriate statutes have been enacted by ' named Margaret Morgan. Upon the trial of the State be given. that the master. while ' (ham to aid in the execution of ‘Jcse ‘ it appeared that she was held an a slave in P sojourning inonr State for a limited period. kim t. governmental were. ‘I the State of Maryland. and that she escaped or assing through it. may be accompanied ‘ ‘- getaway the fcfgqg‘ovemmem' * into the State of Penntylvania 1n the year :by liis slave. without lo «rated. M a government created by the' Eh? act 91152”. “”1 8.11 mCl’jflFNl Yenfll')’. power conferred by the mntrimtion. ('on yfifi.‘ people. ind maintained for their benefit. .it is manifest that the intention ant object green can prohibit or philt‘cf ulavery in the ’ ' 3. «3’ should do finstice to any portion of itevOf the Lefislature was to pmtect free por- territories, has been acriouuly queationed. ' .cltims. :50!“ 0f CO 0”, fiflfl ‘0 Pumbh those “‘hO. by i But. if the pmvcr to legielate upon this deli . 3 .. * Afici- asserting her right to withdraw ,fraud. {ONE 0" violence. “‘0"? guilty 0f kid-lento and important Inject were clearly lg: m the Union. South Carolina. throu vh napping. and holding or Fellingfrec awn as vested in Congress. in firjudgmentit ought 'f4 f 3A” convention. among other reasons. de- slaves. This the State had a clear right to not tobeexcrcmed. 'l‘odeclnre that slavcry first“ Abe is ‘ustified in exercising. at ‘ d 0 : and “0‘1“!!! but 8 mismnstruction‘ 0f , shall not exist in theterritories. is calculated I : ,th . ' e, that right, because several ot‘the her M‘t could have lnduct‘d lhe declaration .to exclude from their occuluinev thc citi ~ ‘ State‘ave for years not only refused to that it “I“ I'Ol'hldden by the constitution of zens of the southern or sluveholding Mama; ml ' constitutional obligations, but‘ the United States. It is perfectly cleartlint ‘ while. to make. it a legal institution in all a 3‘ “toga laws eithernullifying the con-, Edwmd I’l”in had commuted no crime in ‘ the territories of the L'iutcd States. by con fi vstihtion. or rendering uncle“ the acts of removing Margaret Morgan from the State grossionnl enactment. and to prnYldOli‘Wll-t ‘gugresrelative to the surrender offugitive. 01' Pennfylvama t 0 the 3mm 01' Maryland. continuance during their cntirc territorial . vet—that. they have permitted the open ‘ and delivering her up to her owner; and it existence. would bc equally injurious to the a. ‘ 3 lislunent of societies. to disturb the menually clear, that no attempt was made. people or the {we sum. The principle ‘ 3 ofotheuStsiefl ; that the people ofthe‘ by the statute 0‘ Pennsylvania. to declare adopted in the compromise measures of . 3 non' “holding States have aided in the, I'm act a mine. He should have been dis- l 1850, for (Helm-ling of the question ofslavery * as . of slaves from their masters, andfChN'ged. nohbecauae the 8" Of the State in New Mexico and Utah. and reueratt‘d in ‘ ' h 'ncited to servile insurrection those “'BB unconstitutional, b“! Mbe had the Karma! and Ncbmka bills of 1854. of .x (h; lain—and have announced their de- ’ 00‘ WSW its comm-iridi- [non-intervention by Congress with slavery \ tannin 'u to exclude the South from the: The Supreme Court Of the I’nited States 'in the States and in the Territories. in the I common territory of the Union. As the: NW only pronounced ihß Pfil'liClIl" 90013011 l true rule. It is the duty of Congress, when ', " tatives of the people of Pennsylva-i 0“le act “1825 “If?“ .bcforé them uncon- a sufiicicnt number of hardy and adventur -a» e?) V ' nigitkbeeomm your-solemn duty To examine? stitutional. but 8 minor“? of.the court held 'ous pioneers find their way into our distant k if, :1 these furious charges, made by the authori-' “I“ the whole 30! 'B5 YOId: because the ltemtorics. to furnit-h them a ahiold of pro . 1%; -‘ " tyofa sovereign State. l power to provide for the rendition ‘of fugi- _. Legion and a form of yemmpm; but to '.‘ fenneylvauia is included in the list of “V 5! from 13b“ V.” "‘l‘th exclusively in {the ple themselveeglongs the right (0‘ " .4} - m that are charged with having refused I COHEN"- and the “V9lll Sin“ WON! there ; regulge their own domeetic institutions in ’r plianoe with that mandate of the con-t fore incompetent to pass statutes either in ‘their own way. subject only to the constitu ~ . _ of the United States, which do-l 83d of or to hmdeyflelav 0r prevqnt the de- non of the United Staten. “goth; grant no person held to service or! livery of such fugitives. That this was the ‘ While these views have been long enter. ' “ “a. under the lawn thereon? extent of the dectsion ”delivered by'Judge l {glued by me, and while lam sincerely of lather, shell, in consequence , Story. notpnly fippm from the 05»an 01' the opinion that their general adoption and gulatiou therein. be dischar-i “I? IPIUOHW; but .130 from the . issenting faithful enforcement would have preserved, service or labor. but shall be: Opinions delivered by the minority of the and myet restore peace and harmony to nclaim of the party towhom l COUYt- BX ml! unfortunate decision it was :all a ‘ us of our country. lam neverthe labor may be due.” So far l authoritatively proclaimed that Pennsylva— 'l3” not so wedded to them as to reject, un— -3 the truth of thin char 6. I. ma. in enacting her liberal statute of 1826. ’eoremonioualy, all other proposition for o'er that upon a oarefulex-l "3511.138 it the d 1": 0‘ .1191”. 0"" Officer? to E the settlement of thevexed quations which ll be found that the legisla—l Nd m arresting "K delivering Up fugitives in” threaten to made: the bonds which lal action of Pennsylvania. 1 from {‘so}. M me“ her constitution- . for three-quarters of a century have made lony. gs 3membe. ofth. old lal obligation. and that her act was in viols- ;us one people. Forty yean agoour fatheu or under the existing consti- 001} 01' nth" “1“} Obedience t 0 the con-tr . settled an angry controversy growing out InitedStates. hasbeen almost tution 0’ the United Staten. _Under ”Ch 'of similar question. by dividing the terri . __,, ~ _ iuenced by aproper apprecia- Cmm3m°”- 1t W“ the mamfest du‘)‘ Ofitorim purchased from France. and provi ,{ a ‘ ofher Own obligations. and by ahi h ‘ the Stat}? ‘9 ”Yeti her 18" thus deemed ding that slavery, «involuntary serntude. grd hr thcrights. the feelings and the “MONUWNOPR - Th“ "'5 ‘10“ by ”1080‘ :should not exist north of a certain line. and 4 hm ofher sister States. ' {1347: and lf ‘hfit “it 1184‘] contained “Oth- the whole country acquieeced in that com .or 31705. the provincial authorities ”8 more than ‘I "We“ 0‘ the 1" “1&5. lprom'ue. In 185‘ that. restriction won '1? lvaaia. afterreeitin inthepream‘, {{‘d ”19 Wmtmf‘m 0‘ “1° 1“ Igflimt ;.nmy was removed. and the m all "Ne.“ “ the importationoglndian slaves; kidnapping. it could not have been subject in” Territories were lefi free e the ‘ ' “ diva. or otherplaees, hath been ‘9 Innw mph-mt- BM ‘h°_thlrdwc-lqueation for themselVea. chew the see ‘3ivethe India. of thispro- hon of “18.9%.“ E 347 Mblfltfindcf-honal issueisagain presented, 17th do “ \ for suspicion and an. bury pendxueo.qlir;udges and magum lmhant power it, the North. claiming that an adaptmt‘theim- fro-n refinanpdez anymofConsre-s. Oflahvoryeannot gointothe‘l‘uritoriu. alsvuh'onianyotheromhhms ‘ofthetasqbf even auctioned Congresorthe' ~mmum : __ 015?qu MW mortuugiasmsmdthuaam. ' ‘ ‘ Indian " "“1 "Mi the and thedutydCanputoprhhibltitl a fugitive istenoe. ‘ "d? m’ imnlori 3'l». ' Multan.“ “ 0 ’ ‘. t 1 e V \ Btatea Etna. ands t " ‘ Wee Ave-up. ‘lla' ( t 5. ~ turn of cited 7 * «men _ ‘i , Q. i ' “on Ahead} db . Mindic ‘ 0:: be“! of “ tel-inlet} ml! .3. and saw U W! ,' 81m... « 513’“; . l nommhing ' mt, . Wm . w " Schor' for“: W. , lupenor tn other 113113. by oqnque" Ell EU RE t. ‘ ?‘ 2;" f =I 4a. ' Jig; 3:. g.“ f ”on; ‘ LI SE whmshuqlstdaskdotwhn nap» “mm W? '“' “735; than I ' which now nomad us, I was: it wwldbe-ncfioned by“! _ ’if Pennsylv' At'sll "can. they I RC . bin-n't to see: tor I l made as ”angling. g wombat. Sine, recommend the General M Wad , magnum-sud Kap mhdyl my": support s prop n fl} such -dbdment at tho unn stltttlon. to be submitted {or ntihfion or :‘hction to s eonnntion of delogntes. clock: directly by the people of the State. ! 1n the event. of the failure of Congress speedily to propose this or A similar unend ment to the constitution, the citizc-ns oft Pennsylvanin should hue m o nunitv.‘ by the spplimtion of some peacn’isgrvmedy ' to prevent the diunembonnent ofthis Union: This can only be done by culling s conven tion of delegates. to be elected by the peoy ple. with I Hugely to the considenu'on‘ of what memurcs‘ahould be tsknn to meet the present fearful exigencies. If Congrm should propose no remedy. let. it emanate from the source of I“ authority, the people‘ themselvu. livery Ittempt upon the put of individu nln, or of omniwd moieties, to lead the people away from their allegiance to the gowmment, to induce them to violate nny of the proviniom of the conuitutinn. or to invite insurrectionain any of the States of this Union. ought to be prohibited by law; as crime- of n treasonsble nature. It is of. the first impottnnce to the perpetuity ot' thi! grunt Union. that the hearts of the peo ple. and the wtion of their constituted nu thnrities, Jhould he in unison in giving a faithful )upport to the constitution of the United States. The people of Penmylvnn in are devoted to the L'niun. Tln-y mll follow in stun. and its stripes through over)- peril. But, before unuming the high ro— il \omibilitim now dimly t'nrmhndnwrd: it in their solemn duty to rcmme vn-ry just cause of complnint ngninat thrmseh‘m, m that they may stand before high Henwn nnd the rivilized world without reproach. n-mly to devote thoir lives and their fortunes to the but farm of government that llLL‘l ever been devised by the wisdom of nun. ‘ The Governorshows that there i: an avail ubln hnlnnw in thé- Stu-lo 'l‘xouury of $6“,- 433.09. and that during the put your the rum of $391,757. a“) was paid on the State debt. The total funded debt. of the s‘er is “957.949.125.72. nml unfunllcd “20.72 l 78 —ngrn;_mtodebt 337.969.“? 50. During the lust. threP you“ the Slum hm nnt onlv mot all her ordinary linhilitim. includxng the ex~ fences of gm 01mm nl and the intern! on ler public debt. but ha- diminidu-d hor nc tuul indebtedness the mm of s2.23'lfit‘2 12; although ‘he tax on rml un