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The Boomed Mats. '
4J' J. A. AXEXAXDER. D,
There isa time we khow not -wjieji, , j
, 'A point, wejinow'inot where.b ti i
That marks the destiny of men i c-1 n;J
To glory-or despair.
There is a; linejby; us unseen,, ; -,11
That crosses every path ; ;.i
The hiddenibotindary Between . -u li '
. .flrul'ii nntwirir' nnil h" tvmtli 0.', ' -'-
cl i-ir
;To pass that limit is to die;
' t JTo. die as if by stealth ;
.1;
It' does not-querich the beaming eyeT;11!' i
Or pale the glow 6fheath'.;vr
The conscicncemay be still a t ease,
Theispjrits light and gayjfoiq oT
That which, is pleasing still raay:please,
And care 'be thrust, awoy. aid
' it
But on Ihe forehead God has set,; Jit.3j, ,
Indelibly, a mark, . t . , wv
Uneeen by man,. for man.as;yet? ;l.ar !'
Is. blind and-in the dark, i ' i ::
' . . J '
.'nd yet the doomed man's path-bolow,;
Like' Eden may have bloomed-;
He.did not, does not, -will not know.
' Or feel that lie is doomed. '
fie knows, he feels, that all is well,
14.nd. every fear is claimed : .'j
He-Jives, .ha dies, .he wakes inheJl,'d: ".
Not only doomed but damned. - ' ' '
, .' if
O, where is this mysterous bourne,- - -
By which our path is crossed; r
Beyond which,God himself -hath sworn', 1
Tnat he who jfoes is lost-1' ' l" r -
How faray wego on in-sin fli . i
-How iong-: will Gtdiforbar!4-' i
Where' does -hope'.end ? and;whereEegin '
The confines of despair! " ' :" .
' ' .' '-'Zt ! t Of i
An answer-from the skies isent;:
He'tha't from God depart!' n" ' J
While "it 'is called to-day, reperii !
And harden not your heart. -;"
Old Ladt in a, .".OE.PaicE'
"Store-
'. What's .the price of this,silkV't inquired a
deaf old lady of a young shopman. -
" Seven shillings," 'was the reply.
StSch n. !
xelaimed shc,"I ;
-1 ..;! t-- I
"Seventeen, shillings," ex
'even shillings, ma'am. is the pr;ce,ot the
silk," replied the shopman
. I
jajPCil,4fiSl3SJ' I
sharply, "rllgjye younve.",
C7 Sdmebody has perpetrated Hie follow-
ingvwuicn is preuy gooa in iu way; u e
hnlrt fhocn rrnthc tn ho colt.n-Mrion Hint nil
- a a "1 "T XT
men ire endowed with rinatlenab rights-
except poor men: Airmen-who do not pay :
their honest debts-are great -scamps except
those who cheat on ;a large 'scale. AU'men
htc ocrn iree and equal -except negroes. ,stretcn. ocior mm ; duc a womat
Albmeh 'are allowed to think 'and act for can she put her hope in" storms
themselves excqp't ' those "who-'' work for a , JJearen ! -" ; ' -r-' ' -living.'
' .. tt . , .t . .f nCfine
, , . i
htc bcrn free and equal -except negroes.
rinff--. . - ' . .
t? . r J7s.,
JBSplOjblOIt OI licit IOI5S. I
Several months since,, say ihe Colum-
feiSfe0.1' theJffiil?0.f $ od-:
,f 7 -W. j5 'u j--' j .
I"Srni '
r-n-ab'aiarmea DT'asuQaenanu uremena-,
.... ,.'-, , 1 , , '
rht ahadioimnfyroom ' Ution ennui-
ittSSSSc hoSs
nt
ry
khoB on the top of a common andiron
had exploded throwing ff fragment of it
with great -force into the ceiling. Ihcs
report was louder than Ahat-of a pistol,
kflpb,but as such.an'occurrenoe had nev-
two-similar accidents in ihia'it' within
tue-
Ifie
an'
of
now
ihem Jlprtunately harnilj&s,?., bitin'each ,
case the fraermentof tlTn l-nnli TCfio fitnn
off with, force enough to, -have killed or t
Sfiriouslv woiindp.d- .mv nnn n-lmm
might have struck. Wo would advko
v.e.a 'hblo 'Mledinitlo:
to admit thjei&OosCapa Cfvyny
contain. r 'Sciei., Axxairjr
and the knob wis thrown, with sulhcient HQifiia tells tissue louowing, wnicn Creosote Persqris canhqt be'toq 'cau
power to nave; killed a . man. -The cir- vc consider a ' good un." I tious.hpw they use this Harigerous liquid,
cumatAnce was' attributed to th? sudden i Reing, in a mechanic's shop; the. tqther J he Williamsporfc (Maryland) Se nti
expan'sion of the air confined within the da', an urchin came in, his dress 'covered ' ef;v' t"0 f0lloWinr account of! a re-
lastweekr.has-.mdueedfus'toanfintioii ing ma iatner, 1111 wtofXpiy uueiiy Shortly the muscles on the taco
fact as a caution ' 0 Tio'usekeeners asked : side, commencod to contract, aud ;
d!6tHers Vainst. thffe4 of andirons !' V Father, what am 1 madc.ot V, tO L,iose. , More than a week, claps
"this -aescfiption. We have knbrn ",JUu?t. Ihe 15iDie says, jjusi tnou ie disfiguration' st 11 continued
ofturec different explosions- under art, anu, unto oust !?uan, tuyu ituiu. , safest plan is'nQttpj use cresotey,
t.v cimilox ' t n. Kfr. " Wn .till. lflr. it I'm QUSt. now can i , , . -
against Weiis'pfddiHnioPthis d escrip
tionjtortf theV arused Wlkob shoul
Tcs," Get iriarriic.
Dqw, Jr. is a queer fellow, and says many
jroou unno-s in ins own curious style, near
him discourse to a young man.on te. Eubject
pf.jreltiqgjmarried. He xeally; alrapstniajje3
it out that a wife is of some use to a man.:
"Young man, if youiJiave; arrived" at rthc
rigliirpoint-nr life for" if, let everyibthcr con
sideration give way to that of getting married.
amonir the rubbish of the world till vou have
stirred up a ffem worth posscssW; "in the
slrapp ofwjfe. Never think of delaying.the
matter, for you know delays are dangerous.
A.goodiwife is,the most constant aild -faithful
companion vou can possibly have by . vour
sideT" while performing tile duty of life. She is
' nf mnrn enrvirfi tn vnn trinn voU Ttiav at first .
' . . - r '
imagine csnc can smooui j-our .linen anui - .fau.- -.w
your cares; mend your .trowsers,' and t per- TJie impulse given to the industrial interests
chance your manners;, sVe,etcn. yoursour, mo- ofthe worid cailnot bo .estimated, while; its'
mentsas wclUsjourteaandcqffeBforyou; silent but restless influence In impressively
rufile,pcrhaps,yourshirtbossombutnotyour teacHingits sublime lesson of Brotherhood
temper; and instead of sowing the seeds of.and Peace to the nations of the world will
sorrow in your path she will sow buttons on
your sliirt, and plant happiness instead of har
row, teeth in your bosom. Yes, if you are
tc confounded lazy or too proud to do such
work yourself, she will' chop wood and dig
potatoes for dinner; for her love for her hus
band is such that she will do anything to
please him, but receive her company in her !
every day clothes. When, a woman loves
shetlbves with a doublo?distilled'dovqtcdness,
and4 when she hates she, hates on lheJiigh-
pressure principle; Her Jove is as deep as
the ocean, as strong as a hempen halter, and
as imrhutal)! cas the rock. She won't change ;
it .unless it is in a fit of jealousy; and even
then it lingers as if loth to part; like the eve-
ninn-, twilight at the windows of the west.
Get married by all means. All .the excuses im"Ss. eISL 111 "1C aiexicanf mnirai jvmen
you.'fish up against doing the deed ain't can and South American States, where rev-
worth a. spoon'
. a. spoonful of pigeon's milk. Mark
this.
is. If, blessed with health arid employ-
cnt, you arc not able to support a wife, de-
men
pend up'on'it, you are notable to support your
self. Therefore, so much more need of an
nexation, for ,in .union as well as in an onion
there is "strength". Get- married, I repeat,
young men. Concentrate your affeci'ons
upon one subject,- antl not. distribute them
crub by-crumb among the Susans, JVIarias, lIie lives of a few naked Bushmen at an im
Lory.nnas, Olives, Augustas, Elizas, Sarahs, ! mcnse expenditure of.mcn and mpney,, to
Marys, Lydias, Lauras, Marthas and Doro- obtain the possession ot the few fertile spots
thies, allowing each scarce enough "to nibble fleft them, is a foul blot on,thc noon of the
at." Get married,' and have sorr.ethiag to nineteenth century. The outlay of tiny one
cheer vcu, as vou journey through life.
. BcaulKui Sentiments.
Ik Marvel, ia Lis ".Reveries of a Bache
lor' thus writes: " A man without some
sort of religion, is; at "best, a poor repro- new era in the history of that Contfnent.
bate, the foot-ball, of destiny, with no tie The opening of the Canal and tailroad fa
linking him to infinity and to the -won-: cilitating transit from the Atlantic to the.Pa
drous eternity that is began within him; 1 cific waters, is of no little value as an agent
but a woman withont it is even woase , in civilization and progress.
a:flame without a heat, a rainbow without
color, a -flower without pcrftime.
a
A. man may in some -sort, tie his
frail hopes and honors, With Weak, Shifting '
P'Und foCk":e t0- h,ikbus;nes-3 ovte ;
but a woman, without that anchor -which I
J .
:inan may clumsily continue a kind of 1
moral responsibility out of relations to
mnnltwul hiif. -n-fimnn, in hhr o.nnmar-
atively isolatetl sphere, where affection
an(j nofc purpose is-the controlling motive,
not 1
dnd
can. fed no basis-in any other system of
. . . r . .!..
, 0 spiritual iaith -
A man may crae- his thoughts and his
brai 11, to trustfulness, in such poor bar-'
borage as Fame and Reputation may
. ' I .V 1 1 1 ,
,strdtch befor him ; but a woman vrhore
jjq li
1
"And that sweet trustfulness that
abiding love that' enduring hopo, nler-
, . O y .0 X ' I
. , (A 9 nlflagftnteafc YJiiLC(: '
"Ion tfo world'
Traon &iie wunu a ftiuuus uiwu.. uu
.I.U.oU i;i.
a""". ? can bo-,
.
army withstnoici
8tow.lfc a11 bufc y - to wha5 ls ,
AIt Hitt: I
tran.mothe butJ 1 .cho the thought
with and ;liailow ifcith a tea v
-
wh.mud. His father observingiia ijlirty
.The boy stopped , a moment' thenlooTi-'
help bi
"W
day wueu 11. rains ou niu s
(Vi,llum, godowirstair5 and gcts.pme.
wood.
Tie ; .tendencies lOLthe age pre towarus
reuneuienc. . vv uwi ;v mtui? .ixi!. tt
1
T-1 . . T . t .1 111
eing muddy when it. rams on me I" . The police force of Phu?
10b should pies o;,counicatoJie mmS, W
air it may family, jie merely. say1tbatljis aom9ic , -eshinakdpenso fteiy
v'tr v affairs have reached acnj-sil ment for the corrent year is gPj
' The Ycrtr of 1.15 S. "n 1
' Tlic y'Gax 'just pissed. presents few events'
of a startling character, and but fey of those
occurrentes wMcb arrest, in a marked'tiian
nets the attention of the' world.-' 1?he'tnbsf
remarkable facts of the'ye'ar are1 th'ose wliich
have had a direct .bearing, upon the socialiand
moral condition of man, and the promotion oof
the'aYta of Peace rattier that 'those ot War."
The great event "of tW year, for wh'ifch it will
be marked in, history, is tficgrand, Industrial,
Exhibition at Londoain which works of art,
brought from all parts of the world, and rep
resenting at one view the presenf industrial
capabilities and 'progress, of. the. race.anil
Which jWerp estjmatcdtpi be worth five hun
dred millions'of'dollars; were collected in an
edifice which was 'itself the most magnificent
rif nil HiV rrn f inns nf irnniito nnil rtf nrf
uouuuess yet oe seen, m me rusty sworu anu
the shattered spear.
In political events the two prominent are
the liberation of Kbsssujh, and. the profound
sensation which he has produced in Great
Britain and America, and the just now exe
cuted coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon, by which
he has usurped the authprity'and, 'the.execu
tive responsibility of a Dictator.
Minor affairs have, marked the: course of
the year. In China a revolutionary attempt
13 constantly agitating tnc people, in mum
Uvo or three trifling changes, hayq been made.,
In Europe, the state of unrest is shown by the
frequency of outbreaks and affrays - between
soldiers and people, but which have little or
no historical importance. A similar state of
olutions are improvised by a sort ot enerves-
cimJ spontaniety. incy cause bioodsned,
disturb the harmony and industry of the peo
ple, and as they make no step lorward in the
right direction, the incubus only settles back,
heavier than before.
The protracted and misserable war of the
British in Kaffraria, by which a great- and
powerful and Christian nation tramples, out
month, properly expended as purchase mo
ney, would have bought the whole, territory,
before British -tyranny and annexation plant
ed the seed which bears such bloody harvest.
The discovery of gold in Austrilia opens a
An unusual number of severe storms and
earthquakes, have occurred, causing the de
struction of a large number of cities, towns
nnrt- villnnrns. AnntW nninfnl nnrnllnVItv In
the events of the last year, is the very many
. ,-. , . r m
distinguished men.m all parts of the world
no na'e aiea
xnc
will be
The year 1852, unless appearances deceive,
more fruitful in important .events.
Both in Europe and in the United States his-
tory will receive important additions from it:
its doings will profoundly affect the wel
P J
fa,c of the race for good or for evil. It will
be a year 0f tumult. . Lovers of quiets-haters
of afritation will take little delight in it?-,
Vt- ..... ... ... .. Bfr
iriUll Will U"UC IU1' LI1U11 llHIItO, UL! U.UIOI. uuw
. - t .:. v . ,
U&b,V' UI91U1U CUUClj,, U1IU
vex the adorers of order., Still it wil result
'H .good; order to man., c
- 'Something let utf hope,' will be done in tho
. . . ..... j . .
flit;dn of man Each Vone has it in his nowei-
. . n r 1 .
to-aiu me. great wonvQisociai .improvement.
Lct no B0,flsll W. faUo ..cow;
aVSly fears of commotion a'nd strifei-iprevcriC
anyone doinhis duf cdlmly aL'ith
Prudential moderation, burmly and ' with
courageous energy. Na ional well being, de-
pends alwavs -upon individual exertion. ' '
ccntcase ih that "town :-r-ilA gentleman
.. f purciiasea creosote 01 one 01 our urug-
"l ij.giXtSaud After applying a portion tdthe
" : ' nnf.li. Im tfnhhail a smull fjuantitv ori the
uliJS aud cheek pf one- eide of his faco,
ori Wt
refuse
fed yet
The
. 'iiiQ n
idelphia
nuniber 600 men, iqcjuing
sh'aifs
police, watchmeu,.apu constables. . Their
a,nuuai saianps aiuounc tu uimbj'ruyu
thousand .do lars ..
.i.I. j Fl. I Ail .ii . . til J I 1- I i !
TIac 'Prda'cWcr' -aud tlae Jobbers.
j&l Methodist preacher many years ago
was journeying tea village where he was-
to dispense the -word of u life, according
to the usual routinaof his duty, and was
stopped on ha way by three, robbors.
Qne ofythrn seized, his b.ridal reins, anoth
er presented a pistol and. demanded his,
money; the third was am ere looker on.
The grave and devout manlooked each
and all of them in the face; and with great
gravity and" seti ousness said:
' Friends, did you pray to God before :
you left home? 3td you' ask Grod ;to bless
you in ybur undertakings to-day?'
-.rThe 1 question startldd them for a mo
ment. Recovering themselves, one said: !
, .Wc. have;no time to answer such ques
tions,, tyc want your nlqney., . -j
'I am'apoor preacber.df the Gospel,'
was thereply: ' but what little I have
shall '"b'e ; given to you.'
"1L.l6v? shillings was all he had to give".
' Have vou not a watch V
'Yes,' , -
1 Well then mvnnt tn us.?--
'V
In taking the watch from hispbekets,. -
his saddle-bags were displayed. .
tthat, have you here I' was the-qjies-;
tion again. f 1 cannot sayl have nothing
. .i0!.!. t i i r . t
have a pair of shoes and a change of
linen also.'
' We must have them.'
The preacher dismounted.
The sad-
lln-Thnfrs -u-orn fnkpn TinssfiSRinn of" and
; . , , r t , t1 ' ,i
i -T . t, i- Z n4.
j.vu.u.m " "rT.-e . : '
and to ihiow it off his .shoulders, at. the
same .time asking ,will you.haye my
' No,' was the rep'y ? ( you are a gen
uuuo mailt auu o itiii uvu i-uiwu u. i
He then addressed them as follows : of this Commonweelth and the other half, to
CI have given you everything you asked the person who prosecutes; and shall moreo -
for and would have given you morcjver, thenceforth, be removed from office, and
than you asked for. I have one favor to ! be incapable of holding such office of iailor or
ask of you.'
'What is it?'
' That vou kneel down and allow mo
to pray to Almiglity b od in your Deiiait;
X .-. n o I. I.i t. 4- . . . T. ..Aim 1 . nn J 1
you in the right way.'
' Pll have nothing to do with the man's
things,' said the ringleader.
' Nor I neither,' said another.
your saddle-bags if we have anything!
to do with them, the judgment of God '
l..b-Vj W J l J J ,
will certainly ovortake us.'
So each article wa3 returned.
ihafc
however would not satisfy the sainted j tion ofth local tautcs 0fPennsyivana, ' of right; and that which the frfends of this
man lie urged prayer upon them.- me Conr ( of tfie g 1 repeaI have caimed a3 a reat t0 tho
mMro wept i y -ds a Sutfe legislation on the claimant would be worse than a mockery,
confessed'his sin, said it was the first 'subject of the reclamation of fugitives from j The claim he now has on theMarshal, and
time in his life that he had done such a labor, whether to obstruct, or to aid it, to hin-1 h,s suret,es' for indemnification for the escape
thing, and it should be theist. How der or promote it, is absolutely arid' entirely j ofJus servant, would be converted into a bar
far he kept his word is known only to ' prohibited. The legislation of Congress su- ren claim aSai-nst a county jailor, whose first
him whose eyelids try iho children of persedes all State legislation on the subject ! dut would bp 10 discharge a prisoner thus
men.
How losave Poultry I?3rixiMvc.
TT 1 ,1 1 - .-1? Tl
Having leuiueu uuu; vuiue .m pouiuj,
manure, we suppose our readers vonld
like to. know w.hat is the best method to
save it : -.First, build a poultry-house
if it be no more than a a roudi scaffold -
ing of poles or slabs, laid upon crotches,
forming a double pitch roof, with end
boar.ds in winter, to keep out the wind
and driving storms. Under this place
parallel roosts : the manure during the '
night, then, will all drop down in a nar-
row row beneath. Here place light loam
about. a foot deep, rather wider and long-
or than the roost, , and give it a sprink-
ling of Plaster tof Pans an inch thick.
When this is covered an inch deep with'
manur.givp.italayer of loam four inches
deep, and a another sprinkling of an inch 5
of plaster, and so' continue. In thc spring
mix all well together, keep ' it free from
j.t. i ii ..4.
tho ram, and use it at thc rate of one
pint to aiii-oi corn, or in a correspona-
r ii rf nil rl n ri r r Tnr ftiif it 111 irs' sniinviin
mi mil irinv ni)!iu f inirirm si rn v iifiriMU hum.,
pumpkins, peas, onions, strawberries, mel
ons, or any other fruit, vcgetablpor grain
requiring rich, warm manure,, and our
word for it; you will have a large crop,
of a superior quality. The Plough.
Spiritual Kevii.ilvo:v.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, for Novom-
ber, dontainsa communication giving' an
through a " medium
gentleman in Pennsyl
from the shackles
the prevailing theology." The spirit mak
ing the revelations has his mission mostly,
'bJ- . .
in tbp planet Venus, and he says, "there
of sectarianism, .and , Ul "U1 w 1 . - - iransier inis.custauy toa jocoi prison w pro-
has, been a w.ondertul flood in V onus, nutl ( cision,. "the territory ot tno neighboring autes subject be- loft .where lhe Constitution places
my presence was noccssary to advise and wouid become opcii pathways for fugitives ' Jn the haljj3 of lhe United States, authori
assist in somo difficult emergencies. ' from labor." Those-are his words, and they. t- , .
Uonocrning pontics 111 v enus, no . conciMively show nuvhat light he understood,
" Yonus has truly a republican form; of . the jtjdgncnt thua pronounced. I .am aware
government. On this beautiful planet, ft been,aled d that the int . hQTeln
tyranny and oppress are unknown- ,asdecided,did not arise in the case.
Women go to the polls and vote, and oari
hhlrl nflif-os in fovernmeut. The con-:
D
The OOtl-
sequence is they are more strong mimca
and intelligent than the wonieh . of our
o . , , - ,
sphere." lie says lie travels m .iaw
of thirty-three tnousanu miiea pauoouu,
If it is not too much trouble, we should
be pleased if tho spirit would inform us
hbtfthb-faireleetioiH went'in Yemis this
yeaf, tnd vhat effect women's ' voting
Haofi1" !he: two grcTlt Vcading parties;"
VETO' n B3 & E. i
We publish below the mcssagc-of Govern-
or Johnston, on returhnjg wlj ngobjections j
the bill passed by the last Legislature, r.epeal-
,ng a section of the Kidnapping Layy-it is -
as follows :
To. the Senate of Pennsylvania : '
Senators: An act entitled "An Act to re
peal the. Sixth Section of an act entitled an
act to prevent kidnapping, and preserve the
public peace, prohibit the exercise of certain
power heretofore exercised by Judges, Justi
ces of the Peace, .and Jailers of this Common
wealth,, to repeal certain. Slave Laws," has
"been held under advisement .since the ad
journment of the last Legislature.
Tn the obedience, to the provisions of the
Constitution, I return this .bill to the Senate,
where it originated,, without my approval, and
w,ith my reasons for witholding h To those
reasons, founded on, the clearest senso of du
ty and official responsibility, I-invite your can
did attention. They are now for the first time
given, because now, for the first time since
the nassae of this" act. has an onnortunitv
offered to confer with those to whom my rea-
ons b(J -XXVi and with whom t,
,. J ,. ;. , J
may be operative. The section proposed to
tbe rcPcalctl is these words, "Itshal
be lawful to. use any jail or prison of
shall not
this ;
Commonwealth for the detention pf any per-
sou claimed as. a fugitive from .servitude or
, labor, oxcent in ensas wlinrn inrlsflir-tinn mm'
, , , . J. - J
.. . fa u" ",v-!
iiiu,ioiujia ui Lino, uut, anu uiiy janur or Keep-
' . of anv nr:aon or nrsnn whn h
1 0fiend against the provisions of this section,
. j shall on conviction thereof, pay a fine of fiveguidance' and for yursi whatever may b'e
I hundred dollars ; one-half thereof for the use
keeper of a prison at anV timeduringhis nat
ural life." It is a part of a law passed in
ithfl vP.nr1R4.7 nnrlnr Hip Fvnrntiv. ArWnfo.
; tralion Qf prcdcces30- and b voteg una.
imous, or nearly so, of both branches of the of laws thus expressly declared arid known in
Legislature. The bill under consideration is advance to be unconstitutional I The writ of
confiried to tho repeal of the section prohibit-1 habeas corpus would run into these unconsti
ing the use of our prisons as places of the de-' tutional ?lace3 of detention; the federal odi-
tention of fugitives from labor. . If the leis-' ciary wouId themselves have to decide the
lotion proposed authorizes the use of thepris--
ons, it is in repugnance to the Constitution of
the United States as exnounded hv the Su-
e United States as expounded by the Su -
nreme Court. Bv .1 rWis-nn m-wlo in .Wn.
and by necessary implication prohibits it.
The States cannot enact auxiliary provis -
! ions on the subject. This-is the very lan-
If thcrcforej an act of Assembly
t xwro mg ...... .. Rn. .
Commissioners to erect safe houses of delen -
- i-y o "
! tion for Pcrsons cla5mcd as fuitivC3 from la"
bor under such regulations as tho Legislature
or its agents might prescribe, for the recep-
tion and safe keeping of the inmates, such a!
law would be unconstitutional, and conse-
quently void, and any single discontented cit-j
jzcn 0f a countv mioht have it so declared.- I
am untljjic t0 ECC anv difference in this rcs-!
belween tjlc special construction of such '
f . regulated and controlled ;
J n , . . . J
by Statc Scnts' and thc l"nission to use'
those already erected and regulated by gen-
oral laws. ! Kis the State laws, interfer-(
in"- in the question of the alleged fugitive and
his claimant, and such laws the Supreme States have decided, in a precisely analoguos
. . ...? i".t . . . .t
Court of the United States hare pronounced
unconstitutionaK is.not u,c legislation of
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....
the reception of such fugitives, but a formal.,'
decision ;of the Supreme Court, declaring our
former statute on this subject unconstitution-
al ; a decision, which' until reversed, is bind-
ing on every department of tins government.
Nor were the certain consquences ofthis
' doctrine, thussomenly ndiudicated; tinforscen.
TliePrcse,tChief JusticeoftheUqitcd States,,
,-ery effects would be produced, nnd foretold.,
1 . 1 4 ,? '
the time, when btate agency ncing repuuia-
' ted, arid State prisons cosed by this, very de-
1 -r. - 1 I T. 1 . t? l' I
it is answered mat uie jugcs ci ine ouri,
- in tueir several uucjbiohs, ucciareu ouierw.
.,w. . . . -
j rnoUhioi Justice, who was present anu
- toojl part in tnc hGaipng, and whose dissenting
opinion rurisohc's his views of what was de
, . g; But ,s undcr6tand thc opin
ion of-the Court, itgocs further, and decides
'nn ominpnt. nirist.. nnrl ii citizen or tlie otate . .:..f :i 1 . ,,,i.:i. t .u- c. .1
," in the family of a , . 7 - .
vania " who is free " -h r is interposed anu tne legislation ot: a. atate to
J . ' m ! tlin f1,Mipr t3Vrric'ctt I hfIif 'that these . ..... . , . ...
.f. - '.I...U .I.I.. .. rnmrt.lt fitr.thlfl "
riht"is 'exclusively .vested in. Congfesgj'antf "Nb
that all1 laws upiMi the 01 by ra4 S'ktc? ffotnThaTd
1 v. - -. .a 1
since the adoption of Ihe 'tonatifotioh: are
null arid Void'." ' :" ' ' ' i ' '
Jtfsyce .ne Fayg; Qon -t js
decided . 3; tfiat the lelotipn by Con
upon lhe "provis 'a3 the supreme law Sf .
the land, exemdea all State . legislation upon
the same subject ; and that no State can pass
any law or regulation, or Jnterspose such as
may have .been law or. regulation, when jtheu
Constitution of the United States was ratified,
to superadd, to control, qualify, or, ampede a
remedy enacted by Congress for the delivery
of fugitive slaves:" then adds, after a learned
argument sustaining this view : "-I consider
the, point I "have been maintaining more im,-,
portant than any other in the ppiniqn of tho
CourjL;" alledging as confirmation, that.thia
was a point , decided,-that only three of; the.
nine Judges composing, the-: Court dissent
ed. ,
Justice McLean makes the inquiry, " does
the provision ih regard to the reclamation ot
fugitive slaves vest the power exclusively
in Congress 1" and answers, " The, nature of
the power shows' that it must be exclusive."
"It is contended that the power to execute it
rests with the States. The law was designed
to protect the rights of tho Slave holder a-,
gainst the States opposed to those rights-, and
yet by this argument, the efTective.power is in
the hands of those oa whom it is. to operate." -
. . . .
this Uonslitutional provision
that it should
be considered exclusively, a federal power.
Tjiis Judgement of the Supreme Court of
the United State's determines the law for my
our individual convictions upon the- subject.
I Tf i . . ,
, If lhen a Prison- cannot be built, under
fState laws' for tho detention of fugitives,
t Ir a prison already built and subject to State
. regulations and rules, respecting its' inmates.
: cannot be used and if, in short, all btateslc-
gelation, of whatever kind, is prohibited by
a solemn decree or tne supreme Oourt iait
not more than idle to pass an act restorative
question. The State Judges, in counties where
tnere is co united States Judge, and whero
. tnG fugitive is committed by a mere Corn-
. missioner, would be required to issue the writ
held it tie claimed his liberty. iot so was
1 the law formerly, and before it was decided
u,ai a" ol3ie gisiauon on tne suojeci is
prontoueu not so win it oe nereaiter, ir tno
principle of the decision of the supreme Court
!fce Poetically carried out, and this whole
vexed and vexatious subject be left to the
administration of the United States officers.
The Act of Congress of 18th September,
lS50i commonly known as the Fugitive Slave
loot), comrr
Bill, would
seem to favor tho same views
entertained by Judge Story, and pronounced
in the decision to which reference has been
made. Its whole tehorsbows tha, and more
than one of its detailed provisions confirm it,
The custody of the fugitive, by.State author-
;c nimncf fnrJmt,ion -
ity, is almost forbidden. ; - .. ;
The Marshal and:his sureties are made
subject to a: pecuniary Ifabilfty, for an escape
which, as the Supreme Court of .the United
case, is defeated, the iustant the prisoner is,
4 transfered to a local-jail.
1 . .
agent of the Commissioner is charged with
the exclusive custody of the fugitive, and is
allowed, by theSth section, his expenses for
keeping him in- custody, and providing himu
! with food and lodging during his detention.
j sureiy no Qne can pretend to say that, tin's
' nf r.,11
oajhis fiTibiect. IGEb. the princmleof
jljiJited
Is" it not then, most-conductive tp
peace and g00d . order,-, ant
r.d the harmonious
adin;nistralion of the !aVr that -this whole
I have thus fro nkly stated to the Senate my
reasoiis for Witholding my approval of this
bill. I have limited them strictly; guarding
myself agaiiisr any expressiqrriiable to mis
construction, to considerations of Constitution-
rfofr'c,. v AVA .ff.l
consl'ljcralion ;
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ill UOi IU1 V.UUU1U UUU .UiVlUt
WMi f. JOHNSTON.
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