Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1839 : Weekly). (Columbus, OH), 1839-04-03

              THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL. V ME h? COLUMBUS, OHIO, WEDNESDAY APRIL 3, 1839. NUMBER 43, VOLUME i J r- a RAIL-ROAD NOTICE. " A 'IX neraqns liuerestod, will take ne " InUlmeM or fire dollars on each .hare auheerlbed to llie enpltnl ilock of Ohio Ball-road Company, Is required 10 bo paid to the Treee-rer of Mid Company, nl Offlc In tlie City of Ohio, one half ay the l.t d.y of May, 1B39, and th. other Half by the 1 day rf August, 1839. , . . Br order of tbe President ind Directors: J, Ohio City. March 11. .81 . II. FOOTS, fet'y. . T TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS will be recchred by the robeerllier, (or either of the Dlrectore.) until Saturday. tlie 13Ui day of Aurll nolt, for dolm Ilia followlm work: . ' 1. Covorlne, with Ohio river jrnvel, ill of Mint pert or the road lyln, West of thei Ll.tl. Mn-kln,.,rfcer. ' 2. oraMim, eioninn, Briiuii1,,.na ...r.-.--, ,,-' cent McAdamlsliWj.) about 12 mllee of roed, bcli.g all P of tile road lying between the Little Muskingum rlror and Dune, , Greenwood ft Co. 's store. ' ' 3. For constructing eight small brldgce East of the LUtle ' PntnToMlit rloue eecllone may be eeon on end efter the let or April. The work muet be completed by the let of December nest. The peymenle will be promptly ninde, In coeh, the work pro,.. """".Jom.l. WILSON, Be. Olllee MnrlotU ft Newport Turnpike Co. I Marietta, Feb. 26, 1839. f ' March 1. t w3l..w3t A FARM FOR SAIE. T OFFER at private tale, on the premises. In Uerkehlrei townsli p, Tmhu.,tl,e following property, to wit: 120 "ere. of prime land, Mtween 60 and BO acree Improved, with young orchard of 7 treee, frame dwelling house, 24 by 36 feet, and other out-houses. There Is. on the land, a uomber of never-felling eprlnis, and a running elream of water. The growth of timber la principally T MSo"?wl brood mare. 4 steers, 20 hand of sheep, and a variety of farming utenelle. Termi will bo reeeonnlile. For par-ilciilara, enquire of A. T. Dolt, rcihllng on the farm, or to Wlrc 2. g. HKAUFOHI), Columbus. 1 LAND FOR SAbR. tri acree of Drat rat. Innd, laying on tbe National Bond, , 1 OU 21 mile. F.a.t of Columbue, and S mlleo Wert of He-no; alioul 7 acree cleared, and under fence; the remainder-U Veil limbered, with walnut, aih, cherry, and augartree. 1 here , . mill .cat on raid land, of upward, of 9 feet foil. '" " Messrs. Holmes ft Dorsey's grlel and eaw-mlU, near Klrkare-Me, For further particulate, enquire of Mr. Yeoman, in Kir- terevllle, or of the subscriber, In Co biie. .,. Mar.hl2.-w3m. JF.UBHIAH ARMSTRONO IANU FOR HAI.K. ONE hundred here, of Land for ssle, 6 mllee North of tolum-bue, In Clinton townelilp, half a mile East of tlie Sandunky nd Columbn. Turnpike. For particulars, apply to Mr. Chaun-' Cook, of Cllnlon town.hlp, or of Mr. J. O. Wll.on, Colura-Ms, at ble etorc, two doori South of the Franklin Hank, fi.. .!,. Innrf will beaold low, for Coh. March 1..1IM GKOCKKIKS AT V HOLES AIE. M. B. ROSS & uu., I'ortHniouth, HAVE 1..H received from Ar.n-OriMm.by Steamer. Vermont and Splendid, the following Roods, poreha!d at the oweet rlcea,for C..h, whlcU they now oirer for ssle, on the ruo.l liberal Irme: i'llO hhde Prime New-Orleana Sugar! iwj bbla " Loaf do.i ' 70 Baga new crop Green Rio Cotreci ,5 m H llav. do.; 50 bbla Siurar llouee Molaeiee; 18 Prime New-Orl'n. do.; 6UQ boiei N. R. Ualalna; ' 20 tlercea Rice; 25 bag. Pepper; 20 Bplce; SO boiee while Havana Sugar; 25 Sperm Candle.; 150 krge PFF. Powder; 60 hole. Honey Dew Tobacco; 100 bbl. and half bbla Mackerel! 26 bbla Tannera' Oil; U5Q boxes Herrings. In Store, 150 keg. Nails, at manufacturer's prices; 1110 " 6's twist Tobacco; 10,0110 lbs Covington Cotton Yarn; 100 cherta and half ebeeta Young Hyson Tea. Aleo, Madder, Allum.Iiidlgo,Codn.h,Clgareof all klnda.Lead, hot, Almonda, Walnut.. Filbert.. Maunllla and Hemp Cordage. Portsmouth, March II.. 2w CLEVELAND C1T1- SEED STORE, And Western Reserve Agricultural Repository, Jv. 91, .'-" CLEVELAND, OHIO. THE raleriber. In Introducing to the public notice the above establishment for Its second year, take, pleaaure In being -able to state that from the apparent good feeling entertained of Hie advantages of micb .tore to lha Slate of Ohio, and the neighboring States, he has greatly eitended lu sphere of usefulness, by addln. to It a much more general aaaortmenl of all tbe valal,le varieties of CI.OVKR. GRASS, BMM1LENT ROOT, and FIELD PF.ED8, GARDEN, FLOWER, SHRUB and TREE SEEDS. And no baa made encb arrangements with bis connections In Europe aa will Insure the early Introduction Into Ohio of all new and de atrable varlellea that will be aulted to thra climate, and that be will Invariably continue u otTer only Imported eeeda that have been eonnrmed by eaperlenee to bo better adapted to our UM than tbe same varieties raised In America. He parllcolarly call, alien-tto. to hi. choice stock of OARI.EN AND FIELD IPEAfK TI1R. NIPS, RUTA BAGA, SUGAR BEET, and MANGEL WURT-IEL SEEDS all Imported from the best foreign sources. He ha. added an AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENT, constating of Ploughs of varloue patlorna; aleo, Plough Castings, Culllvslors, Drill Harrows, Hay and Straw Cutting Machines, Root Bllcere, Harrows, Scythes, Cradlee, Reaping Hooks, Rake., Fork., and Grind Stones of euperwr line grit; Garden Toole, as Spe.lee, Rakea, Hoe., Garden Llnea, Pruning Hooka, Knlvee and Clirassls, Budding Knives, Watering Pou, e and MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, consisting of Farming and Gardening Books, Silk and Beet Sugar making, Bulboua and Dahlia Roots, (Green House and Perlor Planla In the eeasonj Strawberry Planla. Raspberry Canea, Sweet rolatoePete, Rhubarb or Pie Plant Roola, Asparagus Roots, Cauliflower. Cabbage, Jgg and Tomalo P;ants, Button's DooWe Dasher Churns, Improved Copper Pumps, Silk Reele, Hllk Worm Eggs, and the gen-sine Morns Mnllteanlla or Chinese Mulberry Trees and Culllngs, with numerous other notions calculated to make the establishment deserving extended pntronsge; and the public may rely on being supplied with se PUKE and GENUINB SEEDS as can be funnd In His Eastern Cities, New-York not escepted. The sulwtlbsr desires no other eonlldencs or patronage than what at fully marked, and aa the astsbllehment of a business of this nature Is of considerable importance to aid In the development of the resources of the soil, lis hopes lbs enterprise will be patronised far enough to make it a mutual bencrlt to him and the public. Am pie support Is neceaeary this year, to ensure IU continuance hereafter; and J. II. takea thai opportunity of returning lhanbe to the nubile fnr past favora. and aesuree them that their earnest de-sirs to see It euerced shall be more than equalled by hie Indrfetl-fabl eiertlona to dessrve It. A liberal discount allowed to retell dealers end pedlara,and In aocnss will aeetle ha sent outoa commission. Catalogue, of Vegetable, Flower and Field Seeds, can ba bad gratia, on application to JAMES HOUGHTON, General Agent, March B..W.11 Cleveland Herald. C'ROSUV, IIOVT fc CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN DRY OOODS, No. 18, Exchange Pines, Opfiltt fas asm Ksraaaf s, NEW-YORK. C1 CROSBY ft Co., have assoc'aled wKh them In Hie Dry (! I. Mhit fin. isfst, Mr. JAMES A. HOYTj and the hual Itcss will be eoudurled hereafter nnder lha firm of CKOSIIY, 1IOYT ft CO. Wc hnvs taken lbs new end commodious store, A. 18, KfesaNfS JNscs, directly opnoslts tbs new Jfsrsaaaf's JEseaaac, and intend to keep at all limes, a general and well or-leeted easortment of seasonable avesis sa DimftU Drf (?., adapted to the cily and country trade. We ahnH strktly adbers to tbs ossa rferJs, and sell at asrl res prtrss, at a amall advance; oxpertanr having demonstrated thn lha Ung credit egs. (era Is productive of greater lets thorn prejlr, 10 bolli taysr and ttlUr. Acting, tb.refors, upon lbs principle thst 'S aJnts ait-penes t settee fees s eis sAWfis," we respectfully solid! our old customer, and friends, and all who belle, o that "a psaag avse, it es feed as fe esses earasd,'' to esll and examine our fir sea .ad Pries, r and believe that the farilllles ws possess tor procuring our goods on the best term., will anab:e us lo give general as j. I lion. A e bag leave to aubjoln a few remarks, relative to the prevent and prospective stale of the market. JJeauris are plsnty, but heva sdvanccd a trifle In prices since the last season, and will probably remain abnul stationary. The stocks of strife (Ms, of all descriptions, will be very abun-' aani. The Importallono are much earlier then usual, having al ready Wen large, and numcrouc arrive,' are yet expected; so that ins supply will be fully adequate 10 the demand. AU those who have rasa lo pay, may confidently expect to And as gi secretes, as at any former period; and also at a aesd-"sbm srejlt below the usual cretin prices. The proof will be apparent on trial. CROSBY, HOYT ft CO. Feb, li..w3ro ti: 18, J.e.e Place. , IIIII'ME AND LOT FOR HAI.K. irvyo U mtU by private contract, a llrkb Building, and Lol. : jL The building hee been ocruplrd aa a Store, for the last five yearn .belonging to George Dean, of Wlnslow, Pike county Indiana; now occupied by Meesrs. Chapman and Goodrich situated on lbs West elde of Wbetetons river, about half wey be-twoen Deleware Slid Cnlninlels. A first rata country trade la mw carrying on; .It le situated In an excellent neighborhood, and the surrounding rountry Is very thickly settled. Pries 1250. Kvsry Indulgence WUI be given lo the purrhsser. For further srttrulcrs, apply to the proprietor, or to Thomas R. Hall, of Liberty, Delaware county. Any pereon wishing to ohtsln infor-saatroa respecting said properly by writing, may direct their letters lej Tlioe. R. Hell, Worthlngton, Franklin county, Ohio. Possession glren on the J7lh of May, 1839. Feb. 25 3we tf rw,, a J""TTA NAlldH. rpWO HuiHrt-l Caiki Juntklti Nnlk, jmt rwrlvul. una for Mle J- hT ELLIS. WINBLOW & Co. W..1W3W..W0W TOWN PROPERTY FOR BALE, PURSUANT to an order of tlm Court of Uommon Fliu of F rank I in county, (ho umlenlnnpil will oirer for file on Bnt-nrdy the 4lh of May noil, nt the door of tho Court Home lit nolumhni. Mi north nirt of the follow I ni dcffcrlbcd lot, with lh Improveiiienti tliereon, In eoutli Uolmnbiii: ItexInnlnK on tlie weit lino of fraction three, 8.U feet irom me inicnrriiunui.no outh line of I'ubllo Iane, with tlie eatt Bide of Front atreci; thence foiith 2 degreet,enrt 19 ftet.pnmllel with ihoon-t 1M0 of Front etreel; thrnre aouth 78,ait 7 fcrt, to en alley; thence nortli 12. wwl 933 foet. lliei.ee in a dlrnci line xo the l-cainntng. 4 JlHIN C. BROimiCK, Mrtrth tn. Adm'r. of Tl'm. Jortct, dee. NOTICE. ALL pertane In del.ted to tlio cilalo of Bnmucl Jnnee, itoe'd, lite of Trgro townahlp, Franklin county, Ohio, Are req "idled to make immedlnte ptyntent; and oil thoie lnvlng eqnltnlile car ulnar! u,.l Mttifn. nrn rlnnlred lO TtrCMnt them. ICfnlly BU themicated for aettlemont, wlihln one yenr. March 26, 1839. .-12 4w. JNO. BHAFP, AdmV. NOTICR IB hereby given to all whotn it may concern, tliat on the 27t day of April next, book! will be opened for itibacrlptlon to ihe eapltnl elock of Hie North-wnitern Turnpike Road Uoinpnny, fn Coltinihufl, at Mntl.lc Clltf Mills, at Dublin, In Franklin county; at Belle Point, Jonn' Mill, at MMdlotown, )c lawn re county; at tlerwell and Rln Iiland, In Marlon county; and at Upper Snn dmky. In Crawford county. Four per cent, will be required at the llmeofiubflcrlblng. Dy order of iheCommlrtlonera. Z. IIUT.J11INBON, Bec'y. March 26, 1839. .42 bw. NOTICE. ALL pcraons indebted to the eitnte of Mathiaa Wolf, deceaa-ed, late of Hamilton townahlp, Franklin county, are re quested to make Immediate payment; aid all thoie havlnn equitable clolma atralnat Mtd eiiale, are dcalred to preKnt them legally authenticated for acttlemcnt within one year. Mnrch26, 1839.. 42 4w. WI.MAM ROHR, Arlm'r. A COOK ANI CI1 AMUERM AID WANTBI). JnpIlE luliseriber, living at Hebron, 26 mllea Eart of Columbui wiihee to procure a woman who underttnndi cooking in a tnvern. I alto wlih to hire a woman aa a chambermaid. For further Information, enquire of John Field, corner of Town and Third afreets, Columbai. March 22. .3t W. C. SMITH. MO RUN MtlLTlCAITMH THE siilrserlher has on hand a few hundred of the alvove men Honed valunble jilanti, which be will sell low for Cnnh. March I13..W If I. S. VAN VECHTKV. ITTlie Zonesvllle Onxette and the Troy Tlmea will copy th above, to Ihe amount of 92 00. anil forward acta to thla ollire. a BOOK HI BOOKS!! FORRESTER & CAMPBELL, WHOLESALE BOOK-8BLLERS AND 8TAT10NERB, No. 117, Wood-atrei, one door below Fifth, PittiHlMirtr, WOULD inform the public that they have Just opened a new and eitenslve stock of Hooka and Stationary for Sprint, aales, at the alrove stand, where they keep constantly on hand one of the lafjtert atsortmentt of Tlieolojrlcil, Medical, Misrella neous, Ulnsalral and Behool Books, Blatlonary, Ac, to tie found West of the Mountains; all of which will be sold at the lowest prices. A larte supply of the Eclectic School Beok$, at Publ tiller's prices. Country Merchants will And It their advantage to call and exMmlne. Orders filled promptly. March 13. .3w, GEORGE II. BATEH, IMPORTER AMD WIIOLESALR DEALER a Drugt, Pmiti, iOffrj' Artielta, k)c Btore, corner of Main and Front streets, CINCINNATI, OHIO, HA8 now on hand, and ahortly to arrive, an extonalve stock; and respectfully Invites the attention of Merchants, Manufacturers, and others, who will And many advantages In purchasing at this tstalilitfhment, In preference to order Inn from the East, there twins, hut little or no difference In the price of Goods compared Willi those of Eastern Houses. The folk) wiin staple articles an offered in quantities to suit purchasers, via: OU$ 6000 Ralls Pure Winter and Fall Bperm Oil; 300 do Refined Whale Oil; 100 hbls Tanners' various qualities; 50 do NeaUfbot. Linseed, Ollvo and Castor Oils; 75 baskets and easea Baled Oil. pgwnU 800 ket,s (round White Lead, various brands; 30 cases Chrome, Green and Yellow; 4000 lbs. Green, Yellow, Black and Blue Paint In Oil; 200 bhls Whiting, Venetian Red, Lamp Black, Red Lead and Ochre; 125 do Bpts. Turpentine; with reat variety ol Una and eoaiM plnU for boat and house paintlnf . Dfrt' ArUtltt 500 bbla Logwood, Fustic, Camwood, Nicaragua, Nutgnlbj and Opium; 150 car boy i Ol. Vhriot, Muriatic and NHrle Acids, warranted superior to any made hi Um WM 60 bbla Copperas; 8 earoons Spanish FH. Indigo and Cochineal; 1 case Bengal do; 8 baskets Annatto; also, Machine Cards, Tress Papers, Emery, &c. kc. 4 eaika Dutcb and French Madder. SunJritt 25 bbla Refined Salt Petreand Borax; 60 eases Boda, Tart. Acid and Rochelle Baits; 60 W.li Eptom delta; 300 do AmarkMn and Roman Cement end Lime; 250 do Tar and Rosin; 1000 boxes Bospt cast He, white, variegated, palm and shaving; 6 cases Percussion Caps; SO hints Black Lead Cruclhles; 40 bhls Copal, Japan and Coach Varnish, very superior, 20 cases Liquorice Paste, Jujube and Gum Copal; 30 do Brimstone, White Wax, Paint Brushes, (assorted;) 50 bhls Glue American, Russian, and Irish; 500 lbs Nuitneirt,3iK)inattB Cassia, 15bbltgroundGtnier,pure; 1(H) boxes No. 1 ClKKolnte. 1 bbl Cloves, 20 bag raw Ginger; 1200 boxea Bottles, Vials, Flasks, and Window Glass; 0 tiercel Clarified Honey, of lino flavor; 10 catka Enllih Bal Hotls; 300 packages Lemon Byrup and Pepper Sauee. Feh. 27- .6w Cln. Oar MATCIII.EMH MA NATIVE. THE article piibllshed below, concern Int. the new and popular tloetrine advanced by the Illustrious Goelicke of Germany, cannot full of exciting a deep and thrilling Interest throughout our country. Trtnslttti frtn tkt Osmea. LOUIS OFFON GOELICKE, OF 0ERMRVt THE GREATEST OF HITMAN BENEFACTORS. Cititrnt of North and South Jimericn ; To Louis OiTon Goelkkt, M. It., of Germany, (Europe,) be longs the Imperishable honor of adding a Raw and eaanoiTS Boo-TBtna lo the Bcience of Medicine a doctrine whkh, though ve hemently opposed by many of the faculty, (of which he Is a valuable member,) he proves to be as well founded In truth aa any doctrine of Holy Writ a doctrine, upon the verity of which an eutrended the Uvea of militona of our rare, and which he boldly chaltengee his apposers to refute, via: Cimptieu i$ a fist ateays rttmtiimi ay a HttrHtrti tftt a Fit VUm Lift PrincipU) tkt humtn ttWv: n ittrttlf lurking in t $ftem fmr gars tncr fii it tkt ttttt fmpUint a tkt LeJT$ H'k Msg As as ttrttimlf, iktugk ntt atfuiektf, cHtfW, mt itisi wM sr tinpl htadmcht. An Invaluable precious doctrine this, as It Imparts an Important lesson to the tpnrtnttt kttltkf of both sexes, leaching them that this Imldl-ous foe may be an unobserved Inmate of I heir clayey houses' even while thay Imaflne themselves secure from lis attack, tench In them that THE GREAT HECRKT IN THE ART OF PRE-dKRVINO HEALTH rt TO PUJCK OUT THE DIBRAHR WHILE IN TUB BLADE, AND NOT WAIT TILL THE FULL GROWN EAR. This Illustrious benefkrtor of man Is aleo entitled to your unfeigned gratitude, and Ihe gratitude of a world, tor tlie Invention of hie MATCHI.EHH SANATIVE, whose be ling flat may iwatlr elatm for It h a tine.) H has an sktnally triumphed over our greet common enemy, f 7t'()SKIiMI'T10N,hoth in the Aral and last stages, a meilirlne which has thoroughly filled tlm vscMiiM In lha Materia Mcdka, and thereby proved Itself the IT-Cortqreaon or Pitttrurts JJ a medicine, for wlikh all mankind will have abundant cause to Mesa the henlAcent hand of a kind Providence, a medicine, whose womlroue virtues hsva been so glowlnily portrayed even by some of our clergy. In their pastoral vUits to the sick chamber; by which means they often become the happy Instruments of chnniint despondenry Into hops, stcknefsj Into health, and sadness of ft lands Into Joy fulness. Feb, 18. tf GOKI.UKK'H MATCIII.EN! HA NATIVE AMKHICINE of more value to man Ihnn tin vast mines o A utt r is, or sven His united treasures of our tlobe, a medicine, which la obtained yNiy from the voidable, animal and mineral klnidoms, and thus possesses a tiissk polb power, a medicine, which, though desiined as a remedy for consumption solely, Is pospessed of a mysterious Influence over many diseases of the human system, a medicine, which beat tit to he valued by PyieiN, who ere daily witnessing Its astonishing cures of meny whom they had resigned lo the grasp of the Insitiabli Grvb IH)BE of the Ranatlvs, for adults, one drop; for children, a half drop! and for Infants, a quarter drop; the directions si-plaining the manner of taking a half or a quarter drop. Pairs Three and one third rlx dollars (20) per half ounce, A Gormen coin, value 75 cents. Feb. IB, Thn "(Jrirmnt, Mntchlrun Unnnt.vo 18 taken by the sick generally, and la aMnnWhlng lha world with Its mighty victories over fearful discus. For Bale at the Post Office, Columbue, O. Enquire of JOHN T. Bt.AIN, Feb. 18. Bole A cent fbr Columbus, 10,000 Genuine Moras MnllirnulU Trees. TEN thousand genuine Moras Mitltlcaulla Cuttlnis, grown In New-England, ere well matured, and a very desirable lot of treee to propagate from. 20,000 Chinese, Alpln and Brussa Reedllng Trees. .100 IKK) Bilk Worm Eggs, end genuine Imported 8ilcsian Sugar ltt deed. For sale by CYRUS FORD & CO., Masslllon, Stark Co., O. reb. 20. 8w SPEECH OF MR. WADE, On the bill relating to fugitives from labor or service from other States, in the Senate of Ohio, February 32, 1839. Mr. Speaker: Anxiou as I foci for fie honor and dignity of this free Btale, which I four ia about to bo wounded by the pasango of tins most abominnble bill, nnd humiliating aa it may be to my pride, as one of her citizens, still, sir, I would forbear to detain the Senate with any observations at this late hour of the nttf, were it not that I feci bound at all times to rei-ist that spirit of intolerance and petty tyrnnny which has characterized the course of tne majority, in relation -to this measure, from tho commencement. On a former occasion, when this bill first came up for consideration, I enlled on its friends, and especially the committee of tho Judiciary, to whom the subject had been referred, to state and explain the reasons which had induced them to recommend and abet its passapo. I arguud that the bill conflicted with the constitution and Uws of the United States nnd of this State, and cited several decisions of the highest judicial tribunals in the nation, in support of thnt argument. Amendment after nmendment wns offered, to covor, if possible, some of tho more glaring and shameful imperfections of this tyrannical bill. The reasons for thoae amendments were long and earnestly urged upon your consideration and whut. sir, was the result? In sullen silence you voted them down; yet no friend of the bill, during all this, deigned to raise his voice in its defence. But at length, sir, as if ashamed of your own monstrous progeny, tho bill was recommitted, that you might lick it into shape. And now, sir, it has returned from the hands of the committee, patched np with several amendments, which, when offered by the opponents of tho bill, you, with one voice, voted down. But still, sir, it is hideous and do-formed, and scarcely lens a monster Ihnn before. Out its friends have taken courage, nnd now dare hazard a defence. Under these circumstances, on yesterday, the Senator from Warren, (Mr. Smith,) moved on adjournment, for tho avowed purpose of preparing for the debate, which indulgence was promptly granted by the Senate And to-day, about 3 o'clock, P. M., the bill came up for consideration, he entered upon tho argument and continued to occupy the floor until the usual time of adjournment, without concluding his remarks-A recess was then moved until seven, when he again resumed, and continued until about nine, when he closed. The opponents of the bill then moved an adjournment, but. to their astonishment, they were informed that the question was to be taken to-night, vnle$$ tome of the friends of the bill wished to be heard. The motion to ad journ was then nut, and lost by a strict party vote. Ana this illiberal ana unheard of course of proceeding has been most obstinately persisted in from that time to this. Such, sir, ore the contemptible expedients to which you have resorted, to put down discussion upon this most infamous bill of pains and penalties. But, sir, if such be the will of God. it shall not avail you. Though I stand here at two o'clock in the night, and after a protracted session, since yesterday, at nine o'clock in the morning, and thouuh I sneak to ears that aro deaf, and to henrts impervious to a sense of right, justice, and liberty, still, sir, 1 will bo heard; anu, altuougii iromtno timid, servile and crouchin? nolicv which has been man tfosted by. the majority on this floor, I have no hope of arresting the progress ol tuismcnsure n measure wnicn shall ere long stamp its supporters with deeper infamy and degradation, than did the famous alien and sedition laws. Like the heroes of old, sir, the champions ol (his bill. ; before taking up the gauntlet in its defence, have thought proper to preiace their remarKs witn a nistory ot un-ir own birth, habits, and education ; and, as I suspected, sir, it appears that they were born, either within the dark and murky atmosphere of slavery, or of parents who were. Sir, were I to follow their exampto and speak upon so unimportant a subject as myself, I would) say that I too was born in a land where the accursed system of slavery was unknown, whore the councils of the nation wero swayed by the great principles of equality, whero right and justice were deemed the highest expediency. My infancy was rocked in the cradle of universal liberty, and my parents wero of tho rerulutt'on; and the earliest lesson I was taught, was to respect the i rightsof others, nnd defend my own; to resist oppression : to the death i neither to do or suffer wrong ; u to do to others as I would that they should do to me." And, sir, : though my venorated instructors have long since passed away, yet the Godlike principles which they taught can never die. And when, sir, they shall ccaso to influence my conduct when 1 forget them, then "may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." Sir, if we shall, on this occasion, yield iugloviously to theso arrogant demands of slavery, and by a timid, weak, and servilo policy, cause this proud State to bow her hend ubmiaaivcly al the footstool of oppression j when wo shall cause her to 'cease from being the asylum fur the weak and the oppressed j nay, air, when wo shall so far forget our ownself-respect, as tamclv to yield up our own principles to the demands of an institution which we repudiate and curse in our hearts, then, sir, are we traitors to ourselves, to the people who we represent, to the founders of our own free institutions, nnd traitors to that constitution which we have sworn to support. But if, sir. it is so, its has been strongly argued that wo are indeed bound to do nil this, then, sir, are wo no longer free ment for he who is ootmrf to violate his own principles, his own sense of right and justice, his own conscience, is but the veriest of slaves. In the name of whatever is sacred, sir, let gentlemen pause and reflect for tho question is no longer whether tho colored man shall be freo, but whether we ourselves shall be slaves. I have said, that in thus yielding yourselves up the pliant tools ol oppression, you become traitors to those illustrious men who founded our free institutions; you falsify ihe great declaration which they made and promulgated to an astonished nnd admiring world, and on which they reared the coai plicated fabric of our government, vis: "That all men are born free and equal, and have ecrtain natural, inltcrent, and unalienable rights, among which art life, liiiertt, and Uie pursuit of happiness and tafety," 4cc, A declaration, sir, which shook the thrones of despotism to their centre, and which was intended to have stood to the end of time a self evident truth, as written by the finger of God, SB the polar star amid surrounding darkness to direct the nations of the earth to the long lost haven of liberty, justice and equality. And agnin, sir. with ihe samo end in view, anu that the great and all important principle should never be forgotten, the frame rs of our own constitution again re-asserted the bold declaration, and incorporated it into that instrument. But, sir, to my utter aaionishment, during this session, and upon this floor, by a Senator of great legnl attainments, and for the first time, I have heard it repudiated and denied. Sir, is not this ominous of our degeneracy and our fall? Again, Mr. Speaker, at the last Congress convened under the articles of confederation, tho members of which came from every quarter of the nation, north, south, oast, and west, and composed, for the most part, of that band of heroes, patriots, and statesman, who had breasted the storms of the revolution, and staked whatever they held dear on its issue I say that this band of worthies, by the famous Ordinance of 1787, for the government of the vast territory north-west of the river Ohio, ever true to their principles, with but one dissenting voice, again re -asserted the great principle of universal liberty, and rebuked tho accursed avstcin of slavery with tho seal of their disapprobation, by declaring that neither slavery nor involuntary scrvitudo ehouldevcr xit within that vnst region." a Tho beautiful river Ohio, like tho fabled Styx, was forever to separate the land of darkness, slavery and oppression, from the Klysium, heyond,nf virtue, happiness and universal liberty. This vast region was yet a wilderness, uncontnminnted by (ho vices of civilised mant as it were, a blank capable of receiving any impression of Government which might be stamped upon its soil. No lingering scars of formor crime and oppression remained to mnr (he harmony of the uew system. And hero, sir, in this favored region, within the bounda-, rics of (his Stnte, (hose great sages, patriots and statesmen, fixed as n fit theatre on which lo test tho great ex periment ot sell-government. And dure you dieappoiut them, and with them the hopes of the world? Did they intend thnt you should become the moan apologists of slavery, to throw down those barriers against its encroachment, which they hud, with so much pains and caution, built up to mnko this Statu the great racecourse Cor slnve-entching; and nil Ibis, sir, to secure o title in human flesh m title which the Inws of God, nature, and your own constitution, aliko refuse to recognise. Sir- (u a Hi nil that theso great mrn intended this, ts to pronounce against thorn tho foulest, grosscsl libel. Yet, air, such is your argument. Then, sir, in advocating this vile bill,' arc you not traitors? Sir, while 1 hold a sent upon (Ins floor, or am a citisen of this Statenay, until the laws of nature and of nature1! God are changed, I will never recognise the right of one innn to hold his fellow-man a slave: 1 loatho and abhor the accursed system ( nor shall my tongue belie the promptings of my heart. Nevertheless, sir, I discard all right or intention to interfere with thie "preuliar institution" in those Sluice where it ia most unrighteously upheld and cherished by force of law. No, sir. I,et thorn now, as heretofore, entrench themselves behind the strong harrier of State rinhts, shrink back within their own dark borders, and there remain, a plagne spot on tho body politic the scuff nnd by-word of tho civilized world. I eui k nut to disturb (hem (hero. No, sin (hero let litem remain, and c he rich tlio odious system, and hug it to their hearts, so long as they can consent to brave the bright forms of public opinion, in the midst of the nineteenth century. But let them not look abroad for aid or sympathy. Sir, if they expect long to uphold on institution which cannot bear the searching scrutiny and investigation of the present day, they build upon the sand. I repeat, sir, that I only stand here to repel their encroachments; not to assail the system within their own borders, unless, perchance, free, earnest and unconstrained investigation here may indirectly have that effect. But this right, sir, ns it is the dearest exercise of liberty, so it is (he last (hat shall he surrendered. Shielded by the broad ajgis of our free Constitution, and standing on neutral ground, I will resist and repel, with what ability God has given me, any measure which seeks to sap or overthrow its sacred provisions. And ouch, sir, is this bill. But, sir, what means this aggressive movement of Kentucky? And where now aro those high toned denunciations against interference with domestic institutions, of which we have heard so much? Sir, in all this do wo not perceive on inglorious surrender of her principles? Bnt recently her language was hands of.', no intermeddling; out now, like Cstisar, she cries, "help me Cassius, or I sink." Here, sir, is a confession that alio cannot maintain tho odious and unnatural systom, without the aid of the free Stales. This, then, iB a systematic at tempt, on her part, to yoke the free citizens of this State to this car ofDagon, to mako them accessories to the crime of slnveholding. This is certainly asking a great deal ; it is biting at the naked hook. Then, sir, wo are to sharo in tho crime, but not in tho plunder. Your bill seeks to compel those who are conscientiously opposed to slavery, who the world could not tempt to hold a slave themselves ; nay, sir, who have expatriated themselves, and left their homes in slaveholding States, and taken up theirnbode here to escape it,oven as Lot fled from Sodom ; your bill seeks to compel such, I say, (and they number thousands in this State) to becomo accomplices in the criino of slnveholding. Such a measure, sir, is utterly inconsistent with a free ncoplc, degrading; to our citizens, at variance with the letter and spirit of our constitution, and will never be endured. Kentucky no longer ask a you to let slavery alone, but to become activo agents in its support. Mr, Speaker, do you approve of the system of slavery? (Let mo onswer for you. J No. Would you deal in bIovcs yourself? No. Is it right to deprive a man of his liberty ? No. Con you then, conscientiously, assist Kentucky by your legislation in doing all this? Yes, Mr. Speaker; I know your servility, I know you will. But Kentucky having now set us tho example, nnd asked us to interfere, by legislation, in support of slavery, will not now complain of us for on unwarrantable interference with her domestic concerns ; should wc, in due time, ask her to relieve us of the dis-agroeablo burthen, by abolishing the system. If her "peculiar institutions" have become to us a nuisnnce, we have a right, at least to ask, il not demand, that the nuisance be abated. By this proceeding, sir, eho has deprived herself of her strongest and surcBt argument, viz: that wo have no right to interfere with her internal affairs. But she is determined to forco us from tho neutral ground on which the constitution has placed us; nnd, notwithstanding the pliant servility of tne present A8sembly,m.iy tamely yield whatever she may demand. Who docs not know, sir, that the people of this Stato are in principle opposed to that institution which Kentucky is anxious, above all other things, and at all hazards, to uphold and perpetuate, and that if we are compelled to make up an issue with heron this mighty question, we shall in tho end be against her? Sir, as the friend of Kentucky, as alovornf truth and fair dealing, as ono who despises all deception, and who has some knowledge of the pcoplo of this State, I declare herein my place that your taw will be of no validity, it will remain a dead letter upon your statute book. And, sir, with (he frankness and mngnanimity which should evor characterize honest and honorable men, we should have declared this to the agents of Kentucky. Your legislation is mean, deceptive, and unworthy the dignity of this Stnte ; and, sir, you know it to be so; the frionds of the bill have acknowledged as much. Sir, would any man within ihe hearing of my voice; nay, would any Senator upon this floor, assist in carrying this law into execution? Indeed, sir, could an honorable man do so without conscious degradation) If any, let him speak ; I pause for a reply. Nono sir. I have repeatedly put this question to honor-ablo members out of this hall, and have been universally answered in the negative; yea, and that too, by tho friends and advocates of the bill. Inthename of Heaven, can you sit here to make a law, (sufliciently spiced with pains and penalties) which no honorable man can, without shame and confusion of face, obey? Sir, was ever a high-minded, honorable man, who had a due respect for his own reputation, known to eaten or assist in catcning a slave? I believe all must answer in the negative. Yet, who dare affirm that the people of this State are not high-minded, virtuous, and honorable. Sir, we may disgrace ourselves, and, wheie tho thmoctcr of oar people is unknown, we may stain the fair character of our State; but, air, the people will scout your taw from them with indignant contempt. Mr. Speaker, yon aro all democrats, and of course you never legislate upon important subjects, except as you aro moved by the expressed will of your constituents: this, at least, so far ns profession goes, is ono of your cardinal doctrines. But who, sir, of nil the people of this great State, has asked you for (his vilo law? None sir, no, not one ; on the contrary, you have now before you the petitions of more than ten Uiousand of your own citizens earnestly soliciting and imploring you to mitigate the rigor of the present barbarous law. But their prayers have been deemed unworthy of consideration ; you have treated them with contempt ; you have referred thorn to their avowed enemies, tliat their voices might not bo heard, that they may bo suppressed and stiHed in these halls of legislation. And why all this? Why, sir, but because Kentucky has told you that your people arc "crit disposed," nnd her Governor has declared that they deserve hanging; and those oVar lovers of tbe people here, yen, sir, the pure democracy of the land, ' here assembled, with one voice, respond, amen. Sir, , if the pcoplo of this State shall tamely submit to all this, . they are not only the slaves of slaves, but they deserve to ha so. But aftorall, what, sir, is tho real "enV" of . which Kentucky so indignantly complains? Sir, it is j idle longer to blink the question; the real ufri7" is nei- thor more nor less than tho increasing light, knowledge, and intelligence of our people: their growing sense of just ice, virtue, and bcnovolenco;and their corresponding ! hatred and detestation of vice, tyranny and oppression. ' it ts nut the dawn of that npproacinng day, wiiose ra-dicnt beams shall ero long penetrate the dark regions of ; slavery and oppression, drag its honry enormities into tho light, expose it in all its naked deformity to the , gaze of no indignant world; and then, air, shrill it be scattered to the four winds of Heaven, even as the sun ' dispels the darkness of night. Sir, is there a man so de- j proved as to wish to check or retard tho onward inarch of these great and godlike principles? or areony so weak ' as to expect or hope to stay their progress, by the pains and ponaltiee of human low ? As well might you nrrest the sun in his course, and prevent his risingon the morrow. But let us supposo that tho advocates and apologists of slavery were ultimately to prevail and their prin- ' ciplea triumph, it must necessarily be over (he prostrate spirit of a free and generous people. Every noble fuculty . of the soul must first be weakened or destroyed, every , generous sontimenteradicatedtand man must be brought i to contemplate the suffering, oppression end slavery of his fellow man, with indifference and unconcern; a , menn, sordid, and contemptiblo policy would prevail; and mankind being thus prepared to put in practice gentlemen's beautiful theory of government; they now, no doubt, expect to witness the raro spectacle of two npjo-sites in nature,inert and slavery blendin? and harmonizing together, and walking hand in hand in pence nnd good fellowship; all ngitntion and excitemertton account of slavery woul J cease, and there would bo a calm ; yea, sir, there would bo a calm, but it would bo the calmness of death i the proud consciousness of freedom und independence would be no more, and man would becomo a fit tool for tyrants; and then might the despot and the slnveholdcr gloat (ogrihcr, over the funernl pile of liberty, justice, and humanity. Such, sir, is your boautiful theory, and such tho fatal tendency of yourmoasnrnj. Bui happily for mankind it can never he realized ;ii is but a mere figment of the imagination. Liberty and slavery are naturally heterogeneous andantagonisticol ; they cannot long co-exist in the snmv government; ono will inevitably destroy tho other. In this country, ihe war be I wo en them is already wnged, the battle baa begun, and it will never cease, but with the destruction of one or the other; but the danger is post, the excitement which we havo witnessed on (his subject shuwa evident of life, nnd nothing is lo be dreaded in this war-faro but indifference. Sir, wore our people a herd of barbarians; if they were indifferent to the principles of right, justice, and liberty, then would our system harmonise with that of Kentucky, nnd then should we have no more of tho urvi7" disjtosition of our citizens. Mr. Speaker, there is another principle involved in tho consideration of this bill, which is paramount to all oth-ors, and which cannot ho disregarded with impunity; I allude, sir, to the constitution and laws of nature, and of nature's God. No one has, as yet, compared the principles of your bill with those paramount laws ; the subject is yet tin broached. Still, should your bill be found conflicting with their sacred provisions, it will not only bo void, but we oureelves will bo answerable fur the consequences, 1 have anid (hat you cannot violate these laws with impunity. If yon oppress the wenk and defenceless, no power can shield you from ihe consequences; the evil will recoil upon your own head, and shall be visited upon your children to the third and fourth generation, tor sucli i the order ot nature ana mo win of God. This great truth oannot be too-strongly impressed upon (he mind; the neglect of ir has filled tho earth with violence and crime, from the earliest ages to the present day. You cannot deprive a man of his-libcr tv, however weak and humble he may bo,, without endangering your own. The practice of tyranny soon becomes habitual, weakens lh sense of justice,.our respect for the rights of others, stimulates into action all the malignant passions of the soul, engenders-false pride, renders man idle, helpless, and dependent on the exertions of others, and is suaroeJy less fatal to the well-being of ihe oppressor than the oppressed ; finally, tho accursed influence of the example will remain long after we aro forgotten, to influence generations yet unborn, and jeopardize the happiness and well-being of posterity; on the other hand, it degrades man from the proper dignity of hia nature, breaks down and humbles his spirit, he loses all proper self-respect, and is disqualified for the high duty of protecting and defending his- rightr, and the community become familiarized with a stnte of vassalage. Let every true republican, then, bewaro of all invidious distinctions in society; beware of enacting oppressive and tyrannical laws: tho evil may recoil upon our heads; nay, let us rather blot out the barbarous and disgraceful code wo now hare. Sir,. we are nil bound up in the same destiny; all must, without distinction, be admitted to the same measure of etvil right, or sooner or later all bow down at the footstool of despotic power; for a "n Utile leaven leaveneth the whole ump," not less for evil than for good. Tho injunctions of a mero positive law of human enactment mny be violatedjanu (he transgressor may frequently eeonpe; but when you lay violent hands upon the law of nature, the penalty follow? with unerring certainty as a natnral'and unavoidable consequence of tho fatal act and there is no escape. And, sir, if any State or Nation hnve tho weakness or temerity to wenve into their system of government a principle nt variance with the hih injunctions of this paramount low, they have sown the seeds of their own desolation; they have sown Ihe wind, and shall ronp tho whirlwind. Bearing these great truths in mind, Mr. Speaker, let us now procoed to investigate the merits of (his most extraordinary bill, compare ifs merits with the laws of nature, and if it shall come out from tho righteous ordeal unscathed, let it become the law of the land. Ifit-can-not, let ua have the firmness to stamp it with thte seal of our disapprobation ; for upon this floor we have no right to be influenced by fear. The first principle of the law of nature, which I will bring forward as a erf with which to compare the provisions of tho bill'undcr consideration, I will transcribe from the Constitntion of this State. It if in tho following words: That all men are born equal-" ly free and independent, and have certain nntural, in-" herent, and unalienable rights; amongst which are, tfic "enjoying and DEFENDING life and HIJERTY,.ar- auiring, possessing, and protecting property,and pursu-u trig and obtaining happiness and safety; and ltat every lifree republican government is founded on their sole au-" Aon'y." This, sir, is a declaration of the law of na- turo. It derives no additional obligation from tho fact, that it has been transcribed into your statute book, and forms tho 1st section of tho 8ih article of the Constitution of this State. Sir, it has a higher sanction it is tho will of God. Daro you deny its obligation ? You have sworn before God that you would maintain and support it unimpaired ! Liberty, then, is not a mere boon to be granted or withheld at pleasure. No, sir, it is a right, yea, a divine, an unalienable right bestowed on man, nnt by tho mere caprice of human authority, but by tho King of kings! And dare you with sacrilegious hands invade this sacred right! Beware, air. Surrender it, and whero do you stand? What guarantee remains for you and your posterity, thnt you and they mny nd become the victims of slavery? It is your only plnnk, and all is sea besides." Beware, sir, lost you dig tho f;rave of your own liberty. Yot, sir, if (his buld chel-ctige is to stand if your oaths are not mere wind how fatal is (his great declaration to tho demands o slavo dealers abroad, or their minions here? Biitagaiti: (he law of nature and your own constitution speak the same Innguogo, saying (hat that liberty which is tho gift of God mny ho defended. Yes, sir,.thrj-right to defend is of the same high authority as to the thing itself. Then, sir, it follows that every slave in the south lias an unalienable right to his liberty, and a right to defend that liberty against all aggrcssion,.if ueeubet even unto the death of the assailant. Should a slave, then, escapinn ; through this State, turn upon bis piirpacr, and in defence of his liberty cleave him to tho earth ..he is guiltless bo- fore God atid your own constitution. Who then, but , God, can authorize his arrest? What, sir, a natural, an unalienable right in the slave to newer t his liberty., and at the same lime also, a right in the citizens-of this State to prevent him from doing so! Oh! shame, shame, whore is thy blush? But what says the bill under consideration ? Why, sir, it sanctions-the violation of thoso great principles; it recognizee slavery atva righteous institution; it makes it the duly of (he officers and citizens of this free State to apprehend slaves freeing for their liberty, and lo consign tncmeignin to hopeless bondage. It also punishes wilh the severest pains and penalties all who throw the least: obstacle in tho way of their apprehension. It goes farther, it visits with the same severity such as merely intend to sssistiho unfortunate slave in his escape. But, air, to cap the climoTof its ingenuity, it declares, "That if any person or per-w sons shall harbor or conceal any person owing labor or "service aa aforcssid, who may come into (his Slate "without the consent of tho person or persons to whom " such labor or service may be due, knowing wtch per-"sonioowo labor or service as aforesaid, every porson "so offending, shall, upon conviction thereof by indict-"ment, be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred "dollars, or bo imprisoned in the jail of (lis county not " exceeding sixty days, at the discretion of rhe court, nnd " shall moreover he liable in an action at the suit of tho -puny uijurca. oir, i win instance out one case a cose suggested to me by the eloquent speech of my friend from Jefferson (Mr. Stokoley) of outrnge and oppression, among a thousand others- which may easily be conceived, ana which mnyrand probably will arise, under this section of your hill.. Suppose the father and mother of a slave aro residing within this Slate, having a daughter still remaining a slave in the south, (and such instances are not rare) r. I will also suppose that the parents, notwithstanding your arbitrary and oppressive laws, have by dint of industry and economy acquired a littlo property here for their support- nnd to smooth their passnge to a better reward the daughter,, from tho force of filial affection, or gonded to despair by the ruthless hand of oppression, should make her escape, and flee to her parents here for protection. They have not met for ninny on anxinu.yoar. At length the arrives, worn down by the labor,, vigilnnce.. and hardship of the long nnd weary journey. Faint, sick, and famishing with hunger, alio arrive! at tho p;a(ei the aged mother meets her there, and nicogniirs- her long lost diihl. What, sir, is her duly? what says tho law of nature? Sir, it would be profanity to repeat her s-tcred injunctions, in thia connection. But what save yourown oean-tifulond bcnificent code? Whairvi't only eommanda the mother to drive her dying child from her presence, under pain of fine and imprisonment: Nor would your bloody coda be then satisfied ; fbr still the miserable parents would be liable to be stripped of their hard earnings in a suit for damages, and' turned otU in thoir old age beggara upon Ihe cold charity of the world,-andair this to satisfy that Moloch of your idolairy.jarf!. The man who would administer a cup of watertoa niaWrnble human hctng in distress, ia, by other provisions of your bill,n!ikeohnoxioustotheanaihcmasnl ihisemanaiion of slavery. Again, sir, to counsel or advisee person to assert tho right which God has given him, and which wo havo seen cannot ho tnken orway. I mean his liberty is alike penal. Under this provision of the bill also lurks-s secret recognition of slavery in this State; for it makes il penal to counsel, advise, or entire a stave to leave his master. Mow enn this bo done without subjecting1 the person to Ihe laws of the State whore the nflence wi committed II a slave be broughrhere voluntarily, he immediately becomes free by the operation of our constitution. This provision, then, ia slipped itvenyprtlv, for the purpose of enabling slave-holder to tiring their slaves into this State, and- retain them here ; oiherwiao it is without meaning. In short, evory section of this odious bill shows a base servility, a contemptiblccrouching and fawning at the footstool of slavehohJing power. It meanly deprives the whole colored population of your Stale of a fnir and impartial trial r and exposes tlimn to be kidnapped al pleasure, under color of law. Every provision which would tend to (his, hns been scrupulously guarded against. It is, air, in fact, just such a law as slaveholders would, and pruhably did, dictate disgrnee-ful alike to the hand (hat penned it, and tho tongue that . shall sny yea on its passage. But I am weary ol its dis- K..t-uiig ituniiBi aim navinu; snown mat its provistoas violute (he law of nnlure and of God, by aiding and abetting the slaveholder in his unrighteous crusade against the rights and liberties of man, by punishing deeds of charity nnd benevolence ns felonies, and in the vain endeavor to beat down and destroy the noblest sentiments of our nature, I will now proceed briefly tn answer some other arguments of the friends of this bill. The Senator from Warren (Mr. Smith) based the necessity of this legislation solely on wbnt no was plenaed to call the compromise of the constitution of the United Stales, and the consequent obligation which that instrument is aupfMteed to impose on the free Stalest that is, that they so legislate in good faith to carry out and perform that obligation, sad to wcuio to tho other Stales what he termed their slave property phrase, air, which (by tho way) grated harshly on my ear and it will ba perceived, sir, that I have already, m (he course of these remarks, partly answered thia part of the gemlernsri'r argument. I have endeavored to show, from the cheV ,nicter of those great statesmen who framed the constitution of the United States, that they intended no such compromise, and especially so far as this State is concerned; that such a construction would be derogatory to their characters, and inconsistent with their declarations repeatedly made ; that it would be inconsistent with the spirit of the Ordinance of 1787, in direct violation of the constitution of thi9'Staictand fanir tohersovereiffTP- ty ond-independendence. Nor bvo I rested here, sir; fhnve resorted tc n. higher species of argument, and en deavored to show that such a construction would contra vene the taws -of nature and of God i for who. air. shall impose an obligation paramount to the laws of nature and of God ! But, sir, if there be any here in whose ap prehension these fundamental principles should be made subordinate to the laws of man. then, sir, it will be ne-cesmry to descend again from (his high eminence to examine thosehuman institutions; but, in doing so. let us hope tliat wo shall not find them at variance with each other; and let us also bear in mind, that it wilt be our hrst du'y in tfning so, so to construe them that they may, if possible,, harmonize and concur, for should they at last be found incompatible with each other, ! ahal'Meavo it with the concienccs of gentlemen-to reconcile them; observing, however, that all judicial authority, from the days of! Jily Lord Coke to the present, willy in- such a, case, be found sustaining the law of nature.. l his l arnouMom promise,! hen, sir a ye, a compromise! But is it lawful, sir, tocomprimise wilh Iniquity ? And can such compact create an obligation? Suppose, sir, mat prratcaana wownea ncaus anomo join in noty league, and moke a compromise to enslave and rob the world) w nni sny you, sir worn a sucn a compromise oe ooaga tory? But, leaving this to casuists, I say thiaeofnpro mt', .which is toovor-ride the sovereignty and independence of thia State,.. a to be found, if found at all, in the third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States,-oni ia ia these words, viz: UA person held to service or labor in one Slate, under Ute taws Utertof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein,, be di-eharged from such service or labor; but shall be delmredf up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due Here, sir, we have tho compromise of (he constitution; nothing further on the subject can be found in that instrument; the sternest advocates for slavery do aot pretend that there is any thing more. It occupies but four lines of the constitution of the United Stalest and so unimportant waa it deemed by the nation, that the articles of confederation ars utterly silent upon the subject, though the convention whioh fbrmed that inslmmentprovided for every thing that wo thought to be of national-importance,. and although they made a provision on-.a kindred subject, that is, the delivering up of fugitives from justice. But what is the plain, obvious mcaningof the clause of the constitution? Read it again, sir; it is in the negative, and the language merely prohibitory; it neither contemplates nor requires action oa the port of the States, Slaveholders then thought them selvcs-eapablo of taking care of themselves; tisey waui rcd from tho free Stoics only tn stand neutral; had they required more, sir, they knew full well that it would jiever have been granted. Think you, sir, that that high sou led band of sturdy republicans, who represented the free States irri thsraugust assembly, would ever have consented to a provision thnt should entail upon themselves and (heir posterity, in all time to come, the degrading, the ignominious duty of catering for an institution which they had already repudiated,and which they heartily dcteotcd and despised ? Would they-, sir. that- have com prom ittci their principles-? I tell you do, sir,. never; nor can ineir uc generate sons ot moaern naystor--ture their language into any such absurdity. The bjfhV culty under which the slave States labored, at that time, and which thoy wished to guard against, was this: Prior to the adoption of the constitution, the moment a slave entored the boundary of a free State, he became a tree man, nor wouiu those states sutler nira lo be given up ; and some of the States, in their zeal fur liberty, had actually passed laws, in effect, discharging the slave from service. To prohibit this, was all that waa intend cd by this clause of the constitution t and this, sir, is the pinui anu paipnoio import oi ino language; ana sail waa understood at tho time by the fraraors of tho constitution Had they intended any thing more,. why did. they not so exprtss themselves? The task woulUhavebeen easily performed; yet gentlemen-have argued the question as though the great, I ending,. and primary object of the constitution was, merely lo secure, uphold, and render permanent, the disgraceful institution Yet, it is manifest that the frnmera of thai instrument hoped and believed thnt the accursed system would soon witherand die scathed and blasted by ihe stern rebuke which it had already received from the declaration of independence, the bill of rights, and from the provailinor sentiment of the thne; and they knew full well that nothing but the black-set hypocrioy and violation of principle could longer sustain it. But,. Mr. Speaker, 1 have neither time nor strength re pursue this part of the stibjecv further.-, bat permit me tohopo,sir, that we may hear no more or thir degrade coTftpromue, and least of all from Kentucky! for compromise or not, sir, she is not entitled to elaim it. She is not-nominated in the bond. She is not an original State. Tho Ordinance of 1787 was indeed a compact made between Congress, on behalf of the original States of the one part, and the people north-west of the rivef Ohio, on the other, and it ia declared to be unalterable, except by common consent j and as it was made prior to r the adoption of the constitution of the United States, so it is pnramount in obligation to it. The truth of this position hoe never been doubted or denied. The sixth ar-ticlo of the Ordinance ia in these remark able woaxUx uTbere shall bo neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in said Territory, otherwise (lian in the punishment of critnea, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided always, thnt any person escsning into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully etaimed in any one of ihe ORIGINAL. States., such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claim ing his or her labor or servico as aforesaid.11 Does not this passage teem with an inference, fatal lo the arrogant claims of Kentucky? 1 have already remarked that Kentucky is not one of the original States. Now, sir, it is s well known rulo of construction, that when a taw specifics particular subjects fbr its operation, it is negative to all others not mentioned. The people of this Torntory,.(now thia Stato) then agreed that fugitives from (he original Slates might be claimed, and no others. The effeet of this provision is precisely the earns as thought it hod stood thus that sny person escaping into this Stats from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the originai Si e toe, such, furtive may bs elaimed, etc. but if be escapes from any other than an original State, then he shall not be reclaimed nor conveyed to the person claiming, Ice. (And mark well uie expressionrHirom wnom moor ia claimed," etc. not 'Slu," e n the constitution. How csrefully they avoided recognizing the right of the slaveholder! what a com. promise between avarice and conscience.) Dm, sir, wni war impm-ence more impudent; what, sir, Kentucky talking to uaof a comDrrmite an A n aj.. gallon to her, consequent thereon. Why, sir, aha ia no inrij u- ure nginom-Jin nnr, bit, ana is sxpressty excluded ; yet, she mouths il as flippantly aa her elder sisters. Sir, this distinction between the ergtrftaaml new States, is not without a sufficient reason, in the former, the svstemhad by long usage so incorporsied itself with their institutions, that it was thought impoesreVle to eradicate it. But the new States have no such, sxeaset if they Bdnpiuio system,, it is iroin cnoicof rheystn wilfully, and il was nor intended to favor them. They were not rn bo thus enreuragrd in iniquity ; and hencs, air, Kentucky was excluded, from this rinht to reclaim hits slnvrs, not through a bare technical omission, but by da-sign, and to disoourave the detestable nmniire. Rut r have done wilh this part of the subject ; and I hope (e heamomoro of this pretended, and most humiliating compromise. On a former occasion, and at an earlier stage oi our action on tins extraordinary birt, Mr. Speaker, I statsd at large the constitutional objections which 1 conceived to exist against its nasaago. Those objections have not been removed ( I "do not, therefore, propose to travel over Ihe same ground again at this lime. I then contended that when tlie constitution of the United States eon fore on Congress the power to legislate upon any subject matter, and when Congress has seta-ally exorcised that power, the law of Congress in such case is necessarily supreme, plenary, and exclusive; and that ihe States cannot Irgialats upon tho same in divisable subject matter, for the purpose of effecting the snniu uurui, iii uio niiic, or in a uinerent manner. That the absurdity of any othor const metim. wmild b manifest. For "noman can serve twnmastere." It would lend to subject a mnn to two uMserutions for the earns act. Flint a conviction nnder the State law ooald not b pleaded in bar of a prosecution under the law of the United States, or vice versa. That it woyuld throw into confusion the pardoning power, by rendering it uncer tain wnetner it should oe rxercisca rty the r.xocotivc or the Slate, or of the United S la lea. That where the two laws are in tonne tho swnc,tUen one, or the other must give way and Hie laws made by Congress nnder the constitution Wing supreme, the State taw must necessarily, in such a ease, be inoperative and void. Hhoold (hey differ, then the Str.te law is repugnant to, and eon-hVie with lite law of Congress, and is equally void. That the first five sections of tho bill under sen aid era-lion, and tho law of Congress, are both iniendud los fleet 1