Rev. C. T. Torrey
We have received n. number of the Baltimore Sun, containing a statement by this gentleman, who is now in jail in Baltimore, ááaressedjó the public, giving thern an account of his early life, his fermer business, his reputable standing, and his future prospecte. The lega] points in vol ved in his case are thu.s stated: "What aro the legal issiVos-à 1. One Ãs not peculiar to my case. It s, whether a tnere requisüion from the authorifips of another State, unsupportrd by eyirfpneeof the commission of any crime oröffhë identity of the person, shnll be deemed sufficient warranty io dnfr n man f rom liis home, his family, bis frjónds, into a foreign jurisdiction. to be tricd by sfrangers? If so, we have gained FïtfTe by thp revoltition of 1776. 2. The second'fssue Ãs, is it "felony or olher crime," within the menning of the constituà on of 'the U. States, to nid a slave to escipe toa freo State? The local laws oï" one half of even the slave States do nol make it so. 3Ã. Has slavery any constitutionn] or legal existence in M'aj-yland or Virginia? or does it esist by mere suflerance: the subject of restri'ctión and regulntion. as gambling is in Hamburg, and was iniev UrÃenns ata very recent penod?- 4. Is it a crime at all, by the lavv of God. by the common law, or the constitulions of Maryland and Virginia, to help a man' out of slavery? If not, can a mere local statute law make it so?"; Gan laws malee acts of humanity and mercy to the helpless and pow beöorrie crime: hy the words writtèn on a and signed by officials? Can Maryland,w'ho voted public thanks and swords of honor to those deliverexi a few of our countrymen from 6lavery in lripoÃiimake it a crime to help her native bom citizefis to escape from slhvery-on her oten soil? Do the waves of the Atlantic change the nature of justice, mercV, hirtnnnityr and make them crimes and felonies?'' Public meetiugshave been held-in some places in Massachnsetts, and contribtitions made to defray the expenses of his dèfence.
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