The Slave Catcher Caught In The Meshes Of Eternal Law

Author : Asa Rand
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ISBN 13 : 9781330842874
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book The Slave-Catcher Caught in the Meshes of Eternal Law (Classic Reprint) written by Asa Rand and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Slave-Catcher Caught in the Meshes of Eternal Law This Tract contains an inquiry into the relations of the Federal Government to slave-holding, and to slave-catching in the Free States. The writer aims to examine and expose the unconstitutional and atrocious character of "the fugitive slave acts," so called, together with these judicial decisions and interpretations of the Constitution which are adduced in their support. Are those acts just, and obligatory upon all? Are they to be established as a righteous and "final adjustment" of conflicting opinions and interests, and to be rigorously enforced by all the authority and power of this great nation? Is there a stable basis for the dogmas which are given forth from the legislative hall, the bench, the press, and the pulpit, concerning "compromises, a solemn compact, and constitutional guaranties" of slaveholding? Are citizens of Free States bound, in all good conscience, to sanction and aid oppression? to hunt and surrender fugitives, guilty of no crime? Is it "spurious philanthropy and genuine bigotry." - is it "hypocrisy and baseness," - is it "sedition and treason," to refuse voluntary obedience to a law which tramples in the dust the inalienable rights of man? Intelligent and law abiding citizens are accused of a wicked attempt to "triumph over and trample under foot all that is sacred and valuable in a government of law," when they calmly and respectfully declare their purpose to obey God rather than man. We inquire, therefore, is the law righteous, and comfortable to the constitution; or is it a praise to evildoers and a terror to them that do well? That is the issue, to be tried before the people, and by the people of the United States. They will employ their inalienable right, to prove every act of their rulers and judges, "whether it be pure and whether it be right." And they will acknowledge no supremo, final, immutable law, but that of Him whose kingdom ruleth over all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.