The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-04-14
NUMBER 80.


NUMBER 80.
and nothing else, For that is no law WI
A, some feel bound in conscience to obey.
e others think they may rightfully disobey,
h DO disObey. 1t Is easy enough TO float smoc
ly on when no adverse interests are met. wi
NJ prejudces are stirred; but when, in
, course of the rghtful government of law, tn
E obstacles are met, what is it that is to cies
them down and suffer you to progress' L
nothing short of that good faith which Is
forth IN these resolutions, and which guaran,t
10 all their rights according to the letter a
the spirit OF the Constitution and it is precise
lhis which has made this country stand out
unrivaled individuality before the world a
upon the page of history and it is precisely
the lack OF this that many nations. stru
Cling for freedom, have fallen so far in arr.
of the best hopes and expectations of thpse W
would have cheered them on to the proud DO
tion which We occupy.
There was no good faith on the part of d
Grecian States. A spirit of rivalry and 81
f1shness overrode and destroyed their confede
ation-they first destroyed themselves, al
were then destroyed by common enemy.
They lacked that good faith. which, as the cor
mon bond Of Union, as the great fountain of pr
servation, might have saved them from Il
conquering Roman. Had Poland been unite
in her counsels and her leaders,, | am not su,
that it could have been proved to this day th
she might not have successfully resisted ii
Russian and the Austrian together And VIII;
has been the bane of poor Hungary? this
been more the want Of devotion to one anothe
more the existence Of intestine, than foreiy
foes. And what of poor, pitiable, unfortunat,
despised France? The ambition of an unprir
clpled leader, and the magic Of q mere nam,
have trampled under foot the good faith of III
constitution, and renewed her at a create
distance from constitutional freedom than sh
ever was before. 1t is well nigh as impossibl
to uproot the institutions, and destroy the ma
tionality Of a people who are bound to eac
other by the fellowship of good faith, as it is {,
tear asunder the everlasting hills.
We have experienced scenes of exctemen
and trouble here. We have seen danger in TIN
and we have shrunk from thos
scenes. Yet they have passed by, and not
stone has been removed from the foundation
nor scarcely tile from the roof and the resul
is to be found in one single fact, and that is
obedience to law.
But, perhaps, 1t may be inquired if the peo
pie OF the State whence come need the cole
and imperious teachings Of duty to cause them
to submit to the enactments OF law? ! would
answer, that is true only in limited circles
And gentlemen will be prepared to believe the
ruth of what state, when they know that ihe
people Of Iowa have always been found in the
course of public duty, and that no political
heresy has stained her public councils, or mark
I'd her public course. She has trod in The same
paths in which the fathers trod In those paths
she deli hits to walk, and in them she will con-
inue to walk. She has not taken for he, guild.
lncc the shigher law doctrine, falsely so call.
I'd, switch leads 10 bewder and d.zzles to
blind But the higher law Of truth she de-
lights to honor, and this is that law: "Let
every soul be subject unto the higher powers
-t'n there is no power but of God-the powers
that be are ordained Of God.
"Whosoever, therefore, rcsiste tn the power,
reslsteth the ordnance OF God-and they that
resist shall receive TO themselves damnatiun.-
or rulers are not terror to good works, but
to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid OF the
power? Do that which is good, and thou shalt
have praise Of the same"
We all know that among the measures known
ls the compromise measures, that denominated d
he fugitive slave law presented the most diff
'u'ty. l would not here touch any string
which could vibrate to discord, and hope that
shall not do SO; but perhaps ought in cand ,r
o say, that our people are no admirers of the
pecial institutions Of the South, ba, they are
Wiling that the people of the South should
manage their own affairs in their own way
We do not seek to dictate to them we do not
eek to bring them under tutelage to us. Our
'eope have learned obedience to law and so.
ial duty, in the midst Of those great principles
where they have learned to forbear to say to
I'D I>,,f fhyco1f I l. ~:
han thou''-where they have learned to forbear
o make themselves ebusy bodies in other
mems matters where they have learned to
eject sprofane and old wives fables" and
where they have learned TO yield assent TO the
'reat truth that "the powers that be are ordained
f God"
Sir it is upon the broad platform of the Con-
titulien that we meet our brethern from the
ther side Of certain line, and we are willing
0 meet them upon that platform in all social
uties, and in all duties which are required in
ur relations to the Constitution, to the law, and
O the Government.
Mr.. Speaker, with this feeling upon the part
# our people, with this devotion to the Con
ttution and the Union as they exist, you will
'e prepared to believe that they were weighed
lown with feelings of anxiety and trouble,
when but two years ago anarchy almost reign
ID in this high place of legislation, when, cool,
far seeing, patriotic S nators
could not discover the soundings, or see even
will ght that GENES before the morning.
But, sir, there was encouragement in the fact
hat these men Stood as firm as the pillars which
urround you-that they aba,cd nothing of their
nergy, nothing of their hope, nothing OF their
ailh, nothing of their works. And at last the
morning did come, and brought light with it;
md we are willing to rejoice in that light. 1t
nay be that these remarks will be regarded as
If little value by some, and perhaps they may
'e so regarded with proprey; but cannot for
YEAR to say that it is the fate Of human condi.
ions to be attended with murmurers. The best
we're not exempt from them. They were found
n the midst Of that people Of ancient DAYS, who
lbove all others were favored by an overruling
orovidence-who were led by more than land
marks of human wisdom, by the spillar ofcloud
md The pillar of fire and when in their neces-
titles they were bount"ously fed by hand "a
,ove them, without care and without labor,
while yet the flesh between their teeth,
hey murmured. And when the law was b,.iny
,iven them for their protection, and TO bett r
heir condition, they preferred a calf to their
rod. And if all the minutiB Of their history
oud be known, | think it possible they might
ave murmured even at the passage of the Red
because the walls of water were
ot removed little further apart, or because the
pray was permitted 10 invest than, or because
he stones were not all removed from the b ,itoun.
But, sir, we would rather take up the spirit Of
he song which was then and there sung: "Rght
Iath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his
ider cast into the sea"
MIR. Hebard. would inquire if the question
5 on the motion to prist'
The Speaker. Its.
Mr.. Hebard. move the previous question.
The previous question was seconded, and The
main question ordered.
The question was then taken, and the resolu-
ION was ordered TO be printed.
LIVING SEWING MAcHINEs.-It is stated, in
New York paper, that there are .'fiity sewing
kept hard at work, day and night, in
his city! The star adds: "The paper should
ave said f'ty thousand; for the po'r creatures
Y ho make shirts for shilling, and have tn sew
8 hours out OF the "a, to earn enough to avoid
,arvation, are mere sewing machines, to all