The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-01-29
EBENSBIRG, THURSDAY, JANUARY %. 1852.

Is the rlght and duty of the states MOVING with
IN the limits of their reserved rights to coon
crate with the general government in this legit
innate work They should certainly never at
tempt by means of their legislation. to embar
rass the administration of the constitution
such interference cannot fail to engender hos
tile feelings between the different sections of the
Union, and if persisted in, lead to a separation
OIL tae States So far as legislation of this kind
can oe found on the statue book of this State. it
should be speedily repealed Of this character
regard the greater portion of the law of lS47
prohibiting the use of our State prisons for the
detention of fugitives from labor whilst awaiting
trial. In that work l shall most cheerfuIlv par
uclpate, as L shall also aid, as far as l NAV
properly do so, to suppress all attempts to res
ist the execution of the laws of Congress, wheth-
er providing for the rendition of fugitives from
labor, or for any other constitutional purpose
The necessity for such action is fully demonstra-
ted by the consequences resulting from such an
attempt recently occurring within our own bor-
ders
The loyalty of Pennsylvania to the national
Union cannot be doubted. She is now as she
ever has been, for the constitution and its COM
promises. She will maintain and execute, in let
ter and spirit the several adjustment measures
as passed by the late Congress, on the subject
of slavery. She regards these measures as a
permanent settlement of this dangerous geo
graphical conflict, and will discountenance. to
the full extent of her influence, all attempts at
future agitation of the questions settled by
them. She has planted herself on the constitu-
ton, and guided by its wise provisions, will
seek to do justice to all sections of the country.
and endeavor to strengthen the bonds of the
Union, by cherishing relations of amity and fra
ternal affection between its members
need say no more, my fellow-citizens, of the
Union. You are, am confident, abundantly
impressed with its magnitude. Without union
our liberties never could have been achieved,
without il they cannot be maintained. With the
dissolution of this national compact would fall
the hopes of the world for republcanisIn-the
cause of political and religious liberty-the peace
and prosperity of our people To the end, then
that its great blessings may be preserved, and
its advantages youchsafed to posterity, it be-
comes the duty of all to yield patriotic sub
mission TO the laws constitutionally adopted,
and cherish feelings Of affectionate intercourse
between the several members of our glorious
Union. Admonished so to do by the immortal
Washington, let the injunction be regarded by
each and all of US with a Christian fidelity. Let
our habits of acting, thinking and speaking of
the Union he though it were ind .ed ''the
Palladium of our political safety and prosperity
watching for its preservation with jealous
anxiety, discountenancing whatever may sug-
gest even a suspicion that it can in any event be
abandoned and Indignantly frowning at the
first dawn of any attempt to ALLEVIATE any por-
ton of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble
the sacred ties which now link together the va
rious parts" Then shall we have performed
our whole duty-duty to ourselves-to our sis
ter States, and to the cause of republicansm
throughout the world