The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-09
From tha Washington Union
THE DEMOCRACY THE CO>STlTU.
TON Union

The democracy accepted and adop'ed ths
"ns,nution for the sake of the Union S"l'n
aid at his laws, they were not the best within
hi mselv but the best The Afhenans wonfd
ear In the same spirit, Washington told his
oun,rymen, when submitting the cons .nu'i"n
!, their app oval, that at is obviously Imprac
ieabe in the federal government oithesa States
O secure all rights Of independent ,vereiguty
o each, and vet provided :or the intrrst aud
ETY. OF all. individuals entering into society
must give up share of liberty TO preserve the
est. The magnitude of the sacrifice must de-
,end as well on situation and circumstance as
IN the ,b ct TO DE- attained. l. is a, al TIMES
iiffcul TO draw with precision The line bttween
use rights which II u>t ne surrendered aud
hase which NAV b. res, we'd; and thu pre-
sent occasion this d ference was increased nv a
Inference among the several Safes as 10 their
n ua,ion, exten habit and part cular ia;efesis
In all our d. lberaiuns oh this sui Ct We kept
steadily in our view that which appears to usth'
grea est in,-res, of ev nv true American he ;
OF our Union in VIII CHI are iuv ~.
rd "ur prosperity, !elici y, safrty-Pefhaps our
natl NAL ex strnce. This Important consi6era- :
I,n", seriously and deeply Impressed on otr
minds, led each State in the convention to b"
less rigid pn p ,ints of inferior magnitude than /
might have been other Use expected; and thus |
the constitution which present is 'he
r. suit of a spirit of am ty and If that mural |
DE- fence and Concession which the prculiariiy
of our political sitsas n rendered ndspensa-
bic"
The consti' u,ion, then according to the father
and founder of our country, the best the
Americans would bear. 1t secured the Sat.
in the rights which they did not expressly dele
rate to the general government and the people
in every description Of recognised property. II
was satisfactory in its operations TO all until IN
sd,ous men s,ealthiy commenced undermining
its pillars The compromises which brought It
int" existence were disregnried, and us provi-
sions construed so to dignity the selfish pro-
], cts OF immoral ambition Alien and sediton
laws, bank, internal Imnr We msnts, and pros
iec,ive tariff, each had is day of power, ard
enjoyed the glory attendant thereon though
he subtletes OF aspiring politicians and their
venal and deluded foilnwers One by one they
have been assigned by the democracy to oblivis
Gus nfamy. That democracy will take care
that our code book shall not be disgraced by re
cording such acts hereafter. But those were
= xclusively internal questions. M formidable
foreign influences were brought 10 bear tD sus
I, in either.
II is abon, ten years since that Lord Aber-
de. n, her British Majes'y's Premier, then Sec
re airy for Foreign Affairs, wrote to Mr.. Paken'
nam, British minister near this government that
Is Great Britain desires, and is constantly eT
erfing herself to procure, the general abolition
Of starery throughout the ,eo,id" About the
same time Lord Morpeth, who had previously
$ jouened in the United States twelve month
or so, presided at the annual meeting OF the
British and Foreign anti Slavery Society" at
the celebrated London Exeter Hall, ard opened
It's deliberations in this wise Assaing that
clause OF the Ashburt N treaty which provided
fr The surrender of fugiive S from justice, the
expressed his fears that it would enable owners
of slaves to recover such as might escape 10
Canada He argued thai und no circumstances
would the British nation DC justified in its own
conscience in surrendering 10 the U 5 persons
bound To service-nni even far th,' commission
If CRIME. lie said hat the nobi st leap which
humanity cnu'd conceivs was that Of the slave
across the Falls To British freedom. He con-
demne1 the silence If manv of his countrymen
travelling in the U. S. who have heen seduced by
he planners Fl IN speaking properly of their
numerous cruelies He slid the biterest en-.
envy to the slave in America was the freshman
because he was steadfastly srrayed against
abolition" &C., &c. A short period prior to
the delivery IF Ibis speech, Sir Robert Peel
stated, in the House Of Commons, that sthe
British government would he more than com.
pensated fur the indemnity of Si000G0 COO
which il gave to the Yves, India planters hy
the influence which the abolition of slavery
there would exert upon the United States, Bra
z,i and Spain Speaking of the former, he
remarked d, that'.it was impossible TO look To the
discussions in the United States of America,
and especially to the conflicts between the
northern and southern States without perceiv
ing that slavery in that nation stool upon a
precarious footing =
4 Ne ha We TINS nyrSen.ed p,,n tho a,,bor;,,,
ofas weighty names as 10 be found in the
British realm ev.aence which will no, be doub.
ted, hat II Is cherished object of Great Brit.
ian to UNDO the grea, work which Washington
md his cotemporares accomplished for the
American nation-thedissolutnn Of the bond
which birds the States together
Lord Aberdeen assured Mr. Pakenham, in
the most emphatic language, that the British
government is as uncea singy, as we believe ii
t. be unscrupul"usly, exrrtng itself TO procure
the abolition OF slavery everywhere. Lord
Morpeih openly advocates the violation of
solemn treaty stipulation for The punishment Of
crime, rather Than that stipulation should be
instrumental in restoring fugitive slave to his
master and Sir Robert Peel jrstifies the ap-
preparation of large sum of mon from the
British treasury because that sum W. Md oper-
ate adversely to the institutions of the United
States VIVA. would be the amazemt MT and
irdie nation If the band of patriots who gave us
free dom and constitution, If they could peruse
this declaration of intentions leslie to the
Union, en- mating from such sources !, And Is
any worthy Of being couutTymen cf those
lllnstrious i. partcd spirits who could conn,ve
a.. or a.a or t.. anicnanec. such fatal schemes 10
urrerose : But ii is but 100 apparent that
Great Britain has aiders and abetrrrs in her
abolition project among cur own citizens. and
as the safe-ke epers of the constitution and the
guardians oil the Union, il is obligatory upon
the democracy to awaken, TO arise, to arouse,
and crush them. II 10 becoming but too dis.
tnct that all who are not for us are against as
= enemies 10 the doctrines and to the purposes
indicated by Washington in the letter from
which we have quoted He who can sympa
thze with such views as are expressed by the
British statesmen whose names we have
me ntioned, much less contribute to their sue.
ess. has no right to place in the democratic
ranks, and demc cats cannot without political
extend the hand Of fellowship to
him. The condition of the democratic partv
must be bet;ered If it contain any such wrong
doors and thinkers. II has ever been the glory of
that party to array itself against the designs of
Britlse aristocrats, as it had not a sentiment in
common with them and We entertain GEN.
fdent, an abiding belief, that it will yet rally
around the fearless and constant Northern de-
mocrats, sustaining them trinmphanty as pairi-
OTIS entitled 10 a nations gratitude, and consign
to perpe ual infainy the arch traitors vino have
insdausly sught to lead it asray-to lead
from the folds in which il was so mighty in
shaping aud creating republics greatness
Ii is motor. us that every democratic govern
mental act has.redounded to the fame and to
the prosperity of the Union. Nebraska will
come in for its full share. And the Preside, t
who shall achieve the acquisition of Cuba will
in reali .shi the measure of his country
glory" Then commanding the Gulf, with the |
entrance to ,sur own portals everywhere secure,
and cur internal position fortified that the |
covert designs OF The most willy foreign aboli-
ion connot penetrate it, whatever may occur
in othersuasters Of the globe, We can jnyou>ly
say to the storm king, we have no bark on h s
sea, and to the god Of battles no son in the |
Slaughter.
From the New York Leader