The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-02
NUMBER 46.

; concern9 Are not the people OF the T~rri,,
: ries capable Of s.F vernn, mt, II not. VII
: give them legislature =, al.-wky allow the,
y" makr laws noon any fubjec,' lf lhr
: are capable OF srlf-g v.rnm-n,, does il rfoni,
any higher degree Of Intelligence to leg sta,
'or tne negro than for the while tnan, or
; prescr,be th- relations nf master AID s,,vaf
than those of husband and wifi, ana pare,t an
child
But. IN order 10 excuse Themselves .cr !.
palpable reputation nf the great prlIc,lI. /.
SET government, the aboliIlonisis tell ns Tia
slavery is violation OF the law Of Gnd. an
therefore the people cf the TER tories and re .
States should not b. intrusted wrb the decision
OF the question as rravid d in tie N, brask
D'ii without stopping to inquire into the sin
lusness of shvery asa religious q,It.s.i,n | d.
maintain that the mode provided d in the N, br,s
ka bill for determining tho contrnv. rsy OF IL
existence or excln>h'n, bv referring i. te,h
people who are immediately Insrps ed ant
alone responsible, is strictly in acco.dan..e wi,I
HE divine law. When G"d created man. 81,
placed before him good aad evil and cndowe,
nm WIN me caPae'iy to drcdr tor himself, am
ne'u ann Responsible tor The consequence o
the choice he might make! Irr.mrnd u. an
plan~e and cheers
| This is the divine origin Of the great principl.
OF self government. [Applause The AL
'shty breathed the prin.iple into the n,s,ril,
OF the first man in the garden of E len, and EN-
powered him and his descendants in all time I,
choose their own furn OF 2 vern,nent, and fe
bear me evils aud enjoy the blessings Of ihri
own deeds The principle applies to commu
nities, and Territories and States. al well . IL
individual men. The pr,nciple sppfies I,
Kansas as well as TO Ptnnsylvania--,n Nebras
ka as we'll as to Virginia The constitution o
the United States is in perfect accord with ,b;.
divine principle. leaving each Sta .. and The
people thereof, at liberty to govern ,hems. Ives
and to rerp the harvest Of the 81 ed they NAV
SOW Immense applause. Cries "rhat j.
right, that is right
rep at, therefoe, that the constitution Of the
on''eo states does not establish il anywh ere moi
o'es II either enlarge or diminish its area II
recognises and protects all h. institutions r the
difitrerent States, however dis.imilar or what.
eyer their character, provided they do MT CON-
n'ct with any ofits provisions. Wherever sia-
very ex's's in any State by virtue Of the local
law, there the constitution recognises and pro
tec's The institution and wherever slavery i
prohibittd bv TIN. local law TN. sons,,t,t.;o,,
recognises and protects the jfnhbtion in such
STATE. The constitution Of the United States is
'he supreme law Of the land, 20 which all mus,
yield implicit obedience. [Applause !
authorizes Congress to legisIate on the sub.
Ject OF slavery In two cases only: first tofh SIN.
preston Ut the foreign slave trade ; and second.
!or the surrender of iugitves from service
congress has treated in good faith the full
measure OF its authority in both cases. The
aoo't"nisfs avow their willingness TO abide by
tue cons tuition and law in the one case, where
,"e -. 'n'rodnct'on of any m IRE slaves into the
nited States is prohibited, for the reason that
y.tb
IN the other cases where the act Of CONGRESS = :.
passed Tor the express purpose of carving into
eHect plain provision of the constitution hv
returning the slave TO his master, these same
dooiitioh'sts say they will not abide BY the law
-tney VIII frample upon consiitu,on-thev
Will set at defiance the constituted authorities
ana bear alott the standard Of rebellion against
'ne tederai government, for the reason that this
clause of the constitution and the law for carry
ing 1t into effect do not harmonize with their
views. Their doctrine is that sisey will abidp
by and claim the benefi, of the constitution and
laws whenever and wherever they tend to ad-
vance their peculiar theories aud opinions and
on the contrary they will resist both the con
sfitutlon and laws, with f,rce and violence.
whenever that line Of policy il cessary to the
acconphsnment OF their philanhropic views
upon the subject of slavery Efforts are now
northern, sectional par,y-upon the abolition
platform, and tu carry on an off.ns;ve war
against the local and domestic institutions of
one half OF the States Of the Union. under a
banner which shall proclaim 10 the world tha,
they claim for themselves the protection Of The
con'titulon which they deny to those upon
whose nghs they make war-tl,at the cons,itu
ton Is o'Dd'ng upon their op,onenis, bnt not
Upon themselves-and that they hold ,hemselv-
es at liberty at all times 20 obey or resist il. a,
may best suit their purposes. Whatever name
sh'', De gwen to this new political ofgan "a tion
whether i shall be called whfp, abolition.
ffee'soIl, ar know n0ihing--t will still be the
an'agohlsm OF the demorratic party. Whatever
may &c me nature OF the contest or the pros
pec's OF success, thesdnmocracy ofthe nation
yielding impliciis oh denee tn all Of its oblisa.
tons, and carrying into fruitful execution ali Of
its provisions. Cheers and continued an
plause We must maintaip the supremacy o
the laws put down resistance and violence
wherever they may occur, and be ready to
punish the traitors whenever the overt act q,
treason shall be committed (Tremendou.
cheers and applause
fellow-rit zers, it has been said that in tite
bosom OF this new political organic ation there j,
SECRET society. bould together bv ttle mos
solemn and terrible oaths-lknop nat its name
Laughter Inquire Of whom YOU NAV. ane
.'.ie answer vii. 557 81 dcnt know" fRoar.
OF laughter And from all the information
can get amincned o believe that "know moth
ings is their name. Tremendous roars O
laughter
was about to say-and presume that the
facts connected with yaur recent election in
this city has furnished you with sufficient evil
thp S1hv L.
that iheie exists in the bosom Of this new poIrt
cal organization secret political society. boupc
together by he mos, terrible oaths, to prescribe
every man, whether naiuralzed or not, or what
ever his political or religious sen i,uents, VIII.
had ne msf'rtune to be qorn in foreign cline
and, like our ancestors, driven by political .,
religious prosecutions to he- from his native
land and seek an asvlum in America Is there
such an organ zitinn am'ny You? TCries o
Eyes "ycs. ''There is" "Thrre is ~
1t is also said-and with how much truth you
have much better opportunities ofknowinn than
|, for OF this know uothing, 1roars of Ianyh.
'erJ-that this secret society, which controls the
nominations and directs the movements of TIE
allied iorces a.ainst tie democracy, b nds its
members BY the most solemn obliga' ion ,.iorpr
SCRIBE every man wir' worshps God according
to the Roman Catholic faith, no matter 10 what
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Cries "that it is." They do" ssThey do I
It is also said that your recent city elections a.
controlled by this society that your city GOV
ernment is now being managed under its an
spices, and that the whole pairnna ge nf the ei,
is distributed under lis direction and in aceord- !
ance Oih its principles Of prosc,1ptioa.-
Cries "That is 81, "li is, I'll is, from All
SIDES
inns secret society, whose members prefpr to
know nothing with the view of concraIinu
their political designs, ar said to have thei,
branches and auxiliary societies in every ci,v.
town, and village, and to be in alliance win
tn's great northern sectional party which pro-
claims open war upon the irstltu utions of the
stats and upon the consultations Of the u. s -
1t is not surprising that pali,ical society whose
emclent secret organization enables ,hetn 10 con-
zeal their plans while they hold out inducements
OF power and patronage 70 pers"ns to a.su'ne
their pr'scriptive obligations, with the assurance
that they can conceal the hand which strikes
the blow, and thus avoid the odium and respnn
sibil,y of the act, while they revei in the spols
of victory--I say, it is moi surprising that such
a poaical org ganiza'i n should prove formidable
and even irresistible in its first efforts, when the
specific objects and principles Of ll,e society
,.a., rL now ~ 60 fr 6nn,ft1IIuitv and h.. c... -