Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-16
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f1H NATURE ~ I'm uHIeu.
In the cousse Of reply to some Wild
writing Of the ChsFleston Msrcs'y about
making dissolution Of the Union the cure
for come evils which that Journal supposes
thcSou,h sad particularly y. Carolina to
Labor under, the Naiossl faiszise~cer sys.
-sThc Constitu,ion--ths Federal compact
liz not. hke partnership between indi-
yiduals Q. two OF more firms, to be broker
Whenever il may please one Vt the parties
to withdraw from il. Il is more in the na-
suve Of : marriage contract. which binds the
parties until death shall Dissolve the con-
nexion: these .shom God hath joined toge,h-
er.aet no man put asunder.' The fact that
according to the laws Of some Of our States
divorces Of the marriage tie may be some
what easily Obtained. does not weaken the
sipiliudc. In every case Of divorce. when
ever il is granted. the consent Of both par
lies is either expressly given or implied;
both husband aud wife are heard before the
tribunal by which the desire Of either for
separation is to be decided. The Union Of
ali ,he States 10 10 any Of them what the
hushsnd Is u the wifc-the ruler. the head,
tl.6 band BY which the Aosse is held togetb-
or. For one State, or half = dozen States,
To- declare the whole compact At an end
would be a. idle and absurd as for wife to
declare her own divorce. A peaceable sep.
araiioa OF tae States could only take place
bs the unanimous consent, not Of all fse
SAFES, but oil al the Peoqlr Of all the States.
1t WAS the v hole people who formed the
compact. and No power short Of that Of the
raos people of all the States can declare it
atan end"
Among the many evils which the influence
OF M. Calhoun INFLICTED upon the country,
not the least was that which resulted from
the heresy which he so pertinac'ousts
preached, tina, the Federal Union was a
compact between the States as individual
sosereignities, ard not between the People
of the entire country. From this false doc
trine have sprung all the disloyal and sui
eidsl speculations and propositions about
dissolving the Union, and which have be-
come so lamentably rife in these latter days
One would suppose that the phrase, ave
the People" with which the Constitution
commences should sufficiently settle the
f.ct as 10 wao were the creators of that in
ssrument. or iii would be contended that
after snch plain words there were still any
doubt about that fact its truth has been un-
queslionsbly demonstrated BY the his,orical
AND analytical arguments Of Mr. Webster.
But Mr.. Calhoun, with su his abilities, was
sm0nomaniac- Like those logicians. and
dormafists in other branches of philosophy !,
xho assume q premise and then seek to
N he ali facts yield to and support il, Mr.
Calhoun sought to override al conflicting
fac,s with his latier-day doctrine of States
Rights doctrine hioh, - advocated BY
Nr. Calhoun. was pronounced reasonable
By General JAG kson, and which the General
would have effectuslly killed in the bud
ifthere had not been an unfortunate resort
to the psliiafistive Of q compromise.
Il has been the custom of Mr.. Calhoun's
frien Dc aud eulogi.ts to endow him with an
extraordinary degree of sincerity. We do
not believe even that eulogy TO be entire
" true, and though we do not wish to speak
with unnecessary hsrshness of the deceased
statesman, we believe we are correctin say
ing shst his ardent advocacy OF slavery and
stase-rgh,s was an after thought of his po-
iiticai life. When he was a member Of
Mr.. Adams' Cabinet, he was by no means
the strenuous and ultra defender Of those
dogmas that be Afterwards became. 1t was
only when his political fortunes had COM
meneed to decline, when his star was be-
coming ecEpsed by the increasing bright
ness OF Mr.. Van Buren's. and he was forced
Reluctantly to give up the hope Of be ing
President, that Mr.. Calhoun discarded the
national views which be had hitherto enter
txined and strose to build up 4 sectional
and Southern party whose corner stone was
slavery, and whose ultimate object was the
dissolution of the Union. Such is the pa
Yentage ofthe dissolutionists. Mr.. Calhoun
sss the preceptor Of Mr.. Garrison, and he
has the honor OF having been the father Of
. set Of hot-he AIDED fanatics who are ready
20 cut each others throats on every CUES.
ton, except the one of destroying the best
political system that was ever established
But, thanks TO the understanding which
The people have of the palladium of their
social and political prosperity, it is not in
the power of crazy adv coates or opponents
Of slavery to reduce THE confederacy to its
original elements, and subject the people
y hose ancestors framed it. TO the distresses
and disasters which would necessarily result
from 50 suicidal an operation. The Union has
approved Itself to the patriotism and COM
mon sense of the people, ss having accom-
piiShed the purposes for which il was in
tended. and If there be occurrences in the
working Of our political system which at
times cause dissatisfaction and disspproval,
the fault is not in the system, butin those
who admi1ister "A. thee are re dents vh;f n