The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-08-17
Disunion and Slavery.

PFC tath iatsciJ du1ut btsuhoh III cast Tue
Fugitive Slave Law is repealed or essen
italy modified, or the Missouri Compro-
mise is =, siorcd, or any such ouraaes .
are committed upon the South. And a
great many people and presses Mt the
North seem really suspicious Of such ar
effect speedily following such cause. 1
IS the sheercSt nonsense IN tie world
Men may, under an excited state Of feel.
ing, DO great many rash things, but our
Southern brethren, though VIGOROUSLY
rather inpetucus, are hardly so imprudent
and looil,hly rash as TO be likely to I'M
der'ake such an experiment on such prov
ocaton. When they were talking about
dissolyins the Union in case Fugitive
Law were not enacted, Henry Clay put a
pertinent quesii II to them: "Dlsso'v We
TIE Union, and who'll catch your negroes
then and it is question which viii
bring them TO their senses pretty suddenly
when they are called upon practically to
meet it,
We observe in = contemporary at Han.
nIbal, Mo, which has been very energetic
in its advocacy OF Southern rights and
Southern institutions. just sach a sensi
bic view Of the matter a. he great mass
Of them viii take, when the question Of
dissolution i,r the heinous offence Of free
and constitutional legislation, shall come
up, il 1T ever does. SAYS the Hannibal!
Messenger:
II Congress. refuses (as it doubtless
Willy TO disturb the Nebraska bill. 10 re-
peal the fugitive slave. Ia " to abolish slave.
rs IN the District If Columbia, its refusal
viii offend many AT the Nortn. But they
VIII not depend upon disunon rs IA rene
dy. They would not accept nor advise
disulion afy more than they would accept
saicide as a cure for disease.
But suppose the laws be repealed to
satisfy the North. What then = disunion?
Certainly not; for il is clear that slave
property OF the South will he as well pro-
+ sFbttl iii llit 4 1tbi4 WITHOUT tt4DNt laws. as
IL can be out Of the Uuion with any laws
the Sou hern coniederacy could IS. Let
the Union be dissolved, and In vain will
We o the SJu'h pass laws fer the proiec-
ton 81 cur slave pro- erty. Our slaves
weud then run away as frequently as they
now d. We would have is ct er cAancc
To recapture them, than We would now haze
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now aid them, viii give them equal-pel
htps more I'D. Til South can obtain no
additional protection to her slave proper
81 by separation. We repeat that ii the
Fugitive Slave Law was tlns day repeal
ed slave property wnuil still have more
projections IN tie Union, and without lie
law, than it ever can have without Tie
Union OF after the Union is dissolved -
Without The Law IN question, the owner Of
aiugtiye slave would have a perfect tight
under tie Constitution 10 rat Ike linn In
any State If the Union. Blu il the Uni N
was once dissolved no such right would be
admitted
The aims and objects of neither North
nor South, can be- accomplished by sepa-
ration. No god result to either party
can spring from it. The masses know
these facts AMI are mol going 10 acquiesce
IN any measure tending t. dissolution -
They Will bear and foroear
The majority in Congress vi i'll pass law ;
and the people Will submit to them until
repealed or declared unconstitutional by
tie proper courts. The people ars not
going 10 seek to avoid one single evil by
bringing on themselves ten thousand
greater evil. They know. that compared
TO dlsunlen, all political evil, are light
and trifling, because dIsunion brings with
II an accumulation OF all other evils. Il
IS true, extreme men on both sides may do
much mischief But they cannot DESTROY
this Union. They may FIR time inter
rupt the course Of It's prosperity, cloud lis
reputation for stability and disturb that
peace. harmony and brotherly love which
should exist between the States. But its
tranquility, lis peace and harmony will be
/ restored, ITS prosperity will return, and
the stain temporarily fixed upon il, will be
transterre and remain an indellible Blot
and eternal stigma upon the character and
memory of he wretched men who pro
duced It's temporary misfort mes"
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