Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-12-11

. the law they give. or ID tbs view OF impaH'ng
} % i peculiar slsshg,h, n.ks it perpetual in
. terus; but hey csppOttAns bind the conscience
/ Ibs iudgemspt snd the ID Of those who naJ
ISusssed thsp, invssisa vhh similarT''pOn'iOil'
\ lies. 'pd clothed with eaeaf authority More
= careful investigation may prO's the law 70 De
: luuaOuad- 10 -priasipls -EFPOrisnss- mas -AhoH
h, to be imperfect 10 detail and imPrae'ioa9lss y
!. execution. And then both reason aud nsht
a combine not merely 10 justify bpt u rssnins lis
'1fspd. aSCb n 13.N
! The Constitution. supreme - " oVss ala me
depAElsAHis Ofths- GOYsTnmspt, leglslasyss
!, executive. S6d Judicial isOPeH 20 ormsDSnertoy
: its very terms and Congress or the States
may, in their discretion, propose amendments
to it. solemn compact though itin truth is be-
tween the sovereign slalss Of the g@01' 70
Iths prsssnt, inssaaseIl a POlidsAla snRslEent.
which had ceased. to have, legal power or, ar
l,bority Of aSy tipSaiFfs,FepsAlea, TVS posi-
ion assutaed, that Congress had, p0 moral
right to enact spchTepsAl, was stang snoughs
and sngulSrly 70 ia Eisgefths fact lps sRe S5 sT'
lgamsnilc came from thOse Who openly rsiasssdi
Obedisnss to existing laws Of Tbs, Land, having
lthstams popular designation and quality. as
leompromiss acts nay,r more, who upeqaiyoS-i
caly disregard and OOndemnsd the most Pesl
1--WE snd obligatory, ininncli0ns oiihs CUnslIus ;
liou ilseH. and sought, bEs every means VIhln
their rsaehi tOGepTiVe l,Portion Of their felI0Ni
citizens .Oflhs equal epipymspt Of these rights
and privileges guaranteed aEks 20 olqll bE the
fundameptsl compact Of eur Union, ss. ,di 20
This Argumspl against he repeal Of The stat sta
: : ute line iu1qpesIion, was accompsnied BY an
! other OflcOSgspipl character End equally viii
, ths former dssltuke sfloRpdaiion in reason and
truth. HwU imppied tha! The measure : org
mated in the occupation pf extending The .Ia Iaplt
Of slave labor beyond those pEeyiOuSly ess9gn
cd iOlt, and that such vas i.s nHlursl A. wei
q as intended effect; and these basslesss, ss'upp
yions were made. in the noftEern s'sles ,tlhff
! ground Of uncsasiug assault uPoP eOnsg'glloFnsi
81 nyht77l sfl rssplsJ Isg7s.ai 'sHd adi o.
The repeal in teimsrOfA stAtnIe' which was
+, already obsolete, and also nall for uncensllu-
tlonality. could have no influence 10 Obstruct Of
\ 10 promote The propagation Of conflicting ysSs
Of political or SOcialin'ii'utiOns. When the Po'
4 Of aanizinC the Territories Of KaOsaS and Ne
!. braska was passed, the inherent effect 70 qPor
!. that portion Of the public domain thus opfnsc
. Ito legal settlement, WAs1tO admit settlers iFsE
.. all the States ofthe UnioHallks, eachgEilhghi
con VictiOnb of pablo policy and private interest
!, thers TO be found in their discretion, subjest Z
!. sueh limitations as the Constitution aud acts Q
i Congress might prescribe, new States hersai
,fltsr TO be e(nitted into the Union. Il Was 4
,f free field open aliks 10 ALL Whetheflthe stat
ute line Of restriction Vero repealed OF nstJ-
N That repeal did pobOpen 70 fresicompstiton o
"a tbe divers opinions aud domestic iustitaivns 4
q field, which. without such repeal, would hav'
., been closed against them; it found that Geld o
y competition already opqned, INTACT and in law
Il An the repeal did was TO relieve the statute
book 81 al Objectionable enactment, nncOns!iIpr
!. tional in effect, and injurious in terms TO .
; large portion Of the States. b.iu sss esfa g.d-
lsit the fact that,in all the, unsettled re-
gions Of the United sIatssnif emigration be lef1
free to actin this relpect for itself without le-
gal prohibitions on either aide, slSye'labor will
/. spoutan sOusly 60 every where, in preference to
. free labor? Isit the ,fsctthat the peculiar do
mestiC institutions Of the southern States pos
se,s, relatively, so much Of yigor, that, where
J. soevsr an avenue is freely open TO all the world
' they will penetrate to the exclusion Of those Of
o the northern Statss!n Ills 1t tbe fact, That The
|. former enjoy, compared With the laltsr, such
/; irresistiby superior vanity ndepeRdent Of cir
Il mate. sOil, and ell other accidental circum-
4 stances, az 10 be Ablsto produce the supposed
Q result, In spite ofthe assumed moral and natuf
rel obstacles TO it's accomplishment md of the
! more numerous population OF the northern
States 9r17 sdl 30 a'Yhq jasIsR'b sdl lsIo \.
. The argument OfthOse Who advoea!e5hs sn7
sctment ofnew laws of restriction, and condemn
the repeal Of old ones, iuiefFsct aver that their
$ particular viswso government have no. sslf'
{ extending or seIf-saaiaining pOwsralihe agp
a aud win 60 nowhere uulsss forced BY yack Of
b Congress. AAdif Congress- do butpauss for .
mOrent in the policy Of stem coercion lsifjG
It venture to try the fsrmsut Of leaving mon
J, to Judge for themselves what institutions wil
!, best suit them; ii II be not straiuedupAa .psri
i peIual Legislative exerCioh on this poinlsiC Con
J. gress proceed thus to aOt in the Very spi,h isi
s liberty It sat once charged with aiming TO ex.
d tend ,laEo labor ID Sll the free teritOries Of the
Uni.ed States s.aisisossa to ylsRbiybai rsdi', "a
e OF cOusethSse inpu'atis0sOu the iniehtioss
l., ef icoporess n, ths rssAeeA. ooueriveh aa thew