The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-17
TEE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW In TIE
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TEE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN TIE
u There is no greater card played in the
political game, now rapidly drawing to
close, than the denunciation of this Law,
lis makers and apologists. Whenever
tilerc is a hull in the Kansas excitement, and
the public mind gives signs of recovering
from the phrensy into which Interested
parties by infamous mis-sta:ements had
thrown them, tho "harp Of a thousand
strings" was touched anew, and in obedi-
.cnce to tho demands of men who care not
twha. violence they do to the bonds that
unite US rs nation, if success and spoils
but crown their present effort, most dol
-orous wall goes over the "sca Of heads"
they address, deploring the existence of a
law that is not; only demanded by the Con-
s.itution, which every man of us is bound
to support, but it is also in exact accor-
dance with the deliberately expressed SEN
timcnts of most of the Northern States.
h.. We assume that the objections made 70
tho Law. are aimed at the principle of it,
and not at its details or form 1t may
have Objectionable features, but we only
hear from the stump" a bold and un-
qualified condemnation of not only the
Law, but of tia. clause Of the Constitu-
zion requiring its enactment. In the same
breath the indignant orator viii glory in
our great magma charta; praise the Fathers
Of the Republic; aud boast himselfas ready
to expire on the spot, if by such sacrifice
he could restore the Government to the
pnrity that marked it's career, in the days
of Washington, Jefferson and Madison.
Believing that the great body Of our
readers are as soundly patriotic as our
selves, and that some of them have suf-
iered themselves to be misled we propose
to refer to the history of this subject, and
we hope if the facts we advance are found
to b. irrcfutablc and our conclusions ire
eissiblc, that the reader will not any longer
act with those whose position is in direct
ssnhgoAism with the obligations devolving
upon every man who participates in the
benefits or assumes the obligations Of a
citizen of the United States. a6 t2ls2
The Union of tie States is a partner
sfip-no moro, no less. The colonies join
ed together in defence Of the principle that
sl.o laws could bind then, unless they were
made BY their own Representatives.
principle TIA. is now mootci only for party
profit. 4. lie close Of the Revolution the
thirteen victorious Nations, each as iade-
pendent Of the other as Persia is ofSwedcn,
agreed to destroy the Articles Of Confodc-
ration which had been their. bond OF L Mon
during the struggle. for Independence, and
to substitute, for tina. hastily constructed,
but very useful instrument, one more de.
Nhberately got up, and more specifically
definite in it's enumeration Of powers
Delegates were appointed by each Of these
independent States; and long discussions
followed their asscmblage. Jealous and
selfish as individuals are found, when en-
gaging in business that requires join,
capital upon the promise of joint profit
the .Stutes watched closely, every PROPOSE
ton having for its object the investment
Of this new NATIONAL Government will
PowER. Talent Of the highest order lem
rs aid to invent articles Of partnership
that should be scrupulously obscryant o
the rights and interests Of each member o
the proposed Union, and when it wal
thought to be wen Balanced in all particu
lars, twas called a Constitution and wa.
adopted. The States through tlcir Leg
islaturcs accepted it, and upon questions
Of National policy it was regarded rs TIL
Paramount Law. dr. MADISON calls i
1.-THE cement Of the Union as we'll in ii
limitation as in Its authorities" and il ha
ever been regarded as a text by which t
Judge the orthodoxy Of parties. TIL,
Trainers Of that cement were nearly al
representatives of Slave interests; most Q
Them owning slaves at tho time, aud it wa
not likely There should DO amy difference Q
opinion among them, as to the proper pro
tectiono of that species Of property. Hcnc'
we find in the Constitution the following
clans...