The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-12-17
\ rrilIeIn States :

government have no scli-cXt,nding or self.
sustaining power OF their own, and will
70 no where unless forced bv act Of Con
gress and it Congress do tut pause for
II moment in the policy Of stern coercion;
II 1t Venture to NY the experiment, of eav.
Ing men TO Judge for themselves what in.
stltutions wii' best suit them if it bc not
Sir"mcdup 10 perpetual legislative cXcrtiou
on this point ; If Congress proceed thus
to act IN the very spirit Of liberty, it i, at
once changed with aiming to extend slave
labor into AL Tia" new Territories of the
United States.
OF course, these mpulalons on the in
tenuous OF Congress IN tbs respect, con
ccNed as they were in prejudice, and dis.
semlnAlcd III passion, ale utterly destitute
oIany jus ,!ic.lipn in the nature Of things,
and contrary to ali the tundamcntal doc.
ulncS and principles of ctvj. liberty and
self government.
While, therefore, in general, the people
"i the Northern S.atrs haNc never, at
any time, arrogalcd for the federal roy-
eminent the power TO interfere directly
with the domestic CONDITION. Of persons il
th" Southern Sta,c>, but on the coutrarv
have disaYuwcd AL such intentions. and
"',' S'''o"h F"!h conspicuous atillalon
wy" nose 'G" WI" pursue Their ianaticaI
"'y'S'> N""eu'! thi"";;h the c"ni~mpla-
'e' '''"n> "' rev" "t'oh'rE change OF the
~'''"'"'"'' : ""d "''' acceptance OF the
",'.'>>''E ''''>'I"'h' e>--R clTl' and Ser
Vi Mar-Vcl MANY citizens have SuffnrcI
,''-,''.'''N ~ " "'AM" i"'o one cN"ncs
''"' r""IcW issue OF agitation after an
"'"'i' "PPv',"h,"S l" tHc same set OF
'l'u'""'' al" "i''c' a""s'ded rs rapidly
- we "'''T ""el' J.. came 10 be seen, rs
- - "''.'"' my ""'' ''''' "''y were l"com
P',"'' wan 'h' co"'lHc'S "' TIE IonHii-
I,i'''" -, a." 'ile eN'>''"EG "i 'he I "loh.-
""S' ""'" '"e "c,S "' some OF 'he States
~ "'I'''H We OK N'N'''E |N'r"0i'"n Ia" i'm
t"''' "!''" I"n%''>> inc "uty OF passing
" w" "''' '''e country WAS invited 10y az
:'"'o'" ~ '"'s' '"'" par! organization for
-" t'I'" '"' ''"' "Si''''"h specify
''">'' ~ ''''"" '' '"e ','P'at'c"NI'ity
,''.';' "' 10 o'Je''' 80 "He" 'he statute res
- - '',''" "P"" '"e institutions OF new
o''''S' u! geographical '"e' had been
:'Ps"''"' ''!' country was urged 10 Iemand
10 ''>'"''',",'' "i" 'n"t p''J.et aHo died
,."'' , %,," 10 o'' w. nc" 'o''o"ed inc
- ,'>' ~ '""' "'' ->"''h against I'm
F'''" ''''.''''''" T"O'"''''''''"'S "h'ch
-: Tt'..'''I ~ ,'''T! "o"' INC Hp'r'' OF
,"r,''"'r' ,'''s'N ." '''' "3"es''c III
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10: ",oS trI ~, P,'l"s" u '"e ,ctFi'"ry 0'
a3 ''"S. ""t WAS III '"e '''' ot''Ie "e'''
;,.'.,,, " ' .D:.I; " ~ 'PI'or'"S '"''Io"S "'
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,aa. g. ,Ia ,,,,s.,;' "'''r', :, o"r''c. ''c
hnl ,,Ln', '.'','s'O. " ."o ie''''"'S
nf Kamsas tal iI"p tIp , ""''"t J, Jo'H'',N'''cu
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cnno,nr ae,;an ~ ,,;'h 90 T. "'"''e' % . oou's'
in o,Ler s.n,;n"s ,r ~ 'T T,;lilP GiP''''' '''"''
IN cn,soomonoo , - 'I ,i.'-a = "'o''. o,', -. ::
c;Jar,s n,anw a.,- " - - I;So.I Inu ?'"e' ~
dcnah'e have hCnn Osr"o,pat'lin ,p - K%,' 10 VIZ
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tho rsrmamnn, srsnonl;a ,'" ''os, % '"s''eI 'l"" @
s,n,nort t~o,rost;nn r.,,'''"' "I " ,es "'"' gov
hom.;IIo ;,ons.,os sS o 'r "' 'no'' ''l"o'
-, d.r,alnm hn,i, - nh ,Ho "S Sd,,i iS'''os were
S.nL, anS o,,.-i o," !" '''o .'o''' All" Tue
dor Ly ,ho wnv ar + Tom w. 40 .'' ,"T ''T'n "o' m
the cas,ern no wou ~ IT.; "S on o''
there has eyis,od ,,;;b;n :, oo' a,o,n r ""' ~;
surrc,,;or ara;ns, IT, oaos,;,',,"I go VI ~
ties not wi,1on, comn,onanca ~ f,o,, ".."' ;."o,'
s;derate nnrsons IN oaoI, % ~" ,r'n '"."".
sections Of the Union R,, tho d;finnI
ties in the Ter,;,nry L,yn liam o..r",,n u,",,"''