The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-09-19

nal decree. As penary power OF legislation is
granted only in regard 10 the seat of govern
mrnt, It is virtually withheld elsewhere. The
Constitution is reconcilable in its several parts,
and each of these with the great motive aud
chief object OF its formation.
1t is true that Congress may interfere 10 se-
cure this right where an attempt is made 10 vi
olate il, for a Republican form Of government
is guaranteed by the Constitution 10 all the peo-
pie oithe Union. This is not in derogaton but
in support Of popular sovereignty, which is The
principle which brings Republics into being
And as Congress must judge on application for
recognition as a State, Of the freedom and fair
ness Of the exercise of the popular will, they
may legitimateIy use the necessary means to
secnre this independence of action. Ii is in
both aspects the power 10 preserve, not the
right 10 destroy, this principle OF Freedom.
2 To your second question | have also an
swered NO. In the fair sense intended by MIR.
Jefferson | agree that all men are ''born equal."
That is TO say, each citizen of the State may
justly claim TO be, in bis political character, e
quail to all bis fellow citizens. ii cannot be
pretended but that both Nature and Fortune
unite in creating beings as various, in all the
accidents of humanity, as their own numbers.
II Of that race Of man which formed the STATE,
they must be recognized BY the State of which
they are citizens, without regard to those inc
qualities. But snch recognition depends on,
and is TO be controlled by, the object for which
the State exists BY common consent and gen
erai necessity large classes are excluded tom
direct political action. 1t is with consistency
therefore, that many of those who favor the eX-
tension of the elective franchise 10 negroes ad-
vocate also its extension to women. Certainly
no argument can be presented in favor OF the
former which has not increased force applied to
the latter. The answer to all these visionary
projects is, that social order, without which
there is universal anarchy. demands a rule for
the practical application of abstract principle,
and this rule can be found only IN the will of
the body Of the nation.
Such was the view held ay our fathers who
declare in the preamble OF the Constitution.
''We establish il TO secure the blessings Of Iiber
ty 10 ourselves and OUR posferhg Not 10 the
negro, nor TO his blood, but to the white race,
which alone created the Constitution and can
alone control lis action
You ask, would ''you interfere TO extend fur
ther the suhjngaion of one race to another 2"
40! I would leave all this as political queS-
ton, to the several States, and as neral qnes-
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