Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-05

Geld, which. without snch repeal,
would have been closed against them:
Il found that field OF competition alrea-
dy opened, in fact and in law. All
the repeal did was to relieve the stat
ute book Of an Objectionable enact
ment, unconstitutional in effect, and in.
furious in terms to large portion Of
the States.
Is il the fact. that. in al the unset
tied regions Of the United States, i'll
emigration be left free to act In this
respect for itself. without legal prohi.
billions on either side. slaye-labor will
spontaneously 20 everywhere, in pref.
erence to free labor? Is Il the fact.
that the peculiar domestic institutions
Of the southern States possess rela.
lively so much OF vigor. that, where
soeyer an avenue is freely open to all
the world. they will penetrate to the
exclusion of those Of the northern
States?
H. it the fact, that the former enjoy,
compared with the latter, such ire
sistibly superior vitality. independent
of climate. soil. and all other acciden-
tai circumstances. rs to DO oble TO
produce the supposed result, in spite
Of the assumed moral and natural OBJ
stacles to its accomplishment, and Of
the more numerous population Of the
norfhern Statee2
The argument Of those. who adyo-
cate the enactment OF new laws Of re-
striction. and condemn lthe repeal OF
old ones. in effect AYERS that their par
ticular views Of government have no
self.extending or selfsustaining power
Of their own. and will 60 nowhere un-
less forced by act Of Congress- And
il Congress do but pause for a NON.
ent in the policy of stern coertion; il
it venture to try the experiment OF
leaving men to Judge for themselves
what institutions will best suit them:
If il be not strained up to perpetual
legislative exertion on this point; II
Congress proceed thus to act in the
very spirit Of liberty, it is at once
charged with aiming to extend slave
labor into all the new Territories of
the United States.l
OF course. these imputaiions on the
intentions Of Congress in this respect.
conceived rs they were in prejudice.
and disseminated in passion. are ut
terly destitute of any justification in
the nature Of things. and contrary to
all the fundamental doctrines and prin-
clples of civil liberty and self-govern-
ment.
While therefore. in general, the
people Of the northern States have
never. at any time, arrogated for the
federal government the power to in
teriere directly with the domestic con-
dition OF persons in the southern
States. but on the contrary have disa.
vowed oil such intentions, and have
shrunk FROM conspicuous utilization
with those few who pursue their fam
atical objects avowedly through the
contemplated means OF revolutionary
change OF the government, and with
acceptance Of the necessary conse-
quences-a civil and servile war--yei
many citizens have suffered themsel-
YES to be drawniinto one evanescen'
political issue OF agitation after ano.
Their. appertaining to the same set o'
opinions. and which subsidized as rap.
idly as they arose when it came to be
seen, rs il uniformly did. that they
we're incompatible with the compacts
of the Constitution and the existence
Of the Union. Thus, when the acts
Of some of the States to nulify the
existing extradtion law imposed upon
Congress the duty OF passing q new
one, the country was invited by agita-
tors to enter into party organization
for its repeal; but that agitation
speedily ceased by reason Of the i'm
practicability Of its object. So, wher
the statute restriction upon the institu'
tons Of new States, by agcographi'
cal line. had been repealed. the coun'
try was urged to demand its restora'
ton. and that project also died almos
with its birth. Then followed the cry
Of alarm from the North against i'm
puted southern cncroachments; which
cry sprang in reality from the spirit o
revolutionary attack on the domestic
institutions Of the South, and. after {
troubled existence Of few months
has been rcbuked by the voice Of I
patriotic people.
OF this last agitation. one lamenta
bio feature was, that IL was carried or
at the immediate expense Of the peace
and happiness OF the people OF th,
Territory Of Kansas. That was made
the battlefield. not so much Of op
posing factions or interests within IL
self. as Of the conflicting passions o
the whole people Of tho United States
Revolutionary disorder in Kansas hat
its origin in projects Of Intervention
deliberately arranged by certain
members Of that Congress. which en-
acted the law for the organization o
the Territory. And when propagan'
dist colonization Of Kansas had thus
been undertaken in one section Of III,
Union. for the systematic promotion
Of its peculiar views Of policy. ther,
ensued. as matter Of course. coun
ter-aclion with opposite views. In 9th
CIR sections Of the Union.
, In consequence OF these and othe,
incidents. many acts Of disorder it Il
undeniable, have been perpetrated II
Kansas. to the occasional interruption
rather than the permanent suspension
Of regular government. Aggressive
and most reprehensible incursions int
the Territory were undertaken. boil
in the North and the South, and en-
T tered II on Its Northern border by III,
way OF Iowa. as we'll rs on the east
ern border by way Of way Of Nilsson
ri; and there has existed within Il q
state Of instruction against the con
ituted authorities. not without coun
tenance from inconsderatc persons IL
each OF the great sections Of the I'm
ion. But the difficulties In that Ter
ritory have been extravagantly exag
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