Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-25


n every Safe and ,hited them to.eth
4 by fsaieseslis~ Of party. But the 60.
incidence Of nSrhed pviec'pls moral and
POLITICAL, with . geographical line, once '
hfeased would never b. o5lite. 4
ated from the mind that il would be 70 I
~. ring on every occasion. and renewihE /
. rita,ions, until Il would kindls. such NIL !
ual and mortal hatred - 10 render sepers. ,
ion preferable TO eternal di,conl.. ] have
been among the most sangnins. IN Believing
that our Union would be OF lbag duration
now doubt il much, and see thsh event a.
no great distance, and the dseect eon:~-
quenee OF this question NOT ~ the !'ns
which has been 80 confidently counted on
- the laws Of nature control this-b"t ~
the Potomac, the O.-io, and Missouri, or
probably the Mississippi upwards 70 the
northern boundary. My only comfort aud
confidence Is, that I shall moi live to see
this; and envy not the present generation
the glory Of throwing away the fruits OF
their fathers sacrifices Of fife and fortune,
and OF rendering desperate the experiment
which was to decide ultiUa'ssy whe, her
man 10 capable Of self-government. THIS
treason against human hops wiiI signal e
their epoch in future histesy, - the coun- |
terpart OF the model Of their predecessors. |
TDsos. JErHGss0N.
~ Holmes, Of Maine, member Of Con-
gress, addressed Jefferson letter, which
drew from him the following remarkable
reply:
Monticello. April p, 1870.
~ thank you, dear sir, for the copy you
have been 90 kind to send M Of the letter
10 your constituents on the Missouri qucs-
tios. II i . perfect justification to them.
81 had Tor . loss tine seased 10 read
newspapers, Or pay any attsatioo to pub
lio c9s.ss:ss, eoa6deot they were u Gold
hands, and content to DO passenger 10
our bark to the shore from which ] am
not far distant. But THE 0omeeSous
question, Like ise beN - ths aight,
ewskened and flle0 - With terror. ]
considered it st ones She kuell Of the
Union. il was hushed, indeed Tor the
moment. But this 10 SspSieve only,
not final sentence. A geographical
line, coineiding With marked p incipl".
moral a:.d political. once conceived snd
held up to the angry psseions Of men,
will never DO oblisersted; and every new
ivri,atios will mark it deeper ssd deep
e.. can cay With conscious truth,
shst there 10 40 MAJ % ees:h who would
saerifice more than ! would 10 relieve ~
from this heavy reproacA, il any practi-
bic wsy. The oession OF that kind OF
property (for it 10 90 mis-named) 10 q
bseaselle which would not cause mo
second thought, il, 10 that way. . gene
raj emancipation snd repatriation would
DO effected; and gradually, and with due
sacrifices, / think it might be. But %
it il, We have The wolf BY the ears, and
. can neither hold him nor safely let him
20. Justice is IN 90 scale and self pre-.
sssvation IN the other. OF one thing |
am certain, that % the passage Of slaves
from ono state TO smother wouki not
make . slave Of hama. being who
would not DO 90 without it, % their dif-
fusion over greater surface would make
them iodividasliy happier, and proper.
their emancipation, By dividing the bur.
then o. . greater numbeS Of coadjutors.
An abstinence, too, from this oct OF
power, would remove the Jealousy excl.
led By the undertaking Of Congress to
regulate the condition Of the different
description OF men composing State.
This certainly i the exclusive right OF
tho State, which soshisg in the Consti.
teton hes taken from them, and given
to tho General GoveromeDt. Could
Congress, for example, ssy, that the non
lreemen Of COpuecticut shall be fyeemen,
or that they shall not eDigrate to any
other State?
81 regret that en- to die 10 tho be-
lief, that the useless OF themselves by
the generation OF l776, to acquire self
government, and happiness TO their
country, 10 to be thrown away BY the un-
wise snd unworthy passions OF their
sons, and that my cancellation 10 to be,
that live not to weep over Il. II they
would bu. dispsssiotsly wsigh the bless.
ing they will throw away, against % %.
stract principle more Likely 70 Do effected
BY union than secession, they would
pause before they psrpetssts this dread.
ful act Of suicide on themselves, and OF
treason against the hopes Of the world.
To yourself, % the faithful advocate Of
the Uoiou, tssdes the oHes OF ~ high
esteem and respect. IN. JsyyEssox."
He wrote Deoembss 20, 1890;
Nothiog bee ever pressCted % threat.
ening On aspect - what 10 called the
Missouri question. The fsdesslists.
completely pot down, end despaisine Of
ever raising sgsin under whig sad tory
names, devised . new one. Of slsve.
holding and non-slavs boiling States,
which while il bed eeoblsoeo Of being
moral, Wa at the same time eeogssphi.
col, and calculated TO give them asoso-
daoey By dsbeuehing their old oppo-
ncnt0 to . coalition With then. Neral
the question certainly 10 not, because
the semovai Of slavss from oss State 20
smother, no more thss theis removal Ssoa
one sosoty 70 asetbss, would never make
. slave Of one hsmsa being who would
not b % without e. Indoed, 10 th,se
be any morality 10 the qsestioa. Il 10 o.
tho other side; bsessss By spsesding
them over . large surface, thsir hsppi.
ness would be increased, cad The busthen
Of their fstsre Liberation lightened By
bringing . greater nunbes Of shoulders
under il. However, It seems 70 throw
dust into the eyes OF The people, and to
fsnatieise them, while TO the knowing
ones eeve geographical end vSspondeS.
ating line to the Potomac and The Ohio,
throwing fourteen States to the North
and East, and ton to the South and West.
With these, therefore, it l. merely .
question OF power. But with the eeog.
raphical minority il 10 . question Of En-
ietsnce; for il Congress once goes out Of
the Constitution to asroeate the right Of
regulating the condition OF the inhabj.
tsnts Of the States, ito majority may, and
probably will, declare that the condition
1t oil within the United States shall be
that Of fsssnsa; In which case oil the
whites sosth Of the Potouas end the
Ohio must evacuate their States. and