Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-07-15

is impious in religion is monstrous and absurd
in politics
The power of Congress, the trustee, to shut
out one Of those States who constituted
the trust from the full and complete enjoy
ment of the trust property, has always been
contested, has never been established, and has
been finally overthrown. The statement of
the proposition is its own refutation. Under
our system, all power is delegated to Govern.
ment, for purposes which concern not the Gov.
eminent, but those who delegated the power.
Hence powers must be used with respect to
the purposes in view, the equal rights and in
terests of the States confederating. If they
are welded against those Of The smallest
State, it is an abuse of trust, unauthorized,
and condemned by the supreme law of the
land.
We have indicated that the Missouri Com.
promise unequally, unjustly, and (now without
fear of successful contradiction add,) with.
out the slightest warrant Of power in the
Constitution, but against its spirit and mean.
ing, excluded the slaveholding citizens of
the South from the right Of emigration with
their property to large part of the French ac-
QUESTION, and devoted such portion to those only
who were not and would not be Shareholders.
1t prescribed shareholders, Whose rights and
equality the Constitution recognzed,) on &C.
count Of their slaueholding, from the enjoy
ment of territory, which their money had
bought, and a slaveAolding President had Sc
cured to the country.
Was it just? Was it right? Was it con.
stitutional? Was it honest?
1t was nothing but the Wimot proviso,
| limited arbitrarily by the line of $50 30>
Mr.. Fillmore seems to think the Black Re.
| publican idea of sectional candidates will
| logically result in prescribing the South from
the offices of government; and yet pronounces
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise wan
ton and reckless and a pandora's box
Does he forget what IL did? II shut the South
from new homes-which she had bought
from ,,ew fields Of labour, which her own great
son had acquired-and cast scorn upon the
Southern home, and Southern industry, by
forbidding her to transfer either to the pure
atmosphere and fair land which would faint
and disgrace!
The Democracy of the country repealed this
unjust, unequal, unconstitutional law. It re-
moved the brand of inequality from the South,
and gave her equal rights with the North
nothing more, nothing less. at formed a
more perfect Union because it restored
peace and insured domestic tranquility; it es
| tablished justice, and ordained, again, the Con-
stitution as the supreme law of the land-su.
preme in the States, and in the Territories
just and equal in both---to all sections, and
subordinating all unjust compromises to its
supreme authority
| Let those rave who will against the repeal,
and against the Kansas bill In the language
of leader, We are prepared for any storm
which fanatcism may bring against our posi-
ton. Our open foes may howl, and their
echoes may speak of recklessness, and depre-
cate the Abolition Juror which energies from
this box of paGdora-we fear not the verdict of
the people.
The Democracy will not, cannot fall 1t is
founded upon rock-the Constitution-the
supreme law Of the land. lis enemies cannot
prevail against it. 1t will overwhelm all isms,
and in its triumph will re,establish in the
hearts of the people of the confederated States,
the principles Of that equal compact, without
which the Union is lost-but upon which alone
it can be perpetuated.