Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

soNaOtages OUT aOuD0Aut means oi iSSiP
roral Injury aud mischief.
Practically. it is immaterial whether
aggressive interference between the
States, or deliberate refusal on the part
of any one OF Them to comply with con
str;utionsl obligations. arise from erron-
eous conviction or blind prejudices.
whether il be perpetrated BY direction or
indirection. In either case, il is full Of
threat and Of danger to the durability of
the Union.
CONSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS OF SLAVERY.
Placed in The Office Of Chief Magis-
trate astl,e1ekecutve agent Of the whole
country bound TO take care that he laws
he faithfully executed, and specially en-
Joined by the constitution TO give infor-
smaiion to Congress on the State Of the
Union, it would be palpable neglect of
duty on my part 10 pass over a subject
ike this. which. beg ond all Things at the
present lime. vitality concerns individual
and public security
1t has been matter Of painful regret To
see States, conspicuous for their services
in founding this Republic, and equally
sharing It's advantages. disregard their
constitutional obligations 10 it. Although
conscious of their inability 10 heal admit
ted and palpaple social evils of their own.
and which are completely within their Ju-
risdicIion, they engage in the offensive
and hopeless undertaking of reforming
The domestic Institution of ether States
wholly beyond their control and author
lily.
In the vain pursuit Of ends. BY them
entirely unatlainable. and which they
may not legally a.iempt TO compass, they
peril the very existence of the constiiu
ton, and all lhe countless benefits which
ii has conferred. While The people of
The Southern States con6ne their alien
ten to their own affairs. not presuiRing
~.eficiou>ly 10 inlermeddle with The sociai
Illustrations of the NJ rthern States. too
znsny of the inhabitants of the latter aTe
permanently organized in associations TO
.ipfiict injury on the former, by wrongful
acts, WHICH would be cause of war as be-
tween foreign powers, and only fail to be
such in our system. because perpetraIed
under cover Of the Union.
his impossible TO present this subject
as truth and the occasion require, with
out noticing The reiterated but %groundleNs
Illegation, that the South has persistent
" asserted claims and obtained advanIa-
ges in the practical administration of the
general government, to the prejudice Of
the North, and in which the latter has
acquiesced That is, the States, which
Either promote or tolerate attacks on the
rights of persons and Of property in 9th
tr States, to disguise their own injustice.
pretend or imagine. and constantly aver,
that they. whose constitutional rights are
thus systematically assailed. are them
selves. the aggressors. At the present
time. this imputed aggression resting, as
it does. only in the vague. declamatory
charges of political agitators, resolves it.
self into misapprehenslon, OF misinterpre-
%tstion. of the principles and facts of the
political organization of the new Terrific
ries Of the United States.
What is the voice of history? When
the ordinance which provided for the
government of the territory northwest of
the river Ohio, and for its eventual sub
division in;o new States, was adopted in
the Congress OF the confederation. il is
not to be supposed that the question Of
future relative power, as between the
States which retained. and those which
did not retain. a numerous llored popa-
lation. escaped notice, or failed To be on
sidered. And yet the concession OF that
.sast territory to the interests and opin-
ions of the northern States, a territory
now the seat OF five among the largest
members of the Union. was, in a great
measure, The act Of the State Of Virginia
and of The ScuIh.
When Louisiana was acquired by the
United States, it was an acquisition not
less to the North than to the South for
while It was important 10 thec country at
The mouth Of the river Mississippi to be-
come the emporium of the country above
Il, SO also it was even mole important TO
the whole Union 10 have that emporium;
aud although the new province. by rea-
0 of It's imperfect seitlem' nj, wa< main
~ regarded as on the Gulf of Mexico.
vet, in fact. il expended 10 the opposite
boundaries Of the United States, wnh far
greater breadth above than below, and
was in territory, as in everything else.
equally at least an accession 10 the Nor
them States. II is mere delpsion and
prejudice. Therefore. to sp' ak of louisiana
as acquisition in the special interests of
the South.
The patriotic and just men who partic-
ipated in that act were influenced by mo-
tives far above all sectional jealousies.--
1t was in ruth the great event which, by
completing for US The possession of the
Eallryoof the Mississippi. with commercial
access 10 the Gulf of Mexico, impaired
unity and strength to the whole confed-
Grafton. and attached together by indisso-
Iuble ties the East and the West, as well
as the North and the South.
As to Florida, that was but the trans
fer BY Spain to the United States otter
ritorv on the east side Of the river Mis-
sissippi. IN exchange for large territory.
which the United States transferred to
Spain on the west side of that river, IS
4he entire diplomatic history of the trans
action serves to demonstrate Moreover.
it was an acquisition demanded by the
commercial interests and The security of
the whole Union.
In The meantime, the people of the
United States had grown up to q proper
consciousness OF their strength, and in a
brief contest with France. and in a Sec
vond serious war with Great Britain, they
had shaken of all which remained OF un-
due reverence fer Europe, and emerged
from the atmosphere OF those transact
lantic influences which surrounded the
infant Republic. and had fsgun to turn
! their attention to the full-and systematic
development of the internal resources of
the Union.
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