Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-04-02

der the Kansas Ncbr lskn act, the nrpro-
pirate period will be when the number of
uctual residents in the Territory shall JUS
.tify the formation of n constitution with a
view, To- It's admission rs n State into the
Uniom but be, this ms il may, It is the im-I
perutive and indispensable duty Of the
.Governmcm of The United States TO Sc
cure to every resident inhabitamt the free
and independent expression of bis opinion
Nv his vote. This sacred right Of each
individual must be preserved. This being
accomplished, nothing can be faircr than
to leave the people of n Territory free from
all foreign influence TO decide their own
destiny for themselves, subject only to the
constitution of the United States.
The whole Territorial question being
settled upon, the principle of popular SOW
ereignty, a principle as ancient as free
government itself, everything of a practi-
cal value has been decided and no other
question remains for adjustment, berause
all agree that under the constitution sla-
very in the States is beyond The reach of
any human power except that of the res
peclive States themselves wherein it ex-
lists. May we not then hope that the long
agitation on this subject is approaching its
end AZ d that the geographical parties to
which il has given birth, so much dread
ed by the Father of his country will speed
lily become extinct, Most happy will it
be for the country when the public mind
shall be diverted from this question to 9th.
ers of more pressing and practical irnpor-
lance.
Throughout the whole progress of this
agitation which has scarcely known any
in,ermission for more than twenty years,
while it has been productive of no positive
good to my human being, it has been the
prolific source of. great evils to the mas
ter, to the slave and to the whole country
1t has alienated and estranged the reople
of the sister safes from each other, nd
endang'r red he very existence of the I'M
ion; nor has the danger entirely ceased.
Under our systeI, there is a remedy for
all mere political evils in the sound sense
and sober judgement of the people. Time
is a great corrective.
The political subjects, which but a few
years ago excited and exasperated the pub
lie mind, have passed away and are now
nearly forgotten. But this question of
domestic slavery is of far greater impor-
lance than any mere political question. be-
cause, should the agitation continue, il
may eventually endanger the personal
safety of q large portion of our country.
men where the institution exists, In thai
event no form of government, however
admirable in itseIf-however productive
of material benefits-can compensate FOL
the loss of peace and domestic %securit,
around the family altar. Let every I'm
ion loving man therefore exert his innu
ence 10 suppress the agitation which, sine
the recon legislation of Congress, is with
out any Legitimate, object. 1t is an evil @
; the times that men have undertaken I
! calculate the mere material value of tn
Union.
4 Recent estimates have been presente
:, of the p~ecuniary profits and local advanta
:, ges which would result to different State
! and sections from its dissolution. of tn
comparative injuries which such an ever
= would inHict on other States aud section,
. even defending TO this low and mario,
f view of the mighty question. All nc
calculations are at fault. The bare refer
:, ence to u single consideration will be col
elusive on this point. We at present Ell
JOY a free trade throughout our e~xtensiy
and expansive country, such as the worI
10 never witnessed. This trade is conducte
- on Railroads and Canals, on the mob
e rivers and arms of the sea which bind I,
h gether the north and the south, the ca
and the west of our ~confederacy. Ann
: hi'ate this trade. arrest its free progre
. by geographical lines of Jealous and no
D. tile States, and you destroy the prosperi
o. and onward march of the whole and ever
s. part, and involve all in one common rui
e. Blu, such considerations, important as the
y are in themselves, sink into insignificant
" when we reflect on the terrific evils whiC
~ would result from disunion to every po
he ton of the c~onfederacy, to the north n
4 more than the south, to the east not mol
rs than the west. These | shall not a,tem
IN to portray, because | feel and humble COZ
H. fdence that the kind providence viii,
a. inspired our fathers with wisdom to fran
y the most perfect form of government al
u union ever devised by man, will not su
fer it,o perish until it shall have been peac
fully instrumental by i,s example in Il
X extension of civil and religious liber
lie throughout the world.
IL Next in Importance To the maiutenan
H. of the constitution and the Union is Il
al duty of preserving government free fro
IN the faint of even suspicion Is ~corruptio
&c Public virtue is the vital spirit of Repu
rs lies, and history proves that when this h
r decayed, and the love of money has usu
IN ped its place, although the forms of fir,
" government may remain for a season, Il
&c substance has departed forever. o.
~ present financial condition is without
naraIlpl IN history M ~nation has az,