Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-01-26

has leu 10 1ItdSOniSUl OF actlO0, duu 10 |
iik ely 70 involve the Federal Government /
and the States III grave confusion. Ihe |
government of no one State has any right
to Interfere directly with the domestic
institutions or government OF any other
State OF the Union. The jurisdiction OF
no one State extends IN any manner or
for any purpose whatever over The terri
Tory o. any other State. Zach is sover-
eigu within lis own boundaries, and en-
tireiy Independant, except So far as pow
CT has been Delegated 10 the Federal
Government, III express and exact terms,
under ;Ac Constitution of United States.
The laws o. no Stale Reach beyond the
limits OF that State aud every Legislature
enactment assuming a jurisdiction beyond
a c2nstltatonal right, Is VOID. " lsconsin
AS H0 right 10 Interfere with the doInes-
ll or any other institution of Virginia,
20. has Virginia with those OF Wisconsin.
No legislative enactment here, aud 40
/ IudotacuI OF our own STATE courts, can
Intcrf"re 10 abolish slavery III kentucky,
uor can kCutucky establish slavery IL
/ Wisconsin. Beyond this, the Federal
| Government, being purely government
+ OF delegated powers, established Tor spec
lie purposes, cannot abolish slavery In
any Stale of the Union, nor can 1t estab-
liSh slavery IN any Sta;e. or III any Of the
/ Territories OF the United States nor has
1t a right directly or indirectly to advise,
| countenance, or assent TO the establish
inent OF domestic slavery any where with
/ IN It's jurisdiction. The Federal Govern
ment Is entirely one of delegated powers,
and the powers delegated are iudepen-
/ dent powers. There IS no such thing as
an independent power granted by imp!i
cation. There are certain dependent
/ poWres. implied, assumed and exercised,
as incidents for the purpose OF giving ef-
fect TO an independent power delegated
The Federal Government, therefore,
takes nothing but that which the Consti-
tuition gives Ii In express terms, aid ac-
qulres no right or authority to exercise
any power not expressly delegated cX-
cept SO far as may be necessary 10 give
force and effect to one expressly delega
ted, and then Only for the purpose of car
rylng out the great objects for which the
Government itself was formed. The his
tory of dead nations, written IN their re-
cords and In their ruins, tells us IN terms
OF solemn warning the danger of depart
uEe, by any Government, in the exercise
OF It's authority, from the great objects for
which all good governments should be IN
sututed, and of Using legitimate powers
as engines OF oppression, and fraud, and
wrong The theory OF our government
IS that II was Instituted to secure, among
other rights, the rights to lite and liberty,
aud that 1t derives all its Just powers from
the consent of the governed. The people
Dfri II ed nd
Constitution, III order TO '' form a more
perfect union among the Independent
States. establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common de- !
fence, promote the general welfare, and
secure the blessings of liberty"
Using the great powers delegated TO
the Federal Government by that Constl-
tuition for any olher purposes than those
latended and specified, operates as a di-
rect violation OF lie principles that under
lie It's foundations; denies practically,
that the government was instituted tor
the purpose OF protecting and sustaining
the rights 10 life and liberty; perrerts
the theory that II derives 1t, Just powers
from the consent OF the governed. In
, stead or confirming the strength of a per-
feet union formed, II weakens lis bands.
and tends 10 dIsunIon. Instead OF estab-
iis.nng justice, lis tendency is to injustice
AMI violence. 1t inSures domestic confu-
sion and dlscord, instead of Tranquility;
breaks down the constitutional walls cree
led tor the common defence, opens the
way tor thick coming disasters ad mis-
fortunes, IN the place of promoting the
general welfare, and SnackieS the liberty
OK the people instead of securing its bles-
sings.
Inc relation Of master and slave is pe
cuIIar III It's character. Ii does not de-
pend Tor its eXIstance, necessarily. upop
local law 1t IS not Il natural condition of
any distinct race of men. 1t is rather
relation depending upon the exercise OF
force. Il is d relation that existed before
the present State Constitution was made
aad before there was any local legislation
oh the subject. Law makers and consti-
tuion makers Recognized Ii as an exist
ing Inst hutIon, and passed Il o laws Great
ing or assumlug TO create 1t. II was es-
l1blshed without law, and is sustained by |
law protecting the exercise of force with |
out right. IhIS IS the character of the !
INSTITUTION now sought TO be forced upon a
tree Territory Of the United Sta,es.-
Since \. ID. 1920, until within a brief |
period, slavery was prohibited by an act
OF Congress north of what was called the |
Missouri Compromise line. That act
was repealed and superseded by the Kan |
Ss's Nebraska Act. At the Tune of lis re.
peal there was no slavery in Kansas. in /
ne Judgment of the law At the time of |
the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Ac, |
there was neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude IN any of the Territories of tha |
United States, under the Constitution of
the Uutted States. There was no local /
Jaw authorizing 1t, nov any act of Com
gress There was neither a slave STATE
or a Tree state having any jurisdiction over
them. The Constitution of The Tn;,sd
StalPS never "a rriaI Il, r.,-,. =. -