Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-05-05
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There are the strongest indications o.
. healthy reaction in northern sentiment,
as regards opposition to Judicial sushori'
~. When On intelligent public revoltsd
against the counterieited walls over Kan.
sas outrage Republican fanatics sought
to revive . dropping cause by persistent
attacks upon the Federal judiciary. They
proclaimed bred Scott the ssiuted martyr
Of Judicial persecution-called upon the
north to redress his wrongs, and deceived
some such States ~ Vermont into the in.
sane idea that the Supreme Court had le-
galized slavery in every northern State.
Fortunately al are not leaders-nor are
oil leaders faithfully followed. This hal
lucination Of Seward and Co was too alb
stracs-mere baseless prediction, BY it, Ut
ter Absurdity al!aying, rather than exciting
the approximations Of candid freemeu.-
Neutrality-suspicious. warned the people
against hostility to the Supreme power lest
their dearest rights and highest privileges
should bs hazarded in the confusion Of
anarchy or the excuses Of the mob. I'm.
able to manufacture public sympathy by
this scheme these agitators renew their re.
sistancs to the Fugitive Slave Law, and
pass Personal Liberty BilL in various
free States for the punishment Of faithful
Federal officers. Thinking men begin to
see that such attacks and aggression upon
the Constitution must inevitably Lead to
consequences Of which they cannot assume
the responsibility. Like the antinely
marriage Of Hamles's mother,
at IL not, nor 1t cannot come to, good"
Az evidence Of the change in public sen.i.
mens which Is going on in New York-the
home of Seward which is under Rspubli
can control, the recent action of her State
Senate Is quite significant. The House
passed bill making it . crime, punisha.
bic BY Eve years imprisonment, for any
officer to arrest and carry out Of the State,
or to attempt to arrest and carry out Of the
State, . fugitive slave. Senator OWEN,
leading Republican and chairman Of the
committee to whom the bill was referred,
repudiatsd this "rsbsllious" Sewardism iu
the following just and emphatic language:
"The Committee have he'd said bill IN.
der consideration, that they cannot forbear
the expression Of sstonishmsnt that bill
90 clearly in violation Of the laws and Con.
stitution Of the United States should have
been submitted to this Legislature. Your
Committee would be glad if they could be.
lieve that the parties asking for the pass
sgs Of the bill were acting in ignorance Of
the national laws and Constitution. The
laws Of Congress and provisions Of tho
Constitution set 1t defiance BY iss provis-
ions are too well known and too generally
discussed % leave room for any such CON.
illusions. Indeed, the language Of the bill
itself shows that the Trainer Of it had the
laws Of Congress and the Constitution in
mind, and intended, with tho most explic.
it dirsctness, to place them at defiance
Had the bill read that the third sub.divis.
ion of sc ction Of article 4 of the Consti-
tuition, and the laws Of Congress enacted
in pursuance thereof, should not be obey.
ed in this State uudsr penalty of impris-
eminent in the State prison, and, in ex-
press terms, euacting that the Courts of
this State should not observe such laws or
such sections Of the Constitution, the in
tent to defy those provisions Of the Consti.
tuition could not b. more svi1snt."
"The President. under the solemnity Of
bic official oath, 10 to "prsserve, protect
and defend the Constitution Of the United
States" He finds among tho duties -.
signed him that "he shall take care that
the laws BE- faithfully executed" To en-
able him to do this, be has placed at his
disposal the army and navy. He cannot
plead want Of power TO execute the laws.
He hes no alternative but TO employ the
power at biz disposal, or violate his Off.
eial oath. He details force 70 protect
the Marshal and carry out the Law. If
The StAts 10 to violate this law she 10
broaght IN direct conflict with this force.
The Govsrnos is Commaades in Chief Of
the military forces Of The State. This Of
course Is he only power q his disposal
y sustain this Law against the lsv Of the
Gsssral Govssnnsst. He Issues his or.
der mastering The militia force Of he State
70 naistaia this law-to secure tie ire.
den d Ne fugitive end shs impsisesssss
n ~ Assshsl. What dess this muster.
lIg ssssss y aecssdiss 70 The Cossdsu.