The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-04-10
VOL. 5, NO. 5l.-WHOLE NO. 259.

necessary
should De forbidden; it is enough that il is not
specially authorized. State laws have no extrs-
territorial authority; and lew in Virgins, which
makes man slave there, cannot make him Q
save IN New York, nor beyond the Rocky Noun
tains II our Southern brethren wish 70 carry
their slaves 10 Oregon, New Mexico, or Califor.
nia, they will be under the necessity of making
law to warrant il; and il will then be in time
Tor the free States TO resist the measure asI
cannot doubt they would with uuwsyetirg 6rm-
ness Butt our Southern brethren should make
the question, We shall have no choice but 10 meet
1t; and then, whatever consequences NAV follow,
trust the people OF the free States will give q
united voice against allowing slavery on a single
foot of soil where /, is not now authorized BY
law"
DO Mr. Bronson and his friends now
maintain that position! This very day, the
Republicans are occupying that ground.
Was be murderer and traitor Then Why
are We,
In 1S49, the Democratic party in the
State of New York because . unit on sub
stsntially the basis Of Mr. Bronson's letter.
The slave power soon forced them from it;
and from the resolutions of the united De-
mocracy in that State, the Republicans have
compiled thsi. political o.tsehism.
The compromise measures Of 1850 werc
acquiesced IN, for the reason that the Dem.
oeratic Convention and Franklin Pierce as
sured US it was the last great fnality; and
az all our territory was provided for. the
disturbing question could never arise
Scarcely had hispledge reached the extreme
Of the Union. when, like shock of thun-
der in clear sky, the public mind was
startled with tho cry Of repeal of the Miss
ourl line. and the sea Of slavery agitation
was again dashed into furious foam. To
feed the encroaching spirit of aggression.
the Democratic party had to 90 mousipg
back thirty years in order to find some Law
to repeal, to satisfy its Unsuitable desire
Congressional restrictions stood between the
slave breeders aud the golden shores Of Cal.
ifornia, and il receded ut their command.
The COMPROMISED line which your fathes
and ours then planted ss barrier on which
might break and rebound the dark and I'D.
vancing wave Of slavery stood between
them and the rolling prairies Of Kansas and
Nebraska. And tho edict went for its de-
molitiOn for no other object than the spread
of slavery. 1t lay within their reach, and
they supposed would be an easy prey 70
their peculiar institution.
The sword that was to strike down tho
barrier to slavery was to be drawn from
the scabbard Of popular sovereignty. This
new doctrine was the rallying cry Of the
Democracy Of 1856. and was endorsed in
Mr. Buchanan's letter of acceptance. Who
then believed it was myth. and meaning
less? Were the Northern Democrats told
that this new opinion was to be supplanted
in less than four years. and that they must
surrender at discretion, and receds from the
position they honestly sustained!
The South was again beaten at her own
game. "for the wicked is shared in the work
Of his own hands," but the victory cost
Northern freemen treasure and blood. The
power she 30 much coveted passed from her
reach, and, by the retribution Of wise
Providence, she was not allowed to reap the
hopes Of her folly and wickedness;
"Like dead sea fruits,
They turned to ashes on the lips."
Twice had she struck down tho monu-
ments Of the past to crafty her unboly lust
for gain and power. and twice was she pre-
vented from reaching the crown. The
South could have no rest while Mordecai sat
at the Kings gate; while the prohibitory
clause guarded the freedom of the western
plains; but she perished on the gallows
erected for another. Freedom could not bs
overcome by all the power Of fraud. Of un-
just legislation, and q willing Executive !;
then she must be bound and taken in the
temple Of justice. and throttled by politi-
cal decision
Calhoun and Buchanan. in the Senate Of
the United States assumed it as cordinal
faith Of the Democrat, party. that one CO.
ordinate department of the Goverpmet could
not control the exercise of the other, while
+ acting in its proper sphere.
When did South Carolina experience q
! baptism into this new love and uDdyiDg al
legiance to the merging Of all departments
Of Government into the Judiciary! Has
,, she forgotten that, in her nullifyihg ordi.
! nance Of 1882, she went % far as to pro
hibit any appeal, or the transmission Of any
records, from her State courts to tho Su-
preme Court of the United States. uDdeI
pain of inc aud imprisonment
|. Let me not be misunderstood yield r
no man in my devotion to the laws aDt
judicial decisions; but claim the right Il
4 seek the repeal Of an unjust Law. or the 70
b versal Of . decision which shocks the hu
}. manity Of the nation. This very hour
!, Virginia is waging an irrepressible confic
s in the Court Of Appeals, in the State 0
j. New York. to nullify one of the human
q laws of that State. 20 that slavery may b
allowed the right, in defiance of State law
: to roam throughout the Union. And whe'
:. Virginia, - she undoubtedly will, potvith
y Standing her clamor for State rights. carrie
4 the Lennon case to the Supreme Court q
b the United States, that court will sustai
8. Virginia, and then all the States sOaH
IF slare. Even to 20 outrageous decision
+ We would not propose armed or factious re
r. sistance We aoould otey It :; but, At th
,r same time, We would indulge the hope th,
/ the awakening Of the public mind. the ,
ut rousing Of righteous indignation, woul
4. send some rays Of light down into the sal
ns terranean vaults from whence Dred SEQ
ID decisions emanate that the conscience m
Or judgement of the court would zee the foil
a and wickedness, and reverse it, own deci