The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-18

twenty were admitted to tie secret an.
yet one Of them, in his anxiety to save ;
friend, betrayed the plot to that friend
and, bY consequence, averled the calam
ny Occasional pojsonjng5 from III,
kitchen, ana open or slealtny asaassina
tons in the field, and local reyolts exten
ding 10 score or 50, viii continue L
occur, Is The natural results of slavery
but no general instruction of slaves, as
think, can happen in this country for
long time. Whoever much fears o.
much hopes for such an event, will b,
alike disappointed. In the language o
Mr.. jefferson, uttered many years ago
1T is still in your power to direct the
process OF emancipation and deportation
peaceably, and in such slow degrees a,
that the evil will wear OFF insensiblv, and
their places be, pari PaSSu, filed up by
free white laborers. Loud applause |
Ii, on the contrary, II Is left to force it.
self on, human nature must shudder a
ahe prospect held up Mr.. Jefferson
did not mean TO say, nor do l, that the
power of emancipation is in the Federal
Government. He spoke of Virginia
and, as to the power of emancipation, /
speak OF the slaveholding States only.
The Federal Government however, as
we insist, has the power of restraining
the extension Of the institution-the pow
CT to insure that a slave instruction
shall never occur on any American soil
which is now free from slavery. APP
| IL, s.
culiar Ii was not slave instruction.
1t was an attempt by white men to get
up revolt among slaves, in which the
slaves refused to participate. In fact, il
was SO absurd that the slaves, with all
their ignorance. saw plainly enough it
could not succeed. That affair, in its
philosophy, corresponds with the many
attempts, related in history, at the assas-
sina.ion of Kings and Emperors. An
enthusiast broods over the oppression of
a people. till he ancies himself commits
stoned by Heaven to liberate them. lie
ventures tie attempt, which ends IN lit
tie else than in his own execution Ogsini's
attempt on Louis Napoleon, and John
Browns attempt at lIarper's Ferry, we're,
in their philosophy, precisely the same.
The eagernass to cast blame on old Eng
land in the one case, and on New Fog
land in the other, does not disprove the
ssmeness OF the two things. APP
plause.
And how much would it avail you, ii
You could, by the use Of John Brown,
Helpers book, and the like, break up
the Republican organization Human
action can be modified to some extent,
but human nature cannot be changed.
There is a Judgment and 4 feeling against
slavery in this nation, which cast at
least a million and half Of votes. You
cannot destroy that Judgment and feel
ing--that sentiment--by breaking up
tie political organization which rallies
aronn,i - 4ou can Gcac1a.y scatter
AID dispefse an army which has been
formed iuto order in the face Of your
heaviest fire but If you could, how much
would You gain by forcing the senG-
ment which created it, out OF The peace
rul channel Of the ballot box, into some
other channel ? What would that other
channel probably be ? Would the num-
Der Of John Browns be lessenei or en-
larged by The operation ? But YOU viii
break up tie Union rather than submit
. denial o your constitutional rights
That Las somewhat reckless sound
but It would be pallaled, If not fully jus
tilted, were we proposing, by the mere
force Of numbers, to deprive you Of some
right plainly written down in the Con-
stituGon. But we are proposing no such
thing. When YOU make these declara 7
tons You have a specific and well I'M
derstood allusion 10 an ASSUMED coHs,i-'
tntional right Of yours, to take slaves m
To the Federal Territories, and to hold
them there as property. Bat no such
right IS specifically written in this Con
stitution That instrument is literally
silent about any such right We, Oh
the contrary, deny that such right ha,
any existence In the Constitution, even
by implication. Applause.
Your purpose then, plainly stated, Is that
You will destroy the Government unless You
he allowed 10 construe and enforce the Cousti-
tuition as you please, on all points ln dispute
between you and Us. Nou viii ruin or rule In /
y
gnage to US. Perhaps you viii say that the
Supreme Court has dec led the disputed con-
s-itu.itut.onal question in your favor. Not
quit Ba waving the lawyers dist.nc-
ton between lietun ana decision, the court
have decided tn question for you in a sort OF
way. Tie court have substantially said, 1t I
is your constitution! right TO take slaves into
th9 Federal Territories, and to hold them :Aer2 /
properly. When I say the decision was
made in = sort of way, l mean II was made in I
divided coaet by bare majority of the judi /
:: 5, and they no, quite agreaing with one ano-f
'her in the reasons !3g making a. Chat 1t Is so
made tint lis arowci supporters disagree
with one another abont Its ID aiming; AMI that
il was mainly base,i upon a mistaken statement
o! iaets-aha statement IN the op.aion that
!" Tie right Vi properly ~ 2 slave ID distinctly
apd expressly affirmed ia chs Constitution. -
An inspection OF the Constitution will show
t'slt tha right II property in a slave is n9t die
tIacty and expressly affirmed in it. Applause !
Bear "a mind the judges do not pladge their iu
dleial opinion tact such right Is implicitly
affirmed IN the Constitution, but they pledge
t1er veracity that il IS distinctly and expressly
affirmed I'll ra-'' distinctly that IS, not min
gied v til any ;i.ng else express. y--th4t is in
words IN lGailg just that, witlou, The ali Of any
inference, aud suse eFfibie Of no othrr rl"aning
II they hal o:ly pledged asrjuiieial opinion
that sach Fig4J Is affirmed in the Instrument
IS implication i w0a.I aa open Ia others to