The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-08-25
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press Of the South have exerted them
selves TO the utmost to make the people
of the South believe that John Bell has
10 strength in the Northern States. This
they know to be untrue. They also know
that the upheaving Of Unionism and con-
servatism throughout the whole North il
daily convincing the well informed men
throughout the whole land of the gross
deception which is being practiced by the
whole Southern disunion press.
We are receiving information by every
mail from every Northern State, which
shows plainly to us that the contest in the
i Northern States is narrowed down to Bell
and Lincoln. We also see that all the
more conservative Republicans are flock
ing to the standard of Bell and Everett.
The followers of "Old Abe" look upon
the Union men Of the North who support
our gallant standard bearers rs the only
formidable foe with which they have to
contend. They have no fear of either
the Douglas or BreckinridSc factions
looking upon them as being too insignif-
cant to be- entitled to any notice whatever.
With all these facts staring them in the
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country, charge that the Union party
South ai'iliate with the Black Republican
party of the North.
Nothing better could be expected Of
them, as their wish is to rule or ruin.
We have no doubt, rs has already been
stated by some Of the leading oflicc-hold-
ers who support Breckenridge in the South,
that Lincoln is their second choice, from
the fact that as Lincoln has no party in
the South, "oid lIoumas" can manage il
with Lincoln so that the present office
holders can hold on TO their offices. Is il
| not .flnc for the true conservative men Of
the South to put down such bargain and
corruption We do not believe that there
is at the present time nm oficc-hold,r in
Louisiana who would not accept Office
under Lincoln if he should be- elected.
What think yr of this, citizens of the
South 7 will you sacrifice your dearest
rights for the sake of n few thieyinp Office
holders
/ az To show how Il true Constitutional
mon man can speak TO the Abolitonists.
We copy the extract below from n speech
Of one of the great men of Massachusetts.
He tells the mad Abolitionists, in their
efforts To obstruct the enforcement of the
Fugitive Slave law, that their conduct is
"disgraccful" and revolutionary" In
the course of his able and eloquent speech,
delivered at the recent Bell and Everett
ratification meeting, in Roxbury, Mass,
Mr. George Il. Curtis said what follows:
I he Republican Legislature of Massa-
chusctts has lately revised all the statutes
of the Commonwealth and volume has
just ban iSslcd, under the auspices and
authority of the State, containing the
whole body Of its statute law. In very
many respects, it is code of laws which
would do honor to any State in the civil
lied world but there can b. no diss, Mt
from what am about to saw, among men
who regard their constitutional obligations,
when | say that it contains provisions
designed to ohstruct and nullify clause
of the Federal constitution, which are in
the, highest degree disgraceful to the Com
monwcaith.
The clause Of the constitution of the
United States, which requires the supren-
der of fugitivcS from service, is of course
binding upon the people of this as of every
other State; and the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts has SO sormnly decided
that il is for Congress 10 provide the nee
essary Legislation to execute that clause,
and that the act Of Congress, passed in
1850, commonly called the fugitive slave
law. That law directs n certain mode of
trial before a certain tribunal, and pro-
Ct>S, lliSl VI HTTtSl, ana tnetl, a1tpr the
facts are ascertainrd, of cxtradition. Now,
it is principle of law, which no resprcta-
bic jurist will deny, and which admits Of
no exceptions, that when the process Of
either government, Federal or State. has
once attached upon person or thing, for
the purpose of making an inquiry or doing
All act, which that government is author
lied to make or to do, no other process,
issued by the other government, can law
fully disturb the first arrest, or draw to
the tribunals of that other government
either the inquiry that is to be made or
the act that is to he done.
But the Republican Legislature of Mas
sachusetts, ever since the year 1855, and
now i'll the new revised statutes of the
State, has directed that, when one of these
cases occurs, n State process shall
uc,which shall take the fugitive out
the custody of the Marshal, and trans
fer the trial of the case to n State
tribunal. This is the application of
mere, naked, unlawful force; for
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