Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-10


which we will communicate to the Abo-
litioni.t of the Gazette the plank upon
which the party has decided to stand
Let us assure the little joker, whom
Delyl says has just absconded from the
infant class, that the game of "to divide
and conquer" has been played out. 1t
will not save Abolitionized Republican
ism in 1860.
Message OF Governor Packer, Of Penn.
sylvania.
We have enjoyed much satisfaction
from the perusal Of the late message Of
GOVERNOR PACKER, Of Pennsylvania. 1t
gives most cheering Information of the
prosperity of onr own beloved old Key
stone, and of her steady march coward
and upward" in all that contributes to
the advancement and prosperity of the
people Of State.
After having spoken in detail Of the
various subjects of local character and
peculiar to Pennsylvania, he concludes
his admirable message with the follow
ing well-timed patriotic remarks, in re-
lation to the questions pertaining to the
Nation at large:
The recent seizure of the public prop
nrtv, - Tho TYp;taJ Gtatoa az Hapnorsa
Ferry, and the invasion of the State Of
Virginia, by small band Of despcradoes,
with an intention to excite the slave
population to instruction, have drawn
attention to the dangers which besct our
federal relations. 1t is a source of sat
isfaction to know that the authorities of
Virginia possessed the means and the
determination to punish offenders with
promptness and justice that the mill
tary force Of the United States was a
power Immediately available to aid in
putting down the outbreak against the
public peace that the slave population
were contented with their condition,
and unwilling to unite with disorderly
white men in acts of treason and MUIR
der and that the great masses Of the
people have no sympathy, whatever,
with any attack upon the rights and in
situations of any of the States, and have
a deep and abiding devotion to our
great and glorious Union. 10 US, as
Pennsylvanians,it is gratifying to believe
that the citizens of this Commonwealth
have not, in any manner, participated
in this unlawful procceding,and to know
that when some of the guilty porpetra-
tors were arrested, within onr jurisdic-
ton, they were promptly surrendered to
the justice of the offended and injured
State.
The several States Of this Union are
Independent sovereignties, except so far
as they have granted certain enumera-
ted powers to the Federal Government
In cases not provided for in the Federal
Constitution, the several States, in their
relations to each other, ought to be gov
erned by the principles which regulate
the conduct of civilized nations. These
principles forbid, in all nations, "every
evil practice tending to excite disturban-
ces in another State ;" and are founded
on the maxim, that different nations
ought, in time of peace, to do ono an
other all the good they can, without
prejudcing their real interests. This
maxim, recognized by all civilized gov
ernments, applies with peculiar force to
the several States of the Union, bound
together, as they are, by sacred CON-
pact for mutual support and protection !;
and, therefore, any attempt in one State
to incite Instruction in another, is an
offence against all the States, because all
are bound by the Constitution to put
down such disturbance aud the act of
Congress authorizes the President of the
United States to call out the militia OF
the several States for the purpose. 1t
is high offence against the peace Of
our Commonwealth for disorderly per-
sons, within our jurisdiction, to combine
together for the purpose OF stirring up
insurrection, in any Of the States, or to
induce the slaves in the Southern States
to abscond from their masters and it
would be proper, in my Judgment, for
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er additional Legislation may not be ne
cessary to insure the prompt punishment
OF such offenders against our peace and
security.
In determining our relative duties
towards our Sister States, the morality
of servitude is not an open question. for
We are bound by the legal and moral
obligation Of the compact of the Union.
under which We have been brought into
exitence, and preserved as independent
StatcA as we'll as by the principles of In
ternational law, to respect the institu-
tons which the laws of the several States
recognize, AID in no other way can we
faithfully iul6h our obligations as men,
bers OF this Conteaeracy.
While l entertain no doubt that the
great Republican experiment on this con-
tinent, 80 happily commented, and car
risd forward to its present exalted posi-.
ton, in the eyes Of the world, VITA Con-
time, under the Providence Of God, to
be successful to the latest generations, il