Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-11-17
TIRE ESULT.
elijah SELLS.
Secretary Of State.

Inc great poiltlcaI contest of 1860 is
over, and the result so far determined a.
to place beyond question the trium phant
election Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. And fol.
lowing Immediately upon this is another
question Of momentous import, and that
Is, does the Union possess sufficient cohe.
sive power TO withstand the shock?
While the election of pur ly sectional
candidate to the Presidency is an unfor,
tunate event, calculated as it is. 10 inten
SHY those feelings of alienation tina. alrea.
dy exist between the North and South
yet there can be no question as to the
course we ought to pursue : ror can there
be any doubt as to what position true
patriots will assume in relation to this
question.
Under a Republican Government the
voice of the people is omnipotent, and
wh'n in legal way they have given ex-
preston to their will, there must be cheer
ful aequiesancs in the result, otherwise W.
"rs unprepared for such form of gov.
eminent, and had better ut on 90 Weld to
the European doctrine Of the Divine right
OF Kings to rule the destinies of Nations
For most OF the time during the history of
our Nation, the Democracy have been in
the ascendency. They have enjoyed the
honor' and emoluments of power and DO.
s's'on and while our opponents have
labored hard t, effect q change of nes;.
"ons with US, they have always gracefully
yeilded to the verdict of the people. They
have never sought by lawess or reyvlu.
"onary means to accomplish their ends, or
to mcnance the safety of our institution.
Now the tables are turned, Bv orr own
Encouragement we are as a party divided
and defeated. There is nobody at tauh
but ourselves. We are responsible far the
present state of thing ,-and lie. US like
men, submit and learn from the result of
TINS contest the importance of union and
concliIaton in the future
There is scarce a remote probability
that the President elect will a: any time
during his term of Office be supported By
an administration Congress. Suppose
therefore that he were as bad a man as
some represent him, he is utterly power,
less for evil. The Executive is only a
coordinate branch of our government
he cannot mature measures Of public M.
hey, nor disregard the will of the Law.
making power. He is ever subject to
Congress for the means TO carry on the
Government, as we'll as his own salary-
How supremely foolish then to think of
resisting with blind infatuation to anarcbv
and ruin upon pretext so utterly without
foundation. There is no doubt but the
people will take a proper view of this sub.
ject in every State, with perhaps, the ex.
ception of South Carolina. The distem.
pered imaginations of South Carolinans
have dwels so long upon their manifold
grievances that they can see no virtue in
anything that does not promise them an
existence, independent of the rest of man.
kind. They have not for the las. half cen.
fury been without cause iustfyinp them
lin their own estimation--for treason
against the government So incessan,
and long continued has been their croak.
ing that were it not for the danger of the
example, all parties North and South
would unite in saying, let them leave the
Union as soon as they please, and remain
outside until they can learn to appreciate
the advantages which they canno, find
time to consider. They are now inccnsed
beyond endurance for fear they may not
be permitted TO plant their nggers upon
any ofour territories, with a national guar
antee for protection. And, yet, who ever
heard OF . South Carolina planter emf
grating to rev territory. Doesany man
suppose there is single one among them
who would make such removal with his
slaves under any law or construction Of
statute. There is probably not State in
the Union from which 80 few men emf.
crate. Not one. The people Of which
have really so little practical intcres, in
this question. Again-they are in wild
Juror of excitement because slaves escape,
and the Fugitive Law is not always en-
forced; and vet, how many escape from
that State. Does not every one know that
in the cotton States il is next to i'm posi-.
bio for q slave to effect his escape. That
The slave territory over which be- must
travel renders his arrest almost ine yitable.