Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-12-22
PREkIDENTs's MESSAGE.
FelloW Citizens ef tie Senate .a..
and House oi' Representatives

| pth|y sHiltS throughout iues slanN ouf
commerce and manufactures have been
prosecuted vita energy and industry, and
have Yielded far and ample returns. Ia
shurt no nation in the tide of time. has
ever presented greater material prosper.
| ilv, than we have done to very recent
period. Why is it, then, that discomfort
now extensively prevails and the Union Of
| the States which l. IT,. source .. ali bless
ings, is ihrsa,eurd virh destruction? The
long continted ami incorporate inferitr.
euce Of the Nut, hern 'rcpple with the
j question Of slavery in the Socthcrn States
has at Ierg!h produced it's natural Effects
| The different sections oil the Union are
now arrayed acaint each other. and the
! time has a,riv 50 much drended hr the
| Father OF His Country, when hostile geo
! gre phi, al parties hav" been 70. med
have long fOrseen and often 'orrwarned
my countrg,ncn of Ire now imrcndin.
| aanger. This does not proceed solely
from the claim or he part Of Congress or
the Territorial Legislature to exclude sla
very from the ierri;orits nor from the
efforts Of tie dti, r.u. States TO defta, the
execution Of the Fugitive Slave Law. Al!
or any of those evils might have been en-
| 0ured by the South. without, danger 70 the
Union, a> others have cen, in the hope
| tha' time and r fiPcrion might apply the
remedy. The immed ate peril arises, not
50 much from these causes as from the
violent agitation of the slavery Gnes,ion
! tn: ong uut the Norti, for the last quarter
OF AcenIury. ha- Mt length produced lis
| ~. inf on, I St.,,,, Il
! sni ed them vita vague notions Of freedom.
hence Il sAuse "f security no longer exists
around The family altar. This feeling OF
peace at home has given place to appre-
heusiuus OF serviie lnsurrcction. Mary q
ma,ron throughout tie S, Nth retites ..t
rght. in aread of via. may beI:,,s herself
and her chi."rcn teiprs the NOR ing.
Shou't Ills appel ehrnsion .t domestic
dang, or rea r imaginary. extend
ami lu'' u. : .g.e'f, un;il i: >hrr d ,crvaGe
he n">ss, a. ,de >ou n.rn people. then
disuni>u viii he !o.r.,nb!e Set prc>er
vari,u is the Hr<t Iaw Of Aa,ure and has
been implanted IN the heart Of mau ~
his Creator for the wiyest purposes. and
40 political union, however irsu-ht with
blessings ard benefits. "in all ether res,
feCt>, can 'org continue. il the necessary
consequences lie TO rendt- the homes and
.ire,idr> OF nearly hail the parties TO i.
h"pl univ nud hopr'es siy insecure Suop
or ,r later tie bonds OF such - anon
mast he severed 1t is my conviction
thai this ','aI period has Mt yet arrived
and nv r'a,er TO CD is that he would
preserve the Coustiral,,. ani the Uuion
take warning in tm.. and Remove the
cHt>e If Gangrr. 1t Cannot be denied
that iiv~ and twenty years, the agitation AT
tn" rotth against slnrerr in the S0uib. ia
nrrn rc~ssatft -sa
In lS&5, pictorial handhiils and in1ami
tory appeal, we're cjr,u'a'.d .xttn-ivrle
throughout rh~ S3uih, Of n character t.
excite the pas iuu. ,t The slaves aud IN
the Ian .uag rt General lack son. to >tim.A
ula'e them to instruction, agd tn produce
Al he horru.+ -. seville ~a". Vh,s agita
i'on has ever since heen continued by the
press. hY the proceeding OF State and
County ConteItt"ns. aud 10y abolition ser
mons aud ieGtores The ;.mr o. Cun-lesS
has been occupied in violrut speeches on
the never ending suhjec,. and ap,eAs IN
pamphlet aid o,hcr- forms, endorsed by
dsin2u shed nam 5, have been sent ford,
from Ibis central point ana snrcsi broad
ca / over the Jnon How easy won d il
be for the American people to settle the
slavery question forever, ard 10 -estore
reace and harmony to this distracted
country. They alone ga d. it.. All that is
necessary to accomplish this OBJECT, and
all which The Slave SiItfs have ever con
tended for, 10 10 ~ 1T n one. and permit
ted to manage their domestic institutions
in their own way ~ sovercgn State.
They, and they asoue, are responsible
before God and lie world FIR the slavery
existing among them. Fer tiis he ,ea
pie OF the North are not r sponsible. and
have no more CIT to interfere, han with
similar institutions in Russia or BRAZIL
Upon their good sense and patriotic far.
be@rance conf, IS still rely. Wiihou,
their AID i, is tcytrd the p wer Of any
President, no matter what m ~ De h own
political rroCiis Ilies, 10 restore peace and
harmony among the States. Wisely lin
lie and restrained IA is his poxcr under
the Constitution and laws, he atone can
accompl sh bat litIe for good or evil oa
such Il mom-ntGus question; aud his
bnngs ne 10 obssrve that the clcI SION ot
auy one OF our fellow citizens t. the office
ct President. does not Of itsel ali ri Just
cause for disabling the Union THIS is
more especially true II his election has
hren effected By "A mere plurality. AMI not
by M ority OF the people, and resulted
from transient aud temporary causes,
" Eich may probably never ngsin occur
10 order 10 Just ty a sort 10 revolutionary
exis,ance. the fc!etal Dovernment must
b guilty % deliberate, pal pnDie, ami 4an-
eerons eSoro :" OF powers not granted by
the Constitution.
The late Presidential election, however,
has been he'd III strict conformity with its
express provisions. How then can the re
sut JUSTIFY n revelation to destroy Die yer,
Constitution. Reason Justice and rega,d
for he G9ns:ttution. all require tia, we
Shall al Tor some overt and dangerous
act on Il" ntrt Of the PresiAen, elect. b.
fore re=#g-a 10 sach reMe Is. Il Is
sail, Eon"fa.. t'ss. ne anccrdeuts of the
President eecf lave reen sufficient to us.
tity the fears ct The South that be viii al
rempto invade their G. nstiiutieaal rights,
but are such arpreho onsions Of contingent
danger II The ihiute sufficient TO Justify
the immediate destruction Of The nubIest
system of government e,rr devised by
morias From the vefv nntur- of his
~!lcc ana he high Responsibilities be must
necessarily ~ conservative. The stern
duty Of administering the yar, aud com
p|icnted councils OF this government af.
lords IN l'Self u gu'r.nt"e that he vii moi
attempt any vipa,in' of clear Cons'i,u
tsioral right After II h. i, n :, more tha.
he Chef executive usRcer VI the Govern
ment. ,E
I1; Z. 80.