Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-02-22
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interfering Wksa2 caK E1gnAas &a0 Reauy
30 sasfst as III fepeE Hing expressions
and that EaishSul axsoution Uf khe lsws
Of eur States following the axampls d
ths Old Dominion, hanging on the nsea
till kAey are dead, ia q more effective
famedy, and better calculated 70 securs
and pratAeA our Flghss, than secession,
dissolaaionsg oR aRgEy and shrsalsnsng
debate. IRdeed, our position, as well
sa the position Of our northern neigh
boFs, forbids that we CT they should IA.
YoF dissolution. W are aot willing to
become ths battle-ground OF this nas
tiens Cur motto, siunited wa stand, ai.
videe We fall,s foFbids IT, Our Iegia-
latars, bat few years siEsa, inscribed
ueon shs atems seat by ksmsEskg 30 sea-
poss part oe she moAamans erected In
mamsry Of Washingson, in large lestega;
saBy the blessing Of God, and under the
precepts Of Rsshingtoas kensncky viii
be the last State to 20 ont OF the I'M
lon.n
( Whilst, as our fathers did, ws reeog-
paHe tha right of resolution when des-
potism becomes absolute, we stili look
upon dissolution as 3 remedy for none
of oux eYils, but ealamitous in all LA
consequences.
Such, apprshead, ls now the senti-
ment Of Kentucky. After summing up
the evils Of which We have right 10
complain, cur patriotic, Democratic
Governor, ia his late message to the
Legislature, concludes as follows:
'sWs do not LOOK to q dissolution Of
the Union as = remedy for the eviis Of
which We complain. Oh, no this Un-
ion is hallawsd by too many associations
which ought to be dear 30 sxeTy AmeEi-
can hsars. Its very strength consists IN
its seeming antagonIstis interests. Lss
power is in its apparent opposing forces
The commercial and the planting inter
sstA, which were so difficult to reconcile
By the convention that framed the Con-
sfitutiea, all flourish. together. Agri-
oultare, manufactures, commerce. and
the arts, have become mutually depend
eat apoD each other, and sho'd strength
en- our social and friendly relations an
der our gioriass syatam Of governments.
The interests Of the North and the South,
the East and tha West, which seemed Ir-
rec0nniliable, have bsen SO happily ad-
justed, so beautifully balanced, and 50
pswerfally hagmeuized IN the Conssitu-
lien upon o principle, IS TO eonstltute
the chief strength of the Republic; and
that principle is, to permit the people
of each section Of the URion 10 regulate
their domestic aud local Institutions for
themselves, giving TO Congress the pow
er, coupled With the du.y, 10 attend to
our external relations and 10 regulate
our national affairs. Affection and con-
fdence are the bonds Of this Union
May we do nothing 10 weaken, but eT-
srything to strengthen the iiEHments
that bind az together IS q nation, and
may God still continue 10 protect US IS
equais, as friends, as brethren, and 81
patriots, in the Republic As il lie, deeply
devoted TO its continuance and may w'
and our posteVity, as the worthy de-
seendants Of tbs gallant heroes Of tai
Revelation, both now and In the future
stand by the compact Of the Cons'Itu'
zion formed by their wi isdom and eonse'
Grated by shsir blood, as che only hop'
Of freemsn."
We know that virtue herself may b.
ridiculed, and the worst motives attri5
uted 10 the best acsions bat in view O
the wisdom that conceived and the bless
| ings derived fTam q wise adminIstTaSIoi
OF oar Government, we are Sill dispose'
TO sing peaus TO the Constitution and tb
continuance Of our glorious Union. a
one Of the family Of States, kentuek
will still hope TO be kindly treated-n
| interference with her reserved rights a
q State. She has right TO expect no
only faithful regard 70 her consslta
/ tional and and legal rights, but also tn
social kindness which should ever ehar
aeEerizs ths family relation.
Nsw, sir, did intend 70 close shes
remarks by mbtion to proceed to vot
! for Speaker; but am not entitled {
make that motion, while occupying th
ho1r by the courtesy Of the geRslema
from South Carolina. Thanking BIN
therefore, for his kindness, | yield th
Heor.
Poslscripf.-Allow me to add, by va
Of postscript, as 8 warning admonitio
to my counETymeR, the sabjained extEae
from the proclamation Of General Jack
SOP, when President Of the United State
on che llth OF December, 1882, as TO IA
right Of enc or more States 70 Reced
from the Union:
al consider, sthen, (said Presider
Jackson, J that the powsr 10 anBul a Ia
of the United States, assumed by on
State, is incompatible With tho axistsnE
Of the Uaion--eontradietod expressly B
the letter Of the Constitution-unaushoj
ized By it's spirit-incsnsistent with es
cry principle On which il was founded
and destructive 30 the great object ii
which il was formed.
"And now, my fellow citizens OF Il
United States, rely With conscience Q
your undivided support in my deserm
! nation 10 execute she laws-to preseF'
; the Constitution by all eonstitutio q
neans--to &rrss&, Is gSssihla.- by mod
rate but krm measures, the necessity
a recourse TO force and ii it be the vi
} Of Heaven that the recurrence Of its pr
} mevsl cqTse on man for the shedding
his brothers. blood, should fall upon u
! land, thRt ft be not eallei down by al
: offensive aos on the part Of tbe Uait
, States.
s'May the great ruler Of nations gra
: thai the signal blessings With which
: hes favored ours, may not, by tho ma
mesa OF party, or personal ambition,
: disrsxaFdad and Loaf and may his wi
! providence bring those who have pr
; aacad shis crisis 70 Gee the folly, befo
! they feel the misery n evil strife, a
I inspire s raturning YeneTation for ID
! Union, whinh, IL ws dare 70 penesrt
! bis designs, be has chosen as the or
Q means Of attaining the high dessinies
which W may Eeasoaabty aspire"
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