The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-03-14
WHOLE NO. 178.

c South to get votes for the Presidential elec.
d ton; but they shrink from carrying out
their measures lest they might throw of
' some conservative voters who do not like
t the Democratic party.
But, sir, if the Senator from New York.
in the event that he is made President. in
. tends to carry out his principles to their To-
) gical conclusions, let us see where they will
lead him. In the same specca that read
from a few minutes ago, I find the follow
ing: Addressing the people of Ohio, he
said:
you blush not at these things, because
they have become as familiar as household
words and your pretended Free Soil allies
claim peculiar merit for maintaining these
miscalled guarantees Of slavery which they
find in the national compact Does not all
this prove that the Whig party have kept
up with the spirit Of the age; that it is as
true and faithful to human freedom as the
inert conscience of the American people
will permit it to he? What, then. YOU say,
can nothing be done for freedom, because
the public conscience remains inert! Yes,
much can be done, everything can be done.
Slavery can be limited to its present
bounds
That is the first thing that can be done
->lavery can be limited to its present
bounds. What else?
ut can be amelioratrd. It can be and
must be abolished, and you and can and
must do it."
| There You find are two proposition; first
slavery was to be limited to tha States in
whichit was then situated. 1t did not then
exist in any I, rritory. Slavery was con-
fined to the States. The first proposition
was that slavery must b" restricted and con-
fined to those States. The second was that
ha as New Yorker. and they the people of
Ohio must and woul abolish it; that is to
say abolis! it in the States. They could es-
tahlsh it no where else Every appeal they
make to northern pr rjudice and passion. is
against the institution of slavery evt trywhere
and they would not be able to retain their
abolition allies, the rank out-and-out Aboli-
tioniSts, unless they held out the hope that it
was the mission Of the Republican party, if
successful. to abolish slavery in :hc States
as well as in the Territories Of the Union.
| know they tell us that all this is 10 be
done according to the Constitution they
would not violate the Constitution except 50
far as the Constitution violates the law Of
Hod-that is all-and they are to be the
liudg of how far the Constitution does VIC
late the law of God. Thy say that every
clause of the Constitution that recognizes
property in slaves, Is in violation of the Di-
wire law, and hence should not be obcyed:
and with that Interpretation of the Con-
stitntion, they turn to the South and say,
1--WE will give you all your rights und,r the
Constitution as We explain it!'
Then the Senator devoted about a third
Of his speech to very beautiful hnmily on
the glorics of our Union. All that H.. has
said, all that any Other man has .ver said,
I'LL that the most eloquent tongue can ever
: utter, in behalf Of the blessings and the ad-
vantages of this glorious Union, fully in
dorsc. But STILL sir, am prepared to say,
that the Union is glorious only when thc
Constitution is preserved inviolate He Gu
logiz d the Union. |, too, am for the Union:
| indorse the eulogies; but still, what is the
Union worth, unless the Constitution is pre-
served and maintained inyiolate in ali its
provisions?
Sir, have no faith in the Union-lovinc
sentiments of those who will not carry out
the Constitution in good faith, as our faith
ers made it. Professions of tid,lity to the
Union will be taken for naugh unless they
are accompanied by obedience to the Con
stitution upon which the Union rests. I
have right to insist that the Constitution
shall be maintained inviolate in all its parts,
not only that which suits the temper of the
North, but every clause of that Constitu-
ton, whether you like it or dislikeit. Your
oath to support the Constitution binds YOU
to every line, word, and syllable of the i0-
strunent. You have no right to say thaS
any given clause is in violation of the Di
vine law, and that, therefore, you will not
observe it. The man who diSobeys any one
clause, on the pretext that it violates the Di-
vine law, or on any other pretext, violates
his oath of office.
But, sir, what commentary is this pre-
text that the Constitution is Il violation of
the Divine law, up n those revolutionary
fathers whose eulogies we have heard here
to-day. Did the trainers of that instru.
ment frame Constitution in violation of
the law Of God! If so, how do your con.
sciences allow you to take the oath of Officer
# the Senator from New York still holds to
his declaration that the clause in the Con-
stitution relative to fugitive slaves is a viola.
ton of the Divine law, how burst h., as an
honest man, take an oath to sup, ort the in
strum,nt! Did he understand that he was
dvfying the authority of Heav,n when he
took the oath to support that instrument?
Thus, we sec, the radical Giii,r,n nee be-
tween the Repub.i an lalty ard the ID. m,.
cratic party is this: We stand iy the Con.
S-itution as cur ft,heis lnaae it, and by the
decisions of III. constituted authorities as
they are pronounced in ObeLi,nce to the
Constitution. They repudiate the instru.
mant, substitute their own will for that O:
\ Z IN fDl hny
visions as their fanaticism, or pleiuGicr, ,r
policy, may declare to be in viulat on Of
Gods law and then say, I'VE will protec,
all your rights under tie Constitution as cA.
pounded by ourselves; but not as expoun-
dtd by the tribunal Grated for that pur.
pose"
Mr.. President, shall not occupy further
time in the discussion of this question to.
night. did not intend to utter a word; and
should not have uttered a word upon the
subj. ct, if the Senator from Now York had
not made a broad arraignment Of the Dem
ocratic party. and especially Of that portion
of the action of the party for which was
most Immediately responsible. Everybody
knows that | brought forward and helped to
carry through the Kansas Nebraska act, and
that was active in support of the compro-
liliSe measures OF lo0U. l nave neafQ Dau
faith attached to the Democratic party for
that act too long to be willing to remain ST.
lent and seem to be willing to sanction it
even by tacit acquiescence.
New York Ledger.
The disastrous fire which occurred in
New York, Jan. goth, burnt up large
amount Of property for BONNER, of the
Ledger. Hear what he says about it:
ant office, in Hartford, about twenty years
ago. the first 'job-work" on which we were