Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-08

eltCt before reSoTting to such remedy
1t il said, however that the antcurtlents Of
the fIcSldcut elect have been sufficient to JUS
tfy the fears OF The South that hr will attempt
TO invade their constitutional rights But are
such apprehensions Of contingent danger in the
future sufficient to justify the immediate des-
truclion of the noblest system Of government
ever devised by mortals, From the very ma
ture oi his office, aud its h.h I, ,sponsibiiities
he must necessarily be conservative The stern
duty o' administering the vast and complicated
concerns of this Government affords in itself
guarantee that he will not attempt any viola
tiun OF a clear constitutional right After all,
he Is -o untc than to" chief cX,cu i've officer
OF tie GoNeTLment- His province is not to
make, but 10 tN cute, the laws aud it is a Te
malklb'e laJt IN our history, that nutwith-
standing the repeated tfoits of the unIi slavery
party, no single act has ever passed Congress.
unless We may possibly except the Missouri
COMPROMISE. .nnpairirg in the slightest degree,
the rights OF the south TO their property III
slaves. Aud it may also he observed, Judging
from present indications, that no possibility
Exists ol tie Iassage ut such an act, by u ma
lolitS %! both Ilour, 5, either in the present or
Tie next Congress Surely, under these cir
cumst Inc,s, We ought To toe restrained from
present arii 10y the prtCrpt Of Him who spaku
as never man sToke, that ''suiiicirut unto the
day is the evil thereof Tie day of evil may
never come, unless We shall rashly hiring it
upon ourselves.
1t Is alleged rs one cause for imme late So
crs-iun that the Southern States are denied
canal rigLts with tLr otI,r, St,,ns in ,t. con,
mon T,rIitoriss Eut Iy what authority arr,
ti,se d,niedl Not ly Congress which has
meyer ro.s,d and brliev. nryar viii ,,as. n,,
art to excluIc slavery from tbe.s Tnr,itn,ias
and certainly MT I,y ib. S,,,,r.r,,,. rr,t ,,Iil
has soI.mnly decided that slaves or, nronrItv
and like ali other nrone,tv th.ir o,ync,t nav,
a ricbt to fake th.m INTO tLr common rc,,i
tories and bolI tbcn thr,o upI.r the r,nt,,,-
tiun Of the Constitution.
So far. then. as Congress is concerned the
objection is not to n,thin. they have already
done. lut to what they may do hereafter II
vii surely l., admitted thai tiis anrrrhrnsion
of fptur,,ll..,cr is no GOOD reason for an inm.-
the territorial lcgislltur. Of Kan.a, on the 33l
If Fclruqrv 1860. passed in great haste an act.
over the veto Of the governor. declaring that
,lIy,iy is aud shall b., forever prohibited in
til, l,iIitory such an act. however. N .iaIy
violating the rights Of property secured IN the
Constitution, will suIely be declared void Iy
the Judiciary whenever II shall be presented in
a l,.s,l form
Only three, lavs after nv inaururatior the
Su!r,ln. Count OF the United States solemnly
aaiu!acd that this power did not exist in "A ter
rjIurial legislature Yet such has been tn.
factions temper If the times that the correct
ness of tli- decision has been extensively i'm
uueurd before the people. and the question has
given rise to angry political conflicts through
out the country. 1husr who have appealed
from this judcmenl of our highest constitu-
tonal tribunal to popular assemblies would.
If tLry c,rll iuv,st a territorial Irri.I ,tur,