The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-04
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and, Of course, the individual members of TIL
community in their rights of person an
things 1t is the sovereignty Of a commun
ty which creates the government and define
its powers and duties. The legislative dat
is protection, not,estruelion. 1t hasuof1ue
ton which can destroy, either directly OF in
directly. 1t has not eyea the right to pas
Oppressive laws. The whole function Of leg
islasion is protection Oil Of, iFpteetion ale
glance arises; when protection is not granted
allegiance is absolved. a9Hfz&E 70
Now have said the sovereignty Of a com
munity creates the government Thisis done
by contract between sovereigns. That con-
tract is called Constitution. In thiscontraci
the sovereigns have the rigl [ to agree upon
the peculiar organism of the government
They have the right to agree what shall be
property, and what shall not And when
this agreement is thus made, the legislative
power which springs out Of and is the crea-
ture of this contract must make its IegsIa-
ton conform to the orgahsan Of the govern
inent, and give full and perfect utection to
persons and property. Now, the Legislative
power of Territory cannot be greater than
those OF State, or its function different
The whole scope Of Legislative power being
protection, can Territorial Legislature des-
troy the element Of property in a slave di-
recdy II am answered no, then, extend
the inquiry, and ask how it can do il by I'M
friendly legislation That which cannot be
dore directly, cannot be done indirectly
This is trirism which none will controvcrt.
The whole power of the people of Territory
is legislative for protection and that power IS
derived from the organic act Of Congress-
/ When, however, they come to make consti--
tutlon for State organization having the right
thus to assemble their character is changed
| Instead of exercising Legislative powers, they
assemble as sovereigus, and for the purpose of
! performing sovereign acts.-Then, for the first
time, they may say what shall aud what shall
not be property. Them for the first time.
they have the right to determine and give
! positive shape to their domestic institutions.
This view Of the subject Is in accordance
with the nature and character Of our itEstitu-g
tons, and the genius Of Fodr Government: and
If adopted and enforced, will secure pesce ami
1 quiet in the Territories and give satisfaction
/ to all the States Of the Union That other
doctrine of unfrisndly legislation is full Of
mischief violates the spirit Of our institutions.
and leads to war, discord, and revolution. fa.'
have endeavored to show, IN the early
part OF my remarks that the organism Of our
Government looked mainly to the preservation
OF homogenelty, and the avoiding of antagon-
isms; yet this doctrine Of unfriendIy legisla-
SION directly violates this great fundamental
principle Of government, and without the ex.
lstence of which have shown no government
can exist long in peace. The effect of the
doctrine is to intr Jduce discord and anarchy
into the Territory the very moment il Is or
ganlzed. Under its recognition four men 60
from the slave States and four from the free
States. struggle at once begins for the
possession Of the government; the one want
ing it to protect himself and property, the
other, by untr1endly legislation, to expel him
and his property from the Territory. Thus
opposing forces are introduced, from which
come struggle for the government fron
this come violence and collision Of arms. and
this collision one Of the DAYS will snread H.
self over the entire nation initiating civil war
with all its horrors sn1 direfuI conseouetices
The principle which havs asserted and
which is the true theory, has exactly the op-
poslte effect. Under it, when persons 70 TO
the Territory whether from Tree or slave
State, they know that property must ren1ain
in the status it is introduced until the consti
tuition is formed. Then there is no cause for
conflict; and by the time this State constin1-
ton is to be formed, the climate and soil and
productive value OF the slave will determine
the question OF slavery; and the public iudg-
ment, founded on experience, willgve, peace
ably, form to the organism Of the State upon
this subject.
| submit to the deliberate Judgment Of man
kind whether the views have this dav pre-
scented are not founded in correct principies-
These causes Of complaint, and these usurp-
atoms, are the disturbing elements to the har-
mony Of the States. They must be aban-
doned and reformed, or the Union will be dis
membered. They are incompatible with the
nature and organism Of oar Federal Union.
Not one of them have originated with the
southern States. We have given no cause of n
complaint. We have been guilty of no act Of
We have done no wrong to any
State. We have not ihtermeddled with the
institutions of any States We have contrib
uted all IN our power to the general prosperi-s
tv Of the nation. We have been loyal TO the
Government. We have shown an almost in.
extmguishable love for the Z MON. We have
appealed in the most sffectionese manner 10
our sister States to let US alone--to let our
domestic institutions remain uniInpaired as we
received them from our fathers. But all our
re',,ottrtrnr1ccs hHTc gone unheeded. we have
been directly interfered with IN our measures
ot State policy. Our slaves have been en-
couraged to lnsubordinatIoa and rebetlioa--sy
We have been invaded in our borders, and
our people have been murdered and the lives
Of our women and children have been put in
peril. For relief from all these causes of COM
plant and aggression We have been compelled
70 look to disunion as the only remedy .---ys
And this, You tell US, we shall not enjoy. To
he God OF battles and the just Judgment OF ~
mankind VIC refer the iss..e . - .s,8 =
Sir, there is an instinct in all animals and
Intellectual life which warns US Of existing s
ianger when aar off. You remember the
ast days of Pompcii. The arena crowded
With human beings; Glaucus thrown to the
ion; his timidity and refusal to notice hisYic.
I'M; the cry Of the mistaken multitude, Ar
'aces, to the lion; at that moment his uneasi-,
less and hoarSe roar; the unearthiy rbmhlinr
lolSe as 1t came from the bosom of the u1oun-
ain the tall mountain forest son as it was d.
ent high IN the heavens BY the volcanic pas -
ION rending the mountain asuEder; the dem
truction OF the city and its thousands of in
Iaotants. That same instinct in my bosom
dmonishes me to day Of danger to my coun-
ry hear the first mutterng of revolution.
IS fires may break through the crust that con-
ines 4 In the next SIX months, and blood will x
eluge the land, and the sword DESTROY our
eople We have yet time TO avertI ~ The
means is in the hands Of you, the Black Re-
ubcan party. viii you do it? Answer to
our God and mankind.