The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-12-13
ct Christian charity. Les US wait for
the overt act .i

s-o' OhTtstian cnarlty. Lev Us wait fO
. the overt act -1.
{ The Fugitive Slave Law has been car
ried into execution in every conteste,
! case since the cOnm .nce,ilent OF tn,
present ad nimi.trar inn, :hOu III often, il
is to be regretted. with great loss IA. d in
Convenience, and with ,anside,able ex
pens to the G wrru uent. Let u, trus
that the Strte l. .yislatures will repca
, their unconstitutional and u noxi,u. 81,
. ac'nent, uulcsS this shall b. d,ne with
out urnrce+- ~ delay, il is imp ,--ibl. fol
any hum u pow r to save the U ii ~ -
. Tn S,uthrrn States. st,ndiny on the
boss Ct the eCon>titnti,n. have right "a
demand this act "t Justice fvUu the State,
"f the North. SnuuId il BE- refused
them, the Constitution, to Y w,ich all tn.
- 'teS are ptrt'..s, will have ben w,lfull,
v'"tted by on. portion Of them. il pro
v's'"" essential :" the dom -tic SECURITY '
aud happiness Of the remainder In that
event the injured St,tc>. afAss hnvia,
hrs used aIi peaceful and c,1-tituti nal
mems to obtain redress, would be iuSti
fled IN rcvolutipn,ry resistance to the
gnvrro mrnt 1T the Union.
[ have pnrpo>cIy confined my remarks
t. revolutionary Resistance, because it has
b Gu canned within the last few years,
that any State, whenever it shnii be her
.sovcrri ~ will and pleasure, my s.ced.
from the Union IL accordance with tn.
Constitution, and without any ol,tion
Ut the constitutional rights of the ott or
~ r"ber> "t the c"ntcdrr"y; that as
each b c'ne p rites to the u ,,", BY the
yotc "f It's own p."ple assembled in Con
vent'on, :" any one Of them may retire
1, ', the Uni"n in II Il niiar N inner, by
- vote Of such , e nventi,n H. order
t" justify >cc~,-ion as u constitutional
remedy, 1t must be on the principle tha,
the Federal q ,vrrnnurnt il u merc v,,luu
tary association OF States, to b. dissolved
at pleasure b one Of the contracting p1r
ties Ii this bc 50, tie contederscy is
rop" of sand, and to b. sep ,rat.d and
dissolved by the first adverse wave Of
public op'u,o" in any Of the Stairs. |"
this manner our thirty three States may
resolve themselves into as many petty,
EARRING aud hostile republics, each one
retiring from the Union without resp "a.
s'b'Ity, whenever any sud len excitement
m'ght ''Op.ll them to such a Course; by
THIS process, Union mi Oh, b. entirely
broken into fragments in few weeks,
which & / our i"rctathcis many years of
toll. prlvati u, and blood 10 establish. -
Sucha prInci pie IS wholly Inconsistent
with tie history. As it was iramr.i with
the greatest i. Liberation and care, il Wa
nbHitted to conventions OF the p nD
Of the several States for ia ltcatIum. T.
provisions, were discussed ut ien.tl, in
these bodies CO" posed pt the first men
OF the country. It's opponents co"tenled
that it conferred power upo" the Federal
Government dangerous to the right. "i
strunent. there was no 1ouhuai'o"s '"'
such apprehensious. In thai mighty
stru..lc between the hrst intrli"cts oi
this or any other cou"'sy, It never oc'
Cured to any individual, either among
,ts opponen 3 ur advocates to assert or
even to intimate that their efforts were
all vain labor, because the mo II nt that
any State felt herself agyrlcvcd. she
might srcrde from the U,ion Nha'
cru.ning argu u,ht 'uid thl' NV
prov d a. inst those wac dr. AIDED that
the ri.ht> OF the States would b. "nd,n
gc,cd by tue Cum>tiiulion! The truth
is, that il was not until n'a"y years after
tn. orig y 1T the Fed u ver" n"n',
! that such a p up,-I'ion w's nr't ad''"
ced. It w,s tn,n met aud rrtu''d by the
,"i,ctu>I>. ar.u.nont>. vi General Jack
son, vino, in ais mes are vi the lOih ~
.vanuary. 1888 trln- nitting the nu''lIy-
ing nriinl,r,. ot S,ath C,r,lln, +" Con.
.r,>s, np' .y,n. the i'll owing l'"=nl.':
Fac r,y.u o. the P'"pie Of a >'"::'"
| STAG to ab-u,ve themselves at will, with
uut thc cu,srnt ut other States, frn"
,nrIr most .oL'nin obligations, haz'rd'
,,e berry and happiness Of "''''"">
9, ~ .sine this U"i ~. aud cann"I be &c
xa"w edged Such authority IS bsl'"veh
- br utterly r.pn.uant, bath to the pr'h
80 % ~ waica thr Cru nal Govern
seq, J. constituted. and t. til" "bJ"ct>
lis, il w.s expressly formed To a''a'"
1. ,>nM pretended I'll ta"y ci"u.e IA th'
in>iIiui:.', gives cnu Itrnancc t" siet'
. thrur,. 1t is altogether founded up"
,ntrrenc.. not fro any langu's" ca"
I ,lurd IN the inStru .,irnt Itself but from
the sovereign character "f the several
Sla'rs BY winch it Was rat,hed; but l.
n,ynnl 'nc power "f IA Stat", Ink" AN Il"
lvrinh tuy'cld p"r''o" o' ~ s"vrr
aga rights to sesnr,. the remand r. LIZ
..... i...u "a. II Mr. u h,>n VII" has
u --u ,lird the fnhe, of the C.",st'tu
> tnn. It vi, firm by the States, that l.
by the p'opI- IN each OF The States, ACT
: in. in their highest sovereign cdpciiy
and formed consequently BY the sh"''
~, iptlty which formed the State e"''st'
! tutious nor is the government OF tn
: U.,ited States. created by the C"ntt.tu
: tim, les = government, in the strictes
: sens" of the term. WITHIN the sphere o
= its pew"r., th." the governments creatr'
> by the Constitution Of the States ar
= within their $ veral spheres 1t Is l'k
them or ,anized into i s'-lntive, E<"cu
t,ve aud Jnllci" y Departments. II up
i crates like them directly o" p"rso"s an
things. aud like them. ii has 1T CON NAM
i "A physical forc. for executing the p'wer
c. n,,.d t. it was intended t" b. per
}. petual. AMI MT to be an"n''ei ut tn
G pleasure of any one # the c"ntrsct'n
y p,rtic. Of the Caafrder,tIo". u perpe'u;
" union between the Stale; and by IN
r 18th ,rticle, it il exp SLY declared .hu