The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-12-08

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After allsdisg y ~ CREST commerce.
agricultural ard Other material prosPe1l..: =
Of he country, the Ppesidsae askse Wy q
is then that disce0tsat Dsw q exsso
prevails, aad the ssisa Of he States. vnlen
% the source Of all these blsssisgs, y tore..,
ened With dissrucsioni The long eersiseso
and intsuperats interference Of the Nota.-
srn people vithths question Of slavery -
the Southern States has at length PROPOSES.
its natural effect. The diferens sections o.
the Union are nov arrsysd aEainss s.G'
other, and the time has arrived, mucn ole.o-
ed By the Father Of his Country, when nos-
tile geographical parties hsvs ossn fofmso'
This does not proceed solely IRON .ce
claim On the part Of CoDgress OF me Ae.n.
torial legislatures to exclude slavery .tom
the Territories, nor from the EFFORTS % 'os
different States to defeat the execution Of
the Fugitive Slave Law; but the Immediate
rerit arises from incessant and violent ag'-
tation Of the slavery question throuGnoo'
the North for the last quarter OF century.
1t has produced its maiign inauencs o. the
slaves, and inspired them With vague notions
of freedom. Hence . sense OF security no
longer exists around the family altar. Inns
feeling Of peace at home, has given place 20
appre pensions of servile ipsurrection. Many
. malron throughout the South refires A.
night in dread Of what may befall herseii
and children before the morning. Should
this apprehension Of domestic danger ex'
tend and intensity itself until it shall per-
wade the masses Of the Southern people, then
disunion will become inevitable.
Self preservation is the first law OF ma
ture. and no political union, however
frausht With blessings and benefits. and in all
other respects, can long continue ii the ne
cessary consequence be to render the homes
and firesides Of nearly half the parties to II
habitually and hopelessly insecure. Sooner
| or later the bonds Of such q union must De
severed. 1t is my conviction that this fatal
period has not vet arrived. After referring
| to the incessant agitation against slavery al
the North for the last twenty i've years,
both BY the press and the peo!l lie, and as.
sorting that time Of Congress is occupied
with violent speeches on this never ending
subject, be remarks how easy it would be
for the American people to settle the slavery
Quest on forever, and restore peace ano
harmony to this distracted country. which
can be done BY letting the slave States alone
and permitting them to manage their OWL
States affairs, as they only are responsible
before God for slavery existing among them
and with which the North has no more righ
to interfere than with the similar institu'
tons in Russia or Brazil.
The President relies on the good sense
and for bearauce of the people, alleging it il
out of the power of any President to &C
complish but little, which leads him e
observe that the election Of any one OF oul
fellow citizens to the Office OF President does
| not of itself afford just cause for dissolv'ns
the Union. The late election having beer
held in strict conformity with the Constr
tuition, does not justify resolution to de-
stroy this very Constitution, all require
that We shall wait for some overt ant
dangerous act on the part of the President
elect, before resortiDg to such remedy
Mr.. Buchanan refers to the fact that thu
Presidents province is not to make but Il
execute the laws.
II alleged as one cause for mmcdi secession tina
| the Southern States denied equal rights with TIT
other states in the common territory But by what au
thority are these denied? Not by Congress, which
has never passed. and believe will pass, an!
act to exclude slavery from these Territories and Ger
tany not by the Supreme Court which has solemn,
declared that slaves property and like all othe
property, their owners have right to take them int
the Territories and hold them there under h
protect On The Constitution The anticipation tba
Congress pass some law obnoxious is NO good rea
for a dissolution.
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violations of constitutional duty which have been
nH -unE in of in
tures defeat the execution OF the Fugitive slave
II ought to be remembered, however, that for thcs
acts neither Congress nor any President justly b
held resp onsbic. having been passed in violation
the Federal Constitution. They are, therefore, null
and void. 1t will be the duty Of the next President
il has been my own to act with vigor in executing thu
Fugitive Slave law against contending enactments
State Legislatures. We not to presume in advanc,
that he will violate his duty, which would be at wal
with every principle OF justice. Let US wait for The
overt act.
The Fugitive Slave law has been carried into execu
ton in every contested case since the commencement
OF the present Administration. Let trust that the
State Legislatures will repeal their uneonstitutons
and obnoxious enac'ments Unless this shall be done
without unnecessary delay it is impossible for any hu.
man power the Union and the Southern States
have right to demand this act Of justice from the
Northern States Should this be refused, the injured
States after having first used all peaceful means to Oh
tain redress would be in revolutionary ress-
lance to the Government OF the Union
The alleged principle that as each State became a
party to the Union by the vote OF its people, as
sembled in convention so any OF them may retire
from the Union in similar manner by the vote OF
such convention, wholly moons stent with the his
tory well as the character Of the Federal Constu-
ton. He then rehoarsed portion OF Jackson's mes
sage Of 1888 relating to the multiplying ordinance OF
South Carolina and says this government was
BY its founders to be perpetual and be annuled
at the pleasure OF any one of the contracting parties
The President cnumcTates the powers conferred upon
Congress by the Federal Government and that these
powers may be eleciua it also possesses the exclusive
right levy and collect all import duties and other
taxes. and has adopted ecctua means to restrain the
States from interfering.
In order still further to the uninterrupted cx-
ecisc Of these hh powers against Stale interpositon
il is provided that this Cons and the law, OF the
United States which shall be made in Pursuance
thereof and all treaties made which shall be made
under the authority Of the United States shall be the
Supreme law of The land and the judges in every State
shall be bound thereby anything in the Constitution or
| laws of any State or Territory Notwithstanding.
| The Government created by the Constitution and
deriving Its authority from the Sovereign peopIc Of
each Of the several States, has precisely the same
right TO exercise its authority the people OF Ali
these staes In the enumerated cases which each one
OF them possesses over subjects delegated to the
United States but reserved to the States resprctiyey
or to the people to the extent Of
The Constitution ~ the United States is as much a
part OF the Const uon OF each State and is as bind
ing on Its people, as though IL had been texually in
| serted therein. "
This Government, therefore, is a great and nover.
fu Government, Invested with all the % NJ
sovereignty over the special subjects 10 which n.
authority extends 1t be asked are the people Of
state them without redress against the TYRANNY and
oppression of the Federal Governnent2 By no rncsns
The right of resistance part Of the Governed
denied 1t exists independently OF all constitutions
and has been exercised all periods NJ thu vor,df.