Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-12-06

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and 1890, both pcin3 SUBSTANTIALLY inc hh'c, tuC ius
slave law has hc' the law OF the an from the days
Of Washington Until! tho present moment Here the,
clear case is presented, In which II viii be the duy o!
the next President as it has been my own to act with
vgor in executing this 8tpremh lave aga'fst the CONFLICT
ing enactments OF Stoc Legislatures Should he fail in
the performance Of this high duty he will then have
manifested Disregard or the Confutuon AID laws, to
the great injury OF the people of nearly half of the
States Of the Union But are We to presume In advance
that he will thus violate his duty This would lie Mt
with every principle OF Justice and of Christian char
ity Let us wait for the overt act The fugitive slave
Law has been carried into execution In every contested
since the commencement OF the present amlnstFa
tion though often it is to be regretted With great los
and Inconvenience to the MASTER and with considerable
expense to the government Let us trust that the State
legislatures will repeal their Unconstitutional aid obnox
ious epaCtIncns Unless this shall be done without
necessary delay, 1t is impossible fer any human power to
the Union
The southern States, standing the basis Of The Con-
stitutiun, have right to demand ths act of ste from
the States Of the North Should 1t be refused then the
Constitution which all the States are parties will have
Leen wilflly viosted by portion Of them n prov
sion essential to the domestic security and kappposs Of
the remainder In that event. the injured Sates after
having first used all peaceful and constitutional means
obtain redress would be justified in revolutionary re-
sjstance TO the Government of the Union
have purpoSoIy confined revolutionary
rcsta ace because it has been claimed within the last
yep that any STATE, honOror this shall I've lbs SOY.
eregn Will and pleasure, may seccdo nom the Union, 10
accordance with the Constitution, and without viola
ton OF tho constitutional rights of the other members of
the Concd.racy That as each became parties TO the
Union by the vote Of its own people assembled in Con-
vention, any OF them may retire from the Union
in similar manner 10y the vote on such u oonven6Sn
in order to justify secession constitutional remedy
il must TO on the principle that the Federal Government
IL mere voluntary association ct States to bs dissolved
Mt pleasure by any one OF the contractn. parties. II
this be the ConfedeIncy rope Of sapd 10 bs pens
trated and dissolved BY the rst adverse OF public
opinion in any Of the States. In this thr
ty-three States may resolve themselves into many
petty, JarrlnS and hostile republics, each refining
from the Union, without responsibility, whenever any
Sudden excitement might impel them to such
BY this process Union might bo entirely broken into
fragments in fow weeks which cost forefathcrs
many years Of toll prvation, and blood to establish.
Such principle wholly inconsistent with the histo.
ry we'll the character of tho Federal Constitution
After it framed with the greatest celebration and
care, it submitted to conventions Of the people OF the
several States for ratification Its provisions dis
Guessed at lepgth in these bodies composed Of the first
men Of the country Its opponents coutendca that il
conferred powers upon the Federal Government danget
the rights OF the States whilst its ad voates main
taned that under fair construction Of the instrument
there was no foundation for such apprehensons. In
that mighty struggle between the ist iutellecs of this
any other country it occurred any individual
either among its opponents advocates To assert
to intimate, that their Efforts all vail labor
because the moment that any State felt herself aggoycd
she might socede FROM the Union. What a Crushing ar
g,iment would this have proved against those who
dreaded that the rights OF the States would Inc endn
gered by the Constitution The truth is that ii was not
until many years after the origin of the Federal Govern
ment that such proposition was first advanced II WAS
then met and rciut.d By the conclusive arguments of
General Jackson who in his message of 10TH January
1858, transmitting the multiplying ordinance South Car