The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-12-14

following synopsis of the document VIII
be Interesting, as it gives the principal
points contained in it, and lis brevity will
be Al, indueement TO our readers for pc
rusal /:
WASHINGTON Dee. /
The Pres ena review the history Uf the
Anti Slavrr. ma,as crf, and say. all that
: n-ce>-aTy :, aeon 3'~. he object OF
peaoe for the Sl"ve-Lolding States TO be
let alone AMI manage their own domestic
institutions in their own wav. The mere
election of any man to office is not just
cause for dissolution of the Union The
anteceden,s of the President elect are cal
'ulated to excite fears in South Carolina,
but ia the question Of contingent danger
sufficient to Justify the drs ruction OF the
Government lie reviews the acts Of the
different Noflie S,afe- in the pa sag. Of
personal liberty biiis. and pronoanre-
7hem unconstitutional. He says that il
should Lot be presumed in advance that
the President elect will fail to enforce the
Fugitive Slave Law, as this would be un-
just and contrary to christian charity Let
Us wait for the overt act He then de
clares against the right. of secession, and
SAYS to admit il, the Union migh, b. hrok-
en- into fragments in two weeks He quotes
the language Of Jack,on and Madi~on.-
Secession is altogether founded on an in
ference in the Constitution
The Union was designed to be rerpe'u
ated. lie then quotes the Constitution in
support Of this view The trainers Of the
Constitution never intended to plant in its
bosom seeds for its own destruction. They
were not unmindful of the absurditv of
providing for its own dissolution. The
right of resistance against tvrannv and op
preston, however, cannot be denied This
right is asserted in the Declaration of In
dependence, bnt secession is neither more
nor less than revolution He speaks of
the affairs Of South Carolina He does
not apprehend that an attempt will be
made to seize the fort, but if in this he is
mistaken, the officers have orders to act
strictly on the defensive. Let the respon
sibiitv rest on the hands Of those who
provoke the contest He invokes his
countrymen to pause before attempting to
destroy the Union which has conferred SO
many benefits He argues that Congress
can do much to restore peace by propos.
ing and recommending an amendment tn
the Constitution for remedying the exist
ing evil
The very course he recommends is to
have an explanatory clause or amendment
of the Slave question, first, expressly re
cognizng tie right of property in slaves
in States where slavery now is, or may
hereafter exist Secondly, the first duty
Of protecting such rights in all the coming
Territories, until the latter are admitted
as in The Union. Thirdly, like recogni
ton
After alluding to the great commercial
agricultural and other material prosperities
of the country, the President asks, why
is it then that discomfort now SO extern
sively prevails and the union of the States
which i the source Of all these blessings is
threatened with destruction
The long continued and intenpera,e in
reference Of the Northern people with the
question of slavery in Southern States has
AT length produced its natural effect
The different sections of the Union are
now arrayed against each other, and the
time has arrived so much dreaded by the
father of his country when hostile geo.
graphical parties have been formed. This
does NOT prorp.l solely from tl- If.aI on
the part ot Congr.ss of he Ierri.o orfai
I.egisla'nro= 'a exc 1ao s,tsers from rhr
territories. uur tlcm -ur eti~Jts 81 tnr :
*eront States % Qe -at tn -.,-Cu.Ion f de
fugitive slave law, bat the immediate peril
arises from incessaut and violent agitation
OF the slavery question, throughout the
North for the last quarter of century has
produced its maIign influence on the slaves
and inspired them with vague notions OF
freedom-bence sense OF security no
longer exists around the family altar.
This feeling Of peace at home has given
place to apprehension Of ,eryile insurrec
ton MANY III tron throughout the
South reiires at night lndread OF what may
befal herself and children before the morn
ing. Should this apprehension of domes.
tic danger extend ard intensity itself until
it shall pervade the masses of the Southern
people, then disuuion will become inevta-
bic Self preservation IS the first law o
nature, and no politicsl union, however
traught with blessings and benefits III II
other respects, can long continue, iflb'
Necessary consequence be to render the
homes and f esidns Of nearIy half The par.
ties to it are habituaIly and hoPees~ly in.
secure. Sooner or later the bonds O
union must be severed.
1t is my conviction that this fatal pc
riod has not vet arrived
After referring to the incessant agitation
against slavery at the North, for the last
thirty years, both by the press and The Peo
pie and asserting that The time Of Congress
is occupied with violent speerhes on the
never ending subject, he remarks;
F." How easy would it be for the Ameri
can people to settle the slavery question
forever, and restore peace and harmony to
this distracted country, which can be done
by letting the slave states alone. ana per
rnitting them to manage their own state
affairs, as they only are responsible before
God for slavery existing among them