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

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= sst our Union rests upon public opinion. and c:n
- csmented by the bloed Of its citissos shed IN
civil war. Fit cannot live y ne asecsloos ~
nessssses many means Of preserving II y
si;.sion but the sword not paced in their nancs
preserve it By force sutmay g .S ss,,Sersss.
,h.v determipe to destroy this, the grandest ten
pie which has ever been dedicated to human neeov
s;nce the vorld bexan Ii has been consectateo ~
800 ~ aur fahere By the glories VI the past and the
hopes Of the future. The Union has aires0y H'sac ~
The most prosperous. and ere long VIII, u a.
render us the powerful nation on the race INC
earth. a. .,,,. ~ ,hs
American citizen 10 held IN the nenes. e. S.sr,s
Of our ccun. men TO swell with hcnest pride Sufei
when ne reach the brink Of the yawning abyss We sna
recoiI with horror fr the fatal plunge ~ suen
c.tastrophe the hopes the friends OF freedom
throughout the world would be destrosed ana ieIs
night Of ieaden despctism would ensnIoso ne ~ US
nr Example for more than eighty years would not on
~ he ost but il would quoted conclusive PROOF
III al man is unfit for self-governnlent
have IT'S day I urmly believe that Il has aireaoy
cached and passed the eliminating point but ~ IN
The midst Of the existing excitement inc unio" s'A
neri,h the evil may then become irreparaoe.
congress can contribute much to avert this Q! PRIV
nosins and recommending the Legislatures OF the So
veral States the remedy for existing ev,,
has itself provided for its own preserve
The President proposes that explanatory amend
ment to the Constitution be adopted by Congress ,oI
An settlement Of the construction OF the Cons
tuition in three social points an express IeesI, n
OF the right OF property in slaves, IN inc STATES Icy
il now exists or may hereafter exist; the outy ptv
tecting this right all the common Territories n.c
out their Territorial existence and until they sns ce
admitted as states in The Union win OF nv. reeos
milton master to have his slave VINO mas eseape
from one State another restored and deivered up "
him. and the validity Of the Fugitive SiaSe Law
for This purpose Together with declaration that
ali state laws mparing defeating this right are so.
atons Of the Constitution, and are, consequently nun
| and void.
Su,h an explanatory amendment would, 1t Is believed
forever terminate the existing dssension, and restore
peace and harmony among the States.
The President then discusses our foreign relations
Our with Spain have been complicated by the
refusal of the Senate ratiy the convention for the
adjustment the Cuban Claim SO called The Presi'
dent reeraes his recommendation for the acquisition
OF Cuba by fair purchase With the exception OF Mex
co our relations with foreign powers are generally Of
| q satisfactory character.
In relation to Kansas the President says the dcspcr'
ate band recently assembled under notorious outlaw
in the southern portion Of the territory to resist thu
execution Of the and to plumber thu pcaceabe cit
liens WILL doubt be speedily subdued and brought
| to Justice He recommends Pacific Railroad congrst
uates the country upon the apparent dminution OF TIT
slav trade and the extinction Of the hlibusterng sen
timept and In view of the dcstituiion in Kansas re
commends to Congress that il constitutional meas
ure of relief devised that the subject should b
| duly cons idered.