New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-01-11
Practical Questions.

citizen of the United States that the Ameri-
can Uaion cannot be preserved if the Govern
mcnt be administered according to the prin-
ciplcs of the Republican Party ana the senti-
ments of the Northern people WHO compose
that party. The question therefore becomes n
practical one, which is it better that the Tn.
ion be dissolved, or that the principles and
sentiments Of Republcanism be carried into
effect in as many Of the States as choose to
submit to Government administered in &C.
eordance with these principles and scnti-
nents. Practically, it does not matter u
straw whether the right of secession by
State exists constitutionally or inherently, or
whether State seccdes peaccably or forcibly
If any State Of this Union feels herself ag-
gricyed, no matter whether the gr;eva zee be
real or imaginary, and that she determines to
act in accordance with the meas urc of her
grievance, there is not power enough in the
! Federal Government to cocrce her into ac-
lniescence. Sc may be coercel into snb
mission. a State may be suhiugatcd and
held as conquered province might be: but
no State can be compelled to remain as a
member OF the American Union against her
Will. This is the practical aspect of the oues-
ten now at issue between the North and the
South And it is in this aspect that the cues
ton must be considered. 1t presents no 9TH
or practical feature. What then, is to be
done! South Carolina and several other of
the Southern States feel aggrieved at the per-
sonal conduct and acts of legislation of the
people Of the Northern States. They re-
gard the majority of tie people ofthe North
as their enemies Instead of being as they
shcu Id be, their friends. They determine
| that they will not live under. Government
controlled by their enem es, because. lille
such a government exists, it places i power
IN the hands of their enemies which they
would not have were it not fpr its cxisten &c
| The people of the South, therefore, very nat
urally conclude that they had better with
/ draw their inf ,ence from s,,ch Government
and'If they must contend with the people of
the North, to do so on as equal terms as pos
Sibic. Cal they, under such cireumsta II COS.
be cocrced into acquiesccncc: coerced to sub
NIT to the domination ola Northern bubble
sentiment which trikcs at lights and inter.
ests which Southern people value nearly; as
much rs life, and which they will contend
foc to the death! Coercion in such case as
this; is an impracticab'e theory, and it will
scarcely be lesorted to- - .-
What next! We answer, and the country
at large will answer, if tie North wants
peace ifit wants co ,tinuance Of the Union
if it desiresi its owl happiness aad prosperity ;,
it will concede to the South its just rig hts,
which appears to us to be. ! .'7..r-%
1st. The right to regulate their dom ,stic
affairs in their own way, without interfer-
ence either by State Legislation on the part
ofthe Northern people, Or by thoir individu-
al annoy rnce or intru sion
End. That fusitiv cs from service be deliv-
cred up, as contemplated by the Consttu.
ton, without interference cithe by State
legislation, or by individual menace, hind.
rance or protection to the fugitive; and that
it be made penal in any person to interfere
against the rendition of the fugitive.
3rd That Southern people on their errands
ofbusinoss, or tours Of pleasure, have the I'M
disputed right to take with them to the Nor
thern State: such of their body servants as
they may chose, without in any way preju-
dicing their right to hold such servants in
the same relations to them as such relations
may exist in the State in which the person
may have his residence
4th. That the people Of the Southern States
have the rightto migrate into any of the Ter
ritory Of the United States with their slave
property, and hold it there without interfer-
,nce until such time as the people of sach
i. Territory form fundamental agreement for
their government as separate State
These four conditions the people of the
South have a right to insist on rs condition
, Of continuing in tho Union. These terms
they do, and will prbably continue to de-
mand, and it remains for the North to say
whether or net they prefer dissolu ton and a
separate government, to union on these terms
For ourselves we prefer the latter. The Soutl,
is not, in Oar opinion, unreasonable ,Ior unjust
in her demands. At all events she hasyas
much right to prescribe the conditions on
Which she will remain in the Union, as the
North has to undertake to impose conditions
: The North loses nothing by conceding wha
the South thinks it to be necessary for her to
have to preserve her rights and protect her
interests. Why should not the North then
| let the South have what costs her nothing to
coneede, and which, if,conceded in coed faith