Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-24

only power conferred, IS the powe'
cOupled ,rith the duty, of guarding
and protecting thsownsr in his rights:
This decision of.the highest judi
cial tribunal known to our Govern
meut. settles The question, beyond
the possibility of doubt, that slave
property rests upon the same basis
and is entitled to the same protection,
as every other description Of proper.
ty. that the General Government
has no power to circumscribe or con-
fine it within any given boundary; to
determine where it shall, or shall not
exist. or 10 any manner to impair
its value. And certainly ii will not
be contended, in this enlightened
age, that any member Of the Con-
federacy can exercise higher powers,
in this respect, beyond the limits
of its own boundary, than those dele
gated to the General Government.
The States entered the Union
upon terms Of perfect. political
equality. each delegating certain
powers 10 the General Government,
but neither delegation any power TO
the other to interfere with its re-
served rights or domestic affairs;
hence, there is DO power on earth
which can Iightfully determine wheth-
er slavery shall or shall not exist with
in the limits ofany State, except the
people thereof acting in then highest
sovereign capacity.
The attempt of the Northern peo,
pie, through the instrumentallty oi
the Federal Government-thelr
State governments, anG emigrant
aid societies-to confine this spe-
eies Of property within the limits OF
the present Southern States-to I'M
pair its value BY constant agitation
and refusal to deliver UP the fugitive
TO appropriate the whole o' the Ter
ritories, Which are the common prop
erty of all the people of all the
States, 10 themselves, by excluding
therelrom every Southern man who
is unwilling to live under a govern
ment which may by law recognize
the free negro as his equal; "and In
fine, to put the question where the !,
Northern mind will rest in the belle'
of its ultimate extinction, IS justly
regarded by the people of the South
ern States as gross and pa'pable
VIC lation of the spirit and obvious
meaning Of the compact Of Union
an impertinent iDtermeddliDg with
their domestic affairs, destructive oil
fraternal feeling, ordinary comfy
and we'll defined rights.
As slavery receded from the NORTH,
it was followed by the NEST. violent
and fauatical opposition. At hrst
the an,i-slavery cloud, which now
oyersbsdows the natisD, was no lar
ger than mans band. Most OF
you can remember, with vivid DIS
tnctness, those days OF brother
lnod, when throughout the whole
North. the abolilioaist was justly re-
g.rded as an enemy of his country.
Weak, diminutive and contemplate
as was this party in the purer days
Of the Republic, it has now grown to
colossal proportions and its recent
rapid strides to power, have given
| it possession of the present House
of Representatives. and elected one
Of ito leaders to the Presidency o.
the United States; and in the pro-
! press of events, the Senate and Su'
preme Court must also soon pass IN
to the hands of this party--a party
upon whose revolutionary banner
is inscribed, "No more slave States
no more slave Territory, no return o
the fugitive to his master'--an "Ir
repressiHe conflict" between th'
Free and Slave States; and "wbeihe
it be long or short, peaceful or bloody
! the struggle shall 60 on, until tn
sun shall not rise upon a master or Sc
upon a slave"
Nor is this all; it seeks to appro
!, pirate to itself, and to exclude tn
STAKEHOLDER from the territory at
quired BY the common blood an
4 treasure Of all the States.
/, 1t has, through the instrumental
. |ty Of Emigrant Aid Societies. undo
: State patronage, flooded the Terrlt'
; ries with its minious, armed vii
> Sharpe s rifles anS bowie knives, seel
5 ing :hus to accomplish by inlimid
. tiop, violence and murder whss
could no. do by constitutional legisl
lion.