St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1861-01-11

assertion that no CONCESSION VIII prevent
the act, fill -the mind with wonder, and
leave no doubt that tie purpose Of destroy
ing the Union has long prevailed In certain
minds in the event Of not forever ruling
it. This conviction gains force from the
long continued course of certain late OH
Gals, high in the favor Of tho Chief Exec
ntive, but who have resigned, j am sorry
to say, inssesd Of being dismissed, whose
effort appears To have been 10, smbarrass
the finances, destroy the credit, and weak
en- the defences Of the nation, to make its
preservation more difficult. a.
The alleged non-execution ofthe fugitive
slave law and the so-cai!sd personsP lib
erty bills, seems to DO mere ptstexts for .
course resolved on, FOR the Fugitive slave
law is executed in Ill cases % which j is
applied with very rare exceptions, and the
personal liberty laws have never prevented
or Murdered. We at least have no occa-
sion for explanation or justification here
One demand IS the restoration In ERECT Of
the line # restriction, known a. the Mis-
souri, Compromise line. But great ob
jections to This concession are, that the Ell
tirs South 0Ice declared themselves dis
satisfied with it.. ana That tie really dlsaf
fected will nos accept i e day sIr1de-
mands are bftsdy ! slave code for the ter
Iitories, and a recognition OF slaves as
property by the free States We cannot
believe that such demands are made 10
good faith. They. seem to have BEEN de-
yised purposely 10 receive rejection
which might be alleged as a reason for a
contem plated revolution Such demands
are entirely new! Even in the foriiiation
of the Consultation Of che United States it
was not thought proper to admit the idea
OF property IN man. Can We now be ex-
pected to grant what the slave States oil
that day Thought It no. proper task ?
Such thing as slave code has no prece-
dehtFin our history. Precisely the contra
Ty-C Congressional Introduction OF slavery
in the territories--ha many, both'ofd and
more recent. ,,- ,.a,.,,e,
But whatever Concession or compromise
might otherwise be made, the present
treasonabfe pogition Of one 81 the Southern
States, and ths penacing atatqde Of others,
the war already levied upon the United
States by the seizure Of Government prop
erty bym1nsd men professedly hostile to
United AS-tstes authority, demand, first,
tue assertion Of the rights Of the nation,
and next the tec6gntiUn Of the principle
thar existing Copstlntonal agreements are
70 be maintained, and thai, subject to the
Constitution, the majority shall rule, and
the minority must submit, After this is
well settled We can with honor and seeur-
ity discuss the Equssfion of lnew compro-
misses but while othe claim of the dis
uhiohists that 5 Stats tnAy seeeds from the
Union at Der own pleasure, remains prac-
tically, nndenisa by the gsnoVal govern
nient, tits evident that no compromise or
concession win avail, which does not sub
init the action and Judgment of the ma
5ority to tho ianaticism of the restless and
iactlous aiew. !. IA ny. sother - compromised
would in fact encourage further rebellion
hereafter. s,sai .ss Pa lJ"'t& .syas''s tsf"
' It's therefore clear in my opinion thst
the nation must vindicate itself and estab-
lish again obedience to- the constitutional
Agreements and compromises through al
the length'and breaathof the land, slraa
% We are gathered from all the States OF
the. Union and almost all the civilized ma
tons Of the world We can tisfe, no mar
10. Il
COW, or sectional feeling. Our interests e9ua
~ ferbid'ungenerous or selfish views. We
are q young State, not yet very numerous
or powerful, but we are for the Union as
it is, and the Constitution as i is. We
hope, We expect no. iraternal WAT. The
blessings, Of the Union, representation in
Congress, the benefits of the postal sys-
tenn the honorsi to- be won in thesvsrieus
'depaf Efhehts. Of lhatiopal service, these w
cry State may participate in, but it is unnec-
cssary to force them upon an unwilling
people. Bat the territory, the iOrts, the
srscnals, the dock.yards, pubfc bnildings,
ships OF war, revenue cutters, and the rev
enue, these belong TO the whole nation,s and
these the nation; can hardly relinqush with
honor. - a L4aAAA n &
-Snch believe to be the sentiment of the
whole people of our State, and it may be
well for tae Legislature now assembled,
by some solemn act, in fitting terms TO ex-
press our Undivided attachment to the Con-
stitution and the Union Of our fathers and
our willingness to contribute, whatever OF
moral Or material influence we, have, to
preserve them, now and forever, ope:.and
iuseparabIe. e=t 900. ah IS
-.---.--- ALEX. RAMSEY. 4
ST. PAUL, January 9th, 1861. so