Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-03-06
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! WAsmsssros cnr, M.ssh 4th. 1861.
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ssssrhias6t issalf 1 appsss bsk ols ySa
adassss goa bsisiayy ssd 10 tAks ID yos
= presence the cath prescribed hy TIA Coz
: ssisution pf the United States 70 BE- take
/ E4h& pi1ens before be autars On n
81 ex1k&41& = a o6kes. do not oonsid<
b Il nstd1kfy i present for me 70 discns
fhse mAtksxs cf "a administration abou
whiah shsFs 3 10 special anxiety or ex
4 @tsmNuf.
Il The apprehension seems to exist anon
the pcapaa Of the Southern States, that b
the accession of 0 Republican adminis
Efsasisn shets pFspsksy And the1r psace an
personal security are 10 be endangered
4 ThsksiMs neuw - ssyssAsakak1o4k1 -,
.hfF&saebenr ksipns. fadeed, the mos
ample evidences 20 the contrary has all Oh,
i wkses sixasay md ibeswapnI to their in.
speetion. Il u found in nsarIY all ID,
Spnblsshed sFIsss1ts r. ~ - sne~ -
dresses you. | do but quote from one Of
max& spzE No w11A 1 declare thai haYs
no purpose directly or indirectly 70 inter-
/ fare wfsts the 3nssisution Of siaysry Ia the
/ States where II sxistx. balisEs [ hass
no lawful right 10 dc 50. IhAve no In
cainatiou 10 doso. Those who dominates
and elected me, did no with the haIl
knowlsdge that had made this and iasny
similar Declarations ard bad never rscant-
Ted them; and more than this, thsy plaged
in the platferrn for my aceapsaaEs q q
Law 70 themselves and To me, tho clear and
emphatic resolution which 4 now rnsd.
/ Rssolcsd, That the nAsnsananau
late of the gighsa nj tho States ~ Isybsc-
tally the right OF each State To order nnd
control its own domestic inssiGutions NO.
eordihg to its own judgment exclusively,
! is essential to the balance Of power In
which the perfeesiou and sndaranoe Of
our political fabric depend, and We de-
nounee the laWlass invasi0a by armed
force, Of the government OF any State on
Territory, no nsatsee azHask whas peesegg,
as among the grayest Of crimes. u
/ now TeiteraEe these sentiments and
| in dong 90 leaiy press upon the public
fatsepfD& she most conclusive evidence OF
which the case il susceptible, that the
property, peace and security OF NO section
are w be In no wise endangered by the
now incoming Administration; add, too,
that all the protection, which. consistent
| ly with the exlbtaszsAise and ID j Issk4 Gu
be given, viii be aheerfuily given to all
the States, when lawfully demanded, for
wbaEsser canss, % skseSrfuliy 20 ons sec-
| ton as to another. There Il much con-
troysrsy about the delivering OF fugisives
fTam saEyieassx labor. The clause / now
read lie as plainly written in the Conssitu-
lion as any other of It's provisions
no pas&on isazaEo ssgQssa Or laSorsn
Fone State under she laws fhefeof, &eap-
ing into another, shall In Consequence Of
sanT lswag regulation therein, be dischaEg-
FED ffoEas ssseA service or labor but shall
be delivered up on claim TO the party to
whom such service or labor may Be dua.'
Il is scarcely quessiDnsd xasAk shias arz~
vision was inteded BY those who made It,
for the retaining Of what we call fugi-
tvs aasss. Ah4lhs fsksnAoAA of the law
given is the Law. All members OF Corr
gress swear their support TO the whole
Enstlsutiem shfs provssi1n zzmuch
as any other. To the pr6p0ssfi6n then
that slayes whose case come within the
lssswaa a thia eiaass end shall be delivered
up, their oaths are unanimous; If they
would make the effort in good temper,
kasal6 thsr mes with Reaxa sswazss8sisf
frame and pass Law By means Of which
good
sa D.,
There Is some difference of opinion
ssEkeshm shsse elauses shOald Do sasorced
BY National 81 State aulhSFfts, bat surely
thas difference IL not VERY material one.
If the slave il 30 be surrendered, il can.
not be Of bat little consequences 10 hisa or
10 Others by which authority Ii Ia done,
and shoaidany one in any ease be eontens
that HE oath shall be unksps or merely
unEnbssaatiai controversy as 70 how Ii
shall be kept again in any Law upon this
subject, ought not all the safeguards OF
liberty known In civilized and human ja-
riapraaaHssss tpr he inepdmsea % shai q
court may in any care surrender slave,
and might it not ba wail ag tho same time
TO provide by law for the enforcement of
that clause in the Constitution which guar
anteea Ehsa the cisaassAs of each STATS slmssi
be entitled to all the privileges and iaa-
muHities OF citizens Of the several States.
I take the Official oath to-day With no
measal fseefy ssian, and no purpose to con-
stgne tho reaskiautiou and laws by. any
preiudiced rules, and while do not choose
now to specify particular acts to Con-
gFssE a. proper 10. ha enforced, do sug-
gesf thai 1t win be much safer, Ia ofhcial
and private stations, 10 ceaferm 20, and
abide by, all these acts which stand anre-
pealeas thMz % siolsEs NY III shaSn; 1A9-
ing TO find security in having them held TO
be unconstitutional. Ii lie about seventy
tive years since the first inauguration Of
President under oar National Constitm-
ton. During that period, fifteen differ
eat and greatly suaistinxaishsd ciskssns
have in snceessS3n admie1stx tE6 exSe-
utiye. This branch Of the Government
they have codacted through many perils,
gwRsazly with great success yet, wishal,
this scope of President will enter upon
ihe same task for tas srisf essse isssiossl
period Of four yers, under great ana pees-
liar difsealk -
Disruption Of the federal Union here
fsrs oaly manaeed, 10 nov fogmidably at
rtsmpsed IhoA In contemplation OF uni
yarsal Law and the Constellation. the Union
Of this States p@pst1ad rlrpetaity II
implied il not expressed In the fandanen-
tai law Oh the National Governments. II
Ii SAFE so assert, that the aosernneaa
proper bad d provision iasfsa oaZassle iaw
Tor It's own termination. Continue 10 ex-
eeuse all the express provisions u our