The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-20

A H. u9Suvo uooNO EoWs -a&
!, au,ears tAas proposition to repeal Tie
ys,tiys slaye Law has been voted down ID the
e u,u.e q Representatives. One cause only could
! 81, led y that result, to vii, coasidsratiSns
s0,,csed with such border Slave States Il are
/ .xloy.t And how many Of such States their
co,erspsnts os authorities -ape ranked ,as
,.,.r rhs new ssAss Of Virginia and li.sls
nsvsrs, We spins, would Stand .sl.s in the
.suapliasion. Kentucky refuses 70 respond to
4. ~ Of he PFssidei s--sefases 70 furnish aid
80 Federal Govesnmsnt-aecaisesa 10 hSap
,.,.ec. thss Government; ana yet. that Cow
,nnent must protect Kentucky a : loyal
s,,e What, consideration flows to the Fede,
- government, calling for that protectiohs-
FEeptucky may refuse to respond 70 call Of
~ FEDERAL Government, made in. purssau pf
n oonstitu,ion, Why may not the latter s5tSse
..rssess Kentuoky--to guarantee her in the
r.vmens Of Constitutional rights. aas
Bpt ssids from retaliatory view--xaiyi1g Il
.,,ose,her, the Free Ssates have the right 10,
"a should .msiss upon a modification Of that
~. The principal Slave States have rebelled,
notwithstanding the Free States submitted 70
,,uoss degradation lin CONFORMITY with legal
,,aOrty) TO protect the slave property Of the
,ausr! The Courts said the law was constitu-
io,l sid the Free States, therefore, submit.
I'D o., at least, did not unite in its repeal as
,jey could have done, neither did their local
bss (appare,tly in conflict and al wrong # SO
pealityl avail against Federal authority, ex-
alive or judicial But enforcemens by Fede,
d authorities simply their exclusive duty as de-
afedb Was not satisf.csory:-,hs law must not
nly stand--she people of the Free States must
%. only be passive, but ever wdtclfml and detiae
catching and returning "contraband," " with or
Without a satisfactory showipgl g ifa
Il b hsgh time, them when the Federal Gov
snment (now, virtually, the North, is attacked
md its authority and protection spit upoh;-.
vhen that Northern sentiment which has ever
,arocated the supremacy Of the Constitution
I'd Laws as expoupded by the Courts, is met by
1sienre, contempt and treachery;-when the
ggsrnment had done no wrong, and when Con-
rs with numerical power to the contrary
slowed Judicial authority in organizing Terri,
tories without the Questionable restriction; in
de face of these things, it is high time, We re
pa, that the Free States should inaugurate
seGSespect-should unite, and, in constitu-
tonii way, assert their power aud rights. Let
he Law be so amended that no prip,a facie cit
na or resident Of Iowa, or any other Free State,
@be taken from its jurisdiction-be deprived
dtis liberty except through Jury trial, or by
Sne other action, warrant or ssuthority of the
ne, SO far as constitutional, in conjunction
vth Federal authority Under the existing Law
,s,a,e is altogether powerless (disquali6ed) to
rS,ect its inhabitants, and mob violence has
psun out of that fact More "contraband
ruld be returned under law even half res.
,ee,ful to the Free States, Than under the pres
en-, offensive and humliating enactment, which
only returns evil (rebel'ion) to those who have
borne with it out Of respect to Judicial author
ity as well as to evince their earnest desire to
maintain the Union through every constitutional
guarbtee'and by peaceable means ~
Let the Free States; then, while constitution.
Ny just, promptly assert consistent power and
slfrespect, which, if never compromised in the
rt would not now be employed in crushing
ut rebellion. t...-..1 f.. ~
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