The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-16

Report 81 select committee concluded
with q resolution that the Secretary q
..he Nnvy. in accepting without delay OF
inquiry the designations 81 officers Of The
navy who were In arms against The Go.
yernment when rendering the snmc. and
Of those who sought 10 resign that they
might BE relieved from the restraint I'm.
posed BIZ their commissions and who were
about engaging Iii hostility 70 The ceastt-
tuted authorities of the nation has com
mitted q grave error, highly prejudIcial 70
the discipline Of the service, and injurious
to the honor aud eflicacyo Of the navy, for
which he deserves the censare Of this
House a motion to hy on the table
was lost, ITO 90. Resolution adopted. /
In the Senate yesterday tic plan 81 the
Peace Congress coming Up, Lane made =
speech In favor Of secession f.
IA message was received from President
buchanan, giving bis reasons for assem-
bling q force at The national capital He
says il was not SO large Is the resolution
prcsupposcs. and that il was designed TO
act AS posse comitdtas IN strict accord
anee with civil authorities for the preser-
walton Of the peace of the capitol. He
thinks circumstances justified that step,
and that when troops were first ordered
10 the city, the excitement md danger al
most instantly subsidized. He thinks the
step jndicious ole, md, that he would
never have forgiven himself, had any nm
pleasant event occurred, III consequence
Of failure TO provide proper Precaution7
airy measures Il IN. :.s.. IL !: II =,
Buchanan has postponed the court
martial Of Capt, Pope.
A fugitive slave was rescued from two
deputy narsllals yesterday 1T New York,
they were attempting To- put Linn aboard
"a steamer. Tie officers had no ylrrant.3
IL Is stated that def Davis has not
been III CharIcstonaat ell. y
INAUGURAL. ADDRESS OF lrR. LINCOLN.
Falloie- Citizens or Tic UFaited STATES: H.
In compliance with . custom as old as
the government itself. appear 10 address
you briefly, and to take, 10 your presence,
the oath prescribed by the Constitution
Of the United States, to be taken by the
President, before he enters on the execu-
ton Of his Office. do not consider Il
necessary, at present. for me to discuss
matters Of administration, about which
there is no special excitement. '.:s5
The apprehension seems to exist among
the people Of the Southern. States, that
BY the accession Of Republican admins
tration, their property aud their peace and
security are to be endangered
There has never been any reasonable
cause for such apprehension. Indeed. the
most ample evidence TO the contrary has
~ the while existed, aud been open 10
heir inspection Ii is found in nearly ali
he published speeches Of him WHO now
addresses you. do lint quote from one
i those speeches, whea / declare that i
ave no purpose. directly or indirectly, toI
Interfere with the Institution or slavery M
be States where il exists. i believe i ]
ave no lawful right to do SO. i have no
iGiInatlon 20 do so, Those who Iomin.I
edSaHd elected me, did 10 with the Full |
that had made thisant many
.miiar declarations, aud had never re- |
anted them, aud more than this they !
laced il the platform for my acceptance,
5 = law TO themstivrs mud TO me, the
lear and emphatic resolution, which /
ow read: Fl. i I. s:.: ts,-.s.: 4
Resotred, That the maintenance inyio-
ltejof the rights Of the States, aud espe.
ially the right uf each State to order. aud
o.control its own domestic institutions,
ccording 10 its own Judgment, exclusively. |
essential to the balance Of power on |
ihich the perfection and endurance or /
ur political fabric depends, and We de-
ounce tue lawless invasion by an armed /
oree Of the government Of any State or |
-erritery, no matter under what pretext,
Q be among the graYest Of crimes.
Enow reitefate these, and In doing SO.
only press upon the public attention the
lost conclusive evidence Of which the
ase i susceptible. That the property. /
cage and security Of no section are to be /
any wise endangered by the now incom-
y administration. add, too, that all i
NC protection which, consistently with /
be Constitution and the laws, can be
iEen, viii be eheerfally given to NIL the
hates when lawfully demanded, for what
yer cause, as cheeFiuIIy to one section as
o nnother. 5E n, TT
There IS much controversy about the
elRery Of flgitiTes from service or labor.
ne, CLAUSE now read is us plainly writ
~ ~ the Constitution as any other of its
IeFlsl0Bs, No person held To- service or
ipor III one State uAder the laws thereof, i
Seaplng into another, shall, in eonse-,E
neuce OF any law or regulation therein,
c discharged from such service or labor, i
ut shall be delivered upon claim to the
airy to whom such service or labor may X
e due II is scarcely questioned that
DIS proEisioa was intended, by those who [
lade y for the retaining of what we
AL might've slaves, and the intention OIL
ne law given Is the law. All members
! Congress swear their support 10 the
mole *S0nstitution--to this portion as
ilch as 10 any other. To the PROPOSE.
Ion, then, that slaves whose cases come
a1aln the terms.of this clause and shall
9 delivered up, their oaths are unani.
loes now. II they would make the effort h
good temper, could they not, with
early nnanimity, frame aud pass law by
leans OF which they would make good
lat unanimous oath! There is some diff
renee oil opinion whether these clauses
Mould he enforead H., ,...;e.at =. ca.