The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-03-13

isi question, But such y noR wv Sa~"'
10 vial rights o. minori'irs and 81 iros'~' Y
psls sre - plainly assured % 'hem hy mfm !
s,i.ns aud segn,ions. guarantees and pro-
hbi ia. IN Ire Constitution. 'hn con'rovsr
ries never cross concerning them. bu' NC
o,csnic law csn BE- FRAMED Si.h q provision
spec.dssuy spprahle 10 every question:
which m.v ocrw II practical administration
~ foresight eau au'icippie mr. any coeun's'''
u reasonable length cen;aio express pro-
,i,ions for al possible questions.
Shsll ugi,ises rom labor be surrendered
bv national ~ S ate aulhoriiyl The Con- 4
s,iu,ion does %, expressly sny. Nay S'n 4
prs-s prohihi, slavery 10 the IerfisoreS'--
The Constitution does no; expressly ssy.
Mus, Congress orolec, slavery 10 ne 'e'F'to-
ries, Tie constitution does roi expressly say
When questions u ,ais class spring o. we
divide upon them into najorities and minor
iiies. 1 the minority will not noquiesee'
The mi rl,v nut, cr Ihe government must
ccsse There il no other alternative Tor
containing Tie gov ernmsnt but asquie'eance
on 0 side or tie other II fninofiiy -
such case nill sscsds. rather lhan acGuesce,
they make preceden, which 10 turn WI
divide and ruin larn; foF minority " 'hsir
own viii sscrde from them when' veF . ma
i,rity refus : 10 Be controlled By such mt
noriy. For instance, why may net any PoT-
lion Of new Conisde'acy. year % rwo
hence, arbitrarily secedo sgain, precisely -
por,ions Or the present Union now claim 10
seccde from in All who cherish dsunion
sen,ln en,s are nov being educated e ne
exact temper Of doing this. i there such
psrfec, identity Of interest among the 5 a'cF
10 compose new Union ss 20 produce mr.
mcny only. and prevent renewed secession
PLAINLY the central idea Of secession y 'h'
essence 81 snarchy. a minority, hello y
restraint by constitutional checks and l'm'
tutions and always charging easily with 'h'
deliberate changes o. popular opinions sn'
sentiments, Is the only true sovereign OF
free people. Whoever rejects il does
necessity fiy to anarchy or despo'lsm. =
Unanimity is impossible The rule o.
minority o. a permanent arrangement, J
wholly inadmissable, so that, 10 rejecting IN
majority principle, snsrchy ard dsspc'isT
in some form ia al that Is lef. DO no
forget the rosiotion assumed hy snme ~
Constitutional questors are 70 be decide
by The Supreme Court. nor Do deny shs
such decisions must be binding IN ery cns
upon the parties 70 q suit. ss 10 The otleci'
tha. sui. while thry ere soen'sledlo yer
high respect and consideration W oil Dars
lei cases by all other departments 81 II
government, and while ills obviously ro
able ,hst such decision may be errorecl
N any given csse, still the evil effects 70
lowing il being limited 70 that pnriicuh
case. with the chance that Il may BE- Owe
ruled. and never become prcccdentfor Of
81 cases. ran better be borne than could u
evils or q dfsre NJ practice. AZ TIE san
time M candid citizen must confess tist
the policy 81 the government upon "a
qaeslions affecting he whole people y
be irrcvocnbly fix 4 BY decisions q Tie !
prsme Court, the instant they are made
ordinary litigation between parties 10 p
sonal actions, the people will have ceas
10 be their own rulers. having 20 thai ex,s
practically resigned their government \
the hands Of that tribunal. Nor isihere
this view any assault upon the Cour cr
Judges. Itis "a duty from which they n
not shrink 10 decide cases properly brou.
before them, and il is no fault 81 their
Others seek 10 turn their decisions 10 %
zeal purposes.
One section OF our counir, believes Ella
~ 10 right rid ough, q be EXTENDED, vi
the other believes II 10 wrong and on
not 10 be extended This is the 0
substantial dispute. for the fugitive d
clause Of The Constitution, and the u
for the Suppression 81 the foreign slave IL
are each Is well enforced perhaps as
law can ever DO I'M community where
moral sense of the people imperiecsly !
ports the law itself. Will the great b
OF The people abide BY The legal obliga
10 both cases as well after he separation
the sections az before? The foreign d
trade, now partially suppressed. would be
imaieIy revived without restriction in
section. while fugitive slaves, nov parli
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