Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-06-19

ouNb stNAl'ultUA,
We now turn TO the consideration Of
what ought to be done for the purpose Of
quieting apprehersions within the few
slave States which still adhere to the I'm
ion established by our fathers.
/ We ask no concession Of new or add
tional rights. We do not fear any itnme
diate encroachment upon our rights as
slave States. The amendment to the con.
/ stituton proposed by the last Congress
assurance that al present there is no dan
| GER that our rights will be assai cd. But
we are few in number, and the proponde.
rance Of the free States is continually in
creosing. The security to our rights now
afforded by the sense o. Justice in the
minds Of the free States may be lost by a
change Of popular feeling in ,he future
One great object in constitutions is to pro,
tect the rights Of m&orities.
IN the constitution there are general
grants Of power to the Congress cf The
/ United States which might be perverted
10 our i! jury contrary to the spirit orthat
instrument, AID still the letter nl the
grant claimed to warrant the injurious le.
g.sat.on. Such arc the power ITO regulate
commerce between the States" and the
/ power Of "excIusiyo legislation over the
| District Of Columbia" and ''ovar forts
dock-yards, and arsenAls in the several
| States" 1T would not now be claimed by
/ Congress that these grants authorized an
! interfere nee in the sale Of slaves between
| the people OF different States, nor would
it Ie claimed that they authorized the
abolition OF slavery in the District OF COL
umbia while Maryland and Virginia re-
mained slave States, nor the like abolition
in forts and other places within slave
States. While we are aware that all the
territories, then unorganized were orgau-
| lied by acts of The last Congress which
contain no prohibition Of slagerv, and
while We know that this was the action Of
Ia Congress in which the free STATES bad
/ The control at the time the acts were paas>
ed, still these are bot acts Of Congress
subject to repeal hr alteration. as public
] feeling may change under Temporary cx-
cItement.
: 1t is but just that the rights OF the slave
States, now in small minority of the
whole States, should be guarded in the
particulars mentioned by such constitu-
: tlOnAl guarantees as shall vende. them Sc
cure a9ains! future Legislation iu times Of
excitement. Our distinguished fellow cit
izen, tEe Hon. John J. C.Ittendeu, for the
purpose Of securing by constitutional guar,
antees rights already possessed, presented
to Congress certain propositions 10 amend
! the constitution, which met with general
approval, and we're satisfactory 10 us and
| to our people, and those propositions, rs
originally offered, or any that are eouiva-
| lent, would he now satisfactory, and would
quiet apPrehersiOns that exist, 10 SOME
extent, in the minds of real friends of the
Union ard which are industriously excl
! ted by those who are the enemies O! the
Union and Of the people.
Whether any such constitutional guar.
antees would have the effect Of reconcil-
ing any of The seeded States to the gov
ernment from which they have torn them.
selves away we cannot say, but we allow
! ourselves 10 hope that the masses in those
States will in time learn that the dangers
they were made 10 fear were greatly exag,
gerated, and that they will then be dispo,
sed TO listen TO the calls Of interest and of
patriotism, and return to the family from
winch they have gone ont. Ono effect Of
giving such guarantees, certainly, will be
to prove to the world bv the frank reroo-
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