The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-01-18
|, ,,,;tiya Slave Law in the North o1ions

Fugitive Slave Law Ia the y ortE. Cdioas
| rs That law H. it las been enforced in al
most every State where the attempts has
been made. Whether right or wrong, this
is the fact. That people should obiec, TO
an odious AMI. as they believe. unconsti'1-
;ionai law. which calls upon them TO aid IN
reducing m-u 10 slavery. is not remarkable
change in lis oppressive features would,
just to the extent Of the Change. do away
with hostility to IL.
Personal liberty laws are found, or sho'd
he found upon this statutes Of every State.
They ought to DE there. All States have
them, both North AMI South, yarying in
their character AMI provisions, yet still per,
sonal liberty laws. The highest duty OF the
legislature of any civilized Safe !, 10 pro.
vide By every c,n.titn:isali means for the
protection OF the nights OF person Of The citi
zen. 80 law Tor the protection and pres
servarion Of the liberty Of the people, car
rot be too stringent If it is within the Con-
stiiulion The States never surrendered
The right 10 protect the person Of ctizens.
Every liviug hugian being has night to
! legal tt.-t to tn. question whether he Is Tree
man u slave While il canIo. be consented
that laws booking 10 the protection OF lib
erfy should be repealed, yet al sncb lava
should conform 10 the Constitution Of the
United States II on a close examination
and scrutiny. you are satisfied that any Of
the provisions Of our personal liberty laws,
are in conflict with the Constitution, it will
be your duty, your pleasure. 10 SO change
them that they E all CONFORM 10 that Con,
stltntion. But 10 fear, no favor. no hope
of reward. 10 demand. no threat. should
4 u fraa
down the walls Of their proieciIon. We
love the Constitution and the Union OF
these States. We Will make sacrifices Of
feeling To appeaSe and concI!iate cur bra'h
! rem. but ,ce tciH mike no n,3re sucrj Pres
| Of principle While this government
| stand, and we consent to live under it. Lib
! erty may paw 10 Slavery the price the Fa>
Tiers agreed should be paid. but, with our
consent. it 81 III pay no more. We will
abid, by, and have never refused to abide
BY the Compromises Of our Common Cons
stitution. Bat subject To that Constitution,
the civil AM rel sIulS liberty, for which tho
Ash of the martyrs melted aud their bones
cracked in the flames, for which the Pill
grirns became Pilgrims. aud for which our
fathers f5ught, shall travel Gown to other
generations "a, they came carecring on in the
| idst Of the ages. with no. one right i'm
paircd or one attribute lost.
The remedy chosen for the imaginary
evils suffered by the South, is Secession, aud
a total disruption of the States Aud here
in brave words, the right of secession is
claimed One State did not make the Union.
nor did he people Of Que State make 1t.
II was the joint work OF all lhc people.
speaking through ali the State-, and only
the power that mad, i. can destroy it. y
disruption OF . part is dlrap;!oI Of tic
whole.
he right Of ! Sta'e to s,ce /. from the
Union can never he a | intel Ia. ,tlon
al government cannot treat with State
viii il is in the Union, and particularly
whit it sands n an attiiu ia hostile to the
Unon. 50 rong ~ any State assumes
position f., eign. independent. and hostile to
the Government. there can be ~ conciia>
tioo, The 90. ernnen. OF the United States
cannot treat with one Of its own States as u
foreign power The constitutional laws 0
the United States extend over every State
alike The ara to be enforced IN every
| State alike.
a State cannot come into the
| Union as it pleases, aud 90 out when
| it pleaSes. Olce il, it IN I't stay un-
til the Union is destroyed. There is
no coercion of State. But where
4 faction of a penp.e arrays itself, not
against one act, but against all laws,
and against all government, there is
bit one answer TO be made: "1he
Government must be sustained, the
lauS shall be enforced"
20 ,tIcn. poynlt,tinr
is war; war against the government
Of the United States is treason.
It Is time, now, to know whether
we have any government, and, If 50,
whether it has any strength, l. our
written Constitution more than 4
sheet of parchment? The Nation
must be lost or preserved by it's own
strength. It's strength is in the pats
riotisn: of the people. It is time now
that politicians become Patriots,
that men show their love Of country
by every sacrifice bat that Of princi,
pie, and by unwavering devotion TO
It's interests and integrity.
The hooes Of C,yilizt ion anil Chris i4nity
| are sIspen led nova on the to this ques-
ton Of dIss' iu'ion. The capacity for, we'll
the right # s1tf s)vorlin mt is to pass its
| deal, All specu.au n u bs:omo csriaintv.
| Otaer systems have been tried md have failed
| AMI a. along, the skeletons of natl ms have
| been srewn, rs warnings and landmarks upon
the great highway Of historic govern nent.-
Wis ''nsiH is true, AMI her psopls stealflst -
| She will MT destroy the Union, nor consent
thao 1t shall be done. DeFissd by great, and
| vie, and good men, i'll days OF sor, trial, it
NUT sra1i. Like soma bold mounta n, Mt,
| VIII sc base tho great seas break their angry
! fools, AMI around whose nit the thunders
Of a thousand huIr caneshaYe RATED, strong,
| Il move |, in i py5tDta--D N ~ or UliJ0 DO,
| whllo treason surs;s | its bass, all pt.si1aJ
| rage around it. unnoyel, in II We tble hero