Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-05
WHEELINGx Va, TUESDAY MORNING, .AI4RcF=5 1s6i

time the ead9ld citizen mqss eobfess
that 1t the policy of the government upon
vital questions affecting the " hole people,
ls to be-rrevecahly liked by a sderistoni OF
tue supreme Court the instant they nre
made in.ordiuHryf itigatt6ur between mar
ties in persoudl actions, the peOtjie ,kiIl
have ceased to be their own rulers, having
10 that extent Pntetignity reSiEued their
government Into the hands OF that emit
iient tribunal, Nor is there, In thfs slew.
any assault upon the Court OF It's sjadges.
1t IS q duty from which they may not
shrink, to decide cases properly brought
before them; and it Is no FAULT of theirs IL
others seek to turn their decisions to no.
liucal purposes 0ne EeettOniof outs coins
Try believes slavery Is right and ought to
be extended; while the other believes Il h
wrong and ought nor To- be extended. Z.
tlls 10 the only substantial dispute for
the Fugitive slave clause of the Conslitu-
tlon,and the laws, for the lsuppFe1 1siou OF
the foreign slave trade, arc each as well
enforced, perhaps. as any lay can ovRr.be,,
In u community where tho moral se1se Of
the people inperFegtly, supports the, law.
itself, Willthe egreatbo5y oftGe peoplsSbite
by tue dry, legal Obligation 10 both cases.
etTer Atter the separation of the aectfons
than be.oFe. Tue foreign slave trade no n
imperteclly suppressed, W0ul6bsuIunSgt
revived without restriction, ia one section;
willie fugitive slaves, now only partially
surrendered, would not be surrendered Il
all, by the other. .se
Physically speaking, We cannot separate.
We cannot remoTe our respective sections
from each other, nor build au impas4ibIe
wall between them. A husband aud wife
may be divorced and go out of the pres,
snee and beyond the reach of each other,
but the different parts of our country can
not do this. They cannot but remain face
TO lace and an intercourse either nrnicable
or hostile must continue between ths m.
Is II possible then TO make that interconrsA
after separating them befure2i Can aliens
make treaties easier than friends ran make |
laws? Can treaties be more faithfully en-.
forced between aliens than laws among
friends
suppose you go to war, you cannot fight
always, and when, after much loss on both
sides and no gain on either, you cease
hEhttng, tho old Identical questions as to
terms OF intercourse are again upon you.
This country, with its Institutions, belongs
to the people who inhabit It, Whenever
they shall gr6w weary of the existing gov
ernmcnf, they can exercise their eOustitu-
tional right of amending it, or their rrvo.
lutionary right to dismember or overthrow
it. cannot be ignorant of the fact that
many worthy aud patriotic citizens are de-
sirous of having the national Constitution
amended. While make no recommendA
tion of ameudments, / faliy recognize the
rightful authority of the people over the
whole subject, TO be exercised in either of
the modes prescribed in the instrument
itself, and ! should, under existing cir
cumstances, favor, rather than oppose,
fair opportunity being offered the people to
act upon 1t. will venture to add that
TO me, the Constitutional mode aseus hre-
terAble, inasmuGh rs Il WitOS -af1isntt.
ment to originate with the people tbrtn.
selves, instead of permitting them to take
or reject proposition originated by Others
not especially chosen for the purpose, and
which would be precisely such as they would /
not wish 20 either accept or refuse. d
understand a proposed amendment to
the Consultation (which amendment, how
ever, l have not seen) has passed Con-
gress, to the elect that tue. Federal Gov
ernment shall never interfere With the do
mesio institutions of the States. including
that OF persons held to service, To avoid
niisconstruetipne OF what have said,
depart from my purpose, not to speak of
particular amendments, soimucll as to say
that, holding such provision to be now
implied as Constitutional law, have no
objection to its being made express andir-
revoGable, - = g ~ = q NJ =
I The ohief Magistrate derives all his
Nuth"rity from the people, anil they have
conferred none upon him 10 fix terms for
the separation of the States. The ape5pieiI
themselves can do this, also, il tiey
choose, but the Executive, rs sueh, has
mi hiner ,tysfRt
ininister--the present Government AZ Il i
came to his h4nas, and TO Transmit it nm
snlpaired by him 10 his successor. Wby
should there not be patient confiiencs
IN the ultimate justice OF the people
Is there any better Wr.equal hope iu the
world? In Onr present differences IA
either party without faith ? Whether the
almighty ruler of Nations with his ctsrual |
truth and justice be on our side of tile A
North or yours of the South, thht truth
ind that Justice will surely prevail, by
the Judgment Of this great tribuual--tlie
American people.
BY the frame OF tho Government under
which we live, this same people have wisss
y given their sovereign but little power
for mischief, and hare, with equal wisdom.
provided fpts the fetirn oG tbIt ,iIttie 10
their own hauds, ut very abort intervnlG-I
While the peOpls retain tlisir Virtue = nd
yigilnnre, no administration, in . any ex.
treme of Wickedness and folly, Gao seri-
ously injprs Tile Government IN the short
space OF four years.
My Countrymen, one and all, think
cal My and well uPon this whole subject
Nothing valuable can be lost By taking
time u there be anything to hurry any
OF you in hot haste toyaatep which you
would never take deliberately, that object
will be frustrated by taking time, but no
good obisct caube tfustrated By it.FF Il
Such or yon as nre dow dfssatfsied
stu have the old Constitution unimpaired,
and ssS on the sensitive point. the laws Of