The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-03-07


State wi h ostile intent; they depio'
he practice 50 prevalent in some Stat.
Of failing to protect the citizens Of 9th,
States travelling or temporarily sojourn
ing therein All such evils are to b
depkred by good citizens of whateve
section The committee, however, pre-
pose nothing to REM dy the evil. Th
re oIut,ons propose to neither prob bl
"or command anything ia reference t
the personal liberty laws or other evil
cenpiaiLed OF The report only advise
the States to revise their leglsia iatieu i
these particulars.
In my Jun.he Judgment, Mr. Speak,
er, at this pai itlcu;r juucture, what W
most want is d;stinc. and prompt +,
co2nitI"u ot the authority OF tie Consti
tuition, an1 the laws enacted in pursu
ance thereof, as supreme and paramount
to any State legislsiion. II that b
readily aud fully acknowledged, the rem
edy Will soon be found tor the unauthor
ized and illegal action of States-wbeth
er it b. secession ordinances or persona
liberty laws Modification, 10 whatever
form, must be met and overthrow -
These personal liberty laws, passed by
the northern States, were never dcsi ynco
to Conflict with the Constitution Of the
United States, or to nulliiy an act o
Congress. passed in pursuance of the
Constitution. They were designed. sir
ia Z l
kidnapped, ard t" guard against violent
s'izur,s Ii the States which have per
>o"al liberty b'I~ upon their statute
b"' Ks lavr intrinScd he Constitution OF
the United States. or nullitied any lceis-
ltirn Of Congress under it. then the
crurt, c,n ,rr,ct the error. | never
h"arG {: ah instance in which any citi
zen. or cnnsld rahlc number OF citizens,
+ the North have claimed that the
courts could not declare upon the co.,sti.
'uth'uai'y OF personal liberty bills. They
All 3grte in .he North that it is the riu ht
and the duty Of the States to obey the
duly rcnd' red jud @mcuts of the courts
Understand that they have alw Us been
willing TO submit their avs to the adju
dicm''on Of tive courts.
But history furnishes y memorable IN
stance in which one OF the States of the
Union. up"" the application of the peo
p'' "t another STATE, refused to test the
validity or co"s'itutionality of their own
laws in their own courts. l allude, sir,
to the case Of South Carolina. when Mr.
Hoar was sent there rs commissioner
IN The pa't Of Massachusetts. TO test the
'"nstifu'ionality of a law Of South Caro-.
ina: she refused to submit to the arbit
Of the courts, and drove Mr.
ioar from her limits. | repeat. then,
What | have said. that the Constitution
md the lsws passed in pursuance thereof
must b" recognized as paramount and
npremc to State laws before We can ar
i've at any full settlement of our present
difficulties and this the committee. in a
,reat measure. seem to have lost sight Of.
The committee d. plore the evils which
re upon us The President of the Uni
I'd States in a recent message dcplured
he secession OF States a. a great evil
lis argument was an able one against
right Of secession but he proposed
o remedy f"r it-he acknowledges no
eme for it. Aud like the President
Il s'y it with great respect-,he com
} t. g, while depl ring unauthorized
cts, assert 40 p wer 10 rhe Government
. r,press Su.h acts, but only request the
ta',> TO desls' All have to say is.
nat ANY pa" ot c"nprulni-e or settle
'eh' which does not recognize the para.
iount power vi the Constitution and
Tvs, wa not reach tie evils 80 much
,npiaIued OF Without IA fupdau,eutai
c"-nitIon OF the superior authority of
'c Federal Constitution, this Vu n |
scrntes mere myth, and the Goveru
rut ii sham
regard the slavery question as sec
'dary i" Importance to the pretended
1ht ol p,ac, able secession Claimed . y
ate> now III open rebellion against the
oVernmcht, aud actively at work iuclt-
( Other States to like reasonable prac-
;es. 1t Is no time to staunch the blood
on flowing wound caused by the
avery agitation, while this assassin OF
c,ssiun aud rebellion stands with drawn
gger ard upIlIted arm to infllct yet
ore fatal blow at the very Government
'eit' Make CONCESSIONS now, in o,der
preserve this Guverbm, Four
ars hence, when We come to inausurate
other Presid,nt, new concessions may
deui Dd,d. Thus, black mail or
usom may BE- regularly levied by one
stlon Oh another at each recurring pres
en- iaI election, if not oitener, as the
Ice OF the Union 1t is all folly, then,
think OF compromises and concessions
this time. Nothing less than the life
tie Union Is demanded and every
't'nct Ut self pre- ervallon requires that
Q terms should be rel ct. 4, and the
'vernm,n sustained
l say that the question, of all other s
tstIo"s, which has now to be settled,
the lght of secessi"n. appeal to I
'tlemcn who favor IA southern c.nted, !
ICY, whether any Government erected c
on such u foundation could endure c
requires no prophets ken to tor.tell l
speedy downfall of confederac, s
med upon the specific recognition OF I
right OF secession 1t would pass
~ with the breath of any State, how. t
y small. that might for any cause, $
Vever trivial, declare that It severed n
connection. Such a confcdcracy u
nld be hourly and daily in inn iu. ut 5
'ger of being broken into a thousand n
gments. In such confederacy, self. +
ness will he tho ovarrnl;,r ,,a.;, I.