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

f~'"t ~ Vhty Pfrr- UPON fNt pnniic hften
= ion the most conclusive evidence of which
. The case j. susceptible. that the property
I peace Gnd security u no section are 10 b.
= in any wise endangered oy the now incom.
2 Ing administration. add. toe, that all III.
protection which, consistently with lie can
lsiiIuticn and The laws, can be given. viii
be cheerfrl'y given % al the States, wher
lawfully demanded, for whatever cause, 8.
! cheerfully 70 one section az % another.
There j. mach controversy about The de-
'livering Of fugiiives from service or labor
The clause ! now read is az plainly written
IN the Constitution a. any other cf lis pto.
visions:
NO person held "a service or labor il one
STATE, under the lrws thereof, escaping into
another shall, 10 consequences Of rny lev or
regulation therein, be discharged from such
service Or labor. but shall BE- delivered up On
claim 10 The party 20 whom such service or
labor rsy be due,
i is scarcely questioned tina, this provi
sion wss intended by those who made il for
the reclsimirc az what we call fugitive
sl.ves. and the intention Of the Irw given i
the law oil members Of Congress swear
their surpori 'o-the whole Cons,iiu,ion-
70 this provision as much az 70 any oilcr.
To the proposition then that slaves whose
csses como within the terms Of this clause.
shall te delivered NJ. their os'hs are
unanimous. Nov. II they would mike the
Effort II ccod temper could they not with
nearly equal unanimiiy. frame ard pass a
law by means Of which 70 keep good that
unanimous csihl There j. some difference
Of opinion whether this clause should be en-
forced BY Na'lonsl or State authority. but
surely shnt difference il not very material
one. II The slave is 10 be surrendered, il can
be Of bnt little consequence 10 him or TO
others By which authority |. il done; and
should any one. in any case. be content that
his oath Be unkept on merely unsubsian-
tsl controversy as - how Il shall be kept
n any law upoE this subject. ough, not al
The safeguards Of liberty known in civilized
md humsne jurisprudence 70 be introduced
% hist freeman may not in any case be
surrendered as savei onj Nigh, IL not be
we'll, AZ the same time. 10 provide BY law for
the enforcement Of that clause 10 The Con-
s,tu,ion which guarantees that the citizens
Of each State shall be entitled 10 all the
privileges and imnunilies Of citizens in the
several Siatss7
take Tho official oath 10 day with no men.
tal reservations, snd no purpose 10 construs
the Constitution and laws by any hyPocrt
ical rules, snd while DO not choose now To-
specify particular acts Of Congress a. prop
erto Be enforced, do surgest that /. will
be much safer ~ rli. IN ciiicial and priv,te
stations. TO conform 70 and abide By d II tha se
ac,s which stand unrepeHlrd, than 70 violate
any Of Them trusting 70 find impunity mi
having them held . BE- unconstitutional.
Il i seyenty.two years since tile frs, IN
Euguration Of President under our nalicn-
a constitution. During that period sstaenl
different and greatly distinguished citizens
have in succe ssion administered the exccu-
live branch Of The Government. They have
conducted It tthrough many pcrils, and gencr.
ally with great success. Yet with all this
scope for precedent, now enter upon ,he
same task ior the brief constitutional term
u four years. undar great and pscuiinr iiIi-
suly. Tie dsruplIoa Of the Federal Union "
heretofore only menaced. Is nov formidably
attempted. bold that ia contemplation d
II universal law and ne Constitution, The
Union OF the States in perpc,uty il implied il
lDs expressed in the fundamental law or eli II
national governments. II is s1ss 10 lsscsi
bal the government proper never had pro.
,ision in is organic law for its own termi-
nation. Continue 10 execute al tho express
provisions of our National Constitutions and
he Union will endure for ever, il being i'm
possible TO destroy il except BY sone action
lot provided for in the instrument itseli.-ll
A gain, IL the United States be not govern
nent proper, but an association OF the'
States in the nature Of contracts merely, can
/ as contract be peaceaby unmade unless
By all the parties who made II! One party
% contract may violate or break Il, 70 70
does !. not require all 10 law
Tully rescind III
Descending from these general principles