New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-07
GOV. wASHBURN OF MAINE on FEDERAL
RELATIONS.

GOV. WASHBURN OF MAINE ON FEDERAL
RELATIONS.
While our view is cheered by so many badges OF
,r,sterity and signs of hope cloud gathered IN the
soueIn sky is casting its pOrtentous shadow over the
land occasionng uneasiness in the public mind dis
,bnc the industrial relations and financial operations
If the country, and menacine the general welfare
Tbst II will be dpelled. having cleared the atmos-
pierre and removed many causes OF dlsase IN ne oou
polite thereby promoting bfe and health, snonld ~"
Be- doubted by those who will investigate us oflgln
and trace It's progress from the earliest beginnings to
its pIeeent elimination.
The history of the American people of their opinions
purposes and aspirations anterior TO the hevolonaI
War the principles unGerly ing the commencement anu
prSecution of thai struggle, and which We're
to have been established by ITS success me gram &
deatbless truths of the Declaration Oh inuepeiiuoe
,o c1nst;tpton with its afrmations, omissions ana
Sycl.sions its luminous contempOrneous eAposliCs;
,bs ORIGINAL pocy of the Government; the oplnlohh
and labors Of the fathers, Of Washington, FRANKLIN,
Prsh Henry Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the de-
- oS The Jpdicial tribunals Of the Slave States
DUN 20 recent period; the frequent admissions IN
,oard 10 al these in own times, ana even IN the
Iafe Presidential canvass by distinguished Soathefn
tAsmen prOve beyond the reach OF caVli OF doubt t
-; could not have been established with
nv view 10 the extension the advancement OF the
interests Of Slavery, and that the system OF African
bondage as practiced in this country, was regarded o
th@e who framed the Constitution as an eVl ana not
as good That they neither desired nor expected It's
diffusion but that they contemplated ara thelr cohle1
poIree provided for, lie restriction, LOOKING 70 It's VI
innate extinction, is apparent, TO make no othet se
fcatjona from the provisions Of the Constitution au-
tbozinQ the prohibition of the slavetrade, and reco
rizipg feitiyes from labor and service as persons
and not as property and therefore not recimiole oy
any process applicable to properly IRON sne ora san
of Jefferson IN 1854 and Of Dane, In lISl and from
the act Of the fnt Congress, passed IN I'Sl arnhs
llse latter. =. =, -,
70 he
ad 6estny of Slavery prevailed throughout the eonn-
fry Turing the lifetime of those by whom our lnstn-
siSns were nodded. Slavery was weakness, an I'M
policy evil with sn TlsI mani ssrsna not national
IL there Is one fact that stands out stronger clearer
aud more indisputsble than any other IL our history,
Is this There is the records II cannot DC Di0''oo ou
h cannot be burned out; II remains forever.
But the infrmites and necessities OF this system
ere such that its prosperity, perhaps It's yeTy exist
enee, depended upon 8 change oi Poncy and purpose
among those upon whom il was f-xed AS Slavery
was In itself thrftless, weak sefdestructive il re-
ouired expansion, and protection from without-and
hence the history Of It's assumptions and claims for the
last forty years In lSe, tie Slave Power demanded
the sdudssS, IN Of Missouri into the Union as Slave
So In 1890 it effected the removal Of the lndlsns
from their bones in Alabama and Georgia In lo4O 1t
drove the red men out Of Florida In 1871, having
ryeyotsly ACQUIRED Texas and large portions OF Mex
loo for the advantage of Slavery IL obtained an abao-
douent by Congress OF the longapproved principles
nev Fugitive Slave law, abhorrent In some OF lts
provisions 70 every sense OF justice ana every ieenne
Of humanity.
But 10 all these demands and eonquests the people Of
the Free States from their old and nextlnguIshabe
regard for their Southern brethren from their love OF
reee and devotion to the Union, submitted ln 1854,
IL wrested from Freedom the aorogration Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise line opening the virgin helds OF the
LOST and beautiful regions of Kansas and Nebraska TO
Oh .r,r of involuntary labor In 1896, 1t inaugu-
,sJ ron of y1o,ence and terror in Kansas that the
freernen Of that unhappy Territory might DC awea,
salbdued and finally driven therefom. organized III
1873 system OF force and fraud, by which 1t hoped
with the sympathes and aid Of The Administration at
Wasbin gton, to bring Kansas into the Union as a
Slave State under the Lecompton Constitutionan In
strtment which embodied the declaration, IN sub
stance that Slavery thing Of divine authority,
above and beyond the power Of human laws TO im-
tinge; and TO all these maebinaonsvloent, fraudn-
lent and revolutionary as they were-the people OF
the North inerposed only the peaceful resistance OF
the laws and the power Of the ballot In 1860 it de-
manded of the country affirmation Of the right OF
property in man by virtue Of the Constitution OF the
Cned States aud protection 70 slave property IN the
Terrtores-demAnds which, II aceeded TO- would nave
made Slavery legal and inemovable III every state OF
the Unon--the one thing sacred and national above
all others, under the Constitution established by the
great Of the earlier in order that the bless
inRs Of liberty might be- secured to them and their
descendants 40 long as their work should endure.
The men Of the Free States, and Of the Slave States
too who had been unable 10 bring their minds to
beltPy6
and upheld by the organic law, Is nsronal institn-
ton Out who held, without addition or diminution,
the doctrines illustrated by the fathers In their worSs
and lives perceived that but one course renamed Tor
them 10 PURSUE unless they could be false 70 all the
invocaaions Of patriotism and to al the mandates Of
memorable duty They were equal 70 the emergency,
and taking Issue with the Shareholders IN regard TO the
dangerous and revolutionary theories, assumptions and
claims set up and insisted upon by the latter, they
entered with earnestness and vigor into the
which terminated after the most full and thorough
discussion that took place In the country, III the
election Of Abraham Lincoln Pre- sideDt and Hannibal
Hamlin AS VicePresideDt Of the United States. This
result was accomplished In strict conformity with the
Constitution and the laws Of the United States and of
the several States and the deliberate, WELDON
kidered and honest verdict Of the people.
This verdict, 50 honOTaby obtained, and 10 neoes-
ssry 10 the defense Of the Constitution VI fathers,
and TO the preservation Of the Union in its old integ
MY Of living principles and glorious hopes, IA naae
abe ptetext by portion OF the save-hoding States
for e subyeron Of that Constitution and The disrup
on Of tha; Union and by another portion for exact
ing series Of concessions and abnegatons from the
people tee Free States which they have no moral
{ghi 70 make, and which, while they would involve
ii nane surrender Of everything affirmed or gained
m the recent election, would nevertheless bring no
Leaoe 70 the country Tor the that tie willing
nesS o. the people 10 make them would only prove
their measareess capacity for sbasement and rsryity
and thns invite fresh demands and ever.recurrpg A.
gressons The history Of the past shows that no con-
eesions VIII be accepted Satisfactory which DO not
secure TO the slave States the rights Of expansion and
otecion to their peculiar property under the Federal
Consinution- Ihis Ia what they believe they neel
and ths alone viii satisfy them. believe that speak
voice OF every true, brave and conservative man
De made. - '
but, mot, we are told that the Slave States, or
Rotuon o. them, viii withdraw from the Union. No,
VIZ not want 70 60 Much as they desire 10 have their
ms ssoepsed oy the country, far they would 20 %
scuiethe protection Of Slavery by the General Gov.
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