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


t Physically speaking. We cannot spssste.
We came, re,n.v. our respective sections
from each other, nor build IN impssssb's
wsll between Il eu.S
: Husband aud wife msy be divorced,
and 20 out VI reach OF each other. But
the different parts Of .ur couItry cannot
do this. They csDnu but remain face
! to face. 1uterc,urse umicabIe Or sot isl
, must continue bet wecn them. Is II pos.
siblc, then, u ma ke that Intercourse mole
advantageous or satifac'ory after srps's-
! ton than he ore? Can allies make sres
ties better than friends can make laws!
| Can treati be more faithfully enfo' ced
between allies than laws can suOng
friends Suppose you go to var, you
cannot fight always, and when, sitter
much loss on both sides, aud no gain on
either, you cease fghtirg the Identical
! question as to terms Of controversies are
again upon you. This country, with ito
institutions, belongs to the people who
inhsbit it. When they shall grow weary
Of the existing government, thy can CT
ercise their constitutional rights 10
amending or the revolutionary RICH, 10
di>rnen Der or overthrow it. We cann't
be ynorant of the fact that many WORTHY
and patti tic citizens arc dcsi,ous Of h.v.
ing the National Constitution amend. d.
While | make 10 recomne n.istions Of
amendment, fully recognize the full 81.
th"rit Of the people over the whule sub
ject. to be exercised 10 either Of the
modes prescribed in the instrument itself,
ard ! should under existing rircum.
stances. ia, or rather tha" oppuse is'r
opportunity being offered H.. people I"
act upon il. will venture to add thst
with me the Convrnt'on seems prrterab
IL that it d. ems amendments 4" originate
With the people themselves. Instead Of
only permitting them to take or r,;.c,
p""po>iti "s originated by others, no,
specially chosen for the ~ po.e. aud
which might not precisely b. such u.
they would wish others to acc, pt Or ie
fuse.
| understand a proposed amendment,
to the TO tuition. which amendment,
however. have not seen, h, . ,ssed &. u.
yress, I" the effect that the Federal Gov.
eminent shall never interfere with tn
domestic insti u,ions Of he States, inclu.
ding that OF persons held to service. To
avoid miscon>truction Of what l have
said, | will depart from my purpose not
to speak Of particular amendments so far
as to say that, holding such provision I"
be now implied to be constitutional law.
l have 10 objectlun to it being made ex
press and irrevocable. The Chief Msgis
trate derives a his authority iron, IT,.
people, aud they have conferred none up
on him to fix the terms for the separation
Of the States. The people themselves,
alone, can do this it they choose; the
Executive, AS such, has nothing to do
with it. His duty is to administer the
present Government as it came to his
hands, aud tv transmit it, uniinpaired BY
him, to his successor. Why should
thee not be a patient confid. ice in the
natural justice OF the people? Is there
any bettePor equal people in the world
In our present diff FENCES, is either par
~ without faith # being in the right!
Ii the Almighty Ruler vi nations, v III
his eternal truth aud justice, b. On thu.
side Of the North, or Oh the side OF tn.
South. that truth aud justice viii surely
prevail. by the jud r:uens uf this grca,
tribunal the great American people tram.
I'd the Government under watch We live.
This same people have wis. y given their
public servants but httlc pow, r, aud have
with equa! wisdom p DIVIDED tor the re
turn OF that little to their hands ut very
-hor, intervals While the people retain
their virtu. aud vigilance no Adn,inist,a.
tiu". bv any extreme w,cked"e-s or folly.
can very scriou. i"jure the Govcrnu,en,
in the short space o' tour years.
My countr. men, one aud all, think
calmly aud we'll upon this Whole subject.
Nothing valuable can be lost by taking
tine. Ii there be an objec, to hurry any
OF YOU in hot haste to a step which you
would never take deliberately, that object
would be frustrated by taking time ba.
no good objec, can be frustrated by it
Such of you as are new dissatisfied still
have the old Constitution unimpa:t d,
and the laws Of your own framing. I'm.
uCI ~ tut uf" -AuuiuslIdttot VIII ussS
n" inmrdia'e Cause t. change. Neither
if it were admitted that the disc atistied
hold the right side OF the dispute. there
is sti ! no single reason for precip'tate nc
ton. lnt igence, patriotism, christian
iry and firm reliance on Him who hsh
never vet forsaken this favored Iand, are
still compcte", t" n just. in the best wuy.
all our prcsen, difficulties. In y''ur
hands, my dis>sti-ti'd fellow citizens,
and no, in mine, is the m"n.ntouS issue
| Of civil war. The G,vrrnune' will not
A. sail y.u You will have no conflict with
"u, bel yourselves the a-gr s-ors. You
have u" oath registered here 1" destroy
the Government. while ! shall have the
most solemn one TO preserve, protect and
defend it l am 10th to close. We are
not enrmcs, but friends. We must not
be enemies. Though passion may have
strained, it must no break our bonds Of
action The mystic chords Of memory,
stretched from every battle 6-ld and pa
triutic srav" t" every living heart and
hcarth->toue, all over this bio,d land,
will yet swell the chorus of the Uninn,
when again touched. as shortly they will
be, by the better angels Of our nation.
Report Of the Select Comm tier, Concluded.
WAsnINGToN, Feb u.