Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-01-19

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requires territory, provides Il with popula-
,;on- nurtures them In infancy, and introdu-
-. tbem as states at maturity. II has su-
lhoritv 10 annul such constitutions and laws
of any Of the states as contravene the pro-
visions OF the Federal Constitution. All
state Executives Legislatures aud judicial
tribunals have accepted il from the day Il
was proclaimed rs the supreme Law Of the
land. The Constitution gives the right OF
the eminent domain even over the soil Of
he states, the sea-cOasts, hArbOrs, for No
tional and constitutional purposes, through
which 10 establish post-ofhces and routes,
fOEts, navy yards. sTsenala, ar
moFies, everything necessary for the uation
al defense and 10 the administration OF the
government. Can state seosde and main
the power and right Of sslfpreseVvation in
hsrent in the system, which prsvadsS the
governmental state and national and acting
by lis officers directly on the eitiseni
Shall the artery that gives hfe to the
great valley Of the West be at The mercy
Of hostile communities, and subject 70 es
severed from the gulf stream, througn
which the interior states Feach and emosaeo
their seaboard sistersl II there were notn'
ing else In the inserposition OF fcreiga
power upon the grand trunk Of the migniy
hood whose branches bear the fruIt~-tns
riches of the continents is enough 70 81.
ray the country against H. that 4 w0sld
break the symmetry nature has given u iof
the full development Of the vast Tspuo''e
now reaching from ocean to ocean:
The right Of secession is the right 70 'es,
a limb from the body, and in the supposed
case. of the secession Of states on the lower
Mississippi, II ths right Of domain over ell
ia sources would not sttach TO the seeding
states, it would at least seriously conflict
With the free euioyment Of opposing rights.
and eventually lsaI 10 disssntiOns, II moi
war, between the states directly Interested
in the bsvigatiOn Of the great highway OF
the worlds commerce.
The Consultation makes body polite OF
ell smbrsced within lie juEisdiction. To
dismembeY Il, is 30 far 70 destroy t. 1t
constitutes no Union, and separation Is war
against Il. Secession and Union are IN
compatible ideas. The attempt to assert
the right attaching to both as consistent
with the same Constitution 10 mere absurd
ity, the one is but the negative Of the 9TH
ar. and they cannot be recODcied
Bat the disnonlsnts that have grown up
between the states may and ought to Be
reconciled. -
The fugitive slave law provides for tho
execution Of q duty imposed BY the Consti-
tuition. Unfortunately Il oontains clauses
insulting 20 the just pride and to the con-
science Of the section Of country on which
it is brought to bear. II is dificult to exc
cute law EsvoltiDg to the pubic opinion
where 1t is 10 operate. Yet this law has
bean executed BY the federal officers, not
withstandiOg, and under an hoUest admin-
istration il may have full eject. II the
clrus q, offensive and derogatory to those
who are required 70 execute il be repealed,
there is no doubt the personal liberty laws,
which obstruct It's proper execution. Ifany
such there be, passed from whatever mo-
tive, would be repealed OF essentially modi-
fed. This ought TO be done. The OBJ
noxious features of the fugitive slave Stat
ute were inserted at the instigatlon Of the
representatives from States not interested
in its execution, and plotting to defeat it
that the State for whose benefit il was pass
ed might be excited to join in schemes Of
breaking the Union, which is now mani
festiy the object of those that make the
clamor about the obstruction of the fugi-
tive slave act to justify secession. The
States really wrongsd, if any, by the legis-
lAtion Of the Free States, are loyal to the
Union, and do not urge their wrongs to
overthrow it. But those who have plot
ted the fatal measure create disaffection in
the loyal States by throwing themselves in
to the breach, to defend their rights, and
calling Cu Il en- T. 2 support.
The comfy shown by the patriotic Leg
islatures, and other official representative
Of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee
TO the State Of Ohio, by their visit to thi
Capital, last winter and the frank, conciliA
tory and magnsuimous temper they display
ed, would justify the Legislature Of Ohio
in invoking the free States to repeal al
laws, if any such there be, contraveninl
the rights which their fellow citizens Of th'
South Justly claim under the constitution
and rely on q future Congress, il it be no
done by the present Congress, for the abro
CATION Of whatever is obnoxious in the fu
gitive slave act, and for such amendment
Of II as win fully protect the liberties Of th
citizens Of the free States.
A like conc liatory course would be sx
pectsd of the Southern States, ny the rs
pealing Of such Of thsir laws As eOntrAvsn
the constitutional rights Of the citizens q
the free States. With less, the citizens G
the free States will not be satisfied. The
claim and will insist upon all their eoustitu
tional rights, in every State and TsrFiior
of the Confectionery. These they cheer
fully accord to the citizens Of the Southern
States. Determined to do no wrong, the.
will not contentedly submit TO any wrong
UnaW el b, threats, they demand the employ
ment Of al the constitutional powers Of tn
Fele'A' Government, to maintain and pre-
serve the Union. Rejecting the whole the
ory Of State secession rs in palpabls viola
ton Of the Constitution, they cannot con
sent TO the exercise Of any power under II
sanction. The integrity Of the Uni0n, Il
lon ness and indivisibility, must be pFessFv
Cd. In the Un on they will be as serupu
lOusly caFeful 10 protect the nights Of Ii
slave as Of the fres States. Nay, moFe.--
Conscious Of their power, and Eegardin,
the Union--A peaeeabls and frAtsrnal Un
ion as the noblest legacy they can BE-