Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-01-19
WHOLE NUMBER 570


hood, end the comfy Of nations. wkilo AZ
the same time i respects the soreruirntv
Of the state, and secures the citizon bis jus,
measure Of protseti0h.
| Such are the considerations thns dessg.
mined my action in regard 70 the redriei.
nons referred 10. Had besn clothed with
the legal authority, would have promptIt
surrendered the accussd parties. Bat nv
sense OF duty, fortified By The long eata6.
lished practice Of this Department, did not
permit mo 70 tFeat them as maIefactors for
the purposes Of extradition. tborefors
declined TO surrender them.
you assemble at period Of extraofdinn.
y interest TO the country. For eighty
yesFs the people Of the several States Of tbs
Oontederacy have lived " with peacs with each
other. FrateFhal tiea have bound them 20.
getneF, and iFaternal Offices have bean nan.
tuAlly discharged 70 their mutual prosperity
snu haPPlness- During this period the pa
non's progress has been uninterrupted. The
| great purposes Of its fofmation hass been
n steady process Of contamination. The
wise policy BY which, for The most pan, il
has beep governed, ia cherishing our resouF
ces aud Ia guilty aflng peace with aIl sbe
world, has slevated our character abroad
and confirmed our prosperity a home.
From people feeble in nnInberB and re-
sources ct the beginning; We hare become
one Of the leading powers 81 the world
In agriculture, manufactures comfEsfcs,
and navigation, IN ell the useful arts, We are
IN the front rank Of nations, while the infiu-
ehcs Of onr civil institutions founded on
the consent Of the people and rscogniz;nz
the equality Of all men bsfofs the law, and
their lnalenable rights to lie, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness is moderating the
despotisuh Of othsf governments snd arous-
ing the oppressed nationalities Of the world
to the assertion Of their rights. At home
the RePublic has given to is citizens an ex.
tent Of prosperity and happiness not enjoy
ed BY any 0:her people, while abroad The d. 8
he IL confsrs Of American citizen Is nObleF
credehtia than was that Of Roman citizen
when the C@sars ruled.
But CREST, prosperous, and powerful as g
the Republic, at pesce with aIl nations. and
the deserved object of universal admiration,
as Is now threatened with imminent perils
from internal dissensions.. The public tran
guilty is seriously disturbed. The patriot.
ism OF the country is justly alarmed. The
unity Of The Government is denied. Doc
Tires subversive of Its eZisteucs are boldly
advocated and made the basis of State nc
ton. Under the pfstands right Of 0 state
. to seeds from the ConfgderacS at its pleas
. ure, in peace or war, constitutional liberty
Is simperiled, revolution is meditated, and
treason is justified.
We may well pause 10 inquire; Why these
discontentments, these hostile demonstra-
tons against the Federal Government.
Ambitious men IN Republics who find
their sins thwarted by the regular and
peaceful workings Of government, nlwaya
seek PreteIts to disturb its easy progress
however prosperous. Party, sectional, per-
sonal prejudiees, the growth Of diversltiss
i'd local institutions, habits, and pursuits,
are seized upon by such men to create hos
tilities between the various classes Of ccun-
try, strongly united by common interests,
but whose union gives them grandeur too
imposing to be grAsped by malcOntsnts who
without merit to reach the highest authority
in CREST Commonwealth, would reduce il
TO fragnents to become masters in q part.
Such cOhspiFators mover Disclose the secret
C1otives OF their discomfort but fabficate pre-
lenses tot dissatisfacti0h among the massea
they would move, by appeals 70 their pride.
their jealousy, their envy, quickened BY q
narrow, mistaken, yet honest patriotism for
the locality Of its birth, which from peculiar y
ity in domestic institutions, has lost the van
tage ground Of superior political influences,
once held in the ConfedeFacy. 81
The vast dispoportionats increase Of po-
liticsl power Of the.ffee States over that Of
tho slave States, especially of these whore
the wealth flows from an industry and spe.
cies Of agriculture which expsls the whits
race and sccurnulates another fatal 10 all
progfess has created q prepondsFancs in
the Northern, Western, and Middle States
which has secured 10 them the permanent
control Of the government
During the first forty eight years Of the
Republic II had its impulse, fot tho most
part, from the great heart beating in its esn-
trail region. Except the two from MgssE-
chusetts, all its Presidents may be said 10
have heen vlrgiuia Presidents, for jackson
and VanBuren were chosen through her In.
ffusnee. DuVing the administration Of tbs
elder Adams, her star dominated over the
Congressional codueils in the parson Of Vics
President Jefferson. During that Of the sec
ond, 1t rose again in both branches OF Cos
gress through the prestige impaired to her
candidate, jackson, by the commanding sic-
queuce Of her Senators aud Representatives.
Throughout the almost half century Of
Republicans rule, under the auspices OF Viz.
ginia, the free States wsFe not merely con
tent, but with the exception of paroxysm
growing out Of tbs commercial ditiicultics
eontrived BY Great Britain, dissipatsd by
the vat she provoked. snd the momsltaFy
panic quieted BY the Missouri COMPROMISE,
gave Il that sealous support which rendered
this era 30 happy aud prosperous for the
who's country. Slavery, the anomaly Ia
our Institutions, was looked upon through
out this penod as distressing excrescence.
the result Of the toks we had worn Ia oSs
infancy, and which the strength Of oar Cen
stitudon would ID time throw of.
Il was not antil the Premisrship Of NJ.
Calhoun, which opened the desigps Of slave
~ propAgandism, thai sssioua alaFm arose
amoag the friends Of Repnhliean 0ovsFa-
ment, that the power Of sectional interest,"
founded on slavery was medlating ths
uaeans Of eontasting its Supremacy over the