Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-01-30

nWaltcu inc nclioh Oi tho Statcs U
execute the plan, rs proposed be
fore tho government could bo in
stalled in power. Then the powc
sliaL Is v,ssO,L isr the government
must have bccn in tho Shas 1t
they were in possession of all The
power anterior to tho time Of thu
adoption of the constitution. Thei
there must lave bcos u gift ofpow,
or from the States, and n reception
of the gin by the government, aud
by virtue Of this gin by tho States
OF limited power under the rcstric,
tions and qualifications expressed
in the constitution, ams the r'cep-
tion by the .sovcrnmcnt ed' this gill
from the States. The United States
government was formed. All the
powers that arc expressed in tho
constitution, are tho powers that
were delegated and deemed ncccs-
.ary by the States to place the gov
crnmcnt in successful operation.-
The powers not delegated, are re-
tanned by the States.
The parties delegating powers
must be sovereign, us the States in
this instance delegated and retain
cd power; retained sufficient to
carry on independent State govern
mcnts, and delegated sufficient for
the United States government. a
party excrcing delegated power
cannot be sovereign, for there is
still the power that delegated, that
must be higher than the delegated
power. Otherwise the stream must
rise above the fountain. The great
error is that the government is
above and superior to the States !;
when, in truth, the government is
but tho creature oft he States. Tho
States made the govcrnment-they
being the creator, and tho latter the
creature. Can the creature rise above
the creator2 No. Tho govern
mcnt may be dissolved, and the
ADtottS lcillbtl lhSoNS.
2nd. For what was it formed p
For tho benefit of the States, that
they might form more perfect
union-estaJtiSh justice, and insure
domestic tranquility. The union
that was formed under the articles
OF, confederation, was not Of such
character as to promise permanent
cy, and hence, they were in favor Of
the Constitution as bond of more
perfect union. That they might
the principles ofjustce for
all tho States upon the basis laid
down in that instrument, and in
sure them against domestic trouble,
by ensuring domestic tranquility
But 1 will now proceed to argue
the Sd. proposition, and ascertain if
| can, whether the justice that has
been established by the Constitu-
ton has been meted out to tho slave
States, and the domestic tranquility
that is insured therein has not bcon
reversed and violence perpetrated
upon tho domestic institutions Of
fifteen States, recognised by tho
of these United States
IS such.
African slavery as it exists in the
Southern States of this confcderacy,
existed at the time of the adoption
IF the Federal Constitution in twelve
,f the thirteen original States. In
'ome of these States slavery has
,cen abolished; in most instances by
selling them to their ncighbors in
heir sister States alleging as
'cason that the climate was not adap-
ed t6slave labor. Little did their
ncighbors think, aOthe time when
hey purchased them that they were
paying a valuable consideration for
hem only to form public opinion
n the subsequent free States against
hcm,-and in many instances to
ave the slaves they purchased
tolcn from. They could rot sup
,ose that men would act in viola
ion of tho common bond of brother
lood between the States, but in this |
hey have been deceived, and now
iscover a party organized in open
nd avowed hostility to the do
nestle institution Of slavery,
Thus one section of the country
5 arraycd against the other. Strike
ut the part of the Black RePubli-
an platform that declares their un-
clenting and abiding hostility to
lavery, and you PROSTATE it instan-
cr-you destroy the lungs through
which i! brcathcs, and drives its Vi
ality for life, to the page of llisto-
V to prove that it once existed.
Slaves arc rcco nizcd by the Fed
raj Constitution as property; and
an it be supposed, that if they had
ot been recognised, as such, this
ever would have been
We answer never Then
ne among the many enumerated
biccts for which it was formed has
cen set at naught by the dominant
arty in seventeen Of the free States
f this nation, they have declared
ostility to the Constitution by de-
laring hostility to the institu-
ion Of slavery Hostility to the
of slavery made itself
manifest as early as 1873 i'll the
congress of the United States in
he form of abolition petitions pre-
entcd generally by the society OF
)ualscrs, who have at all periods Of
he country been abolitioni is and
ickly scntimcntalists but they re-
eived little or no attention and on
V received in great measure ridi- |
ulc and contempt. At n later period
here sprang up an abolition party,
whose doctrines were so odious that !
hey never could become formidable. /
Their doctrine was and is the sacri- (