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

R~ra. ree~ii-a iks dsssption praoiiced N tha
ulssrn. oiptn by isndi0g ndvoeaies OF the |
r..,raf|e. of farnA thnt q would open
N. wsv sop ne wilhdruwnl Of slavery from
~ tsrpspuio rQpa on iis march 70 mingls
wiIh ths feed blacks IN the tropics Of Cen
trnl Afnsrica. The Compromiss Of 1850,
proyidinr lsr he admission Of four addition
Il slnve eaztss from Texas, consscra'ed tna'
peTlion ad3sd from ths New Mexican con,
oneni snst Of the Rio Grsnde and north OF
ihs Missotni Compromise line to ireedona-
although clnirasd by TsraS--snd Isit All we
rurt al ne tsrriiorY acquired, % ne CON
.,~wnsirn ofsha Naricsu lnw which had aooF |
s.hsS -l.~.-v Al one Tine sristing thers.-
M. -. m. rocoua hszd ven pacihcAtion |
e. ~h;cA AZ Clay hoped 70 lay forever the
..res~ ~ s;uunion. f0undingit CD the prin.
-. "A "a 0painanca Of 1871, which had
s,asisasd g slavery ~ the tsrYisoy which
s,'s.s,lv aupsrtnined 10 ths domain Of the
slass eiassa rsssEying that belonging 10 the
llnilsd States Cor settlement By frsemen ex-
slnsirsiy. The leading parties in their plat
gorms n which thsy submitted their claims
fos DE snncsioa of The popular vote 81 the
immadiatsly ensuing election, ratified this
vsstlsmant Of 1850, adding q nav sanction
20 The Missouri Compsomias. Bat both
khses eompacis batwesn tho States tor the
estslensnt Of the apeas sectional issues we're
nulIifsd by the Kansas Nsbrsska Hill-~
This broaaht on the civil war In Kansas.
ssaesd 70 defeat the rights Of the people 70
exolude slavery from the sanction OF their
constitution, and this telling. the State itself
hes been excluded from admission into the
union, 10 violation Of ths uniform practice
Of the GoxssnmsuI from ils establishment.
Tia rspsal Of The Missouri CompFomiss
did nos sstisly The slavs PEoPagandists. lt
did pctEsmova the ban sga net slavery ~
ths tsrFiloFy acquired from hsEioo, and
whish uirht astach 70 ether territories there
sflsf aaanirad. To secure the right Of TAX
inu ard hclaiue thsiR slaves IN tbs terrific,
Yis.. and 70 6ogEfy if aeafnst Congressional
iutsr{hssnos. the Eupssns OCurt was invok-
al a. e.tabinh as . part Of ths Constitaiion.
shss he Local. domestic, state institution Of
slavery was . property which man could
carry with him and hold IS property, where
evsf be could 20 himsslf, and therssors it
would Be- q violation of tha constitution to
exclads the Institution from any territory OF
Uailad States. As the Constitution OF the
United Staass 10 equally supreme in The
DsinsaiueDos Of rights plsSsd under iis pro"
tection, wkefhes they are eontrassned by
che consti,utions and laws Of States OF
Tsrritoz;ea the DFed Scott decision, as In
tsrpsssed by The sonth, "Opens the whole
eouusFy 10 The expansion Of slavery.
II a not thu sIeosion OF President un-
Aey fha raouiFsmauss Of the Constitution
which has given rise 20 10 the movementin
ths south. IL d not his opinion about the
extsnsion Of slavery, for that il the that was
hsli bV ths trainers Of the Constitution.--
Nor q Il about the fugitive slave law, the
iudicisl dsoision IN the Drsd Scott case, or
other political issnsA Nor iS It personal
sspugaAncs. All parties agree that ne is
honssh aapabla and faithful; and 50 cleAT is
his reputation that the virulence Of party
rpixiL exerted IN . struggle for the highest
plaza, aud the grsstest patronage, could not
Be tempted 40 assail it. The outbreak
whieh has followed is not the effect Of an
slectiep on disappointed parties. The re-
suls Was anticipated By all, and the occasion
is only seized upon as signal for the ex-
plosion Of o plot long maturing in secret
eounssls, 70 accomplish Mr.. Calhoun's new
scheme Of government for the slave states
Tho establishment Of Southern Confei-
sracy, which, in the language recently pro-
pounded BY distinguished southern states
man, 'sWil expand a. our growth and civ
ilisation shall demand; over Mexico, over
The islss Of tha sea, over the far-oH south.
ern tRopics, until We shall establish . Sgreat
confederation Of repulics, the greatest, fre-
est and most ussfuI the world has sen"
On the oeonsion Of my inauguration, l
Bslt lie 70 be my duty to warn my country :
msn Of thesa hostile designs ag Inst the
fanani Union. Bat they were in specula-
ton only. Nov they Srs in act Shall
thew be consumatsdf Shall the national
Rovsrn nsns be degraded into mere league
bstwssn independent states, existing only
By thar sutffancs, Subordinate to them aud
suhjsct 70 be destroyed as the pleasure OF
any ma.s in The eonfsdsracyi Or shall it
continue 10 Be maintained, - it has always
been maintained, as . government proper
sovereign within lits prescribed sphere rs
the statss are sovereign within their pre-
scribsd spheres-foundsd On the adoption
Of the people - we're the states. and crea'
ting disest relations between itself and th'
individual citizen, which no state authority
has power TO impair or disturb. and which
nothing can dissolve but revolution.
NssTly twsnty-Oight years ago. the peo.
pie sf Ohio, speaking through the General
Assembly, declared What in their Judgment
are the constitutional relations between the
Federal and stAas governments. quote
but one Of q series Of resolves Of the Gene
raj Assembly on this snbiect.
@ThAt the Federal Union exists in SOL
emn compact sntsFed into the voluntary con-
sent of the people Of the United states,
and Of each and every state, and that there
fore, no stsss can claim the right TO secede
from, or Violats that compact, and however
gisVOus may be the supposed OF real bur
Ihsns Of the state, the Only legitimate rem
sdy is In the wiss and faithfal exercise O
the elective franchise and . solemn EssPOn
sibility Of the public agents"
This Is the Judgment Of Ooio to-day.
There never waa people 90 thoroughl
bound together e . nation as the PsopI
Of the United States. The founders OF th
goyernmsnt toSk possession Of the eountr.
undsr the authoEity Of the parent stAte, az
kn0wladging lie Sovereignty ~ binding a.
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