White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-03-14

to sseeds from III All who eb.,;., ~
union sentiments are now being .du.'.
TO the exact temper Of doing hi. "''''a
l. there such . perfect iden,;,,
terests among the State to comno.. 'n'
new Union. ss to produce hsrmops .
ly. and prevent renewed sece,,o, s0'
Plainly. the central idea Of ,ec.,.;a:.
the essence Of anarchy. A maior;,, I1,
| in rsstrsius BY constitutional eb.ci. ne',
Limitations. and always chane,no ..a Aaa
with deliberate changes Of popui., S.y o";r
ions and sentiments. is the onIv ,rns Up'n' ~"
.r'ivn'y Of free people. Whoever r.;.',. os.
it. does. Of necessity. fly to an.rcbv !. e,' "
.,espo,i,m. Unanimity is imnc,.;%.o IT. 20
the rule of . minority. as . psrm.a
arrangement. is wholly inadmis.iII. @
that. rejecting the majority princ;,i. ~
anarchy or .iespotism in some form !, II;
that is left. ."
l DO not forget the position ,s.r,,
oy some. that constitutional question. .'.
10 be deci,lei by the Suprem. Con-.
nor do l deny that such decision, : mn:
!e binling in any case. upon III. n,,,;.' %
to suit. As to the object of thar .n;.
while they are also entitled to v.rv h;.t bi.
respect AMI consideration in all n,,als', ka
cases by al other department., Of u.
Cove, ,nment.
And while it is obviously possible thu,
snch decision may be erroneop. i ~ .
given case. still the evil eff4c, follov;n.
it being limite,l to that par,iruI,r "..s
with the chance that it may b. oysr,nl.S
and never become q precedent for o,h..
cases, can better lie borne than coulJ N.
evils Of . different p'astice. A, the .sms
time. the candid citizen must COMES, ,h,,
If the policy Of the Government npon vi.
tai questions affecting the whole p.orI.
is to be irrevocably fixed by the decision.
Of the Supreme Cont. the in.,an, the,
are made in ordinary litigation between
parties in personal actions. the peopl.
will have ceased to be their own ruler,
having. to that extent, practically rs.
signed their Government into the hand,
Ot tHhI cubtHeut tTtOuUoI.
Nor is there in this view anv ,s,.ul,
npon the court or the judges. 1t ia.
duty from which they may not shrink,
TO decide cases properly brought b.fo,
them. and it is no fault Of theirs, If 9th.
ers seek to turn their decisions TO politi.
cal purposes.
One section Of onr country believe,
slavery is right. and ought to be esr.n.
ded. while the other believes it is rrono.
and ought no, to be extended. This i,
the only substantial dispute. The fupi
tive slave clause Of the Constitution, and
the law for the suppression Of the foreign
slave trade. are each a. well enforced.
perhaps. as any law can be in a commu.
nifty whore the moral sense Of the people
imperiectly supports the law itself. Tn.
great body Of the people abide by the
dry legal obligation in other cases, and
few break over in each.
This. ! think. cannot bs perfectly cur.
cd; anil it wouli be worse in both cases
after the separation of the sections than
before. The foreign slave trade. now
imperfectly suppressed. wonld be ulti-
mately revive'l without restriction. in one
section while fugitive slaves. now only
partially surrendered. wonld not be sur
rendered at all hy the other.
Physically speaking. we cannot sepa-
rate. We cannot remove our respective
sessions from each other. nor build an i'm.
pss.nble wall between them. a husband
and wife may be divorced. and 60 ont Of
the presence and beyond the reach Of
each other ; but the different parts Of our
country cannot do this. They canno:
but remain face to face. and intercourse.
either amicable or hostile. must continue
between them. Ia it possible then to
make that intercourse more satisfactory.
after separation than before!
friends can make laws? Can treaties 10
more faithfully enforced between aliens
than laws can among friends? Suppo's
yon go to war. yon cannot fight always:
and when. after much loss on both sides.
and no gain on either. you cease fighting.
the identical old questions. as to terms Of
intercourse. are again npcn you.
This country. with its institutions. be.
longs to the people who inhabit it
Whenever they shall grow weary Of the
existing Government. they can exercise
their conditional right Of amending it.
Or their revolutionary right to dismembsr
or overthrow it. ! cannot be ignorant
of the fact that many worthy and patri.
otic citizens are desirous Of having the
National Constitution amended. While
l make no Recommendation OF smend-
ments. fully recognize the righ,fnl au-
'hority of the people uver the whole sub
ject. to he exerc,sed in either OF the modes
prescribed in the instrument itself: and
| should. under existing circumstance,
favor. rather than oppose. fair oPpor-
tunity being Afforded the people to oct
upon it.
I will venture to sdd. that to me the
Convention mode seems preferable, IN
hat it allows amendments to originate
with the people themselves. instead Of
only permitting them to take or reject
originated by others. not %,
pscislly chosen for the purpose. and
which might not Be precisely 'neh I"
hey would wish to either accept or sp'
prove. understand proposed amend
nent, however. have not seen. hs. pass
vi Congress, to the effsc: that the FEEDER
Il Government shall never interfere with