Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-03-07

in any case upon The parlissto a suit, as.to
the object of the suit while they are also
entitled tos very high respect and cossider-
alton in all parnssel cases, BY all other de-
partmentsof the Government, and while
obviously possible that such decision may be
erroneous in any given case, still the evil
effect following it being limited TO that Pc
culiar case, with HE chance thai ii may be
overrued aGd never become precedent
for other cases, can better be born thon
could the evils of different practice.
At the same time, the candid citizen
must confess, that il the policy Of the Gov
eminent upon vital questions affecting the
whole people are 10 be irrevoca5ly fixed by
the decision of the Supreme Court, The in
slant they are made in ordinary litigation
between parties in personal actions, the
people with have ceased 10 be their own rui-
ers, having 10 that extent practically re-
signed their government into the hands Of
that tribunal. Nor is there in this view
any assautt'upohi the Court or the Judges.
It is q duty from which they may not shrink
TO decide cases properly brought before
them, and it is no fault OF iheirs, il others
turn their decisions to political purposes:
One section Of our country believes slavery
is right and o,Isht to be extended, while
the other believes il is wreDg, and ought
not 10 be extended. -.-.....- 81
This is The only substantial dispute, for the flu
gitive Slave clause Of the Constitution, and the
laws for The suppression Of the foreign slave trade
are each as swell enforced perhaps as any law can
ever be. In a community where the moral sense
of the people imPerfectY supports the law itself,
the great body of the people abide by the dry le-
gal obligatonin both cases. After the separation
of the two sections, The foreign slave trade now
imperfectly suppressed, would be ultimately re-
vived without restriction In one section, while
fugitive slaves now only. partially surrendered
would not be surrendered at all By the other.
Physically. speaking, we Cannot separate, can
not remove our respective sections from each
other, nor build an impossible wall between them
The husband and wife may be divorced and 90 out
of the presence and beyond Inc reach of each
other, but the different parts of our country, can
not do this. They cannot but remain face to face
and an intercourse, either amicabe or hostile,
must continue between them. Is it possible then
to make th at Intercourse more advantageous or
more satisfactory, after separating than. before?
Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can
make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully en-
forced between aliens than laws among friends?
Suppose you 60 to war: you cannot fight always,
and when after much loss on both sides, there is
no gain on either, you cease to fight the old iden-
teal questions to terms Of intercourse again
upon you. '-'l
This country with lis institutions beic5gs 10
the people who inhsbit il. sz.aarg t1aso-G '-i
Whenever they shall grow weary Of the exist
ing government they can exercise their constitu-
tonal right of am ending it, or their revoutiona-
ry right to dismember or overthrow it. ! cannot
be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and pa
triot &c citizen are DESTROYS of having the National
Constitution amended. ...--r.,... ..... d..
While I have no recommendation Of amend
nents, fully recognize the rightful authority Of
the people oTerthe whole subject, to be exercised
in either OF the modes prescribed IN the instru-
ment itself, and should, under existing circum-
stances, favor, rather than oppose fair opporiu-
nifty being offered the people TO act upon IT.
/ Will venture to add that the Conventional
mode seems preferable, inssnnch as it allows the
amen ment to originate. with the people them
selves instead of only of permitting them to take or
reject proposition originated by others no, spe-
cially chosen for the purpose, and which might
not be precisely such as they would wish to eth
er refuse or reject. 10 T--.s.' F
understand a proposed amendment 10 the
Con stitution, which amendment, however, have
not seen, has passed Congress, TO the effect that
the federal Government shall never interfere
with the domestic institutions Of the States, incfu
ding that of persons held to service. To avoid q
misconception Of what Ihave said, depart frem
my purpose to speak of particular amendments,
SO far as 10 say, that holding such provision 10
the now implied Constitutional law, l have no
objection to its being made express and irrevoca-
bic. The Chief Magistrate derives all his author
lily from the people, and they have conferred none
upon him to fix forms for the separation Of the
STATES. The people themselves can do this also
il they choose, but the Executive, as such, has
nothing to do with it. His duty is to administer
and preserve the Government as it came to his
hands and to transmit il snimpairsd by him 10 bis
successor. .-..-.ft..- IAN. AZ, ..r..
Why should there mol DO a patient confidence
IN the ultimate justice Of The people? Is there any
better or equal hope in the world? In our pres
ent differences is either party without faith Of
being IN sight of the Almighty ruler of nations
with his eternal truth and justice, on our side Of
the North or on yours of the South that truth and
justice will surely prevail by the juds nent Of this
great tribunal, the American people.
By the fame of the Government under which
we live, this same people have wisely given their
public servant, but little power for mischief, and
have with equal wisdom provided for the return
of that little to their own hands at very short in
tervals. While the people etaln their virtue and
vigilance no administration in any extreme Of
wickedness or folly can very seriously injure the
Government In the short space Of four years.
Ny eoantrymen, one and all, think calmly and
well upon this whole subject Nothing valuable
can be lost by taking lime. II there be an object
to hurryapy of you, in hot haste to a step which
you would not take deliberately, that object will
be frustrated by taking time; but no good object