The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-03-07

III uoiHg 81 ouiy press upOH tue puohS
attention the most conclusive evidence
Of which the case 10 susceptible that the
property, peace and security Of no sec.
ton are TO be in any sense sndanger. d
! by the now incoming Administrator -
add, too, that all the protection which,
consistently with the Constitution and
the laws, can b. given viii, BE- chrrrfulIy
given ~ all the States, when lawfully de-
mandcd, for whatever cause-as cheer
fully to one section as to another.
There Is much controversy about the
delivery Of fuyitives from service or la
bur. The clause now rcad 10 rs plain
| ~ written in the Constitution IS any
other Of its provisions:
NO person held 10 service or labor in State.
! under the law< Their. Of escaping into another,
shall in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, he discharged from such service or Ia
sor. but shall he delivered upon claim Of the par
ty to whom such service OF labor MAY be DUE
1t was Intended b. those who made it,
fer the retaining of what We call fuei.
tive slaves; and the intention Of the
lawgiver is the law. All members of
Congress swear their support to the
whole Constitution; to this provision ~
much as any other. To the proposition,
then, that slaves whose cas- . come With.
in the terms Of this clause, and shall be
delivered up, th'ir oaths are unanimous.
Now, if they would mpke the effort in
goou temper. could they ,ct with nearly
equal unauimi,y, form and pass Law by
means Of which to keep good that unan
im"us oath? There is some difference
Of opinion as to whether this clause
should be enforced by National or State
au'hority: bu, surely tia: difference is
not very material one. If the slave Is
TO be surrendered it can be of bnt little
consequence to him. or to others, by
which authority it is done And should
any one. in any case. be content that his
oath should be u"keri: or enter into
mere y nus ub>tan'ial controversy as I.
how i, shall be k pit? Again: In law
upoa this subject, should no, all the
safeguards Of liberty known in civilized
aud humane Jurisprudence to be intro
duced. 50 that freeman may not be IN
any case surrendered as a slave! Aud
might it not be we'll at the same time, to
provid" by law for the enforcement Of
thar cl1u-c in the Constitution which
guarantees that the citizens of each State
shall be entitled to all the privileges aud
imlnuni;ics of the citizens uf the several
States.
| take the official oath to day with
NJ al r.AS tuf apl ish
10 construc the Constitution or laws By
any hypercritical rules. Aud while d,
not choose to specify particular acts Of
congress rs proper TO be enforced, | do
,ugg">t that it would be much safer for
III, both in official aud private sta,ions,
. conform to aud abide by all the acts
"hich stand unr,pral' d. than to violate
my of them tru>t'": TO hnd IMMUNITY it,
heir being held 10 b. unconstitutional
II l. seventy two years since the first in
'u-urat"n OF a President under the ma.
i"n"l Constitution During ,ha, period .
fifteen different aud greatly distinguish
Fl citizens have. in succession, admins
'errd the executive branch of the Gov
'rnmcnt. They have conducted it
hrou=h many prrils aud generally with
.rcat success: vt with all this sc"p. for
precedent. now enter upon the .amc
duty for the tri.f Constitutional term Of
four years. under great aud pr, ssing diff
Guilty The disrup'ion Of the Federal
tn'"" heretofore only mcnuc,d is now
t"rmldably attempted.
| hold that in contemplation Of uni
versaf law and If the Constitution, the
Union OF these States is perpetual Per.
Petui'y i. implied if not ext ressed in
the fundamental law Of all natural gov.
erHments. 1t is safe to assert that no
government proper ever had provisions
in its organic law for its own termina
tiun. Continue to execute all the cx-
p ess provisions If our National Consti
tutinn. and the Uni,,u will endure fnrey
or. it bcin: impossible to destroy it *
c'pf by some action not provid, d for in
the instrument itself
Again, If the L. s be not a Govern.
ment p op'r but AN association of States.
~ The nature OF c 'n;ract merely, can it
"a contra be peaceab'y unmad. by
lss than all the psr,ie. who made -
o,e party to contract may violate it
break It, so 10 spcak-but, does it no,
require all to lawfully resclnd it. DE.
sounding from these general principles,
We had the proposition that IA legal con.
struc,lon makes the Constitution rs n.r.
petuai IN the Union itself. The Un:on
Is much older than the Constitution i,
WAS i"rmrd, in fact, by the articles OF AZ
ISOLATION ih IA. 1t was maturcd and
CO tlnu"d iy the Declaration Of Indie.
p"ndencc. IA l11G 1t was further ma.
tured nd the faith Of all the then thlr
teen States expressly pIiyh,ed AID en-.
.agtd that 4, should be rcr;,tua,.d by
I'll. ARTICLES 81 c"nfe l,ra.ion of ITS.
'ni finally III $50. Oh. Of the declared
U'I ctS Tor ordaiuin. aud estsb isl,;ny
the Constitution Va, H. form Il more p.r
'rct lhl"h ia, II secession BY one or
by part Only VI the State, be lawfully
possible. then the Union is less than be-
tore the Constitution, havin, los. the
vital element 81 perpetuity.
1t follows from these views, that no
state upor rs own mere motion can law
tul yet ont OF the Union that resolves
and ordinances TO that effect are legally
VOID, and that acts of violence within
any State or States against the authority
OF the United States are insurrectieusry
or revolutionary. according to circum
stances | therefore consider that, in
view Of the Constitution and laws, the
Onion is unbroken; and. to the extent