The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-01-18
danger those of the state governments ia


times OF peace and security"
10 the exercise Of the yarions wers By
these different goyernpcnts great care and
prudence mnst ever be exercisei. Inc re-
served rights OF the states are not TO be I'm,
posed upon or impaired by nsurpaiIons oil
The national government or any OF It's depart
meu,s. nor in a single delegated power u De
restricted or oppoeed IN lis exercise. he
general government IS TO look to the gener-
al -elfar. aud to the integrity AM perpeu u
itv ri the Cuion Tor The great purpose, Tor
which it vas established while the state.
must take care Of the lives and liberties and
properties Of the people +; aad the internal
ordsr. improvement and prosperity OF the
stale
This government, so artfuly conceived
and skillfuliy formed, with its legislative. jn>
dicial and executive departments, as between
state and national, claiming OF right dou>
bic allegiance-an allegiance not inconsistent
or pllcatcd vet simple, l.
to day involved IN strang. difficulties, aud
perhaps dangers. For three score years the
states multiplied aud wIxci slron. ID: na-
ton grew great and rich. beloved at home,
aud respected and feared abroad The cti-
zcns OF the United States, ia ary part Of the
civilized world, had but 10 declare their
country, ard nations respected their rights
To dav. ciizans of independent states and OF
the United StateI within the ua,ioGal jnr-
,sdiction upon American soil. are moboed
and hung upon the next tree for the mere
expression Of opinion upon Questions both
OF radical principle and of public policy.
and sometimes for even 'ctusiny 10 express
ca opinion, silence being Construed itto
crime.
The idea of Mr. JEFF rson. that G rvcrn>
mcnts derived their 1T powers from the con.
cent Of the gOverned-nnt from part but
from The whole govcrued--rnns through aud
is the spirit OF our common Constitution -
The people who were to live mud ;r it and to
be protected by il, made il for themselves
and consented to abide by it. paying 1t
their obedience az they claimed lis protec-
ton. Goreramen! is the crercisc Of the
potrer Of making and rrecuttHg HtoJ -
Here those who exercise this power OF ma
king aud executing the laws are not or at
least should not be. self chosen. The peo-
ple choose or should choose whom they vii
10 execute this power, for their own purpo-
| ses aud benefit limited in that exercise only
| by the rue Of that Constitution which the
| people themselves have made. 1t was made
tor the purpose Of protecting and not for the
purpose of taking away inaiienable rights !;
for the purpose Of protecting and preserving
civil and religious liberty, and not for the
purpose Of extending human slavery. So
said the fathers Of our system who, while
they tolerated slavery az an existing IHs,itu-
tion, deemed that ultimately il would De
extinguishod and the nation become In fact
what il Is in theory. the home Of universal
| Liberty. Interest, aud passion, and anibi-
| ton have startled the civilization Of the age
| with strange ideas OF government. and OF the
equality of mankind. The theory that this
| Cove Dmenr j. machine 10 he used TO ex>
te I'd slavery wherever Its power and j1ris>
dicii0n reaches a"d wherever our national
flag floats and that when 20 Iieudrd, the
Whole power Of the nation should be used
| to sustain tile institution there through the
direct declarations or Implied consent Of the
head Of the government. and the chiefs Of is
departments, has taken 50 strange hold
upon the people Of large sections Of the
country that wild excitement RACES upon
the subject.
Within the last year-as is Il legal habit
once III four yVar5-the people, III the usual
constitutional way, without force or rlDIcn e;
with no aimed bands with no hostile or
wicked intent with no >prrIcl ranks or gilt
iering bayonets. elected President Of the
rs saown in the selection made by the cleo
to-s is a peaccable. qujet citizen, uldcnis,
bly, eligible 10 the Office. lis opinions up
on questions Of public policy precisely
such as have been entertained by those who
have held the high Office aud discharged It's
duties before him. Believing that hum an
slavery is in antagonIsn TO tia, common
! liberty sought to be established aud mains
tanned under our commue Constitution he IS
opposed TO lis extension into the Free Ter
| rltories OF the United States While he con-
senis to the fact of the existence o. slavery in
many OF the States AMI aVows that there is
10 right 10 the Free States. or III the Gene
| raj Government TO any interference. d rectly
or indirectly, with slavery in the slave s'a'es.
| he is opposud 10 its exclusion unauthorized
by law. The multitude Of people by whose
SURFACES he has been elected euter tau the
same views There i nothing unconstitu.
tional il cutert aiuing such views. or III ex-
pressing or avowiBg spch opinions There
is no retepce by any Considerable number
Of people anywhere that there can be any
legal interference With slavery is th. Slave
Shtes. except by the people of the States
themselves The right or power Of int.rfe-
ting ny force is almost universally denied
Yet, or ncc0u { OF the result Of such an
election interfering Win tae rights OF no
people, or class OF people, either in 9r on!
Of the slave States tlkinr away the rights
Of 40 State nor OF Iae people OF any state
and on account Of Opinions aud princIT les
precisely such rs were cltertlined by Wash.
,ng.ou and J Heron and Madison, and all
the early Pre~id mt an Statesmen bntl in
fhe slaveholdinS aud non saE .hol ling >tit.s
violence - INVOKED. aud armed m n making
nclual war upon tie nation. threatens dis
solution OF tuis Union, aud tue destruction
OF this government.
The Constitution of the United
States makes no man slave. 1t
makes slaves Of no class of men.-
The great leading idea of the gov
eminent, that underlies all; ovcrshad-
ows all, pcrmeates all, is civil and
religious liberty. The idea that sla-
very under such Constitution goes
travelling into the free territories,
without any local law in those terri
tories authorizing or toleratino it, is
both absurd and wicked Men arc
not universally recognized as proper.
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