The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-03-06

! which IN time will divide and ruiu them
Tor a minority u their own will seesd,
'ro" them. Whenever a majority refuse. ts
be controlled by such majority 20
instance. Why msy not anr portion Of .
aew Co federsey a year or too hence ar
bisrsfily -ecede again. precisely a. por-
sisns Of the present Union aow oil. im "a
seeeds from 10.
All who cherish disanioa sentiments are
nov being educated to the exatvtsmper Of
doing this Isthefe such perfect iden-
s''y Of interests among the State. to com
pose a ne~ Union a. 10 produce harmony
only, aud prevent a renewed seeessionf--
Plainly. the central idea Of secession IL the
essence of anarchy. A majority held In
restraint by Constitutional check. aud
Limitations. aud always chsnging easily
with the deliberate changes OF popular
opinion. aud sentiments. 10 the only true
sovereign Of free people whoever 70
ieess Il. does. Of necessity. fly TO anarchy.
unsnimily 10 Impossible The rule OF a
minority a. . permanent arrangement IL
wholly ieadsi.sble. 20 that rejecting the
msiori1y principle. anarchy aud je,po,i.m
Ia some form 10 all that 10 left.
| do not forget tho position assumed by
some that constitutional questions are TO
se decided by the Supreme Court. nor do
| deny that such decisions must DO bind
,ag ia Any case upon the partis. TO suit
a. TO the object of that suit. While they are
also entitled To very high respect aud eon
sideraIlon In all parallel eases by all other
departments OF the government. aud while
Il Is obviously possible that such a deois.
'en may be erroneous Ia any given case,
still the evil effect following IL. being lin
tied 10 that particular case. with the Oh ance
tina. II may be overrul-d add never become
precedent for other cases. eau better be
borne than could the evils Of q different
practice. AZ the same time the candid cit
ixen must confess that if the policy Of the
government, upon vital questions anscsin z
the whole people 10 to be irrevocsbly fixed
by decision Of the Supreme Court The
instan, they are made. ss IN ordinary iiti-
CATION between parties in personal sc-
lions. the people will have ceased to |
their own rulers. having TO that extent
practically resigned their govern IN ent into
the hands Of that tribunal Nor is there.
In this view. any assault upon the Court
or the Judges. IL 10 duty from which
they may no. shrink. to decide cases prop
erly brought before them an 4 1t is no fault
OF theirs il Others seek to turn their dscis.
ions to political purposes. Oas ssetios of
our country believes slavery is right aud
ought to be extended while the other be-
lisves it 10 wrong. and ought not be sxten
ded
This Is the only substantial dispute;
Tor the fugitive slave clause of the Consti.
tuition, and the laws for the suppression
Of the foreign slave trade, are Zach as we'll
enforced perhaps as any law can ever be
in community where the moral sense Of
the people imPerfectly- support the Law
itself. The great body Of the people
abide oy the dry legal obligations IN both
cases. After the separation Of the sec
tions, therefore. the foreign slave trade,
now imperfec,ly sup pressed, would be ul
revived, without restrictions in
one section. while the fugitive slaves. now
only partially surrendered. would not be
surrendered at all. BY th- Der. Physi-
call'T speaking, We ca separate, can
not re- ,ve our resp-c sections om |
each other nor build al impassable wal
between them
The husband and wife may be divorced
and go out Of the presence aud beyond the |
reach Of each other. but the different parts
Of our country cannot do this. They can
not but remain face 10 face and an inter
course either amicablc or hostile. must
continue between them. Is it possible TO |
make that intercourse more advantageous
or more satisfactory after separating than
beforeg Can aliens make treaties easier |
lhan friends can make laws! Can treaties
be more faithfully enforced betw cen allie ms
than laws among friends?
Sapposing you 20 to war. you cannot
fight always. and when after much loss on
both sides, end no gain on either. you
cease lighting. the old identical quest
as to terms Of intercourse are sgain upon
you. This CO untry. with its institutions,
belongs 10 the people. who inhabit it,
Whenever they shall grow weary Of the
existing Government. they can exercise
their constitutional right Of amending 1t,
Or their revolutionary right to dlsmembsr
DR. overthrow 1t. I cannot be ignorant Of
he fact that many worthy and patriotic
citizens are DESTROYS OF having the Con-
.titution amended. While I make no re-
Of amendments. fully re-
,;ogairs the rightful authority Of the PEOPLE
over the Whole subject. 1, be exercised in
either Of the N odes prescribed IN the in
'uument itself. and should. under exist
* circumstances. favor. rather than OPP
bose. fair opportunity BE- ing offered the
people to act upon IL | will venture to
i'd ths, TO me the Convention mede seem.
inssmueh ne II allows the
amendment TO originate with the people
themselves instead Of only permitting them
q take or reject proposition originated by
'thsrs. not especially chosen for the per
'ese, and which might not be precisely
och =. they would wish TO accept or d.