Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-05-15

The freemen-the democracy of the nation
--iu the election of Abraham Lincoln, vnd-
Gated their right to administer the Govern.
ment. and in the first hour OF victory were met
by the armed rebellion of The Shareholders =
Shall slavery overthrow this Government p
The nation has the right of self defense, Of
self protection-the right to make secure its
peace aud safety, and to remove whatever
stands in the way Slavery, in the war it has
provoked, perilS the national existence. It is
The immuIabe law Of nature and of nations,
that State shall preserve itself. that it may
destroy whatever enemy threatens its life
Fattel writer OF caution and of high au.
thorty on national law, lays it down that
"A State has right everything that can secure il
from threatened danger and TO keep distance what
ever Is capable OF causing its ruin nation is obliged
TO preserve itself the law of nature gives the right
TO everything without which II could not fulfill this obl
CATION.
If nature applied nations We call that the necessary
law Of nations that consists in the application OF the law
Of nature TO nations 1t is necessary because nations
absolutely obliged TO observe it, The necessary law of
nations icing founded the nature OF things is immu
table. Whence this Law is mmutabe, aud he Obli.
cations that arise from it necessary and Indispensable
nations can neither make aay changes in it by their
yentons dispense with il themselves reciprocay
with each other"
Again, MIR Rawle in his view of the Con
stiturion, in speaking Of our duty to maiutaiu
the Union says:
I'm every aspect therefore, which this great su jet
presents We iee eePtSt IMPRESSION OF sacred Ol
CATION 10 preserve the Union OF country feel
glory r safety ana our happiness involved 10 II we
ante the interests those cody calculate advIntA
ses with those who glow with what Is little short hal
Ze u destroy with the feelings that should
avert the dagger Of tne parr!clde."
Slavery IS the pnrrIcde that now aims at
the national fe We must bind the criminal iu
perpetual bonds, it We would secure to the ua-
| jon safety aud peace.
! The right OF q Stale to preserve itself is
clearly SCI forth by FaIlel nay, it is obliged
50 o do hy necessary and paramount law
Every writer Of authority on The Law of nations
agrees with Waited touching The right of ua,
tIouli self defeuse The law is consonant with
reason and JUSTICE aud the common sense of
uaukjud and needs 10 citation OF authorities
TO support it,
The law being established, the only questions
open TOR exuminatiou ore the nature Of this
Government. aud the hostile character Of the
turmy 10y which II is a>Salled. II we are
league OF independent States, each having he
right 10 wilhdTaW al pleasure, aud for causes
the SUfirIrncY OF which each may Judge, then
the Confederate States are right 10 the iude-
peuGruCe they assume, and the war on our
part is a war Of >uhjlgation. fragrant aud un
lust Oar light 10 carry on the war can only
na defended on the ground that we are ue-
ton. bound hy the obligation to defend our
national existence.
What enemy puts our safety in peril; asSai.s
with war our uuIgy ana lite? All enlightened
aud impartial men Will give the same answer
Slavery is that eHemy-the deadly and persist
eat foe Of the nation. Slavery has organized
for the overt hTow Of. the Government the
greatest rebellion IN history, and without cause,
save its !ear aud haired of republican ioslitu
uOUS. The nation was prosperous aud happy:
life and property were secure We eujored
freedom given 70 10 other people, a prosperity
full 10 oyerhoEing Every blessing and every
right was ours. The Government was only
felt in the protection it gave aud 10 the bless
ings it conferred The aimed revolt of the
shareholders against q Government so Just aud
bem6cent is the most dsles:IbIe crime on re-
cord. Slavery arms brother against brother,
and inhrups the nation in fraternal blood 1t
Ctfrrs alliances with foreign despo,s aad con
Seuls 10 the establishment OF mDuarchies on
our continent Does ans Senator on this side
OF the Chamber doubt that slavery is the i'm.
mediate cause of our troubles? If not, then |
claim his support for such measures against
slavery as shall make it poweriess for future
mischief | demand indemnity for the past sDd
security for the future. The nation must never
again pass under the yoke of the slave power.
We must have no reconstruction reestahllShing
the domination Of slavery. We shall deserve,
and Will receive, the scorn aud eXpCratl0u Of
the civil lied world If We step back from The
plain duty before Us. We must give the cOun-
try lasting peace we mast cripple forever The
power OF slavery, aud enfrsuchlSe the nation
from is iuS0IenI rule. Slavery has made aad
unmade, Iut up aud torn d0wu at pleasure.
II hss enforced upOn the Government and
couutry novel aud understandable constructions
Of tile Constitution by threats Of dIsuuion and
blood
1t is an element OF constant disturbance and
danger Mr. Calhoun earlier saw aud more
clearly compreheBded than bis cotemp raries
the irreeoUe.iahie auragOnism between freedom
aud slavery. Commodore Stewart is the wit
ness that, as early as 1914, Mr.. Calhoun be
came satisfied thai The Two systems Of society
and labor rou.d no, both stand under one Gov
eTuneut that slavery must 20 10 the wall, or
q dissolution of the Union was inevitable. He
devoted his life 40 giving strength to slavery,
and thus preparing Tor the conflict which be
saw must surely cone What Mr.. Cal1oun
saw IN 1914 Is HoS The philosophy aud fixed
Oelirt OF The leaders Of the South. This war
on their part Is fer the perpetully OF slavery.
aud This can only he secuted al the expense OF
individual and uztiOna. freedom
The Constitution IS continually pushed for
ward il support Of the IagIolsbiiIly OF slavery.
Sir, deuy that the Consultation contains auy
special guarantees in behalf of slavery. Il pro-
videS for TIE surrender Of prisons owing labor
or service escaping from one State into smother