Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-02-12

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,otsd ID I discNesine of athte Rights.--
1lr. PDpe'a resdnsioae were finally adopt 7
"a the frss, againss secession, b. unan- y
NOUS vote the second, declaring against
he right of Stale 70 resist the execution !
4 Federal laws, with only three dissent
ng and the third, declaring saa Eesol1E
ions Oh 1919 axpanged, with seven dis
seating votes.--Alslsas.kss Mess Ii
The Republicans in ths States Of Wis-
sonssn and Vermont, have u Iass disoov-
erred, shaa the Personal Liberty Bilss en-
acted By sheir Legislatures were 40 IN
aggression apon the rights
al she eitisans Of she soathern States,
and they have acknowledged this by sac |
ansoadlsGonal repeal OF those odieaz and
Unconstitutional Laws. These Personal
Liberty Laws passed BY Wisconsin, Veg
mona and osheg Statess were among TIE
leading causes which hare provoked the
Southern rebellion. They we're 10 d.
rect violation Of the Constitution, and
wsra Intended TO provoke and irEisasa tne
people Of the soath--sAey said 70 the
owners of siayes In advanees IL any 81
yous slaves escape into oas Of these States
they aAag sshe discharged from service Or
labor, Is and sashals not be delivered up On
claim of the party 20 whom saeh service
or labor may be dae.n When the people
OF the South saw that their constitutional
rights in this respect weEs disregarded "
several States in the Union, they natural
| ly concluded that eshez and moEs serious
| agxressions, would soon foiiow.
Our readers, no doubt, will recoliees
that shortly after the Presidential election
we called the attention Of the Republican
party to these Laws, and suggested that
thsy remove the approximations Of the peo-
PIE Of the South By repeating them. The
| following is an extract from an article
written by US, which will De found IN the
B.sols dated November 2ist, 1860.
sWhile the Constitution and laws Of
this United States are nullifed by the peo-
| ME of the North, IN the form OF a mob,
and by the solemn acts Of Northern leg
| islasion, in making it Punishable oHsnee
for citizen to aid in delivering up the
nerson held to service or labor, to the
marty to whom such service or IaGoE MAJ
be DUE can il be expected that the poo
ipls Of the South will remain quietly II
ths Union? Such asts are overt acts OF
ratification on the paFs of the people o.
, the North, and its not 10 be wondered at
1 if the people of the South should mAk'
! some strong demonstrations towards %
= ceding from the Union.
} "If Black RepablioauiHm does not tax
: a conservative turn before the hrss o
: March next, in our opinion, the Unio'
! will be dissolved. If the Republican par
ty is, o. was represented before the See
y ton, Union-loving and a constitution
u and Law abiding party, in view Of sh
.e crisis which is fast approaching the Cos
,e ernors Of the NoEthera States should ca
r. their Legislatures together, and recon
he mend the repeal of the law making 1t
= criminal offence to aid in the execution
,e the Fugitive slave law They should d
@. more. They should enact laws calculate
N 10 aid in carrying out the provisions
ID the constitution in regard to the Fugisi'
N Slaves. The Northern States are in Il
n hands of the Republicans-they can sho
D. the South whether they respect the col
re stisution and the rights guaranteed by
vs. to the people Of the Soush."
3, In the Bugts Of the 9th OF JanuAr,
of 1861, we said;
be sGIf the Northern States would repe
te their odious and unconstitutional Person
a. al Liberty Bills, and enact lava to enab
or owners Of slaves 10 recover their proper
escaping into them, and the members
Congress from Northern States would 70
L. for an amendment Of ghe constitution
= the United States, SO SIS to protect Z
rights Of the people Of the South, in {
enjoyment Of their institutions and pro
! erty, the States above named (Virgini
: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Tsnn'
: see, North Carolina, Missouri and Loui
- lana, would be satisfied, and all eau
= for dissatisfaction would be removed"
This good advice was booted at by
Black Republicans in this vicinity, q
- the Legislatures Of Wisconsin and "
n snt, desidedby an overwhelming msj'
ity, that these laws ought 10 remain up
rs g the Statute Book. This action was
10 iteration of their intenfton to violate
avs constitutional rights of the South;
sse- now. after these acts have produced th
~, s- ruinous efiects upon the country, nj
ssr. they have produced rebellion and Ct
; q war, the Legislatures Of these two Ste
+ BE- repeal those lava With bas seven dtsss
'r e ing votes. These States have acted
the foolish farmer, who placed lock
YES On his stable after his horse was stolen
YES They suffered these laws 10 remain a
che Statute Book until they produces
nth rebellion, and then, when their req
ties could do no good, acknowledged their
lem constisuaionality by repeating them.
The States refused TO repeal these
,.h constitutional and aggressive lava aga
IN the rights Of the people of the South,
10 the Republican Congress last winter
!. y fussd 10 entertain any proposition fl
a. compromise, By an almost unanimous '
= of the Republican members. Uuder .
a circumstances the South could not raas
ably hone for peaceful reconciliation
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