M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-01-22

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Imam civilization. lie had broken his
iiols and worshipped with fervorand
intelligence the great God of The
Universe. 10 such an extent had,tbi;
ame!ioratinn progressed that, atthi'
day, and in this State, to compare the
American of A African descent with his
Catfret or Iloltentot Yrogenitor wonld
he absnrd. This advancement haf
been under the tuteage Of n human,
bnt necessary shljeetfvn 10 q superior
race, and ii false humanity violates
It, The rrsult will be, that the "Amorl.
can OF African descent" must cithel
revert 10 his original barbarism, OF
perish from the earth, the victim of n
liberty he could not appreciate, or the
vicrim OF vices that have already ex
terminated the ahorig iual savage.
Kentucky in separating from the
I"OId Dominion" tngrafted the insti.
tuition upon her own fundamental law,
ard from that day to this it has been
unintcrruptedy protected by her own
constitutional and legislative enact
ments. Tier right to this species Di
property has never been questioned
1t is sanctioned by the National Cove.
naht, has been protected BY Congrcs
sonal provision for ts recovery, and
solcmniy adjndicatcd By the Snprehe
Court. Kentucky held it liable 10 the
incidents Of he status, AMI bore
with mnch patience the losses sus.
taincd by those who were fugitive
from labor. She lost annually from
this cause more than any State in, the
Union set she has never attempted
violence in its recovery. Although
she had mnch complaint against tan
attic clizens Of the North-wes'ern
States, sfe felt the force Of tms dis
tIhction between irresponsible indi-
viduals ard tie acts uf those great
Common wGa!ths. She thcreiore did
not consider these vcxafions lnterier-
cnc,s from her nciglbors rs iast canse
ior her teAbreak up the fraternity Of
sister States, or TO sock redress olltsidG
the Constitution Of the United States.
She WAS aware that that instrument,
faithfully administered, constituted
her hest safeguard for her slave and
every other species of property, aud
when al attempt was mace to Scduce
her from her allegiance she "irOwncd
Indignantly" upon the first seductive
enticrmcn's upon her loyalty. II the
ant, cedent pretext5 AMI preparations
tur the rebellion she took no part.
As an abstract gu stion, and one OF
but little practical value, che looked
on with indifference upon the Kansas
enhrogiio - regarding it as more
speculative than Of real importance,
considering that according to the con.
ccded rights Of the States each Terri
tory, on becoming State, would
settle the question according to the
view it took of l,s own interests. And
hence in the Presidential election,
while she choose for her own candi
date one who maintained the abstract
view OF the Southern question, she
was clad to see the Northern side
enuaciatrg in their Chicago Platform
a distinct disavuwal Of any right or
putpose to interfere with slavery IN
the States where it already existed BY
law. To this position the successful
candidate was Enthusiastically commit.
ted, and hence it was, that while Ken
lucky Was disappointed by the defeat
OF her own candidate, she felt hopeful
that no impossible barrier had been
presented to a peaceful adjustment of
all pending difficulties. She never
allowed herself Tor one moInen: to stop
to discuss the value Of the Union. In
her estimation nothing could compare
with it in value, or compensate for its
iose; and hence, when the Southern
politicians made bare their reasonable
purposes, regardless of the disruption
it made in her own social fabric, aud
the utter arrangement and ruin of
her commercial interests, she took her
stand on the side OF tho Union and
has maintained it with her treasure
and her blood. The Constitution Of
the Union has not yet been changed,
and, with her consent, never shall be.
But since the commencement of
this civil war. there has suddenly
grown up a theory outside OF and
above the Constitution, and new doc.
trine has been introduced into pfacti
cal exhibition--4the military necessity
is not to be measured by constitu,
tiOnaL limits, but must be the judge OF
the extent of its powers. As All off
shoot from this political heresy there
have appeared amcng us not only
anti slavery propagandists, but men
who have actually presumed to over
ride our own, State laws anu turn
regiments brought here ostensibly for
our protection into cities o! refuge tor
runaway slaves. To such an extent