The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-22
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pstriotic men who paTchased wh their
ireaSnFe and blood oor 80 iepsn ndence,
were. according to Adminislatt6 logic,
. set of blOekhsads. They thought
Union composed Of free and slave States
could be prosperous, powerful and happy.
They thodght It no crinIc to be a Sfave-
IhO|der-SO'OutVtge' 70 proteetstays prop
erty. Innocent and ignorant souls, they
thought the Union could exist half slave
and half free" But that was before
statesmen Of tho Lincoln and Garrison
and John Brown order burst upon and
dszzled an a<tonished world. That was
b'fore the superior intelligence" OF New
England was discovered. That vas be.
fore budoOns aspired to be statesmen or
mOuntebanks were sent to Congress I'm.
mediatsly after the adoption Of the Con-
stitution, the following amendment was
proposed aud made a part of the funda
mental law:
"The powers not delegated to the United
States by the Consultation. nor prohibited BY
it to the States, are reserved to the States re-
sPecIiveiy or 10 the people"
That was an old fosy notion, which
Lincoln utterly repudiates. The first
Congress under the Constitution, in
1890, ado oted the following resolution:
"Resolved, That Congress have no authuri-
~ In In he IL.
or in the treatment Uf them in any Of the
States; 1t remaining with the several States
alone to provide rules and regulations therein
which humanity and true policy may require.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams,
Hamilton, Jay and their compeers ap-
proved the above; Lincoln. Highly, Con.
ness, Emma Hardinge and other distin.
guiShed disciples of John Brown pro.
nounce it "disloyal." These antiquated
notions are still cherished by the Demo.
cratic party, and they prevailed to lin.
ited extent as late as April 22d, 1851
when Secretary Of State Seward, with
the approval Of one Abraham Lincoln
and in his name, addressed a letter to
Minister Dayton, a: Paris. TO be cnlnmu.
nicated for the information of the French
Emperor and his Cabinet, in which We
find the following:
"The trainers If our government therefore
pla"ed the entire cnntr0l of slavery, rs il was
then existing, beyond the contr0t of Ibe fede.
raj authorities, by leaving it to remain subject
u the exclusive management and disposition
fff fha al Cfufo Nhnpn Il a.
it there with provision fur the return Of fngi-
tivrs, from labor and service, and another, Sc.
curing an allnwance at three fiflhs Of such
persons in fixing ihe basis Of direct taxation
aud represent ton.
"The condition Of slavery in the several
states will remain just the same whether il
the revolution succeed nr fail. There is not
even pretext for the complaint that The 6Sat
fecied states are to be cnnquc ed by the United
States il the revolution fail for the rights II
the states. and the condition ni everv human
being in them, will remain subject to exactly
the same laws aud fOrms of administrations
whether the revolution shall succeed or wheth.
er 1t shall fail In the one case the sluies
would be federally connected with the new
| c0ntederacy in the other, they would, us nnw
be members Of the United States; but their
constitutions and laws, customs, habits, and
institutions in either case will remain the
same.
at is hardly necessary to add to this iucon.
| tes'ible statement the further fact that the new
President as well a. the citizens through
whose suhrageS he has come into the admins
traii0n, has always repu,iiated all designs
whatever and wherever imputed 10 him and
them OF disturbing the system at slavery as it
IL existing under The constitution and laws -
The case, however, would not be fully present
ed It l we're t0 omit TO say that any such effort
I'm his part would be UNcoH sTIrurIoNAL and all
his actinHs in that direction would be prevent.
ed by the judicial authority, even thmrgh they
were assented to by Congress and the people /"
Lincoln respects the Constitution and
I'intlexibly adheres to his pledges espe
cially TO this one, which he authorized
his Secretary Of State to make for him to
the French Emperor! Seward emphati-
cnlly declares, and his declaration received
the sanction Of the Administration and its
supporters, that "the President has al.
ways repudiated all designs whatever and
wherever imputed to him, Of disturbing
the system Of slavery where it is existing
under the constitution and laws; and
that any such interference ION his part
would be unconstitutional! Lincoln is
good at repudialing. He has "repudia- "
ted" the above declaration and the Con.
Stitution, too! He has repudiated" the
Union and the teachings of the fathers Of
the Republic! He has repudiated" his
pledges. resolutions of Congress, the laws
Of his country and his solemn oath 10
support. maintain and defend the Consti,
tuition! To get even. the people intend
to "repudiato" him on the 9Th Of next
month.