Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-01-30
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industry, perseverance, anu khgeel'y' n"A
acquired fine estate He had beeome
the possessor Of broad and fertile AIRES
Of fine house and capacions barn OF
cattle, and horses, and all things essential
to comfortable existence. Bat suddenly
adversity comes upon him, like strong
man armed. Ilo struggles against i'm
pending bankruptcy but the remorseleFs
wave rolls over him. He is ruined. His
home, his lands. and all that Is his, APE
sold. ard he is turned ont on he world
without penny. If he would regain what
he has lost, thore is but single pathway
open. He must shut out despair from his
bosom, aud keep his heart whole. lie
must SO earnestly to work, and bceonteut
with small gains, aud horde bis accpmu-
laiious, and, grown wiser by misfortune,
he must shuu the causes which alorctlme
involved him in ruin.
1t is just so with the American people
But lit,le time has elapsed since their
strtc was more happy aud prosperous than
that OF any people onthe globe. They
were riec, and opulent, and made no I'M
meaning boast of the superiority of their
condition. But now all is lost Their
magnificent Inheritance, and their almost
boundIcss acquisitions, have been swept
away. Like the bankrupt who lost his
estate, there is but one remedy for the da-
lamily which has belrlen theni!. They
must begin anew, They must ac 7pt their
altered condition, aud with strong arms,
and stout hearts, go to work to regain
what is lost The task will be n long
one it will be hard of achievement it
will often seem hopeless but industry, en-
ergy, and time-though it may be pro-
tracted-will accomplish much that now
seems unattainable. 3a
But all this will be unayaiing. if the
people are not instructed in thec Of the
disaster which has beialen them, and do
not learn to shun its repetition. They
must be taught, informed, educated and
this duty devolves upon the Democratic
press. The canse of all our calamities in
found in this, viz: that the Abolitiorists,
in pursuance of their fanatical ideas, inva-
ded the constitutional sovereignty Of the
States. Slavery may be right or wrong.
But whether right or wrong, it was the
prerogative of South Carolina to tolerate
it or exclude it as she chose and it was
an invasion of the sovereignty of South
Carolina, when Massachusetts, interIered
with this domestic institution either by
word or deed.
This principle Of the local sovereignty
ol tho States must he maintained, for il is
vital an | enduring. Granted that SLAYER
shall be hcncelorlh out Of the way. If tn
hight Of one State to NEEDLE with slavery
in another State, be conceded, or il il shall
be allowed that the Federal Government
possesses the power to control the domcs-
tic affairs of the States, in regard to this
particular institution, they may do so con-
cerning all things else. Massachusetts
may dictate to Ohio her religion, aud the
Federal Government may compel us to
adopt the Maine Law, with precisely the
same right, and With the same propriety,
that they have emancipated the slaves in
Missouri and Maryland. For emancipa-
ton in the States named was the work of
the Federal Government, and not of the
people Of those States.
/ During more than seventy years of Con
stitutiopal rule, the rights Of the States
were rcspeetsds and els the just powers of
the Fedsqal Government maipiaiBed. 1t
was this that conferred upon the Federal
Government the power and the glory
which distinguished her among all the ma
tons of the earth. rA3 sfae
The first menace, as we'll az the liRsl
cause Of the present most lamentahlaistaie
Of the country, is TO be found in the disre-
spoct which the people of some of tho
States entertained for the rights of others,
and in the usurpalion of the Federal Gov
9rnmeht, whereby ehcroaehment was made
upon rights which the States had reserved
to themselves when they formed the Gov
lanment. LIltp lpI7-