Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-11
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oFrbsEp To VAR UPON TUE SOUTH,
tFraa hAaFy~ g4hHsoa's speech ot Feb. 5, 1851
Referring 20 a charge of Senator Lane,
thai NJ. Johns in vas in favor Of war
oa the South, Mk. johnson sail;
'.I march do*n upon South Carolina /!
Dsl | rr rc.e ahv such thing No. War
isnts tie na!uyt cie'nent gf my miod !;
and, az STATED tin TINT speech, ny Ih0'Es
gere taFnesi an reaen, ard not on Har.-
in the iangu Isi Of denomination that
is gaFJi Numerous in the country, may
say | bate war RuI tuyg peace. | bel3ng
10 tua psuce pzdgy. taUaght, when |
was sG.Gkjug thslt speech. that was hold
ing cut Jha ofsE branch Of pense. | want
cd to give qgieu dhd rccJue,iIalion - a
distracted aa,l tzcigad country. That was
the al5 ct bad IN viaw. War, | repeat,
is rot ths natural element Of my mimi
| wduli rather wear upon ny "a meEis
the tiaga II thd shop auI The dust of the
frid, IS badges Of the pursuit Of peacs,
tban the gandyepauteE upon 10y shoulder
or q sworl dangling BY nv side, With It's
rlitseriug scabbard the insignia Of strife.
Of war, Of t.asR, of carnagg somestmcs
Of hotorable ahl glorious war. But, Sir,
WoaI ratherIsae the penple of the Uni.
ted States at war With every other power
upnn The habitahie globe, than be as war
with each oshar. II blood must ba shed,
let it not bg d I'd by the people of these
Stat !, the o4e euHtcndiug against shs
the 0sher.H
TIE GENERAI GOVERNMENT mas No
RIGHT lfo cuEaCK A STATE
. do not
believe the Federal Government has tht
powct to cotrce State; for bY th'
ciesehth ameHdment Of the Censtitatior
of tho Unitad States il Is expressly pro
videa that yoa oannot even put one Of tbs
States of this Confederacy before one oi
the caarts of The country as a party. Al
Siasa, the Federal G0vsrBment has M
power TO coertse il; tnt it is n member oI
the easnpaet. 10 which 1t agreed in com
mon wifh The other States, and shis Gov
eYnment has ghe right TO pass laws, ard q
enfotce those laws apon individuals with
in this limits nf each State. While thi
one proposition il clear, the other il
equaily so. This Government can, by sh'
Oonstitationiof the country and By th'
laws enactedIfn eonforinify With the Goa.
ssitution, operate upon individuals ant
has the right and the power, net TO co
cree State bus 20 enforce and exrcus'
she law upon individuals within che lizn
It's of ssnth.
4 know shat the term, sfte eoerce
| Stase,n Is used in dd fnplandHm man
nsra &c Is sovereignty thai Is TO b
crushed How il State III the Uniau
Whit Il herI csanecsion witb Its Alith
connestilsn she bas wilh the etbsr State
| is that which 10 agreed upon In the CON
nosslaH hesfseen the States I DO no
/ kusgw whesslrr yua rBay consider il In %
Union or out of the Onion, or whesha
! you simply IeoasidaE il connection o.
| siisconDeesiSs with sha eghes States; bu
10 tbs axsssss that = State naslsfiss or set
aside sny Ids 0s any prssasiun 81 aha Con
ssigutio1, ID that extent II has aiss0lvs
its eaaneusaan and % moro. | think %
Ssases that haso passed their rersons
liberty bills ii Eialatsoa ef tho Cspssila
tian ef she United States. saming 10 eaal
lies si1h ghe fugitive slava lag. . ~
i exxvak hase dissolved their sannsesIaf
and 10 thai sxlsns it IL rsvslusiaR- -
Il hssanss suna Of the Tres Ssakss has
pssse,a Iaws vs8lasiss sf the 0onssi1ass !
h@caasa shssg haxe u susxe exBtns, dissels
thar eaBaeeslas with ghia @ sRsrpase1
does EhAs jussify u u the SeasA y g
IoNing sbat bed exampIs neeasss ~