Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-12-13
BULLETIN, VOL. 3, NO. "a.

1 " 1AFi ~AF- sL14ssfy ioNss De ItCTKAh1Zei-
Justice established. and public credit main
tanned. and order brought out Of confusion.
| To accomplish these ends would relui ali
the wisdom aai virtue Of the great men Who
fsrrned our institution originally. conf
IDENTIFY believe that their descendanss..will BE
equal 10 the ariaess task before them; bu.
|. IL more than madness 70 expect that he
groes sill pe.fsrr. il for us. Certainly We
ought not 70 ask their assistance 1r.il we
despair Of our 0sn con2etencv- The great
difference between the t.o races, in physi>
! ca. mental an moral characteristics, will
prevent an analgamAtion and fusion Of them
together IN one Homogeneous MAS. II tie
inferior obtains the ascendancy over the 9th
er, il vii sovers with reference entirely to
Is own interests,-for IL viii recognize 70
common in.efes.e--and create such . tyr.
amy ss this continent has never witnessed.
Already the negroes are Influenced by the
| promises CT couhsca:ion and plunder. They
are taught to regard as an enemy every
white man sh0 has aay respec. fox toe rights
OF Lis osn race. Ii this continues, j. must
| become worse and worse, until all order viii
be sabFer,et, al industry cease, and tie
fertile feds Of the south grow up into .
| wilderness OF ali the dangers which our
nation tas yet encountered. none are equal
~ those rhsch mus, result from the success
Of the etfcrs Eox making 70 Af.:canize half
oi our eoEntry-
would rot PIT Considerations of money
in competition with justice and right. ba.
the expenses incidei; TO reconssrnciicn un-
der the system adopted By congress ayyra>
vs.s ~ha: regard as the intrinsic value of
the measure itself. Il las cost uneounsed
nilioas already. and. if persisted in, vii
aid largely 10 the weight Of taxation, al
ready too oppressive 10 be borne without
jas. complaint, and which may 61aIIr re-
dace tie treasury Of TIE nation 20 condi-
ZION of bank-cptcr- We must not delade
ourselves IL vii require strong standing
army. and probably more than two hundred
naIiiion dollars Of money, 10 maintain the
supremacy OF negro governments After
they are established. the sun thus thrown
away woald. If properly used, form sinking
fund large enough 10 pay the whole national
debt in less than fifteen years II Is vain TO
hope that the negroes viii maintain their
asccndAney themselves, without military
power They are wholly incapable Of hold
ing In suhj-cti0a the whole people Of the
south. / submit; 10 tie judgment of con-
gress whether the public credi; may not Be
injEriouslv affected By q system Of measures
Ike this With our tebs, and the vast pri-
vate interess which are complicated with it,
We cannot be too cautious of policy which
might, by possibility. impair confidence in
our goseruneEs- That eon6dence can only
be retained By carefully incalcating the
principles Of Justice aud honor on the
public mind. and the most scrupalous fsiel-
ity 70 all our engagements of every sor:.
Any serious breach in the organic law, per-
sisted Ia for any considerable time, cannot
but create fears for the stability of our
constitutions. HAhissai violation Of the
prescribed rules which se bind ourselves 10
observe mast dsnoraii,e the people. Our
only STANDARD Of civil dsiy being set At
naaghf, the sheet anchor our political mor-
Atty Is lost: public conscience swings from
its moorings, and Yields to every impulse of
passion and interest II re repudiase the
constitution, We viii rot be expected to
care for mere pecuniary obligatioas. vio-
lAtion of such pledge As We made on the
I'D of J4ly, 1851, viii Assrredly diminish
the market valve Of cur other promises
Beside, ii ws. now acknowledge that The
national debt was created, not to hold the
states In tie union, as tax payers we're led
- sfPSSEe 49, ~ E4f[s e--r-u A4t<~ 49, 0A1
hand them over to be governed by negroes,
The moral duty TO pay it mar seem much
less clear. l say is may seem 30, for do
not adni: that this or any other argument
II fayor CT representation can be entertained
as sound: but its influence on some Glasses
OF minds may veil be Apprehended. The
financial honor Of great commercial nation,
largeiS indebted, and With . republican
f.p<u r.f k.-~ g.
Of the popular choice. Is Q thing of such
d.lica;e texture, and destruction Of it
would be follovef By such unspeakable
calamliies, that every true patriot must de-
sire 10 avoid whatever might be exposed TO
the slightest danger. Tie great interests of
the country require immediate relief from
these enacfments. Business in the south 10
parAlyxed By . general sense Of insecurity
BY the terror Of con6scation and the dread
Of negro supremacy. Southern trade. from
which the north would have derived 20 ereat
. profit under . government Of Law, still
languishes, and can never be revived until
it ceases 10 Be fettered br ARBITRARY power,
which makes all its operations unsafe. That
nch eountry-the richest In natural resour>
ces the World ever saws worse than lost
If il be not soon placed under the protection
Of . Constitution. Instead Of being. . il
ought TO be, . source Of wealth and power.
it vii become an intolerable burden apon
the rest OF he nation.
Another reason for retrscing our
steps viii doubtless be seen by Con-
gress In the late manifestations Of
public opinion upon this subject We
live in . country where the popular
viii always enforces obedience to it.
self, sooner or later. It 10 vain to
think of opposing it with anything
short Of legal authority backed BY
overwhelming force. 1t cannot have
escaped your attention that. from the
day on which Congress fairly and
formally presented the proposition to
govern the Southern States By mill
tary force. with . view to the rlti-
mate establishment Of negro suprema-
cy, every expression Of general senti-
ment has been more or less addressed
to it. The affection Of this genera
ton cannot be detached from the in
stitutions of their ancestors. rheir
determination to preserve the inheri-
tanee OF free government in their own
hands, and transmit it undivided and
unimpairei to their osn postcrity. is
too strong to be successfully oppos-
ed. Every weaker passion will dis
appear before the love Of liberty and
Law for which the American people
arc distinguished above al others in
the world.
How far the duty of the president
to preserve. protect and defend the
constitution requires him to oin OPP
posing an unconstitutional act of Con-
gress is very serious aud Important
question, on which have deliberated
much, and felt extremely anxious to
reach proper conclusion. Where
an act has been passed according to
the forms Of the constitution by the
supreme legislative authority Of the
country, executive resistance TO it,
especially in times Of high party ex-
citement. would be likely to produce
q violent collision between the re-
spective adharents ofthe two branches
Of the government. This would be
simply civil war, and civil war must
be resorted to only a the last reme-
dy for the worst of evils. Whatever