Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-07-20

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In 1850 Mr.. Tilden, who had for
years been one of the most suppla
and plant tools ot the slave mower.
distinguished himself by extrnordi.
nary efforts to prevent the election of
Mr.. Lincoln. He attacked every
idea and principle upon which thu
Republican party was founded, as
false In theory, ~ wrong in morals,
and certain to be the most disastrous
In their results. Ho asserted the
right OF the slave-holder to take his
human chaitel into any OF the Terri.
tories of the United States, and was
pre-eminently the champion of that
hldcous system whose triumph i'm
this country would have been tho
end OF all liberty, Of all humanity,
OF all progress, of all that character
izes Christian civilization. lie not
only asserted the right of the slave
holders To take their human cInttcis
wherever they pleased, but that the
denial OF such right entitled the
slave-holding States 10 snap the tie
that held them within the Union, ~
a nation would break treaty or r.
pei invasion. We have now before
us one of his efforts, u pamphlet un-
der the dato OF Oct. II, 1850, ed
dressed to Hon. William Kent, then
Elector on the Democratic ticket for
tho State of New York, in which he
held the following language:
The single slender, conventional tie which
holds the states in confederation iias uo str,Bath
compared With the ssInpaglri iHtrriN iuiuk
Hbn's which bind the atoms Of human astici5
into one formation nt national growth.
The masters Dt political science ~ hn DultltrBrf
ci dnr system, preserved our stale uuyFtp,nrats
as bulHarks for the Freedom ot utitE idu8ig End
localities, against oplfes-inn t,au @wlrutse
power. They recognized no right ~ ,uuEiltl-
tiunRl scr,eslDu, bui they len revolution 'rtsB
isa,i when IL should u. demanded ~ u,r puidiD
opinion ut state. icft II With power tn sriF ihr
tie OT confederation as nnllun GaiFhl ht.pk p
treaty, aud tn ret,cl ct~ri1u a. q Ratlnn rriela
invasion They caused ~ Ia depend iu #Nsdt
measures, upon the public opihtiE az ti" SlhtsF-,
in order 90 maintain cnntt,l"rstrsl upitslf
They ibteJtied 90 make IL Necessary lar a. "a
every rcssonahte extent Ia respect That pa@tir
olAuion.
Asa rule nf right and duty Tor the construction
aud cxeTutinH II the Constitution. the Theory
maintained by Mr., seward. and top rkigusiNrit
accepted II entirely fsllacio,is, A. ~ rpittsn3
governing complicated lTansseti"tu os tslathats
bvlWe,'n men, and applying permanently thinUEA
the changes inevitable Ia human Iilblla, tau -
eiireltIai II either party Intended I" is "'iuI Us
Il Is al liberty tn e''nstlne 90 sNetuis as lag4
ions in spirit ~ hostility ~ the substantial "h
ircls of thfsc pres tslilis Especially is tl's Hn
~ rumphrt Of confederation f"tWrTh tsaf
States wlers thsr" can -" me- o''niin"r Afh't"f
invested with Huilprilics aud pTHrr equally
caalile With tisoss which courts Ih5H~'.ss rtwF"t
in,iiy liuas Tor dciuriBining aust cptorcinH T.
strict construction AID execution ut ~" lnttfh
meat"
There cannot Ia the whole OF Cal
houn's works be- found n more con
ciso and tsrsc statement Of the right
OF each State 10 seeetio at viii from
| the Union. Its opinion is It's law.
Washington stated the opposite the.
| ory with equal torseness whe he snt,l
that "lntiuence IL not government. "
| Arc wa any better prepared 10 accept
| Mr.. Tilden's theory OF tho nature oi
our government than we were ak
teen years ago? Aro there stili no
questions upon which the "publit
| iplnionu Of the State3 may yet diI'
fers May u not diiior upon tlle
question Of tho payment of our I'm
| tional debt? May not Alabama,
| which has Just repudiatod u larg,
| norton of her State debt contracted
for the construction Of railroads, en-
tertain nm opinion" TINT sho ~ un
der no obligation % pay hor sbar" o.
a national debt contracted for th'
purpose of coorcing her into tnIot
which She sought ~ leavoon acfo'in
Of AN alleged violation OF It's Consti
tuition? After all tho sacrifices tina
have been made sacrifices that co.'s
half million OF lives and almos
| untold treasure, arc We still but
loose aggregate of States, bound b,
no stronger Ito than the passion O
seutimcnt OF the hour? Or are W
| Ia repeat one Of tho pianks in tn
Republican platform just adopted y
the Convention at Cincinnati, an'
suggested 10 II by our German eiti
zens, that tho United States Govefh
ment, not the State, IL supreme
Commenting on this aii.iInportan
subject and Tilden's record, The Ne'
York Times says:
No nomination could have beSl made whsf
! 80 cnsctually feytyes The I@'as 81 af W
witch iha Republican, have " oI,efl h'si' ~. az
l gi,Ich they have ~ often tfInmith"d - lIat
l Mr. TlIdru M man w the thtteh sthte# y
| more hitting representative of 81 hat = 9aphss
1 ons aud Odions IN the peni"rfali' FaHy.
man ever uisrp pcTtlsteIilly ufRrd lbai oib y
l wns 10 bs pstss4rsed by slavery ~ htli ~ itt
| dom: no man ever more einphhicaiiB lha'
taincd the right Of the Houthefn ftsi'r y, fe't'
| npun mere caprice and mo- man more tihc"fr
, l syYnpathizcd with them IN th. strnRgls ~
| dpnendrncrs The cansa of the Nufih Na@
| npboIy one, Its War an Outrage aud y ny" g y
; | Demneratie Convention Of 1861, whs 'echI'
| Iy him tp b. complete failure ," huii~
| him nov b to turn our back upon the pssl, -
/, l to declare our professions ~ have been iis
| aockery and Our achievement but shs,a
/ TaIl have occasiOn to refer again 70 Mf iHae'
!, l,Iny which Is loo long for Publication w n
l snI,,yus We t,r,siirne IL viii be- linins'''st*
: I reta,biisiied for the beneht OF the pul'llr !,
,sople viii be able 10 Judge for tislsei y'' 9,
fitness 90 oeeupy the Prcslaen.ii ,,,m a,A \, H. 4
vIndleat.,f IN every possible manner tte i&bt
D L s,s,,fh ~ seredp al least Till tlIr pas ht