The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-29

great Britain. When by the violation of
DGth charter and inalienable rights, for
winch neither redress nor security against
repetltlon could be obtained, some of the
coioiles decided to sever their connection
W,sh the British crown, they formed an
dlnance, declared themselves free and indie
pendent states, and with their united
strength made such vigorous resistance to
ule efforts of the mother country to reduce
thcin TO subsection, that finally treaty of
pea c was made in September, 1TS3, in the
following words"
He then cites Articles /, >. and - of the
treaty with Great Britain: and Articles l,
:, iO and l3 OF the ARTICLES of Confedera-
uon." He continues:
If it be asked how could nine states
consistently secede from the confederation
ana perpetual union Of which they were
a component part and the terms of which
union could not be altered unless such
alteration should he confirmed by the
legislature of every state It is submitted,
as an answer to the question, that the
states, that is, the people of each STATE, had
never surrendered their sovereignty. and by
virtue OF 1t if the government failed to full
hi the end for which it was established,
they had the unalienable right to alter or
to abolish it, and TO institute a new govern
rlent. laying its foundation on such princi-
pies and organizing its powers in such form
as to them should seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness -
lie then quotes Article 10 of the constitu-
ton. adding:
If nowhere is to be found the delegation
by the states of sovereignty to the United
States, that remained with the states.
seyeraliy, to be exercised thereafter as it
had been in 1851"
Proceeding TO give the causes of war be
tween the states, he says
Ignorance and credulity have enabled
INSCRIPTIONS parusans so to mislead public
opinion, both at home and abroad, as 20
create the belief that the Institution of
African slavery was the chief cause. in
stead OF being mere incident in the
group OF causes, which led to war;
Il was chiefly, he asserts, the armed in
vaslon by the north of the states which
had exercised their right to secession
which brought about the struggle.
IF the state were still in the Union, it
was crime against the constitution which
did not grant power to coerce a state Tin
deed the convention which formed that CON
stitution refused to give that power) if a
state had withdrawn from the Union. it
was crime against humanity and Justice
to make war upon neighbours late associ
ate for the exercise of that sovereign
right"
Referring to the right of the states to
slavery within their borders, he
observes:
THE question of the maintenance or ex-
tinction of the system of negro slavery in
any state was one exclusively belonging to
such state. 1t follows that no subsequent
question, legitimately arising in federal
could properly have any refer
ence to the merits or the policy of the insti-
tuition itself a few zealots in the north
created much agitation by de
mands for the abolition of slavery within
the states by federal Intervention, and by
their activity and perseverance finally be
come a recognized party, which, holding
the balance of power between the two
great political ORGANIZATIONS in the north
gradually obtained control of one, and to
no small degree corrupted the other
The raid into Virginia under John
Brown-already notorious as fanatical
leader in kansas-occurred in October. 1853.
a few weeks before the meeting of the
Thirty-sixth Congress. Insignificant in it,
self and in its immediate results, it afforded