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3ft THE IREDELL EXPRESS, " , if PUBLISHED WEEKLY, . I v.Vwsrvrr ft"vti ' "6ne Dollar's Bquart for the first week; and Twentffe tJcntfc eveweekliereafUr Sixteett 'lroea or less will mafc tqaare.- Tie4octkm8'analtf in favor of ndhigr mat ter Xt 4bttw i'j ' E. B. DRAKE. BY W. P, DRAKE. .: EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON, Editors and Proprietors. i , 3 xoa. 5 nosfc 1 rtAt. .A. Family Newspaper De voted to Politics, .A-griciXlture, ; Miami! actixres, Commerce and isoellarieoT GRea4mg.Tv' a One sauAre.' jTwo squarea;,:. .T.00 I . 10.00 : . 14.00 'TbreiareS. 10.00 ". ..15)0 . '.20.W Wlisn .if ectiona are not giren now ofteo TERMS OF THE PAPER, Vol. III. Statesville, ft. OJ Friday, October 12, 1860. Not: $2 a Year, in Advancel '45. :.f to Insert aa Advertisement, it will be publish- UUU1 VfViCiCU VUk I H MrN r-rf rwrv Ps rfirs ri I IV 4 1 mi AT 1 II 1 A lit I 1 ' 1 1 i A 111 J IB i r a m i r m BUSINESS CiVUDS. HAS taken Roojhs in tlte ShnoiUon Ilouse wTiere,. he will be pleased to wait on all; who desire hie Services. ! ' inrlG:15tf r Dr. II. KELLY j; Offers his professional services to the pullie. Office on College. Avenue, opposite -the Methodist-Church, States ville, N. C. Jj DR. T. J. WHERSPOON. TTA VING located nryself at the late Iresi- X-L dence of John Clark, .near Sherrell's Ford, and about ten miles South west of Sjttes ville, I offer my Professional Services lot the enrrounding public. M T. J. WtTIIERSrOON. Mj I). Jan 27 60 POLITICAL. Correspondence between Ex-Speaker Orr and on. Amos Kendall. HX-SPEAKER ORR TO H0S. AMOS KEN 4 DALL. c. Aug. 16 Anderson, S ' fy Dear Sir : I have refeeired yoir favor of the 9tu inst Your age, ex perience and ability, entitle your opin ions to great weight on every reflect ing mind, and I regret to learn from your letter that you dissent from my recommendation that the honor and safety of the South require its prompt secession from the Union, in the event of the election of a" black republican beyond a limited private correspond ence, yet having no opinions on the portentous condition of public affairs which I have a motive to conceal or am ashamed to avow, I cheerfully com ply with your suggestions. ; : .You quote from' my former letter the declairationhat 'my mind is equ ally clear that the South has long had a peaceful remedy within, her reach, and has it still, though impaired by the recent conduct of some of her sons,' and you ask of me-a full explanation of ajr opinions on that point as well as 'the remedy to be resorted to by us the South should, the govern ment in .November pass into the hands IIAYNiE DAVIS, A TTOItNHY-A T-LA W, V STATESV1LLE, N. C, . Will promptly and diligently attend ;ta all l.iiHinesti entrusted to his care. ; j Ulfice opiX)site the Jail. . Oct. 22, 'D8. , Y C. LORD, ft o r n e 5 a t it H to , Salisbury, N. C. WILL Practice tnd make prompt coJlec tiotis in Howan. Stanlv, Iredell and Cataw ba Counties. Uftice in the corner of Cow- uii's. Building opposite the Book Store June-2-, to the presidency. You say your , i 11 r -i i -.v, 1 tnan tnree Dinions i . ri s i . - httv millions of in upr own rpar.n - ani nas ir. ki i though impaired by the recent con duct of some of our sons.' You would greatly oblige me by a full exposition of your opinions upon that point, .as well as the remedy to be resorted to by us, should the government, in No vember, pass into the hands of a par ty whose declared purposes is to des- v to destroy our property, amounting, in value at the present time to not less one hundred and dollars.' You askj 'can it! be prudent, safe or manly in the South to submit to the domination of a party whose declared purpose is to destroy such an amount of proper ty and subvert our whole social and industrial policy ? , In a subsequent part of your ;letter you call-my attention to certain griev- sought expression through tire Ameri can party, i To such an extent had the democraticj party been .weakened Hby the insidious policy -of. their disunion allies, that? they had the utmost diffi culty in fleeting an; old practical statesman over a young man who had nothing to! recommend him beyond a few successful explorations of our wil derness teritory There afe those who foresaw that longer affiliation with Southern disun ion ists woiild inevitably destroy the as cendancy M the democratic party, and a feeble and fruitless effort was made to induce .the President to lay the foundation of his administration on of a party whose declared purpose is the rock df thel"Union, and cut loose troy our property, amounting in value ,11 J , , . i 1 . . .1 o elude your commentary thereon as f 1 1 roiiows, viz 'tio. 20:tf!' - W.v,'R.' i" WY"AHT V WHOLESALE AND EETAIL DC ALE It I Drugs, 1 Medicines, rainfH, Oils, DyeSlufls, llriiMheM, Window Glass, ViiriiBlt, i &Cy &C., &C, Salisbury, N. C. Jan. 1, 1850 5-ly ' JAS. ' W. DRAKE. 1 COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 18 St. Lons Strket.i; A1.4. Jan. 21, 1859. 7-tf . at the present time to not less than 1 1 . - 1 1 1 1 1 fr r T 1 1 1 1 1 v . 1 o Till ft Ci-xr .... r 1 11 . -Is it wise, if we do not intend to millions 01 dollars. -. . , . .. , 3 c i submit to suen consequences, to allow i. cj i . u u i a black republican President to be in the South to submit to the aomma- i . . K , . , . e i j i j - i inaugurated, and put him in possession tion of a party whose declared pur-1 c A - A i r i . r' oi the army, the navy, the treasury, nose is to destroy such an amount oi i tl - , - i lt r i- 1 , i v r i I the armories and arsenals, the public property, and subvert our whole social . . r . i 1 i- i i i r d ' property in tact the whole machin- 1 . . . pj'v nt flip (TAVPrninpnt' wirn its annpn. In rrlancin at the evn and remedy,' ! , , P . 9 TJ rr. I invite specially your attention.. 1. To the persistent refusal of many of the free states, and to large bodies of mn jn all of them, to execute the fugitive slave law. 2. To the untiring efforts of fanat ics who come to the slave States under dants and appurtenances : it tne South should think upon this subject as I do, no black republican President should dver execute any law within her borders, unless at the point of the bayonet, ancLover the dead bodies of her slain sons.' . I shudder at such sentiments com- Mrs. J. A. Vannoy, FA'S II ION ABLE ibtESS Statesvillc, X. C. :lJcfives"montlily American Fashions. the French, English and 33: 'till: ly . .t.,.. ' , ' , ' lnji trom one whose sincerity 1 cannot in lnveifrlrncr away our slaves and to , , nM .. , J rr, ft(Vl , , - i i .1 r , doubt. Ihe time was when 150, 00 the general sympathy with their neta-1 : . , , ,T . . . 5 ., n . c , J 1 . r , , iX iinen tendered their services to the nous purposes evinced by the acib- r r?8ident t0 aid Lim "if necessary, in ties furmshed them by the underground , ex ngthelawsofthe United Stltes; railroad in spiriting away our slaves , tme.m CQme When 200,000 will beyond the reach ol their owners. , . r V1 , , , m it i r i t) - t i volunteer for a like purpose, should 6. To the raid of John Brown, and1 ... , , . r , .r , - . . , , . , vr i ; resistance be made to his legitimate tne sympathy winch his well merited autll0rit no matter by what party execution evoked. , he may be elected. 4. lo the recent insurrectionary ! J . mnmonu in To v snrmVp fori ru - cyo seeuisto meto be, in the 1 carried out by abolition emissaries, course recommended to the South, in the event of Mrl Lincoln's clectiuu to J. SHELLY, MAIFACTUREU OFj TIIOMASVILLE, N. C:' . Which he Pells at Wholesale j ' Orders for iShoes pv the quantity promptly attended to. " mrUVtiO:15:ly nam r . F. S , CHARLOTTE, N. C. WINDOW GLASS, &C, AT WHOLESALE. Sce advertisement in another place. August 10, 1860. ; lv In 3 HENDERSON ENNISS, Wholesale and Retail Dealers DRUGS I ii o in a : I Paints, Colors Varnishes, Brushes, Win dow Glass, Putty, Dye Stuffs, &c, Linseed, Lamp, and Machhwri) CM, Kerosene OU aid Burning Flui't, Irrupt of evert description, J'crfumeri and j Toilet . . , Articles, GARDEN SEEDS, CLO V ER AND G RASS SEEPS, TURF, WINES- AND LIQIljOKS, for Medicinal Purposes, KINK S EG A IIS, TOBACCO,; ic, &c.; SALISIILUY, IVT. C. 7-ly . the Presiddncy, ;a fatuity little short where the incendiary torch of the Slaves, ii"iutu uy auunuyu a . . v ,r i i n i u a i v,rtC, ;iia maauess. ouia vou pun aown has reduoed to ashes one Tinliion oi j v i i ii i... l llie ttiuuuv ui'iieiiveu uccausc wiunu uouars Aonu oi prynuitv, iiuu nunc , - 1 " " i ,1 o Llie LlIlitMV UlSUUVfl V Ul LliC ft AVould you break up the earth upon which we tread because earthquakes some times heave it and pestilence walks its surface ? This Union, sir, is too pre cious to the people it protects, North and South, East and Wef t, to be bro ken up, even should a black republi can be elected President next Novem ber. Should the attempt be made, an united North and three-fourths of a divided South, would spring to the res cue. No, no, the remedy for the evils of which you justly complain are to be found within tho Union, and not among its bloody ruins. . I admit that the grievances which vou enumerate are hard to be borne ; but a few Southern men are not with out responsibility for their existence. The general sentiment of the country, North and Stuth, at the close of the revolutionary war .was anti-slavery. n,l anririrtonnnRfis It the it nas cuangeu in me oouiu, uui ie- . . ,. i - I . , I 1 , . mains uiicuaucu, an uic vili. There, however, it has been roused to 3 lere hellish scheme alone saved the lives of thou sands of men, women and children. These are the natural and necessary results of the teachings of black repub licanism : and if we have such develop ments under an administration which professes to guard our constitutional rights, in the name ol Heaven -what may we not expect when a great par ty takes the government and its ma chinery under its control, avowing openly rits purposes to be the extirpa tion ot Atrican slavery wnercver it exists ? ' . Is irwise, if we do not mean to sub mit to such consequences, to allow a black republican President to be inau gurated, and flit him in possession ol the army, .the navy, the treasury, the armories and arsenals, the public pro perty iif fact, the whole machinery of the government, with its append ants South should think upon this subject no black republican President J. W. WOODWARD , TS Htill at hia Old Stand, on Brad street, a I. few doors Eat of the Public Square where hes prepared , " , , To Do' All Kinds of Work formerly done at the Establishment. AH-Repairing done on short notice, and in a workmanlike manner. Interest' charged on Accounts after 1st January. Feb. 27. , " 13-tf ! 1 T ttl would ever execute any law within her un wonted activity by the borders...' unless at the point of .the of fanatics and the dent bavonet. and over the dead, bodies of i political demagogues her slain .sons. In your letter you say that you have not taken me to be of that class of men in the South who for years past have been making and seeking pre texts for destroying the Union. You have not misjudged me nor my designs. I have a profound and abiding affec tion for the Union of our fathers, and deeply deplore the existence of the causes which are rapidly tending to its destruction. During the whole of my congressional career, 1 sought tranouilize sectional strife. When nfpfir.hin t" w o enunciations ot aided not a in tie by the arts, the language, and the violence oi tooutnern aisunionists. , tt is needless to ffive in detail all the causes which have brought the politics of the country to their pres ent deplorable condition. Suffice it to say that you have long'had n e South a small party of able men whose nim has been to destroy the Union ; that as a preliminary to their main design, they have sought to brea up the democratic party ; that their means to for accomplishing this end were to act I with Tt, and force upon it every possi- from those! .who, were seeking to des troy it. 4 l or reasons, ;no doubt patriotic,- but t6 me inexplicable, the reverse of that policy was pursued. The sup port of the Lecompton constitution, which the j country generally believed to be a frdud, was made the test of de mocracy ; tone leading democrat after another wis proscribed because' they would not 'submit; to the test, and as if to deprivefNorthern democrats of the last hope of successfully vindicating the rights taf the South, an act of Con gress was passed for the admission of Kansas, into the union at once, pro vided shejwould consent to become a slayeholdifig State, but postponing her admission indefinitely if she refused. Inyourjpublished letter you justly condemn the seceders from the Char leston convention, who, you think, ought to hare remained and prevented the nomination of a candidate who is obnoxious to the South. Do you not perceive, sjr, that the secession was a part of the programme for breaking up the democratic party? And is it not palpable that after vacating their seats at Charleston, they went to Bal timore forithte mere purpose of more -effectually' completing the work of des truction by drawing off another detach ment i lsir, entertain no doubt that the secession was the result most de sired by the disunionists; that the ob ject of th4 new issue then gotten up was merely to form a pretext for seces sion, and itjs adoption"was'tbelast thing they desired or designed. Glance a moment at a few facts; A labama, leji. by, an ..open disunionist, went to Cincinnati in 1S56, under in structions Ito secede unless the equal rights of jail.- States and Territories should bo Conceded and incorporated into the platform of the democratic party. The concession was made and they had rio opportunity "to secede. 1 They catme to Charleston under the same leadar again instructed to secede unless the convention would put into the platform a new plank, the effect of which, if adopted,' would be further to disgust and alienate the Northern de mocracy. In this instance the sine qua non tas not complied with, and the Disunibnists floated off on the re jected plaiik into an unknown sea, un fortunately carryang with them a large number of good and true Union men. And what is this principle? the non recognition of which has riven asunder the democratic party, andt apparently threatened the dissolution of the Un ion ? It is that, it is the right and duty of Opngress, to legislate for the protection slave property in the Ter ritories, j Now, I jtake it upon me to say, that a more Iafitudinarian and dangerous claim of pbwer in Congress never was advanced by federalists ot the Hamil ton schopf. Jjook.at it in a constitu tional and; racticaliight; ;If Congress have the right to legislate for the pro tection of jslave property'jn rthe terri tories, they have a right to legislate forhhe protection of all other proper ty, and they have a right to legislate for the-.prptection oi persons lne as sumption ithat they can legislate for the protection of slave property leads, logically and inevitably, to the conclu sion that jhey have power to legislate for the territories in all eases whatso ever. If ybu can put your finger on the square, and it cannot be jexercised ov er "the- forts, magazinies, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful build ings,"' situated within thle.States, tfn Ipss tbp land" on which iher mav . hp locatetl shay be' first5 purchased with 'the consent of the legislatures" of timse;states . is it ooqcerTapie tnat the wisje men who restricted the exclu sive power off -legislation! in Congress to a territory not exceeding ten miles square, did, by any indirection, gfant that power ' broadly enough to cover the Whole continent outsjide pf the or ganized States, should t be annexed by purchase or conquest? The following provision is thtt only one iri the Constitution which has been chiefly,, if, not exclusively. reljed. upon to sustain the position that Congress has ariyi power whatsoever to legislate over the territories, viz!: . 4The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make al needful rules and regulations respecting ihe Terri tory or other property belonging to the United States." j " The word "territoryf used in this provision! obviously means land, and nothing else. The United States, at the time when the Constitution was lation to our territories, when ddeH I sovereiffnty herein eignty accrue when there are ten, oM one-hundred, or one thousana or onf; tenof thousanof sedlers ? Where shaP y(e draw thejine and pronounce tha on iiissiQQ $aesejtuers liye.nnaer nf h law of Necessity, aud on that they beM The Constitution 6f the United Stat-IrA was not made for territories but foy States', as its name impLes., It hat by strict rules of construction, n'othin5 to do with, territories outside of thyf States united, beyond the protectioi and dispositional ine common, proper ty therein. It' seems ito,' contemplate that the territories sjfall "be left "t('i themselves until they have' a popular! tion adequate to the formation of a res;i spectable community, when their inde pendence should De acknowledged an-; their admission into the UniQn grantji ed on the sole condition that they adori a republican government. But if there be a " doubt as - to power of Congress to legislate for thi n territories, is it not saier ana more coxp sistent with democratic principles jj deny the power than to assume it adopted, owned an immense amount of i borne of the original States, when ad land north of the Ohio river, and these lands Congress was authorized to "dis pose of." That the word "territory" means property y is conclusively shown by its,connection withithe words "and other property" ''territory and other property." The territory spoken of, therefore, is property lin lands. . "Rules and regulations" are a grade of legislation somewhat below the dig nity of laws ; but admitting them in this case to have the j same effect, on what are they to operite ? Simply on the property of the United States, not on any other property, nor on persons, except so far as they! may be connect ed with the public, property. To this extent, and no further, is the power of i Congress to legislateiover a Territory granted to Congress,! and whenever all the lands'and other (prcrperty are dis posed of, the "rules jarid regulations" become obsolete, and the power ot leg islation granted in tmjs clause, is thence forth in abeyance, j Moreover, this grjant of power ex tends as well to property within a first entered the House, the abolition i ble issue obnoxious to the general sen- The Subscriber having been appointed Agent '.." . CHABLOTIfE' . n MUTUAL1 INSURANCE COMPANY Of Charlotte, Will receive and forward Appfications for Insurance ; agralnst Loss and Damage by Fire, on, the- principles of the Company, , Wf .... .1 ... The Company is doiuga proepcrouft hu"nesfi. No call ha ever yet been madd for an in stalment on a premium" note; - ':-1 i . J'" E. B. DRAKE, ti-tf ; i . r Agent. rPOTlIE PimllC 1 takethU,rieth- X ;od if in forming all requiring Literary aid. tnat 1 will be pleased to reviae MSS. andTre pare it for publication, and will write Essays, Tales, Sketches, Litfes for Albtims, Obitua ries, poeing on everv subject, 'and Letterfe. The utmost secrecy "hiaiutained: Address : W LLLJ E W ARE, party, headed by Giddingsi4 Wil- mot, numbered eight ; ten years nave rolled away, and now that party is a jnaioritv of the whole House. Is it not time that the Soutnshouid Begin to look to her safety and independ ence ? I trust that the impending storm may be averted, that our rights and the Union may be saved ; that frater nal regard may be restored ; and that our country may go On in the liigh way of prosperity that it has so suc cessfully trod for the 'last seventy years." This is the aspiration of" my heart, and' vet I am painfully impres- sed with tne convicuon msi n. w.n never be realized. I am, very truly, your friend and obedient servant, JAMES L. ORR. Hon. Amos Kefldalir Washington d. c. : " ; : '. tiraent of the North: that they have dragged after them the true Union men of the South, partly, through their fears of being cousidere d laggard in their devotion to Southern interests and partly, through ambition for poli tical distinction ; to make the demo cratic party .as odious as possible at the North they became, the advocates of slavery on principle, justified the Afriean.slave trade,, and. denounced the laws prohibiting it" iiy J,hese acts, i ,i and frequent threats ot uisunion, iney enabled the enemies of democracy in the North to 4enounce ?em as Pro" slavery mehand tV ull this they ad ded occasional taunts "that they were no more to be r,elied upon for the pro tection of Southern rights- than, their opponents. . By these means "thedem ocratic party was reduced 'ISefbr the last presidential election to 'minority in most of the Northern states, and in grant of this power in the Constitution please put it on its limitations, any can be. fojundi . Upon this principle, Congress may acquire an empire out side of the organized states, over which it njay exercise unlimited power, governing it as the - Roman State did their conauered provinces. And this under a, constitution which jeaTdusly restricts he'exclusive power of legis lation bylCongress to 'a few spots of 1 and purcjhased, with the consent of the States. foFsnecified obiects, ancl grants 7 - - f . I ', - " f nopowerkof general legislation over a territory whatsoever. To verify" these positions", we" need only advert to the Constitution. ' raong the-grants of power to'Congress is the following viz : -: - -: ... MR. KENDALLS REPLY. Washington,"Sept. 10. Hon. James L. Orr My Uear Mr: Your letter of thelSth: ult. reached Washington while I was absent in the jJorth. .:" ; . " "Thouch I did not contemplate when Aug. 31. 18C0. 39:ff. Brooklyn, N. Y, ;Iwrofe you on the'9th ult., anything "To exercise exclusive -legislation in all .casjes whatsoeyer.iOver such-dis-fj tnct (nofcxeeeaiog ten nnes. square; as may by 'cessibnodTparticular States, and -the5 acceptance, ot Congress, be come tbei seat" of government of the United States: and to exercise lik'e uu- thBrity pver aljxtaces :rc1ia?ect "by- ceidedria State as within atefritory. In a State the general power of legislation is the State legislature ;." jyet. the power.!' Congress to make grilles and regula tions" respecting thie public property, is the same in a Stae as in a territory. The' scope of the grant can, of course, be no greater in a territory than in a State, and it necessarily follows that this clause of the Constitution coolers on Congress no general power of leg islation7 either within States or terri tories.' ! It is not a satisfactory reply to this argument to say that such a. power has, to1 some .extent, been exercised.; Is it better to acquiesce in and extendi the usurpation than1 to put a stop to it, as in the case of ihe ; United State3 bank, by bri nging the go vernment "back to the constitutional test ? Which is the safest for the South, the constitu tional principle Rhat , Congress shall not legislate for the territories at aH, or the adoption of a principle unknown to the Constitution:, which, in its gen- feral application, would not only defeat the. object it is advanced to promote, but would ..enable the free State ma- lonty to surround tne siavenoicting States and-eneircid tlie Vnion with an empire outside of the organized States, over which the majority shotild exer cise the power of unlimited and exclu- sive legislation f J.t sucn an jaea oe chimerical, ; the apprehension .is not chitnerial that the; blact repuoiicans, should they acquire the control of all branches of the government, will use the claim now set up for Congression al legislation overione specie of pro perty in tne territories, " apwiwgjr for assuming the pbwer of general leg islation," involving the power to destroy as well as to protect.. It by no means follows that the peo ple who may occupy a- territory of the United States constitute an indepen dent community wSth all the attributes of sovereignty; t Though the Constitu tion of the United States does not ap ply to them, theyi live under another constitution of powers perhaps, more limited.' I mean jthe paramount law ot necessity., xneyjire 4u iuc tuum- tion of bands of hunters or miners io cated in thewildetness,whomay adopt such'rules'and" r.eulatiorisfiif'may be 'absolutely necessary for the protection of persons and property, aintu --on-cress acknowledges their independence by admitting inemi m me vuwn i me r-same footing withttbe-origjnal btates. At that moment, (and not before-, 'the powers of a limite"d sovereignty accrue to them and may be exercised to-pro- tect mitted into the Union, -had iioV.-thi! population ot a iuieu sjamcuy w I1U i . : ri i tri present aay, anu no uarm woun" Oil likely to arise by leaving the terrftQ nes vto themselves until, they havl doubled the population of Delaware oi Til -1 J ! -ITO A: Tt.-M. 1 1 W lvuoue isianu m -i too. . xtut wuuiu ti not be incomparably better to adrafl them into the Union aa States, with i much, less population, than to leav them to be a bone of contention amonj demagogues and disunionists, disturb) mg every essentiahnterestoffhe pou try and jeopardizing the union of tbi pYistinor St.t.ps?- t J; . $ ,& . v, ,p. Let us briefly consider the practic workings of the remedy for s"outhei-5 wrongs, which you suggest in case black republican is elected to the preli idency. You ask, "is -it wise, if wf do not intend to submit tosuch cons J auences. to allow a black republican Presidentjto be inaugurated;" &c, anH you5ay, "f the South should think u on this subject asl do, no black repuy Bean President should ever execut any Jaw within her oordera unless . the poiot of the bayonet, and over thk dead bodies o her slain sous." - I know there are men in the SoutU who would sacrmce tneir lives ana ej danger the communities in which tKe n t -if live, upon a point ot hanor, and.tha: such men often fire up with unwonted fierceness if reminded of , the probabln consequences .of tpeirown rashness.-f t a . ,i i . l ij iut tne time nas- come wuen consy quences should" be looked in the fjic.4 not for. purposes of defiance, but thf f i 1 ,1 .1 we may consider- wnetner tne. police WillULL WOU.1U JCilll JClJUll bv Southern interests or honor. How do vou propose to prevent tl4 inauguration of a Black Republica President, should sucn an one oe uug fortunately elected ? Will you com j to this city with an armed force, anM attempt to prevent an inauguration bU- i a ,-r .1 . . 14 violence r .in tnat event iorce wouijt be met by forces and there would bi instant civil war, in jwhich, the country and the world would declare the Sou to be the aggressor. ; Hfr tv ould be inkuguratcd here q elsewhere, in spite of you.: Well, sup pose yon then attempt to secede froi i the Union and resist the execution if the laws ? Every lawyer in the Soutu knows that every .citizen ' of evertf State is as much bound by the laws fr the Unitea states,, constitutionally i enacted, as by the laws of his omf State, and that it 13 aa impossible lt) the State relieve its citizens fro t allegiance to the United States as it $ for the latter to relieve the,m from aj leriance "totlreir own State. And if is the sworn duty of the President t$ take care that the laws ot tne unite j States shall be faithfully executed uj t on every State, and as long as weha a faithful President they will be so'ef ecuted, if the courts, -the marihalsf tbtt army and navy, remain faithful their respective trusts. f I know that much has been said $ the South about reserved rights- afaj nullification, secession,- and not coe& 1O2 a sovereign State, etc., when fa fact the conventions representing ta people of the several States whicaJ dopted the constitutionrjaadenouffi r . 1 . i 1 .1 J&4 reservations, outoouna ineirconsn i en ts, one and all, to allegiance to t. Constitution of the united btates-,; firmly as Similar ' conventions bon them to the State-constitution. Afd although the'gengral government ci" not tecnnicall coerce i Stated it cra rightfully coerce- all the citizens ,gfa otate-into ooeuience vu its tunjvi- tional laws. The pretended reservp right of- ntdlificationiiid seoesli, not. House orEeDresentatives 2 with. Jbegyi ; thtt out one overt act, pan iustify any por tion ot ine pouto, even to their own coKsciencein an act of rebellion T -.l There is one nptable feature injie, Utrude of th6 South'. $ke cry of disunion .comes, riot, fj'om those wHq suffe"mo5tffdm from those who sufier leasts Itdope? from Sonth Carolina, . Georgia' ana Alabama and Mississippi, whose slavo property is rendered - comparatively secure by the" intervention of other slaveholding stated between them and the free states arid not from Dela- : ware, and Maryland, and Virginia, and Kentucky,-and , Tennessee, arid MissouriHw.hich lose a hundred slaves hyabolitiori thieves where the first named $tates lose one. Why are' not the states. that suffer most loudest, in their crr for disunion ? It is' because their position enables them to see more V . .t .1 1 . . ' . - aisuncny man you qo, at a distance, he fatal and instant effects of such a step. As imperfect as the protection which the Constitution arid laws give to tneir property unaouoteaiy is, it is better than none. They do not think: it wise to. place themselves in. a posi tion to have the Joljn Browns of the North let loose upon th)em, ifitn no other restraints than the lavs of war between independent nationscotistruc- ted by reckless lanatics. Tney pre fer to fight the ahplitionists,; if fight th6y must, icithih the union, where tneir adversaries are somewnaj res, trained by constitutional arid legal ob ligations. No, sir Delaware, Mary land, and tirgihia, do not Intend to oecome tne tneatre 91 aessoiating wars between the North and the Sonth-; Kentucky, . Tennessee) and Missouri, do not intend that their peaeeful chan nels of commerce shall become. revi - ors of blood to gratify the ambition of South Carolina and Alabama, who.at a remote distance from present dan ger cry out disunion." L have said that the-bouth has .ail along had a peaceful" remedy and has it still." The union'sentiment isover- whelming in all the middlef anaf wes tern States, constituting two thirds 01 the republic. Pennsylvania, Ohio, In diana, and Illinois are as little inclined to become frontier states as Mary land, Virginia and Kentucky. Had the present administration cut loose from the disunionists, instead of vir tually ministering to their designs, and planted itself firmly on union ground, the secessions at Charleston- and Bal timore would never have occurred, 'the 'constitutional 'union party VouldhaVe been an impossibility, the democracy would hae recovered its ascendancy in the North, and an united party, em bracing, two thirds of the Nortp and of tlie South would now have been marching to-eertain vietory next No vember: A v -' ' What eight ta hive been' the 'pre ventive', must now be the -remedy. Should Lincoln, in November next, -secure a inajority of the electors, tnotic men, JNorth and bouth, without waitingifor his inauguration,respec-' tive of -party lines and throwing aside all minor considerations, must "band together for the-triple purpose of pre venting any attempt to break -up' the Union, checking thV Republicariar ty while in. the: ascendant, arid expel ling them from power at the next elec tion. Let the toast ot Ueneral Jack- Son, TAe Federal Union--tlidvffi'bQ ?tiAnZ lrYih? ."fmost lliffimdtv tater irrsvhich 'tnexsame. sijait 0e, wr "nA'arr r tkwreetfcn of-orta)riBfigMines,'-ar8en. ings. in maintaining tneir ascenueney. xrr -z- onhonAmh. thft meant me. the union men in the uwai..-.- South had measurably ceased to con sider the democratic party friendly to, the Union ;vand 'the "union sentihlent, in the border slave states, wiioselnter est in its preservation -is preeminent, or destroy local mstitutioris which therefore, are in effect" nothing mfe have growo up while'the legisla- nof less than ah outspoken right ofe-. rflar five power as' iirartedf o tnfe absolute ) oellionrwheri wrong -and .'oppressn WoMff t.hnflcasiori. If it he said, ffiprorne intolerable. i5ut when that Be the law of fief esity maybe tfaris-J f&l&jfc&ei&ess arewb. partieso ed arid refutations ad ach foj t- trWv. sottre krrfds'of tifOpOrty intearjof 8elf, whether circumstances iustrfyftie protecting it,'Tanswer "that sucbTeg-1 act the seceders and the govemmtht of ulattoris wouTdJean assumption power no'tjnstifie by-the law of neces Mark fthe j eal6usy . With which, th is J f f bwer lS.rfcicte, Joflh protection .less pejnaps,, outior J Uvprnment en. it ia limited tthe less unjust.! Ito a territory not exceeding ten mile3 If -If this be not ihe ';tliifTfealonnOne true theory m re- oflthe United States.-And jdo V i hu. conceive. that the mere, election of a sity. anajosfous to'nsurpatfons-ofpow-prejiident entertaining obnoxious ofi- dr in ntaniredf6pTWritrnitte,nwmeai- entertaining nostnei f-ie sigiis against the "iasti16n $1$e preserved, become the motto "of the party, wh.il e strict' construction of tne Constitution and-a jealous regard for the rights of the states shall be its dis tinguishing principle and unwavering practice. " Let the constitutional prin ciple be adopted of rio legislation jby congress over tne territories, or tnrow aside altogether the mischievous issues ' in relation to theria, of. no practical : utility, gotten up by demagogues and aisunionists, as means 01 accompnsu ing Iheir own selfish ends. Let them refuse to support for any Federal' or State Office, any man Who talks'bfda- union On the one hand, and 'irrepres sible conflict' on the other. Infow aside all party leadersexcept sucn as 'keep Step to the music of the Pnion' and are prepared to battle for State rights under its banner. . Be this your 'platform V Jet tSe South rally upon it as one man, and I would pledge all but. niy life" that at least One half oflthe North will join you in driving frorii power 7 the reck less assailants of your rights and in stitutions. , But wnether ' the United Sc-uih come u'n io the rescue or not, I foresee that in the natural progress .of events, the central states trom tne Atlantic to theiar West, will band, to gether; on this ground,- leaving the Aooutionrsts 01 tne norm, ana tneais- unioniats of the South to the harmleaa pastime of pelching fire and lurjr at each' other at a afe distance, pWtec- tea Dy tne patnotism ana gooa ww of nine tenths ot their countrymen, against, the evils they wouldVbrwg on themselvcs.!'" . ;"' . ' l v-- Can yon doubt tfce.succej, of such & reunion f Not an adfocate -ot us- 1 union iinder any prdbableircumstan- J oes, can be found- among tneircanai- datesforthe presidency ana vicpresi dericy. V . .. 'A ' - r k'. : The supporters of Bell to a man, thejsupporters 01 JJougias to ft man, ahd more than .three-fourths of the Bupqrters of Breckinridge, are staunca South, checked, as he Tnus"t necessf j friends of the Union, and staunch ad' i : ! 4 '
Iredell Express (Statesville, N.C.)
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Oct. 12, 1860, edition 1
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