Washington telegraph., 1851-06-04

The following article from the Washington Re-
,,bIic is etrong. but just and seasonabIe. If Mr..
Rh,,t is, and has been, honest secessionist, he
Mn RHErr AND THE CONSTITUTION are
..u,e oaths which have passed into proverbal
t.r.oute. Cusiomhuuse osths o. this nature
VA, t,vrr's periurIes, they say, JOve laughs" So
.,..,a is much merely ceremonous swearing estab
utd nv law The Consi able is sworn into office.
mT.. Attorney swears, and the Counsel-each after
-. f,.hiou: and to all this swearing the idea al
hss m o( greater or less sanc.ity, according to the
Lar.c,er of the man who takes the cath upon his
,;ns The Jurors oath has been regarded as one
ffh;ob import, though We have lately heard Of ad-
v;c. given from the pulpit assuming that It would
u;r,ne 10 violate it. But there is one oath re-
'o 't NV the Constitution of the United States
qh;oh has hitherto been considered Of the most
.,.o,n nature and the most stringent obligation.
T., Senator on taking his seat Is required to bind
h,ss;C. by oath or affirmation, to support the Con-
No, many weeks since, Mr.. Rhett, of South
c.roina ID the presence OF the Sena'e Of his coun-
-, hound himself by solemn oath to support the
FEDERAL Constitution. tie took his oath voluntary;
,u,s no, necessary for him to become Senator.
.yhs, did it mean? Was it mere seremonlous
;a,non7 Was it a smugglers oath to false invoice!
ySua. il a solemn pledge, IN the face Of heaven
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md the world, that he would sustain, uphold and
.,nnor, the Constitution of his country against
IN Goreion and domestic enemies2 How has he
redeemed his 0ath!
n. has redeemed it by industrousIy seeking to
r,Iroy the Constitution he has sworn to support
no has redeemed by seeking TO stir up revolt and
hlon AGAINST the Union, which rests upon that
rl".,;,n,on. lie has redeemed il by the most
an., and f,ayrant violation of it.. Worse than this
h has confessed that at the very time he took
.L, oath upon hls lips, and Tor hive and twenty
.ears before that IIme he has been nursing his IN
;r,.l schemes for the dissolution OF the Union by
Ls own BOAST, he is d traitor al hve and twenty
wears standing. And are We TO Gull dainty and
holiday phrases to cover up such bold avowas Vi
n.r;ury and treason? Wnen the Parkers, ald Gar
r;sous and Phillipses utter their insane denunca-
,ious of the Union, call them by the name they
seem TO Govt, and invoke for them the late they
d.s.rye We know of nothing that should induce
ms To treat more tenderly the bold and undisguis-
.d treason oil the honorable Senator FROM South
Carolina
To the storm now raging in the Palmetto State
y day of calm will succeed The patriotic attach
xneuts Of her wise and good citizens will triumph
over ihe couacis OF The bold bad men, VINO seek
III. dsmrmbrr,nent of their country. This is not
the first time that politicians aud public journals
have declared alter the fashion OF Mr. Rhett-
.rh-r. have been as loud aud as !ll-iounded out
cries of grievance aud calls for separation and
secession in other States than South CarOlina, aud
in cartier tunes than these.
We did not suppose that the fame or the Tate OF
the men who had been concerned in them had been
such as to give large encouragement for The rePet-
ton of the experiment. Nor are we now appre-
heusIye as to the result The day os peaceful
reckoning will surely come, when the Rhetts and
the Seabrooks viii 60 the way of all who. like
them, have sought distinction IN the paths OF sed'-
tion and treason.