Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-08-02

nes hs border Of the sea- Bot what would she have said
years ago. what indeed would she now- speak
Of South Carona less the secssonisa S,se OF the in
terror say Ohio vindcse the presumed right Of
cessioD and 70 declare that being tired Of Republican Gov
ernmsn she prefers establish monarchy with prince,
imported all dressed and legitimate from that country where
they in abundance and where Greece Belgium and
Portugal have been furnished with ready made royalties
what would say We would simply say this cannot be
and be. In forming the Union have each given
up attributes receive in turn advantages Of the last
Importance and we have in SO and ba
anced all systems that member withdraw without
defansng and embarrassing s and ultimately destroying the
whole.
But does not the Constitution say that every power
granted in that instrument shall e reserved for each State
Assuredy does Bot this very provision u founded upon
the suppoon of the existence Of two powerthe General
and the State Governments The Constitution Is intended to
regulate the affairs between them secession, however, ann
hiaiss paIty-the General Governmentso far the
ceding State h concerned The supposon that the Cons
tuition itself contains the tac acknowledgment Of the right Of
secession would amount to assumption that principle Of
sedeuc,ion had been infused by s makers into the
very instrument which constructs the Government would
much the provision which contained 10
the first democratic constitution Of France namely, that If
Government against the law every citizen has the duty
take up against t. This was, indeed declaring that
acobnica democracy tempered BY revolution, writer has
called Turkey Q dcspoism tempered BY regcde.
And imagine that ssgacious, 90 faseeing
the hand, and thoroughly schooed by experience
the other the smrrs Of Constitution have
point One Of the greatest urss Of Germany said
Frankfort when the constituent Parliament was there Assem-
bed, Of which he member " The more study your
Constitution, the amazed at the wise forecast of its
from entering into any details, easily emba-
RAISING at later PERIOD They would not deserve this
praise in fact respect had they been guilty Of me-
sect such has been supposed Can we, 10 sober
senses imagine that they believed in the right Of secession
when they did spulats fixed time necessary to
give notice Of contemplated secession, when they knew
quite well do that not common treaty Of de-
fence and oenceRo, net Of trade and amity-s
ever entered into by independent Powers without spuang
the period which must epse between informing the other
parties Of intended withdrawal and the time when
tually take place and when they knew perfectly well
that unless such provision 10 contained in treaties all inter-
national law interprets them perpetual when they knew
that not two merchants join in partnership without
ng for the period necessary to give notice Of intended
dissolution Of the house It preposterous
suppose it. The absence Of all mention Of secession must be
explained the ground which the omission Of parr
eide in the FIRST Roman penal laws eIplained-no one
thought of such deed.
Those that carefully drew up Constitution cannot be
blamed for not having thought Of this extavagance because
had never been deamt of any confederacy ancient me-
deva modern. Never has there existed architect
presumptuous consider himself able build arch
equal its purpose and yet each stone Of which should
be SO loose that might be removed at any time, leaving
sort Of abstract arch t to support distractions onyas useful
reality knife would be without blade and Of which the
handle is missing
Ifthe Constitution says nothing secession if it cannot
Be supposed 10 exist BY implication we cannot deduce il
from the idea Of sovereignty, may be worth our while to
inquire into the common law Of mankind this subject The
common law in this case is history.
Now have taken the pains of examining ell conederacies
Of which we have any knowledge. In none Of the many
Greek conederaes did the right of secession exist far
trace their fundamental principles. In some
unfahfu member may have been expulsed. But
in the most important of all these confderaces and in that
which received the most complete organization resembling
tho
right Of secession, and this proved by the following
When the Romans had obtained the supremacy Heas
and Greece little than province Of Rome, the
Eolans respectfully waited upon the Roman agent Galus,
TO solicit permission secede from the League. He sent
them to the Senate, and the secesoniss obtained Rome
the permission withdrawno leading case" suppose,
for Americans. The Amphictyonc Council allowed of no
secession. Il PanHeenic, and be other
wse The medieval leagues of the Lombard cities, Of the
Swaban cities, and Of the Rhenish cities. permitted spon
aneous withdrawal hat the fortunes Of the 6srcest
member and produce descriptions. The great Hsnseac
League, which by its powerful union Of distant cities became
OF the most efficient agents in civilzing Europe, and
which, Mr. Husksson stated in Parliament carried trade
and manufacture into England knew nothing Of secession
until the year 630 when the princess avid for the Of
her cities had decreed her destruction, and forced many
members to secede This is no leading either.
The Swiss Confederacy, the Gemanic Federation, knew
and know nothing Of secession did the ULed States Of
the Neherland much studied by Of trainers,
and Washington among hem admit the withdrawal Of any
single State. III, -
All these confederaces consisted Of far loose web than
None had Federal Government comparable ours
yet they contemplated such right And should we
do sowe, with irmer union, better understanding of
politics. nober consciousness Of mission nation,
and greater blessings stake Should We indeed Of all
that united into federaons Government
BY which we excel all other united Governments of
political Picknick TO which the invited guest may 60 and
carry his share OF vands not he thinks h the humor
may move him!
ask, will any one who desires secession for the sake of
bringing about Southern Confederacy honestly aver ths.
he would insist upon provision in the new constitution Sc
curing the full right Of secession whenever may be desired
by any member Of the expected confederscy
To secede, them requires revolution Revolution what
To remedy certain evils And how they be reedied
Il is rule laid down among all the authorities of interna-
tiona Law and ethics that 10 be justified in going to war
not sufficient that right Be on side must also have
fair prospect Of success in favor. This rule applies
with far greater force revolutions The Jews who rose
sganst Vespssian had all the right dare say on their side
but their undertaking not waantabe one for all that
We however, would have sufficient right on our side for
plugging into revoluton-or letting loose civil war
Does the system against which would rise contain within
| It's own bosom no peaceful lawful remedies
Nor would the probability Of be in our favor since
II certain tha secession cannot take place without war
and this must end in the other of two WAYS
must either kindle general conAsgraion must suffer-
the consequences Of rashnessbiter We
could succeed n looping ourselves of from the unk-btier
misfortunes they become stigmss And what the confa
grafton becomes general Of which there expectation
Let remember that il Is rule which Pervsdes a history
because pervades every house, that the enmy Of contend
ing parties Is mplscabe and in the degree
they have previously stood each Other natue