The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-23

the words Of the opinion hs guarantee contained IL The
stati0n % guarantees Of anarchy and not Of order"
We now cite the following;
alt Is that Ia this case the militia not called
out by the President But upon the application Of The
governor under the charter the President rec
ognsed him executive power Of the State and took
measures 10 call out the militia TO support his authority u
II should be found necessary for the general government TO
interfere and u admitted IN The argument thai '0ds ne
hno@Ledgs ~ ts decision that put end 10 the armed oos-
ton % ne charter goperamen and preOsnsd any J"r -
forts 70 establish ty force The proposed constitutions The lu-
reference of the President therefore by announcing his
determination, was as eectual ii the militia had been
assembled under his ORDERS AND 1T SHOULD BE ECU
LY AUTHORITATIVE for certainly court IA The UNI
ted States 0 knowledge Of his decision would hare been
eraeat treating wrong doors or insurgents Me off
N he goeeHe Wheh The President had recognised and
rpared 10 support By an armed force In the case Of
foreign nations the government acknowledged by The
Pres dent is always recognised in the courts OF justice
And this principle has been applied by the Of Congress
10 The sovereign States OF the Union. ~.
1t is said that this power the President dangerous
TO liberty and may be abused All power may be abused
it placed in unworthy hands But il would be difficult
we think, to point out any other hands ia which this
power would be safe and at the time equally
eHecua hen citizens of the same State are in arms
against each other and the constituted authorities unable
the laws the ntepositon of the United States
must he prompt or it is OF little value The ordinary
Of proceedings in courts Of justice would be utterly
unfit the crisis And the elevated Office of the Pres
dent chosen he is by the people Of the United States
and the high responsibility he could fail to feel when
acting in Of SO much moment appear TO furnish as
strong safeguards against wful abnse of power hu
prudence and foresight could well provide. AT all
sDsats conferred upon hin, By The constellation and lars Of
The United States, and must therefore, be respected and
forced in its judicial tribunals" " "h y"
Too much importance hardly be attached to this
decision 1t goes far TO make the displacement of
local government by force in Stale Territory in
STEM well-ngh impossible AT least nothing short of
disruption of the Union reader such local revolution
possible This brought out it had been
before the wonderful adaptation Of simple and yet
complex polty to the occasion OF crisis In the constr
tuition the States have entered into compact with each
other and among other things guaranteed TO each other
protection from domestic violence and the laws of Con-
gress ample to make good this constitutional guarantee
Now there cannot be change of government by force
without such violence and when occurs and applca
ton made TO have it suppressed the President bound
by his oath of office to nterpose the whole power OF the
nation and put this violence down. This is the all-im
porant point that the great opinion Of the Supreme Court
established that change OF government by force, in
opposition to the constituted authorities of the federal
government is justtabe. The opinion of the Supreme
Court given by Chief Justice Marshall shows that nsur
rection against territorial law unqesonaby treason
Such is the natural working Of our constitutional poty
This is not enough thought of When consider the
alarming rebellions that have broken north OF the
terrible anarchy that has society the south of
the revelation upon revolution, the civil upon war;
that have convulsed society in the Old World cannot
be too mindful of the great fact that every develop
OF system shows that il has the capacity to pro-
ITSELF that under it there be found peaceable
national that continually around each individual
and each State is efficient guarantee Of social order
| legal rights, and constitutional law.
American citzens resolve to stand by your consttu
ton Stand by the constituted authorities of your
try Ask rho the people have chosen to unfur and
bear up the national standard but ask what your duty
in sustaining it. And frown upon the agitators who
bringing on anarchy.