Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-09-06


correspondentto the limited autho rlty ana pow
er granted 70 that central government lntne
order of time. allegiance was first due to the
States There Is no necessary conflict IN TINS
allegiance The blended dominion OF State and
the general government, when fully ppreclatea,
hre conscientious and harHaollops lSn m m
te natural order of their growth, and the deYels
onnnent Of the intellect and the affection, the
State stands hrst Our comprehension first
takes in the altar of home, and our affections
are first evolved ut the feet of our parents Inc
seif,cie .eniarges and ne finally embrace tine
Union. Aud like all circles of affection, intil-
eriee or mater. as Il Widens from It's centre IT
geaIens at It's circumfsrep but At any point pom
Of its expansion the storms and tempests Of M
naticism and passion may sweep away. IT'S traces
and DESTROY It's lovely and just harmony Of an
fiuences and proportions The central govern
Inent is the created government; the States o.
cupy and preserve the relation Of creators, and
to these States an allegiance IS due, oil the char
acter and efficiency indicated. Where we make
our home: where we place our wives and chill
dren; where We acquire property where we
preserve odr own happiness, there an atiection.
ate allegiance must fasten upon our hearts and
until siin the last days, these pefilous times
shall come" wten in the moral devotion which
shall surround. u.s. linen shall be lovers OF them-
selves, eoyetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers
disobedient to parents, uuthsnkful, nnholys
without natural Affection truce.breakeTs, false
aecusers, incontinent, fierce, dsspisefs Of those
that ara good, traitors when the Athelst the
Unitarian and the Black Republican shall unite
for the breach Of the solemn covenants OF the
Constitution and the destruction of the natural
and ever incumbent allegiance we wethe State
Those men who favor the ancient doctrine Of
centralism may seek an argument for the slpe-
rior allegiance as being due to the General Gov
eminent. in the preamble to the Constitution Of
the United States, eve, the people of the Unis
ted States, &c. doordain and establish forget
ting the actual solecism, that when those words
were written, there 4ods no United StateS-there
assfs no United States rs not true, tnat y u
was made or, adopted by the people of the UNI
ted States; tits not true that twas adopted by
a vote of the people Of the States; and the gem
eral expression in the preamble and the claim of
movers by implications; from this or any other
language in the Constitution was, with express
intent, limited by the tenth amendment; so the
order and the effect Of all allegiance preserves
Its natural and inherent force and relation.
Everything, then, which IS reasonable OF
tends to treason, violates this direct and palpa=
Die allegiance The dissection of chapter 40,
after defining treason against the Commonw ealth,
in the language of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States adds, or Establishing without author
ity of thelegislature any government within its
limits, separate from the existing government,
or holding or executing IN such .usurped govern
ment any office, or protesting allegiance or hdel-
lily to it, orresisting the execution OF the laws
under color Of its authority and makes 1t trea-
son. The language is clear it is explicit II
eotnmetids itself to the well regulated mind. The
government which has been formally eStablishi
ed bv the free consent Of its citizens, can only
he modified and altered by the like free consent
or by revolution. Every change not produced
by such consent is reyoluho n-is treason. ! ne
State has an inherent right to make it so. rltis
| the self.defence of the individual, generalized
into national defence. The Stateis a unity
Its laws pervade its whole territory aud brace
MI its citizens and govern all its people Any
internal action or external nioyenier sich scts
un n separate State within the State Is an usnrp-
alton. It is iismemberment 1t Is revolution.
Eary II is treason under any definition OF trea-
son which has been given, or which exists AZ
any civilized country No sensible man VINO
doesnot concede the right 70 punisliit The idea
| of the State implies order, government, ohedi-
enee. II IS treason then to attemptto set up a
State within q State IL there are degrees in
| treason. how much more reasonable TO set up
within State blind, ignorant, passionate and
fanatical anarchy. To set loose upon the State
and upon mankind apeople incapable Of any Q or
der or government and who, to Judge by the
results Of emancipation IN the West Indies,
would
Eternal anarchy, and amid the noise
And By eonfassIn stand,
This latter species of treason is provided
against in the fourth section of this chapter,
and both are punishable with death. The pro-
visions of the fourth section are lf free per.
son advise or conspire with q slave to rebel OF
make insurrection, or with any person to induce
4 slave to rebel or make insurrection, he shall
be punished with death, whether such rebellion
or inStirrection be made or not"
The second section is against misprison Of
treason; that is, having knowledge of such
treason and not giving Immediate information e
the Governor or some conseryator of the peace
the punishment of which is by fine not exceed
| ing one thousand dollars, or by confinement IN
the penitentiary not less than three or more than
five years.
The third section provides, .'if a free person
attempt to establish any such usurped govern
ment and commit any overt act therefor, OF, by
writing or speaking endeavor to .inshgAte others
TO establish such government, he shall be con
fined in Jail not exceeding twelve months and
fined not exceeding one thousand dcilars.
This disposes Of our legislation on the direci
4 subject of treason. There are however Other
acts of the legislature cognate to tins subject
| and having d direct influence on the principal
crime tending to produce as directly Produc:
tive of treason. There Is no science more dill
cult than that which regulates the proper deyel
opment of the intellect and the cultivation O
the affections This is apparent in the lives q
/ individuals and in the history Of nations. IN
the perversion of the intellect and the affections
we see constant waste of human power, and moi
unirequently mischievous devotion given to i'm
pulses which Otherwise might adctn and bless
Alchemy, astrology, the philosophe stone, the
perpetual motion, and squaring the circle are
Instances of the former the sophistications and
superstition of the Greeks which caused the ;ju-
dicia1 murder of Socrates; the narrow bigotry
Of the Jews which caused the sacrifice Of Christ
the sscoatrat s0ciale' Of Rosseau, the equality
of French atheism ands the confrateTuitY OF Its
liberal dslty terminating in wars not limited
/ by the boundaries of Europe and baptized IN
the stream Of blood which flowed from the foot
of the gnillotine, are instances of the latter
There has scarcely been century in the history
of mankind, when some general perversion o.
the fntelIectand the Injections have not occurred
at one time II assumes the form of an intellec.
tual erroryhich sets the world ablaze: at another
the character OF fanaticism, which sacrifices 81
rights and ifsctiols, to unholy passions, winch
deceive their possessors. These errors IN pFitli