Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-09
properly and timely made by Col: Davis for ain dbl

properly ana tlmely made by Coll Davis IOr al uoi-
These reports and rumors FROM so MANY sou rces,
OF every character and form, simultaneous, from
places so Tar apart at the same me from SO
conspiracy to hoax but Ireed not so much ~pon mem
as spon tAe earnest continued geeralp sa1 Of hs GYM
pathssers s0atA the crimes 1t mp POSSIBLE FOR 50
uch Of such sympathy to ecst sclkbout ercstasg oa0
men to action Of rescue re0eage On Il lis acted
immediately put in motion the tro ops OF Rich
mond Alexandria, Petersburg and Fau luer, VINO O.
beyed prompty-and in the time from O'Clock Sat.
urday night to Tuesday morning. 563 en- we're addeo
to the guards at Charlestown. | again went IN per
son with the troops; assembled the com handing OH.
GERS organized the command issued &c neral orders,
and returned to Harper's Ferry, where. | met Gen.
Iaaferro, and accepted his services. Since then
have ordered an additional force of $50 men from Nor,
folk and Portmouth and Petersburg, I'D Orange and
Albemarle and Augusta, and Roc bingham, and
Wheeling and have called out corps. of howlzers,
And have ordered Generals Rogers and Hunton to
90 whatever is necessary to guard he borders from
the Point of Rocks to Alexandria al i'd the whole Dor.
der is guarded West to Piedmont. have exhausted
this and next years quotas in issu ing efficient arms,
OF the best improved models, and issued them and
coats and blankets to the troops In word have
Dsed compelled oy M 81 the most
opy OF military defence as foreign enemy had In
vaded Indeed one Of the most irritating features
TINS predatory war IS mat It has It's seat IN British
from justices and from labor, and sends them and
| their hired outlaws back Upon from depots and
rendezvous in bordering States There is no danger
from slaves or colored people. The slaves taken
refused to take arms, and the first killed was a
respectable free negro no was trusted with the bag
gage of the railroad and who faithful to his duty was
Shot running from the philanthropists who came to
| liberate the black race!
But why do our slaves on the border not take up
arms against their masters? We must look firmly at
this fact before take it as soace. In the
to that question lies the root of our danger Masters
the border counties non hold their slaues By suerance-
The slave could fly to John Brown much easier than
Loo %oka It'll
llberate themselves by running away. The under
ground railroad is at their very DOORS and they may
take passage when they please They prefer to re-
main John Br0Dns 5oUdsSom startled as 4; but s0s
haze been taaaely submitting to greater danger, aoi
cut contessingi The plan which silently corrupts
and steals slaves which sends secret emssaries
execute fugitive slave laws which forms secret socie
ties for mischief, with the motto, "alarm to their
Sleep fire their dwellings, and poison to their food
and water" and which establishes underground rail
roads, and depots and rendezvous for invasion, is
more dangerous than the invasion by John Brown
Yet the latter exctes us, and in the former we nave
been seepily acqqescng 1t is no soace to me, then
that our border slaves liberated already by this
exterior asylum, and by this STILL silent stealing sys-
tenn that they haze need to lake w arms TOR ther
Iteration Confederate States as wei as indiyi e
uaIs have denounced our laws end set them at den
ance; they have by their laws encouraged ana 1acl
tated the escape Of our slaves, ana nave mace aoo
eating and act on the fact
that present relations between the States cannot be
nermitted longer te exist without aboshng slavery
fhronoh the United States compelling to de-
fend It by force of arms.
On the 25th ut., addressed letters to the Govern
ors Of Maryland Pennsylvania and Ohio of which the
accompanying are copies From the Governor OF Ma
ryland have received very satisfactory reply, here
with submitted. l have received reply, by tele-
graph from the Governor of Pennsy lvaaa also, who,
am proud to say, has promptly performed his duty
in delivering UP the fugitves from JUSTICE and who
protests that his State will do her confederate duty
in all respects He ntmates that Virginia ought not
to anticipate that will gect to prevent
constructions to or violations of the laws in her limits
but watchful guardianship of Vrgnas safety could
notneglect to apprize Pennsylvania authorities Of
crimes meditated against either State (of which was
informed, and they WERE probably, not informed, Dy
way Of intelligence and warning. John Brown, with
his associates and stores had just before aread-
passed through Pennsy lvana, and had remained at
places in her limits, and he had enlisted one man, at
least negro IN one of her towns ! had not there
fore, anticipated the facts, but appealed to them for
steps of prevention and precaution after what had
already occurred. And the Governor OF Pennsylva-
MIA presume, speaks more in the spirits OF just
State pride than from such evidences OF danger and
of apprehension as the Executive here is In pos
session of respecting combinations, depots ana rem
devious In adjoining States for invading the borders
of Virginia. From the Governor of ONO have as
yet received no answer.
On the same day, the 25th ult, addressed letter
to the President of the United States, OF which the
enclosed is copy. On the 29th received from him
the accompanying answer, to which I have not re-
. Piled but upon which must here comment.
He
the United Sta do not provide authority for the
President to interpose to 'eI n0Gsaon or keep the
peace between the States, in where the citizens
of one State invade another State unless the E1ecu
tive or Legislature of the State invaded applies for
protection. differ from this opinion. Nelthet the
trainers of the constitution the Congress OF 1875
guilty OF so gross an omission IN their provision
for the national safety.
By clause Sd of section 9th of article 1st of the Con-
stitution the States deprived OF the power
out the consent of Congress- to Keep troops or sAast
tn
ally anaaged or IN sueh aaaent dangsr as a0tN MOI
adanit Of delay"
To compensate them for this privaton of the power
of preparation for defence, It IS provided section
4th of article 4th that se United States sh0 guaran-
tee to eoery State IN the Union Republican, form Of
gouerme, and shall protect each OF them agair1st lsva-
sion and application Of the Legislature, or OF the
Executive when the Legislature cannot pc conveIeu
agaiast domestic 0lolencs
is to be taken as synonymous with the words ''the
Congress-" The clause is in uXapositlon with cau-
ses defining the powers Of "the Congress-" And If
thew were not by the 18th clause Of section 9Th OF
tcle lst to .'the Congress- is given the power to
make ali laws which shall be necessary and proper
other powers, vested in the government OF the u
nied States, in any department or officer there
Of"
This duty and power then of guaranteeing protec-
ton to eyery State against INVASION belongs unques-
tonaby to Congress. Has 1t exercised the power =
1t has. Thus;
To the Congress also IS given tne power 70 raise
and support a7maies' and "to provide and maintain
navy and these called specially, "the land and
naval forces of the United States"
presume that no one will gainsay the proposition
that the chief object of these land and naval forces -
to suppress instructions and to repel invasions:
But in addition to these powers, another is specially
added TO provide for eaing forth the militia to ex-
ecute the laws of the Union suppress Instructions
and repel nvaslons." And presume that no one
will insist that the regular army and navy OF the UNI
ted States may not be ordered execute the laws OF
the Union and to suppress instructions and repel IN
vasions without calling forth the militia, or though
the militia be called forth execute the same purpo
ses
This granted, the Congress did pass the laws: lst
to raise armies, and 20 provide and maintain navy
as we'll as laws for calling forth the militia.
| And then, by article End, the President IS vest
ed with the Ececutiue poaOer. He is sworn faithfully
to execute the office Of President, and to the best OF
his ability to preserve protect and defend the Con-
stiuton Of the United States !; and he is made Com
mander.n-Chief of the army and navy OF the United
States and of the militia OF the several States, when
called iuto the actual service OF the United States;
and he shall take care that the lasos be tatuI erecu-
ted.
Now to revert to the 4th section of the 4th
article:
Tn this section, there are two things against
which the United States guarantees protection
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