East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-11-01

| ne Is DOunu 10 DO. DOuOtleSS the as
sumption is unwarranted, though justified
by the tone Of his acknowledged organ
Let il be remembered that the ques
tion is not now what the South ought tC
do in case Of an actual and irreemediablC
outrage upon her rights and institutions
The threat is to seceds If Mr. Lincoln d
elected. Will his mere election absolvt
the people of the South from their allie
glance to the constitution and the law;
of the United States, or relieve the
President from the duty of defending
the one and executing the other ? This
is the real question under discussion.
You talk about coercing States. States
are not the subjects upon which the con
stitution and the laws of the United
States operate. They cannot commit
treason or be hanged as traitors. But
neither can they, by any act Of theirs,
absolve their citizens from their allegi.
ance to the United States.
The constitution contains the follow
ing provision, viz: "This constitution,
and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof,
shall be The snpr,ne La,o ofthe land and the
iudoes in everv Stote sboT bo hound
thereby, anything IN the constitution or lars
of ann State 10 tbe cout,o,.,, uot,,;,bs stoo5;no
m. -. , ~,
..T.l ne '"."e 0ois,':ur,o., ueo,ateo ,na, ~
,e"'on aSa'"'. '.e on''eu o'a'eS sna'i
ooIo''' on'y III ievy.hg war against theti
.n atie'ei"S a;I "I " 'ne,' o'e''''e'' giving
'"."' "'' ""o oo"''o'''
1t also declares that the President
"shall take care that the laws shall be
faithfully executed" and prescrlbes to
him the following oath, viz:
81 do solemnly syear that TwiU fathf.ly
erecute the office of Presedent and ,ciU, TO
the best of my ability, preserrs, protect, and
defend the constitution of the United States. ~
Now, suppose Lincoln were elected,
and citizen of Charleston. acting with
or without the sanction of the State au-
thorities, having n cargo of sugar enter.
ing the port, seould refuse to pay the le-
gal duties, and with an armed party
should resist the officers attempting to
collect them, thus levying war against
the United States, do you think the
President would be faithful to his duty
and true to his oath If he did not, i
necessary, use tue mli.'a, tne army anu
my III ."n"y cure '''"' '''o "''0S % l".""-
J"ty eae0"se"' anu !" P,es"'"y' P'0'eT"ny, ..
%"" u'ls,'"'',g on '1s oJ"S'ee.,0" y @e m IN''o"
.''"o'oS 0o".u me- "i.ho"V ciiio'a. Pc,
lluiy auu Ue1oln'lig a traitor hi'iSeil, ioio
'..' g., aims a'iu Gay ""S '00"o % 00e0"y =.
"'"'e, anu "''ue' 'uoh Piea Su'iei t''o
re- "St''u.Di ,t..at, ""o IaI' " Oo onD,ei'eu
II oioouS"eu ensueu' WHO wouio DC re-
aPo',s'oieL'n ios,uen', VINO wou'o oe
% op o1S: -, y "'S "1".'y a''e'hpllhg 70
PI'Ionn, ~. smo'. u.'y, VI 'ae .'ai'or'
VIZ . 80 "''''p'''s " '''o'e'' '"e gov
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now each state, by convention
elected by the people, agreed with every
other State, by the adoption of the con-
stltution' that all Its provisions, and the
laws passed IN pursuance thereof, should
% WV ''',, '"'' '"" y "'' '"""'
Ihey all agreed to take portion OF
the powers heretofore possessed by their
respective state governments and vest
them IN common government (based on
precisely the same authority as their
state governments, whose constitution,
ana tne laws passed IN pursuance thereof,
should be above the reach OF all State au-
shority' How tnen' can any act OF the
state aosolve It's citizens from obedi-
eia"oS " L. . -. 'IP,V%'o ,pI '"V y 30. "'"' uo
u"n,;a Joa.oa 80 -, 49," ."a"io "u'Io'..yi con
~ 80" onI o,ISse' ~ ."' peoP,o, ~ oo o,uu-
IS, "oyT"'? :" "'y v~''s''"''", """ .o'oS
Y "'S "'"'' ~ '''' ''''' :" "'''''''''"''"'"y'
To me 1T is wonder that any man
entertalns an idea to my mind SO absurd.
The theory OF our government obviously
Is, that the citizen owes allegiance to the
State government TO the ertent Of ITS reserr-
ed poVers, and that no act OF tho general
government can relieve him from allegi-
ance to his State, and no act OF his State
can relleve HIM IRON his allegiance to the
o',''eu o'"'es'