The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-12-27

overthrow of this Governments who wopld
break 1t up and resolve it into it's original ele-
ment, do 1t on mere suspicion that the Re
publican party may somehow affect their RIGHTS
Now, what doctrines do we hold detrimental
to you2 Are we the settlers forth of any new
doctrine under the Constitution? I tell Won
nay. There is no principle held to dav by tbe
great Repubhcan party that has not had the
sanction of your Government for more than
seventy years. You have changed your opin>
ions; we stand whore we used to stand We
stand on tn Slavery question in the place
formerly occupied by the revered statesmen
OF this nation, every one Ofthem, WASHINGTON
Jefferson MonIre, Adams. jackson, and polk
inclusive And that revered statesman. Henry
Clay, of blessed memory, with his dying breath
asserted the doctrine we hold to day. WHY
then, are we held up before the community
as violators of your rights? 1t is late in the
day to accuse us of harboring these opinions
Then, what doctrines do We bold that are com.
planned of? You don't complain of our Liberty
bills. You don't complain that Mr. Lincoln is
a violent man and will probably do any injury
to you. The Senator from Georgia (Mr Iver-
sony told us he had no apprehension Mr., Lin,
coin would do any act in violation Of the Con
SECESSION.
Senator Wade treated the subject of the as
sumed right of secession in bold energetic
manner. The following extract may serve as
! specimen =
Although state secede, they cannot recog-
nlZe her right to go out of the Union until she
gains the consent of the Union. The duty of
the Chief Magistrate is to execute the law in
every part of the Government. He cannot be
released from this obligation. Nothing in the
Constitution of the United States will warrant
his saying that single star has fallen. He is
sworn not to know that a State has seeded and
to pay no respect to resolutions that declare she
has done so. In dong this it does not follow
that he must make war upon her, but he should
exercise every Federal right over her, the most
important OF which is the collection of the rev.
enue. There are many rights for the benefit of
the people of the State which might be dispens
ed with. If they do not want the mails carried
the President could abolish the post Offices
They might not perhaps elect officers TO send
here, but they could do as they liked about that.
They have a right TO be perfectly represented
here, but if they choose to fOrego that privilege,
it is not incumbent on the President to force
them to send representatives here. But the
chief magistrate must collect the revenues pre-
csely as in every other State: No State can be
released from that obligation for The Constitu-
ton demands it. What follows? If the seced-
ing Calc SnuLS up LGI poItSj ou lidt SillpS CANS
not discharge their cargoes, then ships will
cease to 90 there; OF, if she government block
AIDES her ports to collect revenue, she will not
have gained her independence by secession
If she will feel content to live under this equiv.
ccal state of thugs all will be well, but she can
not do so What will she do She must take
| the inative and declare war upon the United
States. Then force must be met by force, and
she must hev ont her independence by violence
and war There was no other way under the
Constitution that he knew of, if State secede
and declare war. He did not suppose there
was lawyer on the floor, but who will say that
the act of levying war is treason against the
United States. That is the result and we may
as well look the matter in the face. The Sena-
tor from Texas says that the South will force
an ignomnions treaty from us in Faneuil Hall.
To this he would answer, "Well you may; we
know your powers we know your bravery; we
90 not want to fight with you, but nevertheless
If you drive US to the necessity, we will use all
our powers to maintain the Government intact,
IN all its integrity. five are overthrown, the
Government will be subveIted as thousands of
other governments have been. If you are the
weakest then you must go to the wall. That is
all there is about it. That is the condition in
which we stand. l can see no power in the Con-
stitution that will release the Senator from this
position. He did not take the oath to support
the Constitution unless one State seeded
There was no such immunity for him. There
was go way then, for State 70 go out Of the
Union but she could demand equal Justice un-
der the Constitution, and indicate her gueyan~
ces while the flag of the nation waved over her.
There was no way for a state to go out OF the
Union except by making wal and indicating
by force Of aims her right to Independence, and |
it she did this, he had a prophecy in his mind /
No man would regret more than himselfthe dis |
ruption of any portion of the United States
where the peoele think themselves aggreved if
there was any honorable release from it. But
all this trouble is matter of prejudice super
induced by listening 20 the enemies of the Re-
publican party. We are looked upon as enc
mics, we are branded as traitors we are styled
John Brown men; but if the South will secede
we will preserve the Union and wait The gloli- /
Gus future Mexico owes England eight millions |
of dollars, and asks of us protection, and sho |
has all the elements to build up glorious Re |
publican Empire. The Republican party will
do anything for the Union. The senator from
Illinois and his colleague had said that the
Black Republicans were going for a reign of
equality, and would build up black govern
ment, He (Wade) thought it would be one Of
the most blessed things, if inducements could
be made to every black man among us TO find
a home in Central America or Lower Mexico
Then adopt the homestead policy, and we will
have such power, vested III native white men,
as was never before seen. Men Of every cline
come among US, and we will build up a nation
Of laborng men. Then Canada will knock at
our doors, and we will have all the elements to
build up republic more powerful and more
just than the world has ever dreamed of. he
was for maintaining the Union of the States.
He would sacrifice everything to maintain it,
The glorious old flag Of ours never shall, by |
any act or word of his, cease to wave over this |
nation as it is. But, il we shall have 1t in the
new renovated Cove rnment of which he had
spoken, the old fourth of July will never be re-
pealcd, and the old flag of 1875 will float over
this nation forever. This capitol gentlemen
had said would do for Southern Republic
Sir, it shall ever be the capital of our Union.
it was laid by Washington and consecrated by
him, and the flag vindicated in the of the
revolution, shall ever continue TO float to the
breeze over it, applause in the galleries |
Washington and patriots fought for that good
old flag and it was the glory Of their lives
His (Wade's) own father, though humble
soldier, fought to save the great cause, and
through sevenfold hardships for it. He be-
quathed the flag Of his country to his children
tor their protection 1t twas his (Wade's) pro-
lection in youth and the glory and pride of his
ripper years, and though it might be assailed by
traitors on every side, yet by the grace of
God, under its shadow he would die.
POPULATION OF VERMONT. The Vermont
papers publish complete returns, by counties,
of the census OF that State, for 1860, returned
by the United State Marshals They show the
of the State tc be 3l5, 1877, being an
increase Of only ,627 over the year 1850, when
it was 3l4,170 ii is evident, says the Vermont
paper from which obtain these facts, that
after 1868 Vermont will be entitled to but two
members OF Congress Too many OF our younn
men have gone West within the last ten years
to enable us to hold our own politically.
FREE COUNTRY.-The Galveston, Texas,
Netos says that, ''tsoO men acre hung IN C0TgeH
county on the 7th inst. for uOtiecg for Lincoln
and Hamtia. A; Waco, on the 18th great graf
ifcation was expressed at the news from the
Southern States An efigy of Lincoln was car