The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-12-13

py It's FOUNDERS 10 lie perpetual, anu not TO
be annulled at the pleasure Of any one of
the contracting parties. The President
then enumerates the powers conferred on
Congress by the Federal Government,
and that there powers may be efiectual, it
also possesses exclusive right to lay and
collect all import duties and other taxes.
and has adopted efIectual means to re-
strain the states from interfering.
In order still further TO secure the
uninterrupted exercise of these high pow
e.s against state interporition, it is provid
ed that the constitution, and the laws Of
the United States which shall be made in
pursuancs thereof, and all treaties made,
which shall be made. under the .authority
OF the United States, shall be the supreme
laws of the land, and the Judges in every
STATE shall be bound thereby, anything in
the constitution or laws Of any State or
Territory to the contrary notwithsian-
bing.
The government, created by the con-
SiiIution, and deriving lis authority from
the sovereign people OF each of the several
states, has precisely the same right to
exercise lis power over The people Of all
/ these states IN the enumerated cases tha!
each one of them profess over subjects not
delegated TO the United States, bus reserv-
ed 10 the states respectively. or to the
people. To the extent of the delegated
! powers the constitution of the United
States is rs much part of the cons!itu
lion of each state, and is as binding on
its people as though it had been texlually
inserted therein.
This government, thereof, is great
and powerful government invested with
all the attributes of sovereignty over the
special subjects to which lis auth ority ex-
tends. 1t may be as ked, then, are the
people of the state without redress against
tyranny and oppression Of the Federal
Government? Bv no means The right
OF resistance OF the part Of the governed
against the oppression of their govern
ments can not be denied. Il exists inde
pendently of all constitutions. and has
been exercised at all periods cf the world
history. but the distinction must ever be
observed that this is revolution against
an established government, and not &
voluntary secession from il. by virtue O
al Inherent constitutional night In shor
let us look the danger fairly in the face
Secession Is neither more nor less than
revolution. 1t may or 1t may not be !
JUS iii&be revolution, but sill il Is rev
olu,ion. WHAT, in tie mean time, is the
responsibility and true position of lie TX
ecu,ive lie is bound 10 take cara l3a
,he lsws be faithfully executed. and from
This obligation he can mol be absoIved by
any human power.
But what if the performance Of hi:
duty, in whole o. in part, has been ren
+ dered mpracticahle Dy events ever which
he could have exercised nc ccn.rol: Sucl
ct the present moment s tho case through
out the stale OF South Carolina. 60 ta
rs the laws Of the United States to secuy,
the administration CT justice. oy msans o
the federal Judiciary, are concerned, al
the federal officers within lis limits
through whose agency alone these Law.
can be caaried into execution, heve alread,
resigned. We no longer have Diatric
Judge, District Attorney, or liarsha
in South Carolina. IN fact, tho who
machinery of the Federal Gove.nmen
nesessary for the distribution Of remedia
Justice among the people has been demol
ished. and il would be difficult, if not In,
possible, to replace it, Tho only acts o
Congress on the status book bearing OF
this subject are those of February 28
1898, and March 8, 1907. Tnese au-
thoFize the President. after he shall hav
asser,ained that the Mashal with his poss
c0n9D9ltotus is unable To- execute civil o
criminal process in any particular case. f
call forth the militia and employ The arm,
and navy TO aid him in perform ing TIN
: service, having first by proclamation com
manded the insurgents to dispose or retir
peaceably TO their respective abodes wihi
a limited time. This duty cannot BY an,
possibility be performed in state where
no judicial authOaiIy exists to issue process
and where there is no Marshal TO execut
1t, and where. even if there were such al
officer. the entire population would con,
situte one solid combination 10 resist him
Congress alone has power to decid
whether the present laws can or cannot b
amended SO AS TO carry out more elIectuall,
the objects of the Constitution.
The revenue still continues to be cellec
ted as heretofore at the Custom House a
Charleston, and should the Collector un
fortunately resign. a successor may be APP
pointed to preform this duty. 1t is no
believed that any ATTEMPT viii be made l.
expel the United States from it's propet,
there, by force: but if in this / shou.,
prove 20 be mistaken, the clicsrs in com
mand have received orders to act strict,
on The defensive In such contingenc,
the responsibility for the consequence
would righifrlly rest upon tho heads of tn
assailants
In reference to the recognizing Of Sc
ceding State as an independent Govern
men, by the President, ne says srch rec
ognition would be 2 naked act OF usurpa
ton on his past. and it is bis duty to sub
nit to Congress the whole question, in al
its bearings. The probability of al emer
gency coon arising when Congress will b
called on TO decide the question whethe
1t possesses The power 10 compel Stat,
10 remain in the Union. authorizes him I,
+ express the opinion that no such power