The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-11-17
AMOS KENDALL LECTURING
MIR. BUCIIANAN,S ORG AN

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AMOS KENDALL LECTURING.
MIR. BUCIIANAN,S ORG AN.
AMOS KENDALL writes the following
characteristic letter 10 the CoRsiifatioa in
reply to some articles Id that sheet de.
nouncing him as q 'fLloody monster ready
10 stfangle women and children for hay.
ing asserted that two hundred thousand
volunteers wURld arise TO preserve the
Federal Union on the occasion Of the
first attack upon III /.
wAsHiSGroS, Oct, 1860.
To idt Editor Of lie Constellation: a.
Sir: Ii is assad sight 10 see theorganof
o democratic administration attempting to
establish the doctrine that II wOuiditl any
event be q crime Ia the President TO de
fend the Constitution and enforce the laws
Of the United States constitutionally en-,
acted Disguise il as you win, your doc
|trine amounts to this, aud nothing less.
Already the peculiar organ Of nnllifiea-
tion 10 the South is recommending seces-
sion while MIR. buchanan is still in Office,
upon the assumption that he may not en-
force the laws and defend the Constitu-
.tion, which by bis Official oath he Is bound
20 do. Doubtless the assumption is mn
warranted, though justified by the tone Of
his acknowledged organ. vi. N. II hi
Let II be remembered that the question
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uest llon .heiu.y y aeisplng ine one
auu tns VlneIs runs y the real
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A w. nol INC SUBJECTS np9n when Ihe Con
s.aeut,ot 1n M Jaws O tne Y hlted States
D,etAts i e'l!inos eonls =, treason
W. y na,,ssu us lrai Z Dat nei,her
ea -. W ~ = lils.is, apsoi,e .ler
Nlt,hetls itVil lpeir aieslah 70 the pnl-
'eu states. y t''. -. .s.,
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.loMt suV ~ Lincoln ele eiecte!i, ana
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and navy 4, fstakinw caro- an, tLo Ia,.s
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ar the III nitpd Statrs5 S,oTi,l Is n;,l,,.,,,
ofl;ciaI narinry aTd hscn,niT,. ', 800
himself fald lis arm, ma sg, ,sis .; s,.ii
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sufTer mi 9onstii,,tion and Iaws u, ~ snts
yer,c,Iy n hIoods l,a,I .,,s,,aa IN ,s
he Observation-Disclosures Prcs;ds,t ,yb bc , !, oaI
be ieto tbe hest or liz sIiIi, ~ ! , =,
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Yonr doctrine .,r,,oss n t,,ot, a.,
state authorizes n .,ate >, ~,
declare STATE oht ~ nc Iy,i,,,, ~ ~,
al,sol 20 ali its ,itizs,,s TrrS Lila ="
ths JJ,5fed ststaS - 2 80 " ;.
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ed Inv tbe ,,aoute agT..J Viii 49,. a. a.
state Inv he adontiSn az tbs const;, So 500
fiat iii he nroyisioOs ami tha I,,T
h. nnrsnanca thereor sLai,ia ~ q, E%oaS"
preme law Of the hnd , : ~" =, -. ~,
T'hov aI, oaro,,d = -.
mowers b.retofore nossesssd Ly tt.ir ~ s%s
nectiyo STATE goyernmrnts and 80 80 tb -"
In a common 9overnment Chased On '1 ,,re,
ciseIy the same autharitv Ss ,tLc;r - KY
goyermnentsl whose GonstitGtinn and
the laws IA ssed in n,,rs,ane,. thsrcoT .Lanli
be above the reach Of All STATE antbority .
How. then. can apv oct- 81 : stata absojya
its citizens from obedience 10 tLis .ssn
preme law Of the. land = declared by ;fs
highest authority, . convention elected
by the people, 10 be binding, anything n
the Consultation and laws Of any state 60
the contrary notwithstanding. y IL. :.z.:.:.
To me it is q wonder that any man can
entertain an idea to my MIND. so absurd
The theory Of our government obviously.
is, that the citizen owes allegiance 10 his
state government to The extent Of its re.
served powers, and to the general govern.
nent TO the extent OF its granted powers
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