The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-10-06

some invasion Of your rights attempted
t election itself is to furnish the occasion, a.5 ]
ply the justification for disunion. Ii isl
assumed by a minority to dictate 60 a majQ Il
whom their suffragrs shall be cast. 1t strfI1
the very root of Republican G0vemmeI
substitutes the bayonct for the ballot Dbl
The principle once be admitted, and all eZV
tons win hereafter be regulated by tieI.
aims. If the followers Of Breckenridge ma, VI
from the Union because Lincoln is elected-
the followers Of Lincoln srcede Il BYeckirt
elected, and so may either, or both Of then, /
if Douglas, or Bel is elect d. If Republnd
is admitted TO be a good cause to-day, a u
Bank, or any Other exciting issue, may BIZ
a sufficient cause tomorrow. Once in ourh
Tariff was invested with this imporiancela.s
be again. The public lands-the anEexs('c
foreign terIitory--taxation to build rail-
the Pacific may each and all become lqu
contention between the new States and tbs
| theNorth and the South-the East and thtlc
Discontcnted and restless spirits will seizfbe
each OF these pgetextS in turn, until at lasti fa
text will be needed. IL viii not be long,.
we have sunk so low tlatthe ambitions ID
will say, 'vote against me at your peril-T
not elected will eject the maa of your choa
force" lie whadOubts that il will come Isl,
has read history to little purpose The firS1
taken the rest viii follow as a matter of n
There is no halfway house. There is no str.
place in the desc ent from Liberty to slaveri. +,
that makes Republican Government respes
and all that gives il security is abandoned,
ever minority succeed in controlling n"
election by threatened violence. In the
stance there may be some show of reason ~
RIGHT on their side, but five yield 10 the pIs,,
! the rudder of the Ship of State is gone, al
Will soon be drifting upon the waves of nd
slaves where we sought to BE- masters, AMI,
-cnting to the world a picture sovilc and det4f
that ply viii bee lost in mingled loaihing ami
| tempt.
GO out Of the Union because a Republik(
elected President Good COD! where, is.
end and what party is to be next pr,scfz
How long will it be before counties, or neiI1
hoods follow the examplel How much n
before we have Individual landhOlders fort
ID II castles, and maintaining armed rufis
OycraWc the peaceful citizen, and eat out hi
stance These ave results that must ioI
there be any attempt 10 cary out the Resol
ofyou Legislature. | trust there will be II
attempt. l hope they VIII be permitted TO r8|
a dead letter on your Statute Book. ButI
not hav" :h"m !clgo.ten. | would have NJ
deeply impressed upon the memory Of ever'1
in the land; not for the purpose of creating II
ty against those who adopted them, but,
warning against IN, fatal delusion of secessU
against the terrible mistake THAI the people
safe have fright at their own good pleasu 1
put at hazatd the lives, the liberty, aud thu n
pincss OF every Othtr. Twice in Onr hist0r.y
question has come near bloody solution. A
first time it was encountered by Andrew Jad
Let me read to you the words of burnjnl Il
qucace in which twas rebuked by the HeriI
Statesman and the Sage: lf|
" The right IF people Of siugle Still
absolye themselves at will, and without thdt|
sent of The other States, from their most sd n
Obligations and hazard the Liberties and hapHf|
Of the millions composing the Union, cannlf|
ACKNOWLEDGED. Such authority is believed III
utterly rcpugnant, both TO the principles IN
which the General Government is c0nstil3
and to the objects which it is expressly "a
10 attain"
COL Clemens continued 10 read at some III
from GEN. JacisoR's Mobilization MessadI
jan. 18Th, 1888 Tire ertract IS omitted for III
Of room.
Mr.. Clements continued: III
These were not Gen. Jackson's opiiA|
alone They were yours also. You
that Message, as you did the Procld
ton, and laid it away between the lej'
of your Bible, or printed it on satins,
hung it up in your dwellings. The n
Giples here announced are in their mad
Have you changed
YOU have not, you have no business inl|
lirGekinridge ranks. You are stran.
out Of place under any banner which
% Secession" inscribed upon its IA
Before\you are committed too far, al
me to advise you, in the words of d.
Jackson abe not deceived by false naIl
disunion by armed force is treason"
the dishonor may be upon
heads Of the instigators Of the act, I'd
yours may full the punishment"
1 know that now, as in the times WI
called forth the Proclamation, eloqt
appeals are made "to your passions
your State pridA, to your native cour
10 your SENSE OF real injury" / Il
that you are told resistance "mayt
peaceabl y--may bGconstitutionally mat
The great POLITICAL truth is repeated
you that "you have the revolution
right Of resisting all laws which are
pably unconstitutional and intolerd
oppressive" and i'll TINS way you Il
been deceived both rs tAthe charactef
the treason 10 which yoN are urged,
as to the fearful consequences which ID
fall upon you, upon youA families,
upon the land Of your birth BELIEVED
that DlsyNIoN is the object Af those \
are travelling through the land with
song Of Southern Rights Upon their 4
Treason never yet unveiled its Mace u
its plans were ripe for execution CatiI
denied It in the Roman Senate as\lond
couccalneut was possible. We lAavd
reason 10 expect from the disunioniN 4
thing but "A denial Of his guilt We\uI
Judge Of his intentions by his acts, ann
Judging ! an convinced that there 4
those among as rs bad as the Roff
traitor was. Let IL hope that when
storm comes, they will meet it as manfR
as he did, and at least give Us no Cd
sion to complain that they have plum
u INTO dangers lhcy were III no haste
share.
The Legislature Of Alabama were
content with one manifestation Of dd
mined hostility to the government WI
was built mp by mutual concessions q
the experience Of the stormy times I
succeeded the revolution had demonstrti
its necessity. The ram of John Bro
furnished South Carolina with an occa,