New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-28
are rraype aad bouios ,ba. The bond Of this uuion

TIE bond of Inio ia which We live, the arm Of the
Federal Government nay be called in to put down ~
suTection 1t is becsuse they believe, u tnls oon1
were broken the strong Of the Government ennid
no longer brought 10 hear 10 secure peace ana safety
to n csc States II at they deire the bond shoud De
broken. Trey desire IL upon two grounds FIRST; 10
States and by escape and by property becoming IN
secure that property will have to be transported or
sod to the Southern slave States and when the whoe
of this mas Of slaves shall be collected in great num-
Iers in those States, and the bond oil Union being
broken 40 that the power Of the Federal Gov ernnent
can no longer be called In they then hope To see I'm
meCate emancipation, and all The eorsegneH es "hcn
follow. They are as anxious ior cissoI''i n as
MANY of the extremists In the States upon
tie Gulf Of Mexico. While j cannot believe
that those residing in the Gnlf SECS desire
10 accomplish any snch purpose earn ~ lof my u,e,
see what course they could pursue = nich woniq De
more likely 20 bring about that result tan to break up
tis Unn Of States and overthrow tins Cvnstitlti'n'
II was in view Of this that the present Miuster 10
France said in the Legislature Of Virginia Wien speak
ing of TIE institution Of Slavery that II ha mleni-
trde OF desOlating power, compared TO whcn, ~ IN"
Federal Union should be broken up, the pcsuieee
tlat walketh in darkness, and The desOltlln tnaI
wasieth at MONDAY" would tie a bleSslng i"' Hee-
laraion was made direct, after the Sonthnmpi" ti'u
recton hen Vrgnia wasstartledin view OF thel ile
There il one other subject matter upon which Wis 20
deisin the Senate few minutes, and Their have de'
The Constitution Cf the United States, an adopted gy
tie orr. ina thirteen States Is she s1prelns Law OF 'e
a.
contrary notwithstanding, so far as 1t speaks IN me
delegated power Of tlis Government. Every clken,
Tier, fore owes a double allegiance one 20 this Eel
eIa Gov 4rnment and Al other TO the State IN which
be lives, and he may be guilty. OF treason against
either, o. against both, within their spheres where
theiT Governments sovereign and supreme III
Congress steps beyond the power delegated by the
Constitution TO enact any law that law ID absolutely
null ard void. Ii the State sh all step beyond the
Constitution Of the United States, which limits
tie power Of the States, aud enact a law In connie,
with it, it is simply unconstitutional and nun, ana
void, and of no effect.
Mr.. BENJAMlN Dem. La wished TO ask the
Senator H. in bis Opin on under this form of Govern
neu, Citizen c.uBDt be placed by conflict between
these two Governments, in position where he must
Of necessity be guilty OF treason 10 one or the oher,
and therefore boundso be hung any way
Mr.. DOOLITTLE-No Sir; he cannot for, if
State declares that TO be treason which by the Con.
sti,nion OF the United States is void aud ia conflict
with IT, il is no treason, for the fundamental law Oi
your State If the Constitution Of the UnIfed 81 ties
ANY act or declaration making treason to do an act
wi ich is in conflict with the Constitution OF tie
United Statea cannot be made treason by the State
although they may declare il euch.
Mr.. BFNJAMIN-If they declare il treason, aud
hang the citizen, what advantage would u be 20 Din
sltl ou2h he was right in theory
Mr. DO0LIITLE-The citizen must Judge, at his
1eil aud il he undertakes 70 break up the government
Of the United Stttes and be guilty OF Treason against the
United Siatea any act which the State may dec IRE III
Mr. BENJAMIN when, b. portion of the
citizens Of tie STATE or by tie Government OF the
State which be canDo control he is commanded 10 90
a certain thing, unde tho penalty of being hanged,
and if that thing is treason uuder the Constitution and
laws OF the United States possible, under the ltw
Of nature, for the FEDERAL Government TO get upon
the individual tbuF placed under duTess 10 commit
TREASON instead Of irs relieving him from mat dures5
by making war upon he State.
Mr.. D0OLITILE-1f one Of nay fellow-citizens
from WcOnsiD asI am sorry 70 say has been zoe case
in Of the Southern States, IL taken ana hung
by nj b, WHIST remedy has be I'D
Mr.. BENJAMIN. am not speaking of mObs bat OF
the Government of State undertaking 90 hang cit-
zen for refsipg obey certain orders and the Gov
eminent Of the United States hangs him II tie does obey
them-I ask what advantagait would be to hun !
Mr. DOOLITTLE--If o man is 10 be hung il he
does Il act or hung ifhe does not undoubtedly 40 far
as lac il concerned, il makes no difference. LauYhierI
But if as matter Of law he ia compelled TO do that
which treason asains, the United States the law
Mr.. BFNJAMlN--weuld hanging DC y9l1i
Mr.. DOOLIT1iE-The hanging wol Id be q cor-
taiuty Iaugh.er.l But say the Constitution of the
United States speaks in Language clear enough that It
il not in the power Of Ou of ten OF one hundred
or of I'll the citizens Of State TO annul an act of Con-
gre,s, becsnfe the Constitution OF the United Sates
aud az act il pursuance or it is supreme law OF that
State and binding upon every citizen OF that State ana
every citizen act al bis peril Now If this doc
thine is true tlat State 10y its own mere notion can
lptions dissolve its connection with the Federal Gov
eminent and put an end TO The supremacy OF the Con-
stiuti ard laws Of the United States, several other
consequences must follow, If one State can gecede
Louisiana will not deny but that all the rest
can secede from one, and that Of necessity
gives this Government the power TO expol state.
Eour Iplt of secession involves the night Of eXpu ion.
Let us 20 little further and Sc how this doctrine
would apply III time of We were engaged IN
war with Great Britain in 1912, and the Neg England
States il is said We're rather Unaffected, and met Ia
Convention at Hartford Now, If the doctrine OF the
gentleman is correct, any of the New England States
could have resolved itself out at it, pleasure and gone
over 70 the enemy Our fortrossee in Boston Harbor,
which We bad manned, built and filled with munitions
and guns they might have Withdrawn from and sur
rendered TO tie enemy and turned own guns upon
us. This is the consequence Of this doctrine. Bot,
again, take in time Of peace. Apply the docrioe TO
Pennsylvania that she, by smple revolution of Ter
PEOPLE can withdraw from the United States. She
could cut of all the mail routes going Pennsy
vaIa, and we could not 40 from Virginia TO Newlofk
without going aCTossa foreign country. SO, too with
Illinois, if tis doctrine il correct, we OF tho North
West could be cut off entirely trom the East; and
etTet tally if the Union il to be broken no. could
not go to New-lork except by leave Of Illinois, or
without going through tie State Of Kenuclyi and
Ills doctrine further. How il it with Florida, little
State # the Gulf that has $1,000 white inhabitants
almost as many Of the counties IN the State
where lyel We purchased this peninsula, and paid
for II, 10 get IA U The foreign jurisdiction over llno
TO get Io- si Of the Key and comman the entrs
to the Cult We paid s;i5,O00,O. TO take the Semi
noes Oft from it, and these 800 people, whom
the good Iep e OF the United States permitted TO 20
there and settle their teroes-they had lrdly pop
ulation enough TO be admitted State but we have
adm tilted iles TO full ellowstip-and Florida now at
tempts, by resolution OF her people gathered
together, to resolve berself out Of the Union,
and take al those fortrosaes, which We
have spent thousands Of dollars TO make with
all our own guns. and turn them against US. How is
il with Louitiana The Government of the United
States upon wise national PRINCIPLES Of great national
pOlicy. pnrchased from The Emreror OF Franco The