Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-12-19

PiSSSuSh'S diS NHC StICH9lu VI lC4dl
ment. Suppose VIC put Mr.. Buchanan
and General Jackson in contrast, disagree
able though it may be to the former to be
placed side by side with one so much his
superior in all that constitutes courage and
~manlincss. Here is what jackson said in
1882, and what Buchanan says in 1860:
JAxrs BrcHASAy Dis ANDREW JAcKscy DE-
CLIMBER 3, 1869. CLIMBER 10, lc32
Apart from the ex2cu The LzIcs ofthe United
ton of the laws, SO faiI States must be erteH1ed.
as this may be prnciiea I hars no Discretionary
Die. tie ErecUfioe has no nper on Tie SULiect-
authority 10 deoide 1raG;!my duty is enDhaiicaUy
"kaH be the relations be- pronounced in The Cen
tlreen the Fedra' Cor ~stituiioa These W no
eramenf and South Car told You that vou might
edna. He has Beea in peaeeGbly prevent III .ir
rested riih no such dis xt eutiOn deceived You
c%reion. He POSSESSED they could not have
no power t. change the been deceived tn hem
relations heretofore exis selves. They know that
ting between til em.I forcIble opposition
much less 20 Gcknowl-ie could alone prevent the
edge the independence EXECUTION Of the Laws,
of that State. This and they know that
would be To invest Il such opposition must
mere Executive Office he repealed. Their o.
with the power of re ljcct is diSunion-but be
eOgnlzing the dissO!u not deceived 10y names:
tion of the eonfederacy ldiSuRiOn by armed force
among our thirty thrre IS TREASON. Are yoH real
sovereign Stats. ltig ready 10 incur lis
bears no resemblance tolyuif2 II gOu are, ca
the recognition of a for tHe heads Of the ipstig1-
eign de JaeiO govern tors Of the act be the
ment, involving no such dreadful consequences &,
responsibility. Any at on their heals be the
temps to DO this would ldiShonor. bHt on g0Hs
on his part, be a naked may fail the punishment
act Of uSurPzti0R. 1t is, % your unhappy State
therefore, my duty to rriH iReritabLg JaH al he
submit to Congress the euis Of the conflict yoV
whole question in all it. bareo upon the GOreTE-
bearings. The course Hlent OF your country
of events ia 90 rapidlyllt cannot aecede to the
Fastening forward thai,mad project of disunion
the ensr eHcy may SO0HiOf which You would b.
arise Then yoU may 6ethe fist victims-its
called upon 10 decide the first Magistrate cannot,
nl1EeRt0aS QXeStio nil he would, avoid the
IeaetheT you possess the performances of his duty
golcer, by force Of arms the consequence must
10 compel a Stale 10 re- be fearful for you. dis
lzia in The Union. 'ressing 10 your fellow
should feel myself re- citizens here, and to the
ereaut to my duty We're friends of good govern
| not 10 express an opin nent throughout the
ion on this Important. world. Its emem e
subject. have behelI our pros
The question faITlylpeTIty with n VeXatiOn
stated, is: Has the Con !dhcy could not conceal
~stitution delegated t. it was a standing r.
Congress the power o. ~fG;ation of their slavish
GORGE Il State into sub doctrines, and they will
mission, which is at point 10 our discard
tempting to withdraw with the triumph of ma
or has virtually with ignaut Joy. It's yet in
drawn from the eOnfrl your power 10 disap
eracv? If answered ~inipoint them. There Is
the affirmative, it musi'yeL time to show that
be on the principle that tlat the dccendents Of
the power has been con the Pickneys; the Stump
ferrcd upon Congress "a tiers, the Rutledges, and
declare and make war Of the thousand other
against a State. AfGT names which a1urn the
E1Hch serious ~rgfsctiOS pages Of your revolu-
I hare arrioed Of the con lionarY history will not
clus on that no such D0uU- abandon that Union, to
er has been delegated to support which 50 many
! Congress or 10 any OfhoT fought and bed and
department. oftke FEEDER lied l allure you as
al Government. 1t islyOu honor that memory
manifest. upon an in AS you love the cause
speeiion of the COnsti of freedom, to which
tuition. that this is nolirhey dedicated their
among the specific andIlives-as you prize the
enumera d pow rs.peIee OF your country,
granted to Congress 1.-The lives Of Its best cit
aud it is equally appar liens. and your own
ent that lis exercs : is fair fame, to retrace
not necessary and prop your STEPS. Snatch
er for carving into ex from tie arcLisos Of yOar
ecu:iou' any one o. StGie the disoYgaHiSiRg
these powers. So far icdia Of ats CohreatoR-
fion this power having|bId its members to re-
been delegated TO Con assemble aud pgOmul
gress it was eXpresslylgate the decided expires
refused by the eonven isions Of your will to re
ton which framed the!main in the path which
Constitution. = %salone can conduct you
Without descendinglto safety. prosperity and
to particulars, it mayihonor-teli them that
be safely asserted thalicOmpared 20 diSunion
the pouer TO make nar all other evils are light,
Against a State is at EAR e:ause that brings with
i1Rce 1cith the trhO'e stidt 1t an accumulation Of
and intent Of the CoRSti- all-deelare that You
tuition. Suppose such will never take the field
war should result in the unless the star s~Pangled
conquest of a State banner of yvur country
how ARE We 10 govern it shall float orer vol
afterwards? Shall We hat you will not be
hold it as q Province stigmatized when dead;
and govern it 10y des and dishonored and
potie power? In the scorne1 while you live.
nature of things We ls the authO 3 of the
could not by physical first attack on the Con
force coutlol the will o %titution Of your country!
the people, and compel its deStroyerS you cGa-
them to elect Senators not be You may dis
and REPRESENTATIVES tolturb its peace-yOu
Congress, aud to per may interrupt the course
form all the other dutlesipf Its prosperlty-you
depending upon theirlmay cloud its reputa-
own %voiItlon, and re ton Tor stabllty-bHt
quired from the freeiHS tranquility UfH be
citizens Of a free Stat restored. as prosperity
as a constituent mem rrtH return, and the
Der of the eonfederaey. stain upon its national
But, If zee possess this character will be trans
poper, icDuLd Il be lrise ierred and remain an
to exercise II under eriS-t eternal blot on the mem-
ting circumstances? The DRY Of those who caused
object would doubtless the disorder.
be to preserve the I'm Fellow citizens of the
ion. War would not!United States. The
only present the most threat of unhallowed
effectual means of des iisunion-the names Ol
troying It, but would,those once respected, 10y
bInish all hone of its whom it is uttereG-:he
peaceable reconstruc array Of military force
ton. Besides, in the 10 SUgD0rt i-denOte the
fraternal conflict, a vast approach OF d crisis in
amount of blood and our affair on which the
treasure would be expen continuance of our I'M
ded, rendering future Iexampled Frosperi Y,
reconciliation between our political existence,
the States impossible land perhaps that Of all
In the meantime, who. free governments, may
can ~fUretell what would depend. The ~eoniuHc-
be The sufferiGgs and I.ure demand a Tree, a
privations Of the people full and explicit enun-
| during its eXisteneeG %lciation, not only OF my
The fact is. that oul Intentions, but of my
Union rests upon public prineip les o%faction; Gnd
opinion, and can never rs Tie claim Icas asserted
be eemented by theiof q right by a Stole 10
blood ofits citizens shed .GnRVI the lars Of the
in civil war. lift can Union, and ereR 10 Sc
not live in the affections cede from It at Pleasure,
OF the people. 1t must 4 frank exposition OF
I one day perish. Con my opinion in relation
gress possesses manyito the origin and form
means of preserving u yf our government, and
by eoneIliation; but the the construction | give
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