Litchfield enquirer., 1860-12-13

l. WHEN REVOLUTIONARY RESISTANCE IS as sssA AaT JUsTIFIABLE.as l. k..s.s. F. The Southern States, standing otsthe ba s sis of the consultations, have aisright to de
 maM this act of justice from the States o
 the North. Should it be- refused, then the lconstitution, to which all the states are par [ties, will have been wilfalIy violated by oiis fportioh of tllem in a provision essential te l the domestic security and happiness of the .|rcmaindefse In that event, theainjured states after having first used aHspeaceful andacon lstitutiopal means to obtain redress would
 be justified insresolutionary resistance to. the
 goyernmeht of the Union... sa. F... .a,-s..-
 have parposelys confined my remarks to revolutionary resistance, because it has been lelaimed within the last few. years that any
 state, whenever this shall belts SOY aneign I willard pleasure, may secede from the UlIpi
 in accordance. with the constitution. and
 without any violation. of the, constitutional
 rights of the other members of confederacy That as each, became parties to the Union 1 by tlie vote of it's own pco aes assembled in tconv ention, 80 any one of them may retire frcm fthe sUnioniin similarE ma unsr1 bys!thewsyote Eofsnch Q convention. .yusM ms@...r - fs2~a ss1 sEcEssEoNlsssg ts .samss :. f9s Iusosder to justify secession as. O. consti- 1tutional remedy ytitsmastsbeson the principle
 hntthe federal government is a mere vol inntary association of states, to be dissolved l at pleasure by any one of Ihe contracting parties. If this be Sd, the cUnfederaev is a lrope Of sand, to be penetrated aud dissolved f4y the first adverse wavesof public opinion hea any aof the states. In this manner our itbirty-three states may resolve themselves into as many petty, jarring and hostile re- Iublics, each one retiring from the Union, without responsibility, whenever any sudden
 excitement might impel them to such a course. By this process Union might be entirely broken into fragments in a few weeks which cost our forefathers many. years of toll,
 priyution and blood to establish.
 WISHES THE PEoPEE TO PAUSE AM DELIBERATE. r. But l may be, permitted solennly to in
 voke.nly countrymen to pause aud deliber-
 ate before. they determine to destroy this, the .grandest temple which hassaever been dedics tel to hs,nan ffeedomssinee thesword began? It has been geonseerated by i, the blood of our fathers, by the,s glories of the past and by tie '.opes of the future. The
 Union has already made us tine most pros fperons and ere long, will, if. preserved, ren- der us the most powerful nation on tie face Of the earth. Iu every foreign region of the
 globe the title of American citizen issheld in the highest respect, aud when pronounced in a foreign land It causes .theghearts of our eountrymen to swell with honest pride Surely when we reach the brink of the yawn-
 ing abyss, we shall recoil With horror from
 the last fata! plunge, Ry such dread ca
 tastrophe the hopes of the friends of free
 dom throughout the world would be de-
 stroyed, and long night of leaden, despo-
 tism would .enshroud the nations, Our -ex-
 ample for more than eighty years would not
 only be lost, but it would be<qnoted as d conclusive proof that man is unfit for self
 government. 77- &f Z'saan s4N ssf
 It is not every wrong--aay, itsis not eve, ry grjevousswrong -wbichs can justify . re-
 sort to such g fearful yslternative. This
 ought to be the last desperate remedy of a
 despairing people, after every other consti-
 tutional means of conciliation had been ex-s hausted.. We should reflect that under.this free government there is an incessants ebb
 and flow in public opinion. Tbe, slavery. |quastou, like everything human, will have its day ~ I firmly believe that it has already |reacbedsand passed the. eliminating point. But if, in tue midst of, the existing excite
 fhsnt, the Union, shall perish, the evil may then become irreparabfe. S@ " 4sen s5 &cH sl