Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-11-29
For the Ga2ett.
Secession.

The public mind is now considerably agita-
ted about the result of the Presidential clec
tion and as to the probabilities of a disso,u.
,;on Of the Union. The disruption of our
ronfederacy would be destruction os tbs last
bope of successfully establishing republi
can form of government.
Bv a solemn compact the several States of
the Union are bound together; and by mutu-
a agreement of the thirteen original States,
the act of secession and taking up ayEs and
leyying war against the United 2tates was
considered treason. The penalty of treason
is death by hanging, and it is the highest civ
il crime of which a citizen or State can be
suiltv. The constitution of the United States
expressly declares that no State shall enter
into any treaty, alliance, or confederation
keen troops, or ships of war in time of peace,
enter into any agreement or compact with an
other State" yet we find that secesSionists at
the South have violated the Constitution, in
such manner as to commit treason, and
therefore deserve the fullest penalty Of the
law they have violated, because they have
openly placed themselves in opposition to the
Constitution, in such manner as to subvert
the government.
By the South, and by southern sYmpathi-
1ers at the North, it is considered unjust to
say or do anything contrary to their suppo
sed rights on the question of slavery, but if
the people of the south chuosc to do anything
they please, even to the overthrow of our gov
eminent, it is all right and we must submit.
If an insane man commits an overt act,
Ike the one at lIarper's Ferry, then the whole
South is in arms against the whole North. If
Suth Carolina arms her troops. takes charge
Of tie 4. 5. arsenal--goes into confederation
4 u
,ight # northern and southern nulifers If
there is man at the North who takes sides
wi,h anv southern State in the present crisis
he is a tory to the country that protects him,
and should be hung on the nearest tree, with
all who dare overthrow the glory and pride
IF the world-the American Republic. No
State has a right to secede. There is no pro-
vision in the Constitution that permits State
to secede. Once in the Union, always in the
Union The Union was cemented ty the
blood Of the sires of the reYolutiaR and any
one who would utter word or commit an act
that would tend to diSscver the National Con
ieIeracy. merits the reprobation Of every true
and loyal citizen of our REPUBLIC. Why is all
this confusion in the South What cause
has South Carolina fpr secession? 1t is be
cause a constitutional majority of the voters
If our country have seen fit tQ 6lect il Presi
dent. 1t is because the ne2gEs determined
that ven$lity and corruptiia At Washington
soGIl no; make US Il 'feSident in Congress.
1t is because the hud vnice of freemeT, by
the unprecedented maioritits Mt the last elec
ton, has given the quietus to the insolent de
mands Of small politicians at the South.
The present political ferment is throwing
tue ith and impurities of party to The sur
face, SO that patriots can see ysho are tories.
The South is populated hy an excitahle peo-
Tle-a people who believe the wilful lies Of
.'hern papers like tha New York Herald,
''d thereGp"n fnd caE,e tHr the eTtreme
measures they are now carrying out.
UNION.