New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-12-14
PRESIDENTS MESSlGE,

forbids the publication of the Pres
idcnts Message in full That
portion oft relating to the dit
ficulties between the two sections
BE- of our country. we give as the peo
plc are more interested in the pre-
scrvation of. this glorious Temple
Of trcolom thin in any other
question. The views of the Prcsl
dent>upon this arc cminently. Just
and conservative and have our
cordial approval, So far as we have
had time to examine it, we regard
the Message with favor and APP
proval, excepting the views on the
tariff. question. There the views
he advocates are not democratic
and have never been received as
sound democracy.
In short. let us look at the danger
fairly in.thc face; Secession is nothing
more nor less thau revolution. 1t may
or it may not be justifabIe revolution,
but still! tits revolution. What, in the
meantime, is tire responsibility andtrue
position of the Executive, bound by sol
emn oaths before God and the country
TO sec that the laws be faithfully execu-
ted! From this obligation he can not
be absolved by any human power.
But what if the performance of this
duty, in whole Or in part, has been
rendered impracticable by events over
which he could have exercised no con-
troll! Suchat the present moment is the
case throughout the State of South
Carolina. s. far as the laws of the
United States to secure the a1minlstra
ton of justice by means of the Federal
Judiciary is concerned, all the Federal
officers within it's limits, through whose
agency those laws can be carried into
execution, have already resigned, We
have no longer District Judge, or
District Attorney, in South Carolina.
In fact, the whole machinery Of the Fed
cral Government, necessary for the DIS
trubution Of remedial Justice among
the people, has been dem ,lished, and it
would be difficult, if not impossible, to
replace it. The only acts of Congress
On the statute book bearing upon the
subject, are those of the 29th Feb.
17ol, and 81 March, 1907. These
authorize the President, after he shall
have ascertained that the Marshal with
his posse comitatus is unable toexecute
civil or criminal process liz any particu
all cases to call forth the militia, and en-
pl,y the army and navy to aid him in
performing the service; having first, by
proclamation, commanded the insurgents
to dispense and return peaccably to
their respective abodes within limited
time. This duty cannot; by any pos
sibiIity, be performed in a State where
no judicial authority exists to issue
process, and where there is no Marshal
to execute, and where, even if there
were such an Office, the entire popula.
ton would combine in ere solid column
ia resist him.
The mere resistance of these provls-
ions proves how inadequ tic they are,
without further legislation, to overcome
united opposition in a single State,
J not to speak of other States who may
place themselves in similar attitude.
Congress alone has power to decide
whether the present laws cannot be
amended 50 as to carry more effect
ually the objects Of the Constitution.
The salAc insuperable objects do not lie
in the way Of executing the laws for the
collection Of the customs. The revenue
still continues to be collected as here
toforc ut the custom House, in Charles
ton, and should the Collector uniortu
nately resign, any successor may be ap
pointed to perform this duty. Then, in
regard to the property of the United
States in S. c., this has been purchased
for q fair equivalent, by the consent Of
the Legislature Of the State, for the