The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-15

~ also r7ssessgs the exclusive right, 10 levy
and collect an import duties and other taxes.
aud liis adopted efiecttaI means % Testrain
the States fy1nt intsffefinrl & 5.-l sss III 'st3
| In order sifii fnftlicF % secure the uiiintcr.
fqptra ieSstoiseaf cheese high powers aeaitist
state iftgfposition. II Il provided that this
Consultation and The laws of tho United States,
which shall be made IN pursuance tieFeob and
all treaties made OF which shall ba made nm
der Che authority o. the United Statcs, shalt
be the Supreme law 81 the land, and the
Judges N every state shail he bound thereby.
anything III the constitution 81 laws III any,
State OF Territory iiotwi thstassllug i,.i n
The Government crested w the CoHsiitus
tion, and deriving its authority from the s6v-
tersign people Of each Of the several States has
precisely the same right 10 eAercise ifs power
foxeT the people Of all these States, IN ttiei
enumerated, cAses. which each ono Of them
pesss sses over suhiects not delegated 10 the
l United States; hit reserved 70 tto. States rs
spec lively On TO the people. ID The extent rf
the sislegattd powers Tie GonstitigtiDn of
the United States d As much part 81 tile con,
stitutfOn Of each State and is as building On III
people as though il had been textgaiiy Insert.
ed therein. IS Z. 4:
This Government, therefore. Il great and
powerful Government, invested with all the
attributes Of sovereignty over the special sub.
Jccts 70 whi0lLita authority extends III may
ont redress against the tyranny and oppression
| of the Federal Government BY no means.
The right OF resistance on the part OF the
| governed against the oppression II their GOV.
ernors cannot be denied II exists itltlenends
entity Of all constitution, and has been exer.
cised at all periods Of the world history; but
the distinction must be observed that this Il
revolution agaihst m established government.
not voluntary accession from II by virtue 81
Us look the danger fairly In The face. Seees
sion is neither more nor fcss thar revolution,
* may on may not be u jitstiiabte reyelutIon,
but still IL ihafevOiuiipn ri Fl It
( What. 10 tAe meantime, Il the respnnslbtiity
and true position of the Executive? He is hound
to take care that the laws be faithfully executed,
and from this obi gallon he cannot be absolved
BY my human paWer. But what IL the perform
ance az this duty, III whole or IN part, hiss been
rendered impfAeticEbis by events over which he.
could have exercised no contreH Such, al tie
present moment, is The case Throughout the State
Of SdIih Carolina. Solar as the laws Of the
I United States 10 secure the administration OF
Justice by means Of the Federal judiciary are
concerned, the Federal officers within its linz
/ Ito, through whose agency alone these laws eau
be carried iplo execution, bavs alFeady recon-.
mended 10 no longer have a District Jndge, q
District Attorney, or q Msrshai in South Caro-,
| liaa III fact, the wholptnacifinef of the Fede.
raj GoysrimeIt necessary for The dlstTihItion o.
trsmsdiai justice afnong the people has been de-
m3Fshed, and it.woud be difficult, if not impose
/ 5f5ie, 10 replace IT,. The only acts Of Congress
Oh the statufc book bearing on this subject are
those o. the 2Sth OF February, 1Ig5, aud 3D. o.
March, 1901. These authorize the President,
after he shall have ascertaned that the N afshal,
with his possl eoHiitatus, II unable 10 execute
civil or criminal process in any particular case,
to call forth the militia and employ The Army and
Navy TO aid him In performing this service, hay
i ing first, by pfocl dnation, comm a1fed the in.t
surnenas TO dispense Hnd retire peaeeably 10 ibeif
10 ypectiys ahe,fss. within limited time This
duty eanfiet by any possibility be performed 10
q State where no judicial authority exists TO is
tsae procseg; where there Is no MsTshsl to exc,
cute; and eleI4, tEsnFR there; were such an
officer, TIE entife pplnaiIol would cntalilutfa
EsGIid combination TO resist him Congress alone
| has power 10 decide whether tie present laws
can or caaTat BE agIeied 80 US to curry ont more
tsfT4ctualky The objects Of the Constitution. The
revenue still eonlinJieS 10 be COLLECTED as hereto
fore III The G.asi5m| House: at GhaTlasioij and
sGeid tiIa Collector hntnTttnatsiy resign, u sues
Eces sor mag be sy(gQiutGd 20 peLlaEnl this duty.
I II Is not believed that any attempt, will he
riads to expsI The United Ssdtes tfafn rs property
\ there hy foree, bat Il this should prove mis-.
Etaks, tle officers In command OF the fofls have
seaIv4d orders To net strictly % The defensive,
1 In such a c0ntiI rencS che responsibility Tor cons
4 sGqiances would TighNnily resi- upon the heads
| of he: sssailaiiis. :, u: &. ,,::s'
< ia reference 70 recognizing A seeding! State
4 50 an independent government, BY the President,
he saws il would be naked act Of 'usuIP .iion
toa his part. pRd IL his dnty to submit to Con
lgress the whole question In allits BEARINGS (.
The pTObabtiiy Of a0y enleTgehc yseen arising
when CoRrfess will be called on 10 decide The
question, Whriher u possesses power 70 compel
/ State 10 TemiiA 10 tie onion, authorize him
10 sxpfSss tbs opiRibp, that no such power has
heen delsgased 10 ConaTesss or any other dspart-
aleft az The Federal Goyernnlent II is maHi-
Hest that His isiiot among tie speciIic ard emu
ineraled powers granted to Congress s, ard II 10
equal apparent III lis ex efcise H. not neces-
isarys and proper for CARRYING Into execution any
! one Of these boweIs, The President declafes
l that 10 make war uBof q State, 10 at variance
with the spirit Of The Constliation, and after
having conquered a State. how: are We to Coz
/ yern ii iI2 We could moi govern q by despotic
power; nor BY physical ioree compel lie people
4 10 elect Senators and Representatives, and per-
form all other dalies aPpertaininG 10 an indie
pendent State. The fact H. that our Ulion
| rests Iipon public cpini6ns and can never be ces
n,ontSd hy tbe blood Of iss citizens shed IN civil
war II il cannot live IN the affections OF the
people, Il must one day perish. ~.
4 Congress possesses many means OF preserving
1 IL hE cUnclll0ttols OuI Inv ANUtu-ba uVis pihNeu
tin their hands 10 preserve il BY force, hat may
4 be permitted s6lemnly to invoke my country.
mel, 10 rsuse and dsilbetste before they detOT,
mine 10 destroy iiIis; the grapdest temple which
fhas ever been hsdieatea To human freedom
tsineA the world htg4ps IL hIs been eonsecFated
| bT The blood OF our fathers, by the glariea Of
1.-The past aud tho hopes Of the fataIs. The
Hinton has already made We the most prosperous.
and ere long will, II preserved, render Us The
| most powerful nation on the face OF HE eerth.
4 III every foreign region Of the globe The tile
lof the American citizen Il held nj the highest
hesueet, and whsn pronounced in a foreign land
1 Ii causes the hearts Of our eoRptfymep 10 swell
with hSnest pride. Surely when we reach the
brink Of the yawDiag abyss we shall Teeoii with
EhotreF from The fatal plunge. By such @dread
fcslastrophc tie hopes Of the friepds Of freedom
4 throughout the wold would he DESTROYED, and .
4 long liEhi OF leasen dssrpisin would enshroud
the nsiiqnse Oar sxsrnple for Hfers thAn eighty
| years would not only be lost hui II wpllid be
quoted a. Al etusiye pTeol that; nan u Hniit
flor self government. =
/ The slavery question, like everything human,
VIII hGtsits day. ! firmly believe that il has
.f5lfeady reached and passed The eliminating
pniDti but If, in the midst on the existing exr
EetsIhsDi, the Union shall perish the evil mag
\ than become irtepaIable. = 81 =.
! Congress can eoBtriblte much TO avert by
/ proposing and recommending 10 the Legislatures
Eaf the several States the remedy for, existing
evils, which the Constitution has itself provided
for It's own preservation. r.. go. -
/ The President proposes that his explanatory
amendment TO the Consultation be adopted by
! Congress for the final setllensni Of the tfne
construction OF the Constitution in three social
lpSi1lBs an express TeeosnitiOh Of the. right Of