Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-10-11

sbonld be done, and we are happy 10 'ha
that he occupies precisely tho position we have
,s,rn,ea in reference to q revolution. Here
;s what he says, in letter to mass meeting
in Knoxville, in 1866
oIt may be asked, in what does the safety
- our country consist ] answer IN tic
,reocrratfon Of the Union IL EVERY AS
prcr, IN WHICH AN ABLE TO VIEW THE SUR
,rcr | REGARD TIE DISSOLUTION OF THE
TStoN AS TIE DIREsT CALAMITY WHICH CAN
nrFALL THE PEoPLE-THE PEOPLE or THE
SouTu As WE'LL AS OF THE NORTH. Ii is fash
ionable to state some exceptions to the gener-
al truth. am prepared to state none, NTH
in he range Of probable erents. Iadnnt the
POSSIBLE occurrence of a sttte Of things IN The
operation ofhe Federal Government, rhich
would be greater erH Than tie destruction Of
The Union 4 glariag tWanny-an oPpres-
sire and persistent riolotion Of plain and I'M
question constitutional obligations, on similar
disregard Of constitutional limitation, IN The
practice ofMe minority on subjects Of ritol m
terest tofis minority, iconld be rirtnm afro
cation Of the bonds of union and justly a re-
sort 10 revolutionary remedies.-l use the terms
rerolpti0nary remedies in reference to the pos
sible oppres ;ions of majority, in welding the
Legislative and Executive powers OF the Gov
eminent because have no faith in the po-
itical netaphsyics Of those who seek to estab-
lisl n pcacable mode Of breaking up the I'm
ion Ly delucing from the Constitution a
y,;,It Of secession from, The States. 4 regard
sHcb a doctrine is equally unsound, detusire
nn9 mischierous. Delustre, because il can
5nrs no eficisncyin preventing cirH icar; and
misc5i.rous. because il tends 10 mislead and
s,duee the people ofd State into revolutionary
measure for insufficient cause, under the .f,ase
idea Of immunity from Me'ordind'y hazard p
reroH against an established dorrnment."
But this new editor of the Bulletin is either
too ignorant to comprehend the meaning of
words, Or so wilfnlly perverse as 10 misrc-
present them and with such man it is folly
to hold controversy. lie says that we
council If the South should secelc. that she
he whipped into the Union. Now we coun-
ciIled 10 such thing, and no man of ordinary
intelligence would impute such council to us
from reading our article. We said emphatic
ally that wo were to fight for our rights in
the Union, and not surrender our rights, like
towards, TO any tyrant who might usurp
them Is tia counciling to whip the South
to make her stay in the Union? We confess
tia. the perversions of the editor Of the Bull
letin are such ns to incline us to believe that
he ni.rcprescnts from tile want Of a capacity
to comprehend, and we confess, willie we be-
licvo we can make clear and uncquvocal
satcm 'nt4, it is lcyond our power to give
brains to comprehend them.
I'm conclusion we have to say, that having
been questioned hy the editor Of the Bulletin,
we thought it nothing more than fair that We
should also propound few questions to him,
and especially SO, as he most triumphantly
proclaimed his readiness and ehility to nn-
swcr any question that might be prop"unded
to him. In our last issue, therefore. we pro
posed to the editor the following qrestinus:-
Isl. If Abraham Lincoln should he elected
President Of the United States, will the South
ern States be justified in seeding from the
Union?
"a. If they Uhc Southern Stotes) secede
from tie TLion upon the Inauguration OF
Abraham Lincoln, before he commits an
ovort act against their Constitutional rights,
will you advise or vindicatc resistance by
force to their scccssion7
10 the first c gave prompt and unc-
Juiyocal answer, but at The second lac baked
badly and his answer was "if, "if.' Now
we dill not ask for off" we asked for an an
swor Any body can say "iT," hut as the
editor Of the Bulctin WAS such q striker for
categorical answers, we confess we were
greatly surprised at being put of with "ir."
The editor, however, shall have another OPP
portunity to answer, and if lie plcases let us
have a categorical answer, and then we may
be ready to propound few more of the sumo
sort until lie does this, as ii is his own choice
OF warfare. lie cannot expect Us 10 answc
anything he may have TO propose. Cate
gorcal answers then, Mr.. Bulletin, if You
pleasc. unt! To nlosr. "ic,""if," "if"
ELECTloH RETURNS We are indebted
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