The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-11-13

unaue Dy tn0Se WHO nave become tnOrOuSnl
disgusted with the fuss which this petl
> liant little State is continually creatin!
= Even the most conservative men of bot
sections of the Union are now becomiu
convinced that all the hubbub which ha
been raised about Northern aggressions,
invasion of Southern rights" Ga desir
to free the slaves, has been mere subter
tuge, through the nstrumentality ot whicI
= cunning and traitorous politicians expect t.
break up the Union of States, and plac
themselves at the bead of some OF th
broken fragments. Knowing, so long as thu
government remains unit they can nevei
obtain tie positions to which, in theil
mad ambition, they aspire, they desire
TO break up the government and place
themselves in command of the various
pieces. They prefer to be known as infa-
nous than not to be known at nil. They
would rather command and suffer in hell,
than to obey and be blest in heaven. But
while large majority of the people North
and South are perfectly willing that South
/ Carolina shall take her portion of the estate
and wander off into q strange land, where
/ she may spend her substance, if she chooses,
| in riotous living ; convinced, rs they are,
that like prodigIl daughter, she will soon
come to her senses, and returning, ask to be
once more admitted into the family, though
it be as one of the servants; while, we say.
many are perfectly willing to get rid of the
quarrelsome little sister in this way, can
it be done ?
This question naturally calls up the old
controversy, which, it was supposed at the
time, Websters massive logic had settled
forever. It was then considered as estab-
lished that our Union was not compact of
States but union of the people +; that our
constitution was not articles of copartner-
ship entered into by the several States, to
be dissolved so soon as one of the parties
became tired of the arrangement, but u
constitution in the full meaning of the
term the establishment ct a form of gov
ernment, not by the people of the States, but
by tue people of the United States. This,
as the Vicks burg Wing ably states it, is
evidentfrom the instrument itself which says,
" We, the people of the United States, do
ordain and establish this Constitution for
the United States of America" The States,
as States, had nothing to do with it. This
is further evident from another clause of the
same instrument, which declares that d" this
Constitution and the laws of the United
States made in pursuance OF it, and all trea-
ties made or which shall be made uhder the
authority OF the United States shall be the
supreme law of the land, and the judges in
every State shall be bound thereby, any
thing in the constitution or laws of any
State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Every foreigner who has taken ont his
naturalization papers, by looking at them,
will find he has sworn to support the CON
stitution of the United States, not of any
particular State. The Constitution further
provides for amendments which shall become
parts of the Constitution when ratified by
three -fourths Of the States. One state may
object to proposed amendment, but her OBJ !
lection avails nothing if three-tourths of the
States favor it.
If the constitution were a compact en-
tered into by the several States, the ohec- /
ton offs single State to proposed amend
ment would he sufficient to insure its rejec- |
ton
-Peaceable secession is out of the question.
IfSouth Carolina insists on taking the course
some of her leading men are urging her to
pursue, the result will be revolution-not
secession.
As it is impossible, from the nature Of our
government, to permit the little State to
leave rs, what is to be done? Our stock Of
quieting sugar plums, in the shape Of COM
promises, is about exhausted, and the fret
ful child is as insubordinate as ever. The
continual uproar in which Sine keeps the
household, with her mad fits, is fast ex-
hausting the patience of all its members
some of whom are already intimating that
forbearance is no longer virtue, and the
neglect of SolomOn's wholesome advice
"spare the rod and spoil the child, is
producing its evil consequences. As
chastisements, however, are never produc-
tive of lasting good, when the party re-
ceiving and the one administering it are
both in a high state of excitement; as one
of the family, we suggest that things re-
main as they are are until we all cool down
a little, when, if the little rebel still remains
insubordinate, a well-administered spanking
may be productive of good
IMrRovEMENT.-The paving of Main street
between the Canal and Eighth street was
greatly needed, and promises to be one OF
the most substantial improvements made