The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1860-12-12
A COUNTY, PA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER l2, 1860.

make anything but gold and silver coin
tender in payment of debts pass any bill
OF att ttainder, eX post facto law or law in
pairing !he obligation OF contracts More
over, without the consent OF Congress, no
State shall lay any impos;s or duties on any
/ imports or eXpons, except what may be
absolutely necessary .or executing lis In-
spection laws , aud, if they exceed this
amount, the excess shall belong 10 The
( United States
And no State shall, wilhou. the cocsent
! OF Congress lay any duty OF tonnage keep
troops, or ships of war, in time o; peace
enter into any agreement or compact with
another Stale, or with a foreign power or
engage IN war unless actually invaded or
/ in such imminent danger as will not admit
OF delay
| In order still further TO secure the uniuter.
rup,ed exercise OF these high powers against
/ State nterposiion, IL is provided that this
| Constitution aud the laws of the United
! States which shall be made in pursuance
thereof; and all treaties made, or which
shall be made, under the authority of the
/ United States, shall be the supreme law ot
/ The land; and the judges in every State
shall be bound thereby. anything in the
! Constitution or laws of any State 10 the con-
! trary Notwithstanding.
The solemn sanction OF religion has been
suPeradded to the obligations of official duty,
and all Senators and Representatives OF the
! United States, as members OF State legiSla-
lure, and all executive and judicial officers
! both Of the United States and Of the sew
! eral States, shalt be bound BY oath affir-
nation TO support this Constitution
In order to carry into effect these powers,
! the Constitution has established perfect
/ Government in all It's forms, Legislative,
! Executive and Judicial and this Govern
! rnent 10 the extent of lis powers, acts di
recty upon the individual citizens of every
! Stale, and executes its own DEGREES by the
agency of lis own officers.
In this respect il differs entirely from the
| Government under the old Confederation,
which was confined to making acquisitions
/ on the States Ia their sovereign cha aracter.-
| This left it iu the discretion of each whe her
( 10 obey or 10 refuse and they often declined
TO comply with such Tequsiious. 1t thus
| hecame necessary, for he purpose OF re-
! moving this barrier, and in order 10 form
more nerfect Union 10 establish Govern
! ment which would act uuvCriy upon tire
people, aud execute It's own laws without
the Intermediate agency of The States. This
has been accom- pshed by the Constitution
OF the Uued States.
In short the Government created by the
] Constitution, and deriving its authority from
the sovereign people OF each OF the several
I States, has precisely the same right 10 ex-
ercIse Its power over the people of all these
States IN the enumerated cases, that each
one ot them possesses over subjects not dele.
gated 10 the United States, but reserved 10
the States respectively, or 10 the people,
To the extent of the delegated powers
the Constitution OF the United States is as
much a part of tho constitution OF each
State, and is as binding upon lis people, as
though it had been textualy inserted there
IN.
This Government, therefore, is great
aud powerful Government, invested with
all the attributes of sovereignty over the
special subjects 10 which It's auIhHily eX
tends. Its trainers never intended 10 i'm
plant in its bosom the seeds of It's own de-
suuclicn. nor were they al is creation guilty
OF the absurdiiy of providing for its own
dissolution 1t mol intended by rs fra
rners TO be the baseless fabric of vision
which. al the touch of the euchanier, wenid
vanish into thin air, out a substantial and
mighty fabric capable OF resisting the SOW
decay of time and of defying the storms of
ages
Indeed, we'll may tne jealous patriots of
that day have ndulged fears that a govern
ment oi such high powers ght violate the
reserved rights OF the States, and wisely did
they adopt the rule of strict construction
of these powers to prevent the danger -
son 10 imagine, that the Constitution would
ever be so interpreted as 10 enable any
State, by her own aci, aud without the con-
sent OF her sister States, To discharge her
people from all or any OF their Federal OBJ
iigaioas.
1t may be asked then are the people of
the States without redress against the tyr
amy aud oppression of the Federal Gov
ernmeni! By no means The right of re-
sistance on the part of The governed against
the expressions OF their governments can
not be denied. II exists independently of
all constitutions, and has been exercised at
all periods of the worlds history. Under it
old governments have been destroyed, and
i new ones have taken their place IL is EN-.
bodied i'll strong and express language IN
our Declaration of Independence. But the
distinction must ever be observed that This
is revolution against an established Govern
ment and not Il voluntary secession from II
by vlriue OF an inherent constitutional right
In short, LEI rs look the dagger fairly in the
face. Secession is neither more nor less
than revolution. 1t may or it may not be
ustifiable revolution, but still it is reyolu-
ton
What, in the meantime, is the RESPONSE
bility and true position of The Executive
He is bound by solemn oath before God aud
the country 80 take care that the laws be
faithfully executed. and from this obligation
he cannot be absolved BY any human pow
er. Bu, what il the performance OF Tins
duty, in whole or in part, has been render
ed impracticabe by events over which he
could have exercised no contro! Such, ii
the present moment, is the case throughout
the Stale OF Soulh Carolina, so tar as the
laws OF the United States TO secure the ad-
minisrat'on of Justice by means OF the
Federal Judiciary are concerned Ali the
Federal officers within lis limits, through
whose agency alone those laws can be car
ried inio execution, have already resigned
We no longer have district Judge,