Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-07-10

cesslon ports, while the lnSurrecllOhlsts an.
nounced q privlteering scheme on their part.
A call for three years troops, with large adj
ditiuns to the army aud navy, were measures
next yanture,l upon under the popular demand
and the public necessity, trusting to Congress
sion&i ratification.
Suon alter this, it was considered a duty to
authorize the Commanding General to sus-
pend the wr: OF huJeGs corpus wherever the
public safety required.
This was necessary to the execution oi the
laws The continuance OF the law made IN
such extreme tenderness and regard tor the
! citizens liberty practically, relieved more OF
the guilty than the innocent. TO state the
question more directly:-Are all the laws but
uHe to !,e unexccuted, and the Government
gu to pieces, lest one be violated? But 1t
Ha, believed that the suspension Of tue lia-
beas corpus" Act was not unconstitutional.
Forhearluce had been 80 extraordinary
an long continued, US to induce foreign ma
ti..ns To- shnne tleir action on the suppositlon
that an car.y ji>soiutoa Of the Enloia would
i ~. Ut. Tie ADMINISTRATION WAS much COLI
cc-ned about this, but is now happy 10 stale
that the sovereignty Of the Union is every
where respected; aa'; that sympathy with tue
! Government is cv;r,whete RESPECTED Through
out the world.
The Secretaries will give I'LL detailed intor-
nation, wkile the Executive and the Depart
ulents are ready TO supply any omissions ne
c,.SsGv to guide the deliberations OF Congress.
The Administration recommends the adup'
! .i,n Of such measures a. will MAKE the cn;t-
rc. short a.l decisive ;ha. you place III the
,.:,:,o al at tLy C;oyerr,u!ent at least 100000
g., and n1 milars ot money That nan-
/: :!cr Of me:, i about cnc.teath the a:a!ahic
men w! h;i. the wiling region, this; wealth lS
a!,nrt two thirds ;le %ea!th CT tnen who
s,,rla wiling % ;irvctc he w!o!r ri s'% !iii.
,irc.;l r!l!.c:ls ci .iri!acs-wEic': IL i'SS than
t:,;, ,!,.n! ;.; head i: he evolutionary !"pu'
) tl,:nn.
Surely the motive i. a. s,rong now as it
vas tuen and the result might be worth ten
j lines tue lumber Ct men, and ten times the
amount of money. Legislative sanction all
! Iha: is now necessary.
! The material for york is abundant the
.:ea.es. perp.xity With the Government be.
: ing to avoid RECEIVING men faster than We are
prepared to receive them. The people will
;Lan have Government, il the Government
will hut do its part of the duty.
While pcreertih!y, there is but little differ
cnce between secession and revolution, tho
! movers of the present troubles knew that hay
Could never raise their treason to respectable
F.! ,y by name implying The violation of The
/; | W. They could only advance indirectly.
In the teeth Of tie noble sentiments Of the
people, they commenced an invidinus perver
sion of public sentiment, invented i"genius
sophi>lns, which, il considered logically, things
+; G,llowe all incidents to the destruction oI
! Tie Union The Sopiism is the right to
legal, peaceful withdrawal FROM tue Union,
! without the consent Of the Union. Thus they
sugar.coated tie rebellion, while the public
! mind has been drugged during thirty years,
: and cOoi men are nov found in arms against
! Ike Government.
The gaphism derives currency from the as
, s,inp,lna ut same impot"nt supremacy per-
! aiming 10 States. States have leither more
rl:,r less than reserved p'wer-cvrry one OF
;l.em beng State of the Union. The ori-
.i"al ones passed into the Union before cas-
i;:s off their British Colonial dependence,
/ while the new ones came III from condition
~! dependence. Even during their temporary
! independence they were never Designated as
States. The words Sovereign State" are
rot in the Constitution, nor, as is believed, Iii
an7 State Constitution.
Isre follows an elaborate argument against
IL: right Of secession. lie then proceeds:
II is questioned whether the people o.; any
State except South Carolina, are not in favor
Z: .: the Union. The contrary has not been
demonstrated.
Oar adversaries have adopted some por-
items OF the d. claration OF Independence.
i'i.e words, "All men are created free and
ea!sln are omitted. Their Constitution, in
stead Of commencing with We, tie people,
has it. "We the Deputies Of the Sovereign
ami Independent State y
Why thus ignore the rights Of men-the
a;.thority Of the people? This is essentially
a ople's contest; and am happy to believe
;at the plain common people understand and
appreciate this. It is worthy of ncte that
w''iIe in tie Nations trials, several Of its
r.s;ccrs lave resigned, no common soldier or
.lilor has deserted his Gag.
1t remains to be demonstrated that those
w' u can fairly carry an election, can a!so re.
press rebclinn-that ballots or. the right
81 anal peaceful Successors of bullets; and
la: when ballots hayc fairly ami constitution
:.::y decided, there can benz successful appeal
a.c!k 10 bu!lcts-nU appeal except to Lal!uts
themselves at the succeeding election.
Snc!! will be the lesson taught-there will
i,.. nn pyace-teaching men that what tiiey
,annoi. take by an election they cannot take
ur war.
est there he uneasiaesS regarding the
,,nurse ina Government will pursue towards
5;;r Southern States after the suppression oi
;.c rebellion, it is rrnp=r 10 say here that the
:, .uiilistraton will DC guided hy tho CunS:i.
-. i'm and the laws The Executive desires
L, a,lnirSiel The tiovcrulnent Is it was al
+. a;s:er 4 ir the Gn er meEt makes. Loyal
:r-uns everywhere hsvea right to claim this
.>,r can there be perceived any coercion,
>,.Hicga l"a, or conqEering III these terms.
The Constitution guarantees to each State
a representatives form Of government. If a
State w;,hdraws, Congress may change this
fr.n - prevent lis cning out. This Is indS-
.rnA:,t.e TO maintaining the guarantees.
With the deepest regret ti:c Executive has
emrl,yed the war power for tie defence Of
..> t;nrernmcni bu; tits wss forced nnun
;,:r. lie crll bit perform: his duty, sr sur
ren?s Ike IDv,rnmen:.
i No comrrorisr in this case can cure tie
e1::-.-not that compromises are not often prop
o. but no p,pnlar Government can long sur
y:ye So marked precedent that thosc who
curry on elections Can ouy save the country
by giving up the main point upon which the
p-ople gave the election. The people them
s.!ves, not their servants, can revere The de.
cisipn as private citizens But'he Executive
ccail not cuusrnt that our institutions should
perish, mach less hetray 50 vast and sacred
ir'.st = free peop,e have cnitel in him.
!; H.: nad no noral right to shrink from, or
c.".rt the chances Of l.s ",yn life in what
ni:ht ioi!nw. In lull view Of his gre:., reSpou-
: .:h ltr. hr las done what be deemed to he
h.> dug. You will now, according to your
o~n Judgment, Go yours. lie hopes ,ha,