St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-14

test against the progress III tvrsuuy.
On my return to Kentucky. at the clos,
''f the late special session of Congress. i
WAS my purpose Immediately to resign th'
tsfficc %! Senator The verbal and WRITER
rensonstrances Of many friends in different
parts # the State induced me to r".tpnn,
III" xecu,ion of my purpose, hut the tim,
hxs arrived to carry it into effect, and &C
,ordinely l now hereby return the tru>
into Your hands.
AID in this connection since the Gov
crnment at Washington has thrown drag
net over the whole surface Of society, tc
collect proof against individuals of connec.
taon with the Government Of the Cnnfed..
rate States. and since a portion of til,
Northern press has charged. that certain
private correspondence. recently seized a
Philadelphia BY the Federal authorities
will convict u,c Of political crimes, deem
it due to you and 10 myself t" declare that
| have not done or said anything iucouSi>
tent with the relations | have borne {" I'll,
State, and TO the Federal Government. Ol
which coald reflect a stain upon the com
mission which now surrender.
10 not resign Lecs .,>e think | hav,
nisr"presented you. On the contrary.
believe that my Votes and speeches in n
Senate have expressed your deliberate viii
AZ attes,cd through the ballot-h"x. re-
sign because there is no Place ,r;r W here d
Southern Senator ma III in council with
che Sena;rrs of til. North. IN truth
r:-re is ~ longer S,nAtc o: the ni:ei
States within thr meaning aid spirit OF
he Constitution.
The United States no longer exists
The Union Is di>>olrci For q t;m" nj
ter the withdrawal Of the Southern State
aka w:.llc there was hip" that the
rupture might be h"a!,d. it might be
assumed tia: the Union WIS not UT ii.-
; solved. and such vas the POSITION OF
! kentucky in declaring her neutrality
ari Offering her mcdi:,i"n between til,
c"niendin1 parties. Bat time has now
elapsed. and mighty events have occur
red, which bal.i>h fraH. he u.tu,,s OF rc;.-
sonab,c men all expectation Of r"~t ring
the Union. Coercion has been tr!''! AMI
! has failri. The South has mustered in
the fell nearly as ma"y con11"tnntS as
| the North. and has been t:,r more vie
torous. The fields Of Nanna>.as ami
Bethel, of Springfield AMI |. xinston,
! have worked with terrible AMI san
/ Culinary line the division between the
{ old ord r of things and the NV.
1t is the right of k"n'uc%y and he's
peculiar duty to recognize the" grra;
facts aud to act OF them The ."aSti-
! tu,inual compact which created all up
| held the old Union is at "a cal, \
largc number of the original AMI adj
di'ional parties have Withdrawn foam il
So large Il number that it's Stipu aiioll>
en-, no longer =. executed, and undc'
such circumstances no court has ever
decided a contract to bc binding between
the remaining parties, or attempted t"
enforce i's execution. Tha Constitution
requires positively that each State shall
! have at least one rc"resen.c.ivc in Con
crrss. tut nov twelve States have none;
, .h:.. each State shall have two Senate, :.
bu. nov twelve States have none: tha,
) I'll duties, impns,s and excuses shall be-
nnifnrm throughout the C::;tel States.
hu- now in more than onc-'hiri of them
none are or can be collected. Commerce.
cannot be regulated between the r->pcc-
tive States Uniform rules OF naturali-
zation and bankruptcy cannot be adopt
ed Post-ofFicrs and p"st-roads, in near
" half The States have been given up
and preference is given I" the ports of
one State over those of another. Even
4 b,e
impossible The Constitution is manila
! tory on all the States to appoint cleo
tors. ami requires ma nriry Of thu lat
! ter to csect but more :han "ne-th!r'!
If the States refuse TO appoint. and
hence ND election can he made by the
people. If the election goes to ,hr
House # Representative, the Cons'iiu-
ton requires that at least tw"-thirls Of
tbs States shall be rrprcs .nsed in that
body. The Constitution can no longer
, be amended: for i, rr,i;t'rrs three
cou.tas Of the States to concur. and
more I'll IN one-tiird Of the States have
withdrawn from the Conf.icracy. Al
the safeguards provided for hy the State,
in the instrument. still further to secure
pIDiic anu personal Hpcs'J, nave oCci
DESTROYED The three departments nj
the Federal government which wcr:
carefully separated and their bounlaric:
defined, have been merged into one
and the President, sustained by grca
army, ~iells unlimi,ed power.
The exemption Of persons from arrest
without judicial warrant, the right Of /:
citizen to have his body brought bctnr.
n judge to determine the legality of hi.
imprisonment. the security provide,
against searches and seizure withou
warrant or law, the sanctity of the home
the trial by jury. the freedom Of spccci
and Of the prcss--;I,ese and every "thc
precious right which our fathers suppos
cd they had locked up in the Con,itu
ton have been torn from it and buried
beneath the heel Of military power
The States made the Constitution, place.
rigid boundaries around that Govern
nlen,, and expressly reserved to she"
selves all powers not delegated. The.
did no. delegate to III" Federal Govern
: nicnt the power TO destroy thcm-ye