Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-17

y 9NSs us ulSn ana solemn rs those which
bind the Stat u tile General Govern
Uncut. By ssul,-seetion fifteen of See
ton VIII. if the tiIs: ariilp of tue
Constitution Of the Unitea States. the
GeAeTal Government is bound 10 provide
Tor c'liiuG ivrih the niiitin tOextrute the
laws Ut tlit uulOn, suppress inSurrevtiOus
nnu rrpel FuN1SiOns. The hNst power here
ITO execute the laws OF lliv Uttt,.d Stales''
may tie To enforce II judgment heiween two
or mOre StIlrs, and 10 enforce the rights
iGfthe we.lk. uuder tue ihir,l article of
the Constitution OF the unitcd States, ii
n"y bt ami is It's duty To suppress amy i'll
suTFecti0n nEainst the Constitution and
i"wsfot tue Stntc, committed by It's own
citiEen-, or IT'S SLAVES, Hn,I It Is its duty TO
rrPet my invasion vi Que StutS whether
Us q fofSig!l ltiUp or Siittzeas Of unothyr
State, nud this whether they 3c0me in to
illt !ap luSurrectiou or ptherwise. These
are constitutional obligations on the 4su-
sral G,,vvrnment and t0, he exercised hy. i.
faIr y aud tlllE, torithe protection nnd dee
tgnsesot 1hs SSlatSs IN Their sovereign Ga
pasffy THIS dtfy IS mnde more explicit
1n'l special ia It's application by ihe fourth
section tf the fourth article which hpruvidSS
that 1.-THE United States shall guarantee to-
any State iu,tliis GuiUnA republican form
Vt government, aud shall protect each If
I tlicn uRltiust invnSiun; itud Uu upp irnIiOr,
OF the Executive Lwhvn the Legislature
E"nOt he rUuveutdl against llumeStiu vio-
!sMce IS not ucveSsAry 10 make any
cr,tiTIl examination Uf this section in lux
tapUsitiOm the preceding section Vttu.
! tel To enquire under which Of TIC prpyfs-
inIiS the powers herein mentioned are Ia b1
exercised. II is clear TINT the uuti.s Of
the General Government are tn iutrrpOsr
! hy all its UaiTps and force to maintain the
Iintegrity oi the State, aud To prevent. the
supremacy Of nn iusutrerliuntry spirit,
ani rrpel any f0rre which may proceed
from surrounding Sldtes to aid iltinsuIrec-
ton.
Butthe obligation of the general Gov
erutiieht dues no; stop here By tile third
SectiOn of tile f.urlh article. 1t is pro sided
: that New. States may lie. admitted by the
Congress. inI" this Uninu; bat no nsIg Sue
ShVH 6e .formsd or erected aciLhin he jWrIs-
dictioR Of any other STATE: nur any Stnte he
tUrlned 10y the Junction of two ur more
SnttrS, or parts OF Stnles, WithoWt tie con-
hssat 0f tAe Aryistuturts Of HE SUITES con-
ccrned, ns we'll AIS of Ihr Cumgrpss:H Irrc
Is the obligation OF the general Gnycrll-
uIent tn suppress insurrerIiun: To prevent
hy force or any 0llter uhumrr tl,in that
provided for lly the Constitution The iiivis-
lou ri State. This Is obligatory 0n that
/ G"rerninrmti the St,te5nmy do wr.ns; it
tnitJ- pass unwisr laws; il may pass UurUn-
stttnti0nal laws; fer these latter Z, r..mg.ly
hns bern provided, and tIfit rpmiedy is
I fonnti in tile ,iUualrrquircincuIs. AL
read rited; pud nrltLrr TO Is nor r.tsI,nrss
on The pMrt of tile State. ntsnlyrs the
general Government fr0m its duties. IL.
must regard the COnstitntion, nrIl.tw and
order, nnd 9H Consultations are sci ut dc.
ianre. ts5 -
Bnt in The present unhappy conditioner
ntElirs. The grncral GtIrerurnent- riniIus To
ibe infthe mOst solemn discharge fits cou.
stituliOnM luuctiOns, aud this from lite
/ tltlre,ssi iYs@f us own self prpservntiap. II
wuuld then he inll.iciuuS reasonable ami
ihe most gaisty ambition on the part of
our rn,rr> lU permit. much dogs to- nIil in
lhe division of the Stale lay lawleSs aud
iNsurrerliOnlTy mOVenIrnIs---tO break the
! Constitution to save ihS Constitution.
An Hrmed tnrcr on the suil- -or Virginia.
OF lis own citizens moving towards such
! purpose wUnld be IrRitnrs tIYirGilia. An
armed force from nuuthcr Stitte aiding il.
surh lnnSumcWl, would be tr.it0ss
against the General Gnveriimtnt; il wuul,l
De irncIiring a change in the lurm aud
Internal regulation Of the Government
lay viniencH, which the Consultation saws
4
the States aud 0f,COngress.
1t Is the rtlI,ory OF the g lvernmept: :. IN
Is the express Htt,i nyOwed prinfiple uF nr-
ti0ni on the part Uf the Administration.
that secessionis illegal, unconstitutional
AMI Void If IUti, the Ntt is of none IF.
feet, hutl. ilhe State is still within the
Unioli: 1t is nniy those imlividuhl itizrus
WIN are luIyi ig war against tht Uninn. or
adhertng t.HtllPm.nRh giving them mid and
cnint"rt, who nre 6bnUxiOtis tJ its i,r,nisl,.
iiletltS. The State, as STATE, caunnt
krnlminit treason; It's individuals may. bUt
the Constitution uf the SIdlt- remains its
laws remnin, aud the relations Or the riti-
zrntO tue State rrrpatn. Because the
State passes mn HncnmsiiiniiOtal Inv, or
acts nucOnstituti0nally byanv buIy nro.
perty and lawfully constituted. or n n,,,-
-jOrity of the State shali so urI. the xov-r.
eighty at the S'nte is not destroyed the
t,llesinnce- OF the citizen is nut IlbsnivrJ.
IL was never contemplated that the upul,li.
slinhld he without constitution anti laws
From this view nf our constitutional
rights and obligations. resting ns well ON
tue :SeheraI Government as an the inJi
vidn;tiS in the States, yUu cnn n'W readily
trstw the inference OF what will be uiy
construction Of the Hw Ia SANE of the
ci'srS which mHy-arise in this forum, Thi5
4 Court hat no authority tOypnnEsI trersnn.
against tie UuiOh, Tint can nmly lie en-.
Infred Of in the Guurts IF the United
States. Bot IL Il ritiztn of the Staie, nr
any Individual, il placed nj H.. h!ir If this
Court, for siding in the raitthi.ihnre of.
the Constitution uf the United StateS and
the laws mHdS in pHrsunnre thereof, or 10
carry pGt the prnrisions of any tr..lty dnIv
male by the Geatrat Government. uD.l
eltll DO any act in vir;ac tlGr.ct. AMI nm
der authority of the Genrrnl Government.
and bring properly authorized hy it TO ti.,,
the itr:. shall hhId thai he is Ariiny in
virlhe of the supreme law of the lnn.l. lf
acting untler s,it,li authority, and in the
manner prescrihetl, any vitiz ms of ths