Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-29

l---E ENNhSttAAAAlug ~ u6 NEleQ- upon IN the
States and dtncOrporaiettin Tint instrument,
and the 4tlI OF Marchs is passed. and ve
Ethonghtwe would not stay under Lincoln's
ADMINISTRATION .h1f5 5,Iu,fl as
DO you suppose the people would accept
and approve your report, dndratify that
/ ordinance of secession - No, they tsomld
tstt you that you had not acted I5DoR the hiqh
and patriotic p Otiey pursued Iy your fdfhsTS.
I Our fathers did not End that aagreat con-
sutuliOnai government could be built up
In dRy. The fathers Of the republic de-
pended on patient persevering, honest, pa.
ibtriotic laborlt0 the last and with Gods
blessing upon these laburs, sRccess crown
ed their endeaVors! 54 ea
ltell you that ourpeOple will require n
illke!houestand faithful effort--persistent,
'hs1iduous effort. Make up and present to
ithepeople the issue, whether the Union is
to be diSsolved,sif the heguarantees proposed
can ho obtainedJ and one mighty negative
4 Wopi1 be heard throughout the Common
4 woatth. These guarantees can and will
be obtniuedl and let the politicians say as
they please Of them, they are ample, and
cover every point of controversy. = 1a5
But We are toldthat something mustlbe
done immediately-that we have Il new ad-
tmtnistration--wc don't know what mis-
chief that administration may peUpetuate
'AAASt AE9uuA0 UuE OINElu0l
air. President, Iconfess, for one, that,
as Virginian, Rni uot'williug TO see her
driven and impelled into anyC0urse, which
otherwise sue ought not to take, by fear
OF nnY man or any set of men. She is not
i to beldragooned, either by fear ofthe Fed,
\ l'eFal GoyeFn@ent. or affecti6n for the con-
I federated States.
We are asked five are willing to sub
nit to! Mr.. Lincoln. We submit to the
Constitution and tue law, but not to tyr
annyAnd Oppression-whent these come we
I shall be ready for rebellion and revolution
But Mr.. Lsncoln Is the submissonist, not
Eus. He is at this moment submitting to
the noble position taken by the border
| states. He ts submitting TO the exigen-
cies of his own position.
have nothing to say of the inaugural
! Address, whichuhas heeu so much COM
mented ON. Ny conrse cnnnoU be govern
4 ell by any expression Of opinion, or any
programme of measures, which must de-
I fpcndfor their execution onlthe question OF
.Practicability, and must vary with the cir
tcumstauces of the hour. shall he but
little moved by newspaper paragraphs or
telegraphic dispatches, those swift-winucd
messengers Of sensation and alarm. /
think VIC should act cody and calmly, and
only upon full information offthe faGts, on
which our action is 10 bepredicated.
We are to be alarmed BY tile declaration
of the President that it is his duty 20 hold,
possess and occupy the forts, That means
4 war. il is said. 'ei -tia -5zs n
Why, Mr.. President, think TINT we
fought to judge of every one by rules of
common sense and by the rnles of human
\ Experience, by the same modes of consid-
Grafton that we judge of ourselves Why
.i,sl'aiild 1Fa SoRRtrue this into ths ahno1nce-
f'meHt OF a purpose TO re-take forts which
have been captured by the seeded States,
or any of them, and are now in their pos
session. In tho first place, there is no
cause for retaining them. They are not
inceded for purposes of national defence nj
all, because they are in States that have
/ seeded There is, therefore, no necessity
for re-taking them. There is no motive 10
impel the administration to resort to force
which! will bring on conflict between
| those seeded States and the General Gov
ernment' Then, again, he has no means
of re-taking them evenif Ire desired. He
eau only re-take them by n force which he
has not the power to raisc. He has only
tine little standing army belonging to the
country, thatis scattered over your entire
frontier, West and Southwest, and utterly
incapable of tnking these fortified places
] - -''N'4t SeAe u AuS nAuIs pL tue
seeded States. .f..-.r
! Well, now ms to the collection of the
revenue. am not aware of the existence
! OF any law whatever that authorizes the
collection OF tie revenue for the purposes
Of the Government anywhere, except Mt
the custom house, and in the ports of
entry. We all know that in General Jack
sons time il was found necessary to cunct
y law for the purpose of comforting this
power. We know that that law by It's own
terms expired in two ,yenrs after the ne
riOd of its enactment, Ne know that
\ during the session of this lust Congress
there was bill pending to confer that
! power III the present instance. we know
itdid not pass and there WAS no progress
made towards its enactment after the arri-
val of the new President IN Washington.
| We know further, that Mr. Buchanan some
time ago nominated a gentleman from
Pennsylvania to act as collector of Gus.
toms at Charleston, and that that uomina-
ton was never acted upon by the Senate.
am then, MIR. President, warranted in
! saying thnt there is no legal tnstruuentaIi-
l.ty, atothis time, which enables tho Guv-
ternment TO collect revenue, except the law
of Congress authorizing its collection nj
tue custom houses in the ports of entry.
Tho idea nf collecting it outside the har.
| " ." - iiSH sup, even u thnt were
hn authorized lawful mode of collection. /
am convinced would be--especinlly when
connected With our warehousing s5stem-
utterly deficient aud imprIctitabIe. You
arc aware, Mr. President, that hinder tho
present warehousing system. goods can re-
main three years without re1nffiny the
duty to be paid upon them, unless they are
withdrawn. Where is the power to block
ado the port? Whytbepower to blockade
Is the power to declare war, and tile Presf.
dent Is not vested with the powerto de-
clare war. Hence, say, AIR. Lincoln has
NOS the ability, if he had the inclination,
TO constratnthc collection of revenue. with
out farther legislation by Congress.