The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-12

like the good old one penned by Jefferson,
they omit the words, call men are created
equal" Why?
They have adopted a temporary National
Constitution, in the preamble of which, I'M
like our good old one, signed by Washington,
they omit "we the people," and substitute
"all the deputies of the sovereign and INDIE
pendant States" Why? Why this DELHI
crate pressing out of view the rights of man
and the authority of the people?
This is essentially a peoples contest on the
side OF the Union. IL is struggle for MAIN
tanning before the world that form and sub
stance of government whose leading object is
To elevate the condition of men; to lift arti.
fetal weights from all shoulders; TO clear
the paths of laudable pursuit for all to af-
ford all an unfettercd start and u fair chance
in the race Of life. Yielding to partial and
temporary departures, irUm necessity, this Is
the leading object OF the Government Tor
whose existance we contend. ] am most
happy to believe that the plain people under
stand and appreciate this.
LOYALTY on UNITED STATES SOLDIERS AND sEA-
MEN.
1t Is worthy Of note that while in this, the
Governments hour Of trial, large numbers
of those in the army and navy who have been
favored with the Offices, have resigned and
proved false to the hands which had pimper-
ed them, not one common soldier or common
sailor is known to have left his flag. Great
honor is due To those officers who remain
ed true despite the example OF their treach-
erous associates, but the greatest honor and
most important fact of all is the unanimous
fidelity of the common soldiers to the last
man. So far as known they have success
fully resisted the traitOrOus Ofler OF those
whose commands hut an hour before they
Obeyed as absolute law. This is the patri-
otto instinct of plain people. They under
stand without an argument that the destroy
ing of the government, which was made by
Washington, means no good to them.
SUCCESS OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
Our popular Government has been called
an experiment. Two points in it our people
have already settled. The establishing and
the successful administering OF it. One still
remains. Its successful maintenance against
a formidable internal attempt to overthrow
il. Ii is now for them TO demonstrate to the
world that those who can fairly carry an
election can also suppress o rebellion; that
ballots are the rightiul and peaceful success
Ors of ballots. and that when ballots have
fairly and cOnstitutionally decided there can
be no successful appeal back to ballot; that
there can be no successful appeal except
TO ballots themselves at succeeding elections.
Such will be great lesson of peace; that
what they cannot take by an election neither
can they take it by war; teaching all the
folly OF beginning a war.
FUTURE Foley OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Lest there be some uneaseincss in the minds
Of candid men us To what is to be the course
of the Government toward the Southern Sta
ties after the rebellion shall have been sup
pressed, the Executive deems il proper to say
il will be his purpose then rs ever 10 be
guided by the Constitution and the laws, and
that he will probably have no different UNI
Outstanding of the powers and duties OF the
Federal Government relatively to the rights
OF the States and the people under the Con-
stitution than that expressed in the inaug-
ural address.
He desires to preserve the Government that
il may be administered by the men who made
it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the right
to claim this of their government, and the
government has no right to Withhold or nc
glcct it. Ii is not perceived that in giving it
there is any coercion, any conquest. or any
subjugation, in any just sensc'of these terms.
The Constitution provides, and all the
States have accepted the provision, that the
United States shall guaranty to every State
in this Union republican form OF govern
ment. But il State may lawfully so out
of the Union. having done 40 it may also
discard the republican form of government.
So that to prevent its going out is an indis-
pensiblc means to the end of maintaining the
guaranty mentioned, and when an end is
lawful and obligatory the indispensable
means to it are also lawful and obligatory.
TIE DUTY OF the EXECUTIVE.