The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-21

kentucky, Tie tinted States exist no long
IA "A political association The Consti,u.
ton by which the Union was created and
wlthout which 1t cannot exist, Is gone forever
It has been rent into "a thousand fragments.
It's pro, issous can no more be carried out than
can the Constitution of DRAco, or the Laws
OF the Twelve Tables BY the Withdrawal of
twelve States, parties 10 the compact 10y wiheh
II was created has come to AN end HE
war wasvd nron Ms ihegef"re, Is no civli wa !;
IL Is awar waged by one nation upon an-
other The object of the Que Is conquest; the
object of tue other Is defence Les us follow
th.. argument Of Mr. BRkcKiSRiDoE, and see
ii It Is mol conclusive.
When 1t becone, lnlpo ssible TO execute the
=; pulalious OF a contract, that contract ceases
40 exit. No conri upon earth VIII decide that
,'leh stipaiasIous satd be carried oat. Now
sl.e Consultation oi tDe old United States r.
I3lEod lha. there siiuHi.i DC tNo Senate Is anu
40 hep3 escnta;ives from eacn State ie
nbvlous that tis stlph ion cannot be carrie /
lut, iur ,weIve OF ,he States have alEead, Left
'ite nion, AMI there 10 nobody IL represent
4, enc, either iii he Senate or the House. /
rsVilTes tnat daiIes 50 Il he nitornl t;f siJur
,.e o,ates but III twelve OF tie States no du
;es can be cotec-ed l. gives To Congress th 9
goNer Of regaia in5 commerce between d .
,e,eIsd States. l. Is plain that CougIess
tne..niuy the CID Cun&ress-cannot re1uiatu
.omlnerce between nyiaia and North Caro-
ma or between Georgia AMI Mass.lc lu>etrs, "a
oeiweeu any of the Yankee States aud amy q.
.le STATES OF the CDnie'!eracy, ar between an
so meInbers of the latter. Tae Cons,ltu,iOH
pg.scr,cs one unilorm rule Of bankruptcy anc
i na.u,aljz alon, and give, 10 Congress TIL
iou.r TO iiA that rule. Congress, at present
rainoi do IL. Congress had power IL establIs
Ost-otices and postroues. !; has no longer q,
power IN twelve States of tie old tI.iou. Tn
Constitution requires all the States 10 appoiu.
,ectuIs for President and ' ice-pIeeidt mt, sno
makes !. majority OF: such electors necessary
. choice Now, Is more than oEe-thitd &
lie States will not appoint electors. there can
,e no election by the people Nor can there b,
.ny election by the House Of Representatives,
or the Constitution requires that two thirds o;
he States shall be represented i'll that body
which at present Is simply impossible, The
Constitution requires that three fourths of I'll,
states shall concur in any amendment of III,
Constitution But more than one third Of the
States have already withdrawn, SO that no
future amendment can lie made.
Here we have the whole truth in mt
.helI The withdrawal of twelve States
whose active co operation is necessary 10 car
~ out the stipalations Of the Constitution,
las rendered it Impossible to comply with tie
proyisi,ns Of that instrument j. is therefor.
absolutely void, and OF TO effect. accordn.
, principle of law common to every cod
s.at ever had existence among men. Even j.
very State had still continued in the Uhiou-
ven if every State how sent It's Representa-
ives and Seurtors 10 Congress--even if
;.s still possible 10 elect President accoro
lag 80 the powers of the Constitution-stll tina
Constitution would he no longer III exia,
nee. Ii has been overthrown by LINCOLN
imself and by the Congress under whose insi =
l.ti,u he acfs. lie has destroyed every safe
nard which it provided for public liberty
Fhe Constitution divided the Government int
three d-p9.itInents-Le@i>l ative. Judicial ana
,xecnfve-and defined their 5evert limit,
with the greatest partieuAlrity LtNCoLS kas
i~urped all the powers thus separated and de
lined, and has united them all in his own per
son. He IL, at this moment, as absolute a
ALExa>pFR II or N,PoLEos Ill He arrest
4ny person lie thinks proper, without a judi,
cial warrant. although by the ConsiitutioD
such warrant is rendered absolutely necessary.
He has set aside The writ Of A0be9s corpna
We great bulwark of liberty, in order 10 de
rive al persons, whoa he may think prone
% incarcerate, Of their right to be heard IL
tleir own defence, TIE victims of histvranny
are thrown into dungeons without KNOWN.
WHY thew were arrested and there thew STAY
IS long as he thinks proper to detaiu them
The Constitution gives Congress the power t
declare martial law within limited space. for
4 limited time. and nnder certain pecnliar cir
cumstsrcea. LIscoLN not only declares mar
tel law timaalf without the advice or consen
If CONGRESS hut he confers mon every ON
# his Generals tie mower TO declare it With q
Re district in which he commands Armirc
limself with these tremendous powers tins
,,enrned and proclaiming thai the State. have
10 ,iph'a hut srch &c they derive from t'c
General Government he does not hesitate e
i,nnrison every member of a State Legislature
who nav think II ! is dn'v 70 criticise Nis acts
or WHOM, he even srarects Of An Intention 70
vote in favor Of reasuses which are no.
accountable nj Washington.
This ia rhe tyranny against which the Sonth
ern peonfe have taken m arms, and whic'
they will resist AS long as there is man .
gun dollar in the South l. is for resist
ing this tyranny that thev are called rehels nv
the tame slaves that live on the other side ot
the pntom nc We glory IN the name II i,
slwavs the reproach which rnera cast upon
those whom their TYRANNY drives TO resistance
II was the title which NoRTH and his Gov
eminent bestowed upon WAsHISGToS and
FKANKIIN, and the very fact of its having
been borne by them renders it sacred in the
ewes of all men who really love freedom. We
would not willingly lie called anything else
And yet it is riaiculousiy inappropriate
Against whom are We rebels Not against
the United States Government for that no
longer exists Weare rebels, it seems ayains.
the Yankee Na'ion-that nation whose mas.
tiers we alway. have been and always will be-
who are our shoenakers our tailors, and
our workers of all work. We shall hear next
OF the gentlemen Of the South rebeIling against
their negroes.
RUSSELL, or THE TIMFs-The letters OF
the correspondent of the London Times un-
doub,edly fall below the mark, intellectually
which had been anticipated. His correspon.
dence from the Criu,ea and from India was
interesting and instructive; but we have never
seen one letter from America that sustained
his previous reputation. He has shown some