Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-08-01

which uuderiiss this whole controversy.
Out of thai iiss. AMI one other idea, the /
-,r..sr, disastrous state o. thines has I
been brought mon thr country. The /
,ds, of social. political inequality among 4
the respective members of the Conivier 1
acv. underlies this YER ~ its very foun.
dation. We arr % teach them, hope. /
lesson of respsc, Tor the Norts we arr 4
70 teach them lesson OF equality. Claim.
inc Ia be the sanefiors OF no man or IA /
esction. sc claim 70 hc the PEER and e0nal /
ef,he prua.lcst mefaber 90 this Coniedsr- /
acy. and .hsresOeVer the troops Of the /
loyai State. have met the rebels in arms.
,hev have illustrated that lesson. 10 least /
"A Am,rican history. They have per.
formed prodieiss ct valor, which we're not
snrpas.sd IN the days Of Greek and Ro.
pan glory. ! IN proud Of this demon.
stra,ion OF public opinion and northern
rro~es.. Whatever else this war may
do, that one thHg Il Will do--it viii tensli
n lesson OF cquali,y for Thousand years;
nay, more. Il all add a thousand years 10
the glorious u stims Of this. che osly true
Republic upon the earth.
So much for these objections 70 what
Abe President Of the Omitted States has
done. But the closing ara unent AFTER all
and thar upon which the gcntlemin place
no.t stress. l.. that an effort was made
At the last session Of Congress TO give to
the Presiden this very power. and tina;
the Congress OF the United States refused
20 pas. this bill. That is true; and why
Because the vacant seats around We were
then filled by traitors, many Of whom are
how in arms against the Republic. For
that reason, and that alone, We failed TO
confer this power upon the President Of
she United States. DO not desire n be
Misunderstood in reference 10 the doctrine
of subiugation. First IL was coercion"
then "subiusation." Of which We heard
20 much. What is tho history OF this
term eoerciou7 Il occurs first in man
James Madison. the father Of the C5n.
stitution. in which be took the ground
that the right to coercc obedience TO all
the Federal laws WIS necessary 20 the very
existence Of the Constitution. There Is
where il first occurred. When Gen.
Washington invoked the authority Of the
Government tn Put down the shisky IN
surrection in Pennsylvania, did anybody
croak Of coercion or subiugatiOnl When
Gen. Jackson invoked, by his proclama-
ton, the same power TO crush ut.treason
in South Carolina. did anybody hear OF
this "odious doctrine Of coercion ?"
When !; was necessary to call for the
power Of the Army and Navy TO arrest a
fugitive slave in Boston, aid anybody talk
about coercion7 70 sir. The power 20
coerce Il the power 70 entorc.
obedience. A Government without II j.
mockery. No Government can exist
without the power 20
enforce obedience 70 its Avs snd DEGREES.
II il Of the very essence Of all govern
rnsnt that the power 10 coerce the dis
obedient and rsbelious should exist and
should be recognized.
But the cetleman saws he is glad tina;
the people have their attention now d.
rected 10 the true posture of American
politics. am glad that the people have
their ewes turned in the same direction.
In the last sixty days, four hundred thou
sand troops have volunteered 10 defend
the stars and stripes and 20 defend the
Constitution. There Is no parallel in all
humai history 70 the wide spread enthu-
siasm which has pervaded the whole poo
pie. The nearest parallel ia when Peter
the Hermit preached a crusade for the re-
csvery of the Holy Sepulchre; and our
cause is little less sacred than that for the
recovery of the grave Of the Savior OF
mankind, for We propose crusade in dc
fence Of the Constitution. the rights of
man. and the liberties of the American
people.
Understand hy coercion a right to
march troops wheresoever the Govern.
ment desires TO march them. You here
much said about the invasion of a soyer-
eign State. Who can invade State
The home Government or foreign Gov
ernmen,1 Virginia is TO-DAY as much a
part Of the United States as indiana. and
the President has as much right to march
troops there, and | hope il now engaged
in marching troOns there for the purDos,
OF crushing out rebellion. Let u stanc
BY the compromises Of the Constitution
Let US hereafter send al our pacif,
messages to traitors at the mouth Of III,
cannon. Let the politicians reflect hon
estly the will Of the people, and your vol
unteer soldiers will crush out this rebel
lion without leaders ami without officers
They have determined TO do this yer
thing.
But gentlemen say how from the ruins
will YOU reconstruct the Rupublicl w
DO not contemplate any destruction of tn
Republic which involves a reconstruction
We intend 10 protect the Union men Q
the border Sta.es, 10 foster the Cnio
sentiments. to Get up a counter revolu
ton, which will lay all secession an
treason In ruins That = Wiz. No ~