The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-18
THE NEW YORK SUN.
zHuRsDAY MORNING. JULY IS, 1861.
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TIA Pssch q Ne BsroKrrRrDos In tb'
Uritse s.ssss S,ra's, on Tuesday. confirms 'h'
pvsiops general opiuion that all his symPs
,h,-s are With those who have tsk'n up arms
sesi.st The Govcrumsnt o. The United Safes
% dsssry L. Mr.. BsroKnrIros had not
>rcrd 10 uttsr IN conAsmnstion u the osnss'sss
trs~sc. and high -benA.i acts Of Paeiie robbery
ana psr~,naI ostrse. csmmlttsd by thoss who,
a. a psrt q tksir tresso-abls scbsm., mNde
hsu th.ir c.sSidsts In the last Prssideatssl
cn-p.iEs. He sptea 10 ths Office which Me-.
Ino,.s hoidA His supporters eOn.nded at
IT, hsIsst hsx fes the control q the Govern
m~ns q ths Usitsd State, but being beaten
thsrs In . ccnstitutioual way, thsy bsssly
trsschsrsusiy and wieksdly adopted measures
a. vicisaes hoping 10 obtain by force, frsud
and i,surreetiou the nosopoly q power which
tA>y could not secure under the peaceful fern,
a The Oonstitution-
Ths fin, men TO violsts the Coustituti,
and dhres,rd ali their duties and legal obligs-
ticns O. eitizsna, were M. BxnokrssIDoE's
principal supporters. We have not yet from
him ths first sentence eendemnins their At
tempt 10 make the Consultation q worthless
piece II psrchnsnt, and establish . reign o.
tsrss sni pres .riptiov. Bstors Mr.. LrscoLs
rssehsd WNhlngton seven states were in 70
sslllss; Psblie property worth millions Of dol
lars had been seized Union men bad bssn
driven IRON the rebel states; armed bands,
hostils 10 the Uaion had been organized, and
lsrg. forces q rob. Is were bssisging AZ Chules
10. and Pensacola forts belonging TO the Uai cd
S,stss and gsirisonsd by Its soldiers.
Washington City was even threatened by
the Brsekinriigs rsbels, and measures had al
ready ben taken TO protect the NAtioo al CAPT.
tai from their viol,nee, by the AdmiLi,tration
with which JOIN c. BAEcRNRiDek was con-
nsetet by party ties and his position as Vice
President. What support did Nc. BREoKIS-
RrDoE give TO Govern usut, thus msnsesd,
and which Il was his sol'mn duty TO sustsin1
Did he ra's, his voice against those who fret
assssltsd the Constitution, and set .. nAuEht
the Laws made undI i,7 HIS record answers
In the negative.
Bat now whom rebellion Is bsing crushed;
vssa the prompt and strong measures taken to
defend the Govern usnt and the Integrity Of
- Onsoas PfVhiSo sPeouy fuOccss, no cOmeh
forward In the guiss Of defender Of the Consti.
t-tioa, TO create discord In the National Cou,
ella To irfsms the passions and reviy. the
zeal Il the disloyal. We need not waste
space In exposing the vrstcbed fallscies and
patent sopoh'str,ss which form the lead
ing features Of Mr.. BRKcKiSRpox's speech.
II IL rank throughout, with the iplrit
Of treason. Mr.. BRRckISsIpoE would make
OF the Cons itution an iron chain to fettsr
Congress and bind the hands Of the President
Of the United States, Wills traitors like jar.
DAVIS worked out their plans for overthrow
Ing the Government occupying Washington,
conAscstipg public and private property, and
sstablishing their own despotic rule.
To preserve the Conttitution II must be d.
Ssadsd against traitors who seek lie subvsr.
sion. and the American people have resolved
that It shall be pressr,ej,-not by Mr. BaKcK.
rsRDon's doeuius Of Submission to iswless
violence, but by the noblsr doctrine OF manly
and incorporating resistance to treason.