The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-05-15

sor. "Nullihcafion." which was crushed ner-
CT - rise again, thirty YEAR ego, by the iron
mace Of Webster a. The senate 81 the United
>f~tes
VII oaly say =, prescr;. that this mon
-,rous Pretended right Of secession. though
called reserved right, i VIGOROUSLY no
where expressly reserved in TIE Constitution,
although every one feels that nothing but an
express reservation, IN the plaincsi term-,
would be a sufficient ground for claiming
such srupendous power. What i msintsin-
ed by the politicians OF che secession school
i. that the right NAV DC inferred from one
OF the amendments 10 the Constitution, by
which Il IS provided. that The powers no,
delegated % the United States By the Consti-
tutiOn. nor prohibited 10 the State. are re.
served 70 the States respectively, or 70 The
people Ii j. 10 maintain a subtitle and
sOphistical and utterly unwarrant&ble inter
ference from the amendment. that the South
Is now striving 70 break up the Government
and il resisted IN that unhallOwed attempt 20
GrencA the country IN blood
But am wiling 20 stake the great issue
on this amendment The Constitution does
expressly delegate 70 tie United States nj
the powers Of sovereign safe. with respect
% international and interstate Affairs, the
whole war power; the whole admiralty pow
er, the whole commercial power; the whole
financial power; the power TO regulate and
dispose Of the public territory; the power
over the Indians. over the Post Office and
Post roads. over the army the navy, the dock
yards. the arsenals. All these powers and
many others are expressly delegated 20 the
United States aud a. expressly prohibited 20
the Individual States. The Constitution Of
sIs. L..
south Carolina assented on the 2:3d Nav. Il
-. a. much a. they ever assentcd 70 their
State Constitution. : distinctly provides that
no State shall keep troops or ships fwar. or
issue letter. Of marQue ard reprisal. or enter
into any treaty. alliance. or confederation.
and vet in the face OF this express deega-
ton Of powers 10 the United States and their
, express prohibition 20 the State. the Seeding
States have undertaken 70 exercise them all
have entered into confederation, raised
an army. issued letters of marque and repri-
-al. and plunged into war against the Gov
eminent. which every magistrate and officer
among them Was under cf th TO support, and
all in virtue Of having first uttered the magic
words. Eve sscede The history ofthe world
does not furnish another such mon-trous
usurpation
Such IS the nature aud foundation OF the
war in which We are engaged. As you per
ceire. Il IS f0r he rerg existence Of The Gorern.
rnenf; II IS contest tn ,rkich RO good citizen
can remain neutral am often asked hOir long
4 think Il ,riH last; buf that - question thai
fle Soufk alone can aRsrer. She makes the
,rar: SIC has seized ~ surprise such Of tss
sfronohoids of Lhe country as she sras able
she has possessed herself of the navy ward al
Norfolk which guards the entrance 70 Chesa
peakc bay. Of Harper's Ferry. which com
mands one OF the great highways from the
F Ohio river TO the Atlantic ocean; and. abovs
all Of the mouth Of the Mississippi, the out
F let of the most extensive system OF inlerna
communication on the face of the globe
There iril. IN my judgement. nrrcr BEL peace III
the FLAG Of the mon aeain floats from ererl
STRONGHOLD from trhich Il has been stricksI
dona.
Do you think. fellow citizens. that Ohio
+ Indiana and Illinois wiz allow their most di
rect communication with the seaboard 20 b
obstructei az the pleasure Of an alien State
at Harpers Ferry Do YOU imagine tia
Eastern PENNSYLVANIA and Southern New
York. whose tributary waters flow through
the Susquehanna into Chesapeake bay. 4
cav nothing OF he Delaware and Chesapeak.
Canal. will tolerate foreign master II
Hampton Roads, Absvc all, do you believe
tina The Giant of the West will accept hi
pathway 10 the Gulf0f Mexico a privilege
granted by this mushroom Confederacyy-
Yes. they viii submit 20 this degrading yoke
they will acknowledge this CALLING usarpaiion
but It win be when the Alleghsnies shall bov
their imperial heads to the level of the sea
and the current ~ the Mississippi and th
Missouri sha'l flow backward 70 the Rock
/ Mountains