New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-01

country however the performance msy be aud thereby
con,run.d It's laws tbs.ructsd by single State would
nee eompo with It's own safety nor the rights Of tho great
Bot when the Secessionsts are driven 10 admit that
II has legal basis the eveTready reply is that We
have no power to coercc State. This only creates
ialss Issue and diverts attention from the trne one
This clearly stated in recent debate by dis
tnpushed Senator that the Committee ADOPT bis Ian.
gusge their own. His statement may be deemed
tie important fro his eupposed connection with
the incoming Administration:
The Pre,acn, ssys that State has right ,ccede but
have constitutional power make sen,t State
Tie dilemma results nom an assumption that those no IN ,acn
State ahOuah aDey they have perverted the power VI Tie
State 20 gu demonstrations. purpose class OF politicians In
" as wan iii ea B Mr. 5s Rsc
20 tia! States nnst kept within the op sphere
seceson held to be nadsbe IN the face Of spub
Il al gtle fully sda the esositS the sG.esisn' and
The 1dTpopdece OF mo several Stss Sin Is,r Dn'
and Independent within its phcIe And The Government Of tho
state can no obso,e the people residing within 81 limits
FROM aesience the Uo hsn the Government q the Union
etsoye them from ilega to the Stale The CONSTITUTION
he Supreme law OF the hand paramount 10 legislation Of the
sacf whoher made under ,he BY their
organic ven?n The Union can be dissolved not by sece,
.iop viii without armed force pat only " the voluntary
prescribed By the Constitution Of the United Ses
But however baseeas recession may be in legal or
constitutional aspechowever destructive OF the great
principles upon viii all government resist is, new
Of vast proportions Involving the interests Of own
people The existence of the Government, and the hopes
of mankind. II is multiply ingi sa Is Of hostility daily
Il is enargng s claims of sOyeregnty has declared
seven Of tie States independent nations il has organ-
ized fix Of them into a separate Coniederaey within
our own bOunds and by claiming exclusive jurisdc-
tiop it denies The authority and contenns the laws and
treaties of the United States.
What then Is the dnty of the Government in the
existing emergency TO what extent does it possess
the powers to meet IL These questions force them
selves upon attention ~ every step. Perhaps the
first duty Is to ascertain the OF the disaecion
and revolutionary movement, that ii be possible
the of discomfort may be removed, and the III
tegrity of the Union and the peace Of the country
restored These States claim that their fights have
been nfInged and their peace aud equality threatened
not because Of anything that the Government has
done proposed 10 DO for it has been substantially
under their controlbut becaue of certain Legislation
upon the statute books Of other States and spirit OF
hostility toward the institutions of the South alleged
to exist in the Northern States
/ exsv the Northern Staies.
1t il conceded that the right Of revolution a sacred
right of the people But in our system OF government
it Is not right that pertains to State: The powers
| OF the State Government clear and distinct from
| thore of the General Government, each designed TO
move in ils own spheTe and i Is impossible TO suppose
that one has the right Of revolution against the eher.
IL milht as we'll he alleged tadt the State OF South
Carolina had the right of revolution against the Gov
eminent Of Great Britain a. against the Government
OF the United States acting within Its prescribed I'm
it's Bat H. for the sake of toe argument the night Of
revolution, pertaining State is conceded 20 any
Of the thirty -four States, Ills necessarily implies
the right on the part OF The thir'y-ihree remaining
States the propriey Of s exercise, and to
lesst il by tleir combined power, nasmueh as II ln-
| wolves interests common 10 all
In this view, il is right dependent upon the power
10 enforce it. Such right, though ii may be admit
ted to preezis and cannot be wholly surrendered, is
necessarily subjected 10 limitations in all free govern
ments, and in compacs Of al kinds freely and yoiun-
ary entered IntO and in which the interests and well
. -. I'D nf
the community Of which he is a member. In ccmpacts
lei ween individuals however deeply they may Affect
their relations tbore principles are acknowledged to
create sacred oSbgtilon Ard IN contacts Of ci'ls
governments involving the liberty and haPIiuess oil
millions Of mankind the Obligation cannot be less.
If these States had real grievance, they could have
no right of revolution Ii of grievance exist,
they must necessarily exhaust all peaceful and consi
tu;onal remedies before they could ask the adherng
States TO allow the exercise OF revolutionary night on
| their part
What are the alleged causes Of grieysncei Mainly
the egisaon Of other States, aud the alleged hostility
of their peorle against the institutions Of portion OF
the States. While the Legislation Of some OF the States
called Personal Liberty bills has been treated as
serous grievance ii singular fact that effort has
been made to bring any of those laws 10 the Judi
Cisl provided by the Constitution, nor 30 far as
| your Committee are aware, has any one case ever
arisen in which the enforcement OF their rights ha-
baes obstruced by any Of these laws. How, Then, do
| they furni.h cause Of reyolntion7
| Nor are your Committee able TO persuade them
selves that the hostility TO the institutions Of the
South, on the part of the people OF the North, 10
greater than il twenty five years ago, or that
they demand any legislation the part Of Congress in
regard 10 Slavery that not common 10, and the
recognized policy Of each OF the first twelve Admins
tations under the Constitution. But even If We con-
cede all that IL olamed still the fact forces itself upon
our attention that attempt has been made on the
part of the Unaffected States those who sympathize
with them, to change the Constitution or 10 meet the
people Of the adbeipg States In National Convention
! 10 secure u peaceful separation.
SO far from all possible means Of redress short Of
revolution having been resoed 10 and exhausted not
Of the steps that must ssay preeede The right
ful exercise Of revolution has been taken. While con-
seryaye and loyal citizens have earnestly sought con-
Citation and compromise, the secesiorSts have been
loudest in their denunaiions OF oil attempts nj
| citation. They declare the Government il dissolved,
and scout the efforts Of their sympathzers aud natural
| allies for reOonstruciOn.
One of the great sources Of trouble would seem TO be
the proper disposition Of the Territories Of the United
States Aud yet all the Territories which they claim
for the and occupation OF their system of labor
already unoer organic lava, adopted compromises,
but ten yeaT8 since, and mainly at their own dcta0n.
TIE true explanation Of all this difficulty was dis
cosed in the debates in the South Carolina Conyon-
tion immediately after the adoption Of the ordinance
! Of secession or the Goth OF December, 1860 One
member arose in bin place and declared 1--WE have
this day copsunnated the work of forty years." To
| which another member responded: 1--WE have pulled
! down the temple Of one Government, and we must
| now construct another" Oar Government has
listed in its present form for sevontywo years. And
treason has fostering for than forty years Of
that time it will hardly do 10 attribute the present
difficulties 20 the state Of pnbic sentiment IN the
other portion Of the COniederacv Willie II true that
many patriotic and loyal citizens in those States have
been excited TO madness and phrenzy, and have voted
for secession under total Misrepresentation produced
by the rossest misrepresentation your Committee
forced TO believe that hostility 10 the Government has
long existed, and has become widespread throughout
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