Newbern weekly progress., 1861-05-28

GAsToN R1FLEs--This company arrived
here Saturday evening by railroad from the up
per part of the county under command Of
Hugh L. Cole, Esq, their Captain, and are
snugly ensconsed in a room of the Progress
building
The company numbers some s5 or 100 hale,
hearty, athletic countrymen Injured to toll in
the sun and snow, and who, when Capt. Cole
gets them properly drilled, and in the battle
field will, no doubt, march through the ranks
OF the enemy moving them down as they Go
grass in the fields they have just left.
NEGRO HERoIsM. Eubank, who is now
engaged in collecting old castings and irons to
be melted up and moulded into cannon ball,
informs us that he has received some thousand
or two pounds of the negroes about town, who
express themselves as highly pleased with the
preparations that are being made to kill up the
Black Republicans. Wonder what Greeley
will say to that? OF course he'll say it's lie,
as he does of the late fight at Sewilrs Point in
which his hirelings were defeated.
FROM PRESIDENT BUCHANAN'S MES
SAGE AT THE OPENING OF THE LAST
1t appears, from the proceedings Of that
body (the convention which framed the Con-
stituton, that on the 31st May, 1877, the
clause ''0uthorizing an eeertion Of the force
ofthe a0hole against q delinquent State" came
up for consideration. Mr.. Madison opposed it
iii a brief but powerful speech, from which !
shall extract but sing.e sentence. He OBJ
served: The use of force against State would
look more like a declaration of war than an
Iyltij ri would ohSb
be considered by the party attacked as a dis
solution Of all previous compacts by which it
might be bound" Upon his motion the clause
was unanimously postponed, and was never, [
believe, again presented. Soon afterwards, on
the 6th June, 1881, when accidentally advert
ting 10 the subject, be said: ''Any Government
for the United States, formed on the supposed
practicability Of using force against the uncon-
stitutional proceedings Of the States, would
prove visionary and Eallacious as the govern
ment Of Congress-" evidently meaning the
then existing Congress Of the old Confedera-
ton.
Without descending to particulars, it may
be safely asserted that the power TO make war
against State is at variance with the whole
spirit and intent Of the Constitution. Suppose
such a war should result in the conquest Of
a State, how are We to govern it afterwards :?
Shall we hold it as province, and govern it
by despotc power? In the nature Of things
we could not, by physical force, control the
will Of the people, and compel them to elect
Senator's and Representatives to Congress, and
to perform all the other duties depending upon
their ,olition, and required from tic free
citizens Of free State as a constituent member
Of che Contederacy.
But # We possessed this power, would it be
wise to exercise it under existing circum-
stances? The ol!ject would doubtless be to
preserve the Ur,ion. War would not only pre-
sent the most etfectual means Of destroying it,
but would bapish all hope of It's peaceable re-
| construction. Besides. in the E'aternal conflict
vast amount of blood ard treasure would be
expended, rendering future reconciliation be-
tween the States impossible In the mean
! time who can fortcll what would be the suffer
ings and privations OF the people during its e2-
| istencep
The fact is, that our Union rests upon public
opinion and can never be ctmentcd by the
blood ofits citizens shed in civil war. II it can
not live in tic affections of the people it must
ons day perish. Congress possess raany
| means OF preser"ingit by conciiiaiiou ; but the
sword was not placed in soeir hands to pro
serve it by tcrce