The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-02-21
Jackson, Clay and Madison on Sc
nonainn.

d hCkbQnI clay ana MaQQlbOu on 80
cession.
Extract from a speech of HENRY CLAY,
in the Senate in 1850.
Mr.. CLAY said;--"Now. Mr.. Presi.
dent, / stand here 10 my place, meaning
to be unawed by any threats, Wheth-
er they come from individuals or from
States / should deploro, as much as
any man living or dead that arms should
be raised against the authority Of the
Union, either by individuals or by
States. But, after all that has occurred,
If any one State, or a portion of Che peo.
pie Of any State, choose to place them
selves in military array against the Gov
ernment Of the Union, Tam fur trying
the strength Of the Government TAp.
plause in the galleries. am fer as.
certaining tghsther zoe haze q Government
or nyt--prachcal, efficient, capable Of
maintaining us authority, and Of uphold
ing the pOlCers and Interests tohich Jsl0ng
to u G0veruDienL Nor sir, am I to bo
alarmed or dissuaded from any such
course by intimations Of the spilling of
blood. II blood Is to be split, Jy t0hoso
tauH is iR Upon the supposition,
maintain it will be the fault of those who
choose to raise the standard Of dismi0n,
aud endeayor to PROSTATE this Govern
menti and, sir, when that is done, so long
as uPieases God 10 giue me a Uoice to eI-
press my sentiments, or an arm, lCeak and
eaJeeJied as Il may be By age, that arm
'1H be on tie side of Uly country for tho
support Of tie general authority and for
the maintenance of the pot0ers Of tie Ca-
lon." Applause in the galleries
Extract from The Proclamation Of GEN.
JACKSON IN 1888
"Tho Constitution of the United
States, then, forms a Government. not
league; and whether it be formed by
compact between the States, or in any
other manner, its character is the same.
1t is Government in which all the
people are represented; which operates
directly on the people individuality not
upon the States--they retained all the
power they did not grant But each
State having expressly parted with so
many powers as to constitute, Jointly
with the other States, a single nation,
cannot from that period, possess any
right to secede because such secession
does NOT brepk Ieoonc bnt 5ostrovs
the uDity of a nation. and onv in,rrv 70
that unity is not onIv breach Which
would result from the controvontion of a
compact. but il is nm ofFanso or,inst tbs
whole Union. TO saw that apv State
may at pleasure sccede from tho Union,
Is to say that the United States are not
a nation. becanse II would he n solecism
to contend that any part Of the nation
might dissolve its connection with the
other parts, to their injury or ruin,
without committing any ofTense.
X X
$50 obvious arc the reasons which for
bid this secession, that it is necessary
only to ullude to them. The Union was
formed for the benefit Of all. 1t was
produced by mutual sacrifices Of inter
csts and opinions. Can these sacrifices
be recalled? Can the States, who mag
unanimously surrendered their title to
the territories of the West, recall the
= grant, VIII the inhabitants of the in
land States agree to pay the duties that
j may be imposed without their assent bv
those on the Atlantic or the Gulf for
o. their own benefit Shall there be free
& port in one State and enormous duties
} in another? No man believes that opv
right exists in single State to involve
all the of prs in tInsa and oo.,y n oss 9TH