Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-29

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We spsakso seeedsd statesi but no state mas
,scedsd or can cousti,utionally seeede nom the
Union. When we cay eonsdtmionqflty, We mean
that secossion. .is. not authorised either by the
Federal Z Consultation or the Constitution Of any
s,.,a "a aoldR ssuiss t9FlsF CIV fef9se. g
The advocates Of secession DO not pretend 70
iind any warrant forit IN the Federal Consusu'
tion. Thsy.thereiore, fall back upon the rights
which are in ba instrument, said 70 be reserv'
ed TO the States or to the people; or, IN other
words, they rely upon State sovereignty, as IL
is called, and claim on this 10 base the right OF
the people Of any State to declare themselves
out Of the Onion. q 1c't ~ Taagr Tr.ts .
sTakipe up this assumption, let us follow IL %
its Logical and obvious consequences. Inc
s5ver eighty Of every Slate Is embodied IN. AND
can be- exercised only through its Consultation
To attempt to exercise that sovereignty against
or beyond the State Constitution, Il. 70 subver'
both that Constitution and the State Goyern'
ment by perverting each from the end for which
Il was instituted, namely, the protection OF the
rights, Of all the people-those Of the minority
as wellas those of the majority. Theexercis'
of such 4 pretended sovereignty, by whomsoeve
or wheresoever made, is revolutionj It is trea'
son to the State, Government. .sso,or 81
Certain States are said to have passed Ord
nauces of Secession, and thatby virtue OF thes'
Ordinances. those States are no longer member
of the Federal Union. Itis asserted that tn
peoplo of those States are absolved from al
allegiance TO the Federal Government Bu
such Ordinances or Acts of Secession are n
more authorized by State Constitutions than b
that Of the United States. II they have ab
solved the people of any State from allegianc
to the Federal Government, they are ais
equally absolved from allegiance to the Stat
Government. hs Fa e"
\ The Secession Ordinances have been passe
BY Conventions called by State Legislatures. Bu
no State Legislature had or has The constitu
tional power to call such Convention. L
every State where such steps have been taken
is was an act wholly Unauthorized and veid b
the Fundamental lseof that State The Leg
Is.a y ~
islature Of Safe can DO more legally an
consrituliOnally cali Convention for determin
ing wheiher it shall remain in or 60 out OF tn
Union, than II can isseif legislate the State on
of the Union. Il makes no difference ,whethe
al Ordin4uce of Secession is passed BY Stat
Convention or State Legislature, or whethe
ltisratifed by vote Of the people or not.
L ID "
is equally as void and unconstitutional with q
without these aajupcts. qai s.f Eo-5 e,
The Constitution of each State has provides
mode BY which 1t can be amended or altered
or a new one substituted In its place. 10 at
tempt 20 change or subvert IL in any other wa
than it has itself pointed out, Is to rebel againa
the sovereignty of the State. A majority o
the people have no authority to do any acts af
fecting the Government of the State, excep
those which the Constitution has prescribed
There,is 90 mode prescribed in the constitu
ton Of any one.of the thirty-iour States Of thi
Union, by which such State can BY a ccuyer
tion, by its Legislature, BY ayote Of Its people
or in any other way, sdeclareits federal connet
tion with its sister States at an end. The max
ing and the carrying out Of such declaration b
overt acts is rebellion and treason against tn
Constitution and sovereignty Of State, as vel
as against the Constitution and supremacy 0
the United States. -. ~, -. 4, ( I
II ii be true, rs the Secessionists claim, tha
the so-called seeded States are out of th
Union, ii is certain that there are no State Cos
ernments cOnstitutionally within the territorie
of those States. IfSecessionhasr revolutionize
or overturned the one, IL has overturned The oil
er also. Both are destroyed or neither. Th
people are reduced to state Of flawless anarch,
and under no obligation to obey Federal 2
State laws, or both these are in as full force !
all the States at this moment as they ever were
The time, we apprehend, ia rapidly drawn
near, when thousands of Southern men VII
have been deluded by the fpecious sophistr
of the Disunionists, will see the Transporter
folly of the Secession Humbug, and repudiai
+ it. Let the Union men, therefore, take cou
age, and await future developments with firm
ness, and vet with patience and hope. .
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