The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-08

bcld by attraction. Secession was thon
hold TO DO inadmissible in tho face of pub
lie enemy. But If it is untenable in ono
case, it is unnecessarily so in all others. /
fully admit tho originality. the sovoroignty
and tho Independence of tho several States
within their sphere. But hold tho Fode.
raj Government to be equally original. SOW.
oreigu and independent within its sphorc.
And the government Of tho State can no
more absolvo tho people residing within its
limits from allegiance to tho Uuion. than
tho Government of tho Union can absolve
them from allegiance to the State. The
Constitution of tho U. s., AMI tho laws
made in pursuance thereof, arc tho supreme
law Of the land. paramount to all legislation
Of the States, whether mudo under the Con.
sttution. or by evcn their organic couvon.
tions. Tho Union can be dissolved, not by
secession, with or without armed fnrcc, but
only by the voluntary conscut of the people
of tho United States. collected in the man.
ner prescribed oy the Constitution of tho
United States.
Congress, in the present case, ought not
to DO impassivo. II ought, if IL can. TO ro.
dross any roal grievances of the offended
Stats, and then IL ought to supply tho
President with all tho means necessary to
maintain tho Union in tho full exhibition
and discreet exercise Of its authority. Bu-
yond this, with proper activity OH tho part
OF the Executive the responsibility Of saving
the Union belongs to tho people, and they
arc abundantlv competent to discharge it,
propose, ther erefore, with great deforence.
to address myself to tho country upon the
momontous subject, asking a hearing. not
less from tho poopie within what are called
tho seeding. tl.an from those who reside
within tho adhoring States.
Union is an old, fixed. settled habit of tho
American people. resulting from convictions
OF it's necessity. and therefore not likely to
bo hastily discarded. Tho oarly Sta tos,
while existing as colonies. were comb,nod,
though imporfecty. through common
allegiance to tho British Grown. Whom
that allegiance ceased, no one was so pro-
sumptous as to suppose political existence
compatible with disunion and, therefore.
on the sarno day that they declared them.
selves independent, thoy proclaimed them.
solves also confedcrated States. Experience
in war and in peace, from 1887. only con.
vlnced them ot tho necessity of converting
that loose Confederacy into n moro perfect
and perpetual Union. Thoy acted with
coolnoss very different from tho intemper.
ate conduct of those who now one sido
threaten, and those who on tho other rashly
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