The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-01-03
sTRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA JANUARY 8, 1851

dy at the head of this Government. VII,
has no mouth to speak and 10 arm t.
preserve the Union' Why. if South Car
oina goes out. aud her i,ht is recop uize,
and acknowledged. have you sny Govern
ment, have you any Constitution, hsv.
you auy iawl Admi. the right of any
State to go out, and you admit the rish
OF all to 60 out. Would you admit The
same right in regard to the State of Del
aware, of Rhode Island. or any Other
Southern Statel Recollect, Sir, thi:
Goyerdment has been supported twenty
fse years upon loans and Treasury notes.
Now, admit it is in the power of a State
! to break up the Government, to baea K
down the Constitution. and destroy the
Government of the United States, and
there by cancel the debt aud the obliga.
tion Of the Government. and would this
Government have credit for a dollar in
auy markell Who would hold bonds of
the United States if the doctrine is once
admitted aud recognized by the Govern
ment that any State may 60 out when
she thinks proper, and thus cancel the
whole obligation, as South Carolina pro-
poses now to csncel her debit Who is
left to pay iti Upon whom is the appli.
cation to be made! When would the
Government Of the United States be at
liberty to declare war against any Power
that invaded our rights, insulted our flag,
or trcspassed upon usl 1t has been said,
Sir, it is getting to be quite fashionable
i hear it Oh the streets-not from any
friends of ours-that this is not Govern
mebt of force, that it was not made for
force, and cannot BIO kept together by
force. 1t is precisely for that reason that
reason it can be kept together, by force
If this Government had been imposed
upon the. people by some tyrant, with
out first obtaining the will OF the people,
then it is perfectly true that any one of
the States would have the right to throw
it off at will. But it is becau-e it was a
free, uutrammeled compact entered into
By the States, each one to the other, and
each to all the rest, that they are bound
by the terms of the conpact-that there
Is power 10 enforce the compact. | have
had -one experience in my early days
that a Debt contracted voluntarily may
be enforced by law. Debts arc not crea
ted and cannot be contr acted by force;
and it is for that very reason, because it
was a free. voluntary act on the part of
each State that the compact can be en-
foraaA Tha =
o: sand, 1t Cannot be broken up by any
party ahen they think proper. If they
think it is just cause for the dissolution
OF the Union, that one man has been cleo
ted, it cauuo; be questioned that it would
be equally good oau-e for dissolution that
any other condidate was not elected
And, mas uch as no inst ance has occur
red in which any candidate has been E.
lected who did not receive q nomination.
it would be equally good case that anoth
Seward, the chief nan 10 the Republican
party. Suppose Seward bad had sufii
cieDt control over bis party in the State
Of New York to have Induced them to say
that iDasmuch as Seward vas not nomi-
mated. and therefore could not be elected,
they would 60 out OF the Union. What
would be the sentiment of Virginia! 1t
would be the public sentiment of the u
zion. Aud yet it is just as fair as that
any State should secede because Lincoln
was elected. | wa- pleased to hear that
distinguished geDtleDan who sat upon
your left (Mr. Preston), say that he did
not de-pair of the Union | au another
one of those who do not dispair of the
Union. know tba, the clouds look
black aod threatening. South Carolina
declared hrr-elf out of the Union, BY or
dinauce. in 1888, and yet the Union was
not dis -olved Aud if she were set up at
auction, and all property of every de-
scription within her borders was sold, she
would not sell Tor enough to compensate
for the misrhief she has already done BY
the depreciation of the value OF property,
and disturbance and arrangement of the
general business OF the country | au not
one of those who iispair of the Republic.
We still have the Cou-tituion we still have
patriotic men among US, conservative men
of the North as we'll a. of the South. | have
every reason TO believe thatif proper and
judicious system is adopted if reason can
be substitutrd for bulIyism and threats,
aud persuasion for elimination and re-
crimin alton. there will be no great diff
Guilty ia having all these obnoxious laws
of the North repealed 1t is not to be
doubted for a moment. Vermont, it is
true. has refused to repeal ber Personal
Liberty bill. aud yet we see considers-
bic portion of her citizens Who voted for
its repeal l haze letter from gen.
item 10 the city of Philadelphia, who
attended dinner given by the Republi-
can party in that city, who says 1T wss
there urged to repeal these laws. THE
ALbany Journal, edited BY that gentle man
who hes been so vehemently denounced
10 the South (Thurlow Weed), has come
out for the repeal of those laws. And let
ue tell you that Sewsrd and Weed, and
the Republican party in New York, will
be for their repeal. And if PeDnsylvania