Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-01-01
Speech Of Senator John 0a.

+ 18Th ult, We commend Il 70 the peruSal
i Of our readers:
Senator johnson, Of Tennessee, made
I a speech in Tie Senate, Yesterday, 18Th,
+ that produced as much sensation rs that
of Mr. Wade's on Monday. lie took
/ the strongest XII d Of Union ground.
i denounced the right OF secession tg toto.
and pronounced j, rebellion and treason.
The States delegated powers named
in the Constitution, and Congress could
( enforce them but in doing SOFT did not
/ become the oppreSsOr. The State which
+ resisted them became the aggressor ;
/ hut when the Fedora! Governments fail
( ed 10 carry ont these powers, It ceased
10 be a Government. lie quoted Jack
/ son, Webster, Justice Marshall and 9TH
ers to show that State had not 4 con-
stnuiional right to secede from the
/ Union, without the consent OF all the
States. The Constitution was intended
TO be perpetpal, and TO that end progis-
ION was made for its own amendment.
lis Improvement and lis continuance.
/; was also submitted 10 the States for
ratification, and power given 70 Con
/ gress To admit new States. So we had
Ia the Constitution, first, ihe means Of
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given 10 dissolve Il.
He read from Nh. AIadisou's letter
to Webster in 1882, showing that such
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from Gen. VasAirc-oD's views oa liar
rehali,n, sso,,ior i6ai ha he'd ,bs r1,rl,
- enf,~.a The l,.ys of ,.,.. yra,f,.d S,a.s-
ami ,hat h. r.q5r,l.I M, J-nla7 - iL.
separaIIa.
As ~ the present case ha w-.rI ia.
qdire IF the federal Government had no,
the power 10 enforce i;s laws in Souta
Car6lin4 as much as it had io PENN
>ylve.,a Vermont. or nm arv 9TH
ar S,.te II. tl5nrht !, h,3. ,g.f,o
.z,a,,li.,or tl ,t1Ii,,,,.... II s.,,.s.-...
which Sou,6 Carolina ,,,Irr,,r ms + HI
not relieve her from her -ob.fi2nre T.
tie T-niral S,atas ~ from M r,,oo,rf
.,birb shs entered INTO Tha co,nag..,
was racior5..,l u Soa.b C,r..i.,
Gro,.a ,b,. courts cr The I-rifeI <t,,..4
o,+ of ia. l.sta the eslsr,i r,,...rl,,.a...
had ,b. ri1hr 10 ra,nfata Nom tb4ra.
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ceded 70 'Ie Chi,e1 9la'tS Az 81 lAe
loF's ana 'll5 iala' ho' e5t1eu'i'9 '"ei.-
y acres on ceT,aiA c0aii'i2As' W4.-d
me federal government mas ialhiui'F
complied with. after 'h's deed oi iea-
SION, hoI lha' state 'Ae f.g"i 70 exp
iAe federal goFeTAIir". from lis own
property II s-'e a1ts la'7 1.ie F.0ialss
tne laws % me Cn'.e' 'S.''--s, ana win
I'D the meaning o. ti4e C'.4S.i,4'I5I lev