Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-07-12

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ment intended that in every case the dan.
ger should run its cour-s until Congre-s
should be called together, the very assem-
bling Of which might be prevented. ~ was
intencsd IN this case by the rebellion. No
more extended argument IL now Afforded, NJ
an opinion ct some length Will probably DO
presented by the Attorney General. wheth.
or there shall be any legislation on the sub
Get, aud II 90 what, Is Submitted entirely TO
the better Judgment Of Congress.
The forbsaranee OF this Government had
been 20 e1,rAordihary and 80 long continued,
90 20 lead some iOrrign nations 20 shape
their action ~ IL they Supposed the early
distraction Of our Sationsl Union vas
probable. While tins. on discovery. gave
The Executive some concern, he u now hap
~ TO say that the sovereignty and rights Of
the United States are now every where prae.
,iealiy respected by foreign Powers, and
general sympathy With the country 10 man
iissted throughout the world.
The reports OF the Secretaries OF the rreas-
ury. War and Navy. will give the iniorna-
ton in detail deemed necessary and con,en'
lent for your deliherstion and action, while
the Executive and all the Department. will
stand ready TO supply Omissions or to CON-
msniea,e new facts considered important Tor
y'u to know.
I, /. now recon mcnded that you give the
legal means for making this contest short
and decisive one: that you place nj the
control OF the Government ior the work At
least 100, 900 men aud SiOO, 100000. That
numter Oi men Is AbOat one-ienth Of those
Of proper ages. within the regions where.
apparently. all are willios to engage; and
the sum is les than q tventy.third part OF
tie mOuey-value owned b. TIE men who
sem ready to devote the whole. \ debt OF
SG00, 90 GO now is a les sum pcr head
than va. the deSi OF our Revolution. when
We came cot OF thai Struggle, aud the mon
ey.value in the country bears even greater
proportion 20 what IL vas then than does
The population. Surely each man has as
strong a motive now 20 preserve our hber-
ties as each had then 10 establish them.
4 right result at this time will bc worth
more % the world than ten times the inen
and ten times the money. The evidence
reaching " irom thseOuniry leave. no doubt
that the material Cor the work Is abundant,
aud that 10 needs only the hand OF lesisla.
ton 10 give 10 legal sanction and the hand
OF the Executive 10 giye practical shape
and efficiency. Que o, the greatest perpe1'
tiles OF the Government is ~ avoid receiSin;
uoots faster than j, can provide Tor them {,
in a word. the people will save their GOV
ernmeui, II the Government itself will do
it, part only ind iaerently well. IL might
seem a, fr., thought 20 be OF little diaer.
ence whether the pre.en, movement At The
SOUTH be called secession or rebellion. The
movers, however. well understand the dat
ference.
Al the beginning they knew tina, they
could never raise their TREASON 10 any ~
spectacle magnitude by any name which
inplie, violation % law /: they know their
people 10 sessc as much Of moral sense. n
much " Devotion TO law aud order. aud as
much priis in its reverence for the history
and Government % their common country
a. any other ciyilir'd and patriotic people
They knew they could make no advance.
meni directly in the teeth of these strong
and noble sentiments. Accordingly, they
c,mmcncci IN an insiiuous debauchery VI
the public mind trey invented an ingenious
sophi.m, which. Il conceded, vas followed
by periec,ly logical steps through all the
incidents Of the complete destruction OF the
UniOn. The sophi,m itself i, thai any
State Of the mon may, consistently with
the nation Constitution, aud, therefor,
lawfully and peacefully withdraw from the
Union. without the cJnseni % The Union, W
Of any other State.
The lIIle Disguise that the supposed right
Is 10 he exercised only cor Jus, cause, them
SELVES q be the sole judge Of 10. justice. 10
TOO thin % merit any notice. With rebel
liOu thus suglreoated they have bcn drug
cing the people OF their section for more
than thirty wears. and until At length they
have brought many good men o. willing
ne,s q take up arms against the Govern
neut the day alter some as-emblage Of men
have enacted the iare,eal preten-s OF taking
their State out II the Union. who could
have been trough, to no such thing the day
beiure.
This sophism derives much, p,rhar. thr
whole. OF Its currency from the assumption
that there Is some ounipotsui and ,aercd
supremacy pertaining ~ State-io each
State Of our Federal Union. our Snts
have neither more nor le-. power than that
reserved To them in the Union by the Con.
s,i,u,iOn, NJ one II them ever having been .
STATE oct u the Union. The original ones
passed into the Union even before they cas-,
OF their British colonial Dependence. and
the new ones came into the Union directly
IRON condition OF dependence. excepting
Tcxa. and even Texas. IN its temporary
Independence, was never Delegated as =
State
The new ones only took the designation
OF Stats on coming into the Union, while
that name Was adopted Cor old ones 10 and
by the Declaration % Independence. There
10 the united colonies were declared % be
frss and ,H5ep,sjsri States. Bat even then
the Ohj-ct plainly was not 90 declare their
Independence % one another Of the Union.
but directly the contrary. n their mutual
pledge and their mutual acton before, a,
the time. and ai,erward. abuudanily show.
The e1rrcs. plghting of faith by cash and
ali - the Oristnal thirteen States in the
artichs OF clnlcdcraiion two year. later,
that the Union shall be perpetual, is mo-,
conclusive. having never been States either
IN substance or o. name outside OF the Union.
whsLes this magical omnipo,snSe Of State
Right. asserting a claim Of power TO law.
fully destroy the Union it-elf? Mach i,
said ab0u, the s1verei snty Of the States. but
the word even !. not in the National Consti.
tuition. nor, as is believed, in any Of the
State Constitutions.
What isa sovereignty in the political
sense OF the term Would it be tar wrong
O. deEns IL a political community without
q political superior? Tested by this no one
Of our States. except Texas, was s0ver'
eighty. aud even Texas gave up the eharac-
Ger on coming into the Union, by which act
she Acknowledged the Constitution OF the
United State-. and the laws aud treaties OF
the United States made in pursuance OF
States. having their status in the Union
made in pursuance q the Constitution. %
b. for her ihs supreme law The States