, 1861-03-16

theory be lays down fails to ensure protection
70 the objects sought to be attained thereby,
N4at good VIII it do to propose these mudifi-
| cations, when, even il they are accepted. they
afford no guarantees to prevent the recurrence
oi di1hcnHles as great, or greater, than those
Of the country? What, Ii, In the event fhat
these proposed amendments are adonted r1.e
North ehould rebel, and take the EoFernment
1nIo 5hetr own hands as the South has done,
aau, before another election conld be called,
new order Of notifications" to meet The
new eSagencles Of the case, they should pro-
ceed to p]under the public property, rob the
national treasury, steal the government arms,
selze the United States forts, and dlshonor the
conutry's flag? Whist could be done :? Just:
nothing, absolutely nothing at a1l. All the
government could do, according to Nj. B's
Theory, would be to maintain state Of IL mas
tefly inactivity!'' It has no Inherent power
to enforce the laws and maintain its authority
not even power enough to give vitality and
efficiency to any notifications Of the general
law that might be accepted By the people. He
says the genius Of free institutions does not
comprehend the restraining power Of the gov
ernncnt as the nleaps Of enforcing subordiua-
tion to its authority What, then, is the use
ofappealing to the ballot hox as tbe proper
prize 50 highly the exercise Of tie elective
franchise, when there is no nre5tYainine
power IN the arm of the government to secuTe
peaceful and quiet possession Of those rights
and privileges supposetlto be guaranteed to MS
aaI9ngn nftag an exercise OF this high preTogatiye
am at 8 loss to know what Mr. B. means
Waen ne says "the only basis on which to per
petuate the American Union, known tn The
World or taught IN political philosophy, finds
NOS adE2cates III the Central portion Of the
Union. suppose, however, that lie alluded
IN Tf rff f33a a+I1,.r,
glnafed BY those along the central portiou,'
Who are the senconstituted guarilian:, Of slave
~, anu who have taken special care In that
only basis," to secure its unlimited extern
sic1. how far such a basis, on which to per
petnate tn: American Union, il taught in the
political philosophy Of such men as Washing
ton, Franklin and Jefferson, lt.sye for Mr. B,
to decide for himself
lie thinks those men along the central por-
ton, who know all about saving the Union
On their own way are remarkably smart; but
still he admits that they haven't got ali tie
course they haven't DON'T the asstutc edi-
tor Of the Chicago Times and his Eureka cor
respondent liye in America? OF course they
do. am sure, then, it is very clear that these
TWO lmportuat personagcs, at lecsf, are included
IN the exceptions. But there is .one man in
the eminent class just relerred to, whois per.
feet giant. He stands head and shoulders above
all the rest. Aud, what is the most remarke-
bic thing about this very remarkable man, is
that he has emotious"-"p pure emotions" at
that-nonc Of your milk and water kind-cmo-
tions, too, that ignite-tha5 take ffrc-that f,tyu
we have the most solemn assurances Of Mr.
b., that one Of these emotions (which unhap-
.pily became ignlted) fired this remarkable
man, to What extent however, it is not stated!
But there is another peculiarity about these
emotions III addition to their intlammability,
and that is their mobility-their excessive slls-
ceptibility Of motion. They are liable to cart
of-hy away-and it is said to be highly dam
gerous for them to come in contact with any
ene who carries On his shoulders that indis-
penEable fixture, called the head. have the
most solemn asscvcratioDs Of Mr. B., which
can be supported by the Chicago Times, whose
Veraclty is never called in question in this ii
cinity, that there is sufficient power in one
OF these emotions to break the head Of your
unworthy correspondent-yea, to "sever my
skull to thousand atouls,'' which, I suppose,
means to smash my cTanium into an .inlhitcsi-
NAL number Of little pieee5i Really, it seems
to me that have g pretty good head after all,
If it can undergo this breaking IN PROCESS
without Haasai7g! Now, surmise that if tic
biggest emotion Mr. Crittcndrn l..a, followed M
wllhone Of Heenanss hardest, were to fall uron
the head Of Mr. B. it wouldn't play half the havoc
aforesaid, from the fact that it is little too
sgt! My friend may be pretty Sharp, but /
very much suspect that il the experiment Of
dfissng were attempted, it would result il
signal failure. S W