Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-09-05

: ocuted." lie has no power to SUSPEND
LAWS, or rights secured by law.
| Again: neither Congress nor the Presi-
dent has any direct power over the States,
as such; none being delegated by the or
/ ganic law to either. The powers not
= delegated are reserved to the States or
people. The States, or the people of the
5 States; within them, by that instrument
S conferred upon, or delegated to, the gem
: eral government 40 POWER OVER THE NUM-
CtPAL LAWS OR DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS OF
r ANY OF THE STATES. In some important
r instances the States are prohibited the
s exercise Of certain powers. The Union
(of the people and the States) is union
= for certain notional purposes, by delegated
y or declared powers. Those which arc
f not so delegated, do not, therefore, APP
: pertain to it, in any or all its departments
, or subdivisions of national authority
. Again: certain riqhtS of and in the States,
' and the people thereof, by their laws, are,
by express conventional stipulation and
I solemn colemn compact, secured to them
- see art w., sec. I'd, Sd clausel From
this Dricf recapituation of some of the
important functions and power of the
National Union, as declared and provid-
ed in the Constitution of Government, it
is plain that, by that instrument or com
pact, the Government Of the United States
has no power, authority, or right, over
! the domestic institutions Of the States or
I their municipal iaws--no such power be-
i ing, thereby, conferred upon it. Attempts,
$ therefore, to interfere with these, or, to
al -, 81, &c ,lo l.,
} al authorities, or by other eans,--out-
side of the Constitutions arc, or would
l. be, rs rcpugnant to the Constitution and
y the proper authority pursuant to it, as
they are contrary to natural, public, and
: Divine law.
\ The present administrators Of the Gov
:. ernment have; as yet, declared no purpose
~ ~ to 90 so; it may be hoped and believed
n, that they will not. CA declaration to
4 that effect has recently been made by
a. Congress.) But, it is only too manifest,
Ia that there are large numbers Of eople--
,, forming a large section, class, or faction
- of those who contributed to bring the pres
4 ent Administration into power, and Of its
:. supporters, in and out OF public places
+, and who profess to be Republicans" (?)
# whose aim and purpose it is (if within
70 their power), to effect the abolition and
a. determination of negro slavery, in the
~ States where it now exists, and did
~ when the Constitution and the immunity
A. which is thereby guartoed, was establish
II ed-cxist by law; and to make the Gov
: ernmcnt, the war, and the citizens of the
!, loyal, as well as the disturbed, States,
- parties to, and the instruments and means
"a of eilccting that unconstitutional and un-
n lawful purpose. 1t is too plain to require
a discus. ion or to admit of debate, that
the purpose, above mentioned, is in di-
rect conflict with the Constitution and
n the National Union which that instru-
~ mcnt was intended to secure and pcrpctu-
nj ute, of and between the people of the
~ United States; and it is equally true that
|, it is also inconsistent with the declared
r. and lawful purpose Of the Government,
co namely, to suppress seditious combina-
st tions and rebellion against the Constitu-
., ton and laws. Adhesion and support
o. therefore to that purpose, and action il
IL accordance with it, is not fdciity, but in
or fidelity to the Constitution, the Union
n and the people, who are as much bounC
he by duty as they are concerned in intcres
Le to preserve the Constitutional Union, il
# its integrity and sprit--as the security
in of their Liberty aud the fuliiIlment o
N their pledged faith On the other hand
IS it is true, that, whatever may have bccl
nm the popular sentiment and feeling, OF
ls that subject, as distinguished from thu
is leaders OF the revolt. in the earlier stage
"a Of the present unhappy dsturbances-th
n impression, or apprehension, is now uni
ms versal or nearly so, among the people o
s. the seccdol States, that it is the purpoS
If Of the people of the North, and of tn
n Govcrnmcnt-undcr the pressure of pop
81 ular excitement aud passiOn-Stimulated
h, AS they believe, and as the facts indicate
n by political and religious ianaticism-t,
nj suhjugate the South Ohc slave holding
or States), and with them, their domcctic
al social and local institutions. Whcthc
Il, this is really the purpose of the Northeri
IS people, generally, or not, the affect, a
cy stated, upon the minds of Southern pcO
il pie, is now, undoubtedly real and ha
nv been, within those States, an efficient an,
all very potent cause of tho general diSrup
bic tion of national fraternity and harmony
or and of the existing civil war. II this ap
si- prchcnsion, in respect to the Northern
cal people, or of the major part of them, VIII
rnl are or may be, in heart or interest, faith
ful to the Constitution, to law. and t
,nl their duty--(to their "ncighbor," thc
in "brethcn," and themselves lis III
the founded, in fact, the plainc,t dictates {
,is- humanity and natural law, the prcccpt
ION AMI spirit Of Christianity, and the salct
noe and we'll doing and well being of all ii
as American people, the nation, doman
It'll that the misrepresentation, 50 serious an
m, distressing in its consequences, shall b,
aid in spirit of justice and mercy, correctc
and removed-lrom at least, the minC
.cs. of the people who are affected by it, an
,ti- the way opened, or left open, to a pacii
to cation or, at least, MITIGATION of Il
co. present bloody conflict.
md TO the iulGllmcnt, in good faith, of tn,
md pledge, of the mutual concession and con
of promises of the national compact, W
ors of the United States are bound by la,
hat divine and human, by all the obligation
which can rest upon civilized and Chri
her tian people, (Which we profess to be-