Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-07-17

ak1n8 sa91E sx&a t6e mo3 wn0
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hina day go. Tfis Dphinn de-
iy69 mud, pSrhss the 6hoM Of is& sus@
assey, fsdsn the alnmplion ~ shsra. II
ONE omnipotent and sacred supremacy
,e7saining 20 State. 10 each State Of ]
,ar Federal Union, our States hare nsi-
her aeaa nor lsas pawsr shaa thai ssserv~
4 10 than In tbs Enion bF he gsassata-I
In. No oala ct them esar having bean
i Htaks oak of she Hpioss tAs uxigi1a pnsN
sassink into fka unien even bsk6se skty
80 ~ Ia naikish Easaniaa Sn1spsn3snes
md the new ones cana into tbs unian d.
,aasiy from D eondikion of independents
sxoept Texas, and vveH Texas, In its sean-
porasY Independence, vas nayer dssigna-
led q State. The new ones only took the
Of State On eoming into the
Union while thai nazaa was frat adopted
tor the old oass In aad by the 0olonless
were declared % be free and Independent
States. bot evsn then the obiaes pAainly
waa NOS to declare their undergraduates Of
one another, or Of the union, bat deeid-
eddy the contrary, and their aaukuaa &c
sion before, at the time, and afterwards
absolutely shows the express plightiag ct
faith by each and all Of the original thir~
teen In the article oil confederation two
yaars later, that the Union shall be psg-
pesaal, 10 most conclusive having never
been States either In substance oa In nazne
oatsids Of the Union.
Whence the magical omnipotence Of
State Rights, asserting slain Of power
20 lawfully destroy the Union itself p
Much 1t said about the Sovereignty OF the
States, bat the word 10 not In the NasicH-
III Constitution, nor, ~ 1t Is baissYsds In
any of the State Consultations. Whaa 10
q sovereignty in the political sense 81 tho
term2 Gould it be Ear wrong To de6naa&
political Community, without 3 politi-
cal superior? Tested By this, no one Of
our States, except Texas, aver was y sox-t
ereigBtY; and even Texas gave up the
character on coming into the Union, by
which act she acknowledged tne 0oDssi-
tusion of the United States, and the laws
and treaties Of the United STATES, niadsin
pursuance Of the Constitution 20 be for
her the supreme Law OF the land. The
States have their STATUS In the Union, and
they have no other legal status. II they
break from this, they can only do so
against law and BY revolution. The Ua-
ion, AMI not themselves separate, procnr-
Cd their Independence and liberty, by eOn-
quest or purchase; the Uaion gave each
Of the whatever Independence and liberty
| ii had. The Union In older than any OF
the States, and in fact it created them rs
States originally. Sone dependeHE colo
mics made the Union, and IN turn the I'm
iaa shsex eH their old dependence foF
them, and made them States such IS tbay
are. Not one Of them ever had d Stase
Consultation before they catered the Ua-
ian. Unqaestionably the States haVe
powers and rights reserved TO thsm In and
by the National Constitution, but among
them surely are not included sill coaoeiva-
Bile powers, however rRiscAsiyoas or dss-
itrucsive, are known In the world at sae
time as Governmental powers, and Ger,
t2inly . power TO destroy the Government
itself was never known as Governments
or administrative power. This relative
matter of National power and SsatarighEs,
10 principle, ia not other than the prin-
EeipIa or generality sad locality. What
ever concerns the world should be eonsd-
ed to the whole, to the general good
while what concerns only the Stats should
be left exclusively 70 the Stale. This Il
all there 10 of any real prineiple sbouE Il
whether the National Constitution in de-
dining boundaries between the two, hAs
applied the poinciple with great accuracy
! il not 10 be questioned, We are also
bound by that defining without question
What is nov eGmhasted is, that secession
is consistent with the Constitution
lawful and peaceful. Ii Is not contendeS
that there is any express law for it, ant
|. nothing should ever be implied tor Law
which leads to unjust or &bsard conEe
quences. The nation purchased wit
! money the countries oat OF which ssEera
! of these States were formed. Il 10 jus
thai they should 60 OF without leave, ana
. without refundingS The nation pai
} very large sums in the aggregate, be
] Ilisye hundred millions to release FI0ri
! da Of che aboriginal tribes is Il Just tia
sha now 20 of without consent, or With
! out making any retarE The nation
! now in debt for money applied to tn
! benefit Of these SO called seeded States
I in common with the rest. Is IL just eithe
that creditors shall go unpaid, or the re
: naining States par, while part ct ID
E present national debt was contracted :
pay the old debta of Texas? Is il jus
. that she shall leave and pay no part o
: this herself, Again, IL one Seste may %
: eede, so may another, and when all shs
. have aededed none il left TO pay the debit
: Is this quite Just 10 creditoRs2 Did v
{ notify them Of this sage view Of ours whe
r we borrowed their money! live nos
4 recognise the doctrine Of allowing the d
4 feeders 20 60 in peace, IL Is diAaealt 20 81
T | what we can do II Others choose to 90,
= to eztort terms upon which they vi
) promise to remain. The secsders insi:
: that our Consultation admits secessinn.-
y They have assumed 60 make Nations
: Constitution of their own, In which thu
n hare, Of necessity, discarded or resaine
j. the right Of secession, rs they insist
o exists in oaga. II they hare discarded
y in theirs, they thereby admit thai, 9
1 principle, it ought not To be in ours
: they have retained ID, a. by their eonsssu'
q don II exists In ours, they show that
b be consistent they mist seosda from OF
: another whenever they shall and il Il
q treadiest way Of settling their debt
: Ior affecting any other selash Or unjust oil
!. fject. The principle itseifis oas 81 dish
Il IfegratioH, and apoa which no gsveramct
Il can possibly enduFe.
,eI IL all the States saya one sAoaid ssse
10 the power to drive that emo out OF d
d Union, Il Is presumed the whole elias /
i sseader politicians would at once den
+ the power and denounes this act 10 Il
10 greatest outrage upon State righss. B
Il suppose pTsaisely the sasae acs instead
ii tbsing called driving them out, should
= called he seeding Of the otlsrs from sh
Il one, IL would be exactly what the seee'
al ers oIaim 70 de. unlesa indeed. they maj