Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-07-12
WHOLE NO. 1856.

riglthdly do. These politicians are subtle, and
profound with rights Of mnorties. They are not
partial To that power which made the Constitution
and speaks from the preamble, calling itself eve,
the people,
Ii may well be questioned whether there is to-
day majority OF the legally qualified voters Of
any state, except perhaps South Carolina, ia favor
of dsunion
There is much reason 10 believe that the Union
men are the majority in many, If not every
one of the other so-called seeded States Tho
contrary has not been demonstrated in any one Of
them. IL is yenturcd TO affirm this, even of Nir-
guia and Tennessee, for the result Of am election
held boz military camps whore che hayoncts arc an
ON one side Of the question voted upon, can
scarcely Dee considered demonstrating popular
sentiment At such an election an the large class
who are at once for the Union and against cocr-
ciou would be- coerced Co vote against thc Union.
Il may be- affirmed without extravaganza. that
tle free institutions we enjoy have developed the
powers and improved the condition Of our whole
people beyond any example ia the world Ofthis
We have now striking, impressive lllustrauon.-
So large an army the government now has on
foot was never known, without a soldier In 1t but
has taken his place there OF his own free choice
But more than this, there are many single rcgi-
, rnepts whose ncn,bcry, one aud anoiiier. nroteas
ftf iricti,Al kfid,sitdA of stfenoes efuifea--.,-
md whatesrr elaslb be ass.al ef.lslsqAns 4 katsa
in the whole world. and ltara "a sestuoiy one hem
which ti,re lco.daaspt he,splaeted asFreadept Ga
biaet and tlpngesst anI Perb4liy thc Aonrt, abun-
dantv cotnfnstcut 70 administer The Eovernine,f
itself Nor do | say this is not true of Our late
friends, now adyersarcs in the contest. But IL Is
$50 much the better reason why the Government
which has conferred such benefits on them aad as
should not be broken up. Whoever, in any see
ton, proposes Co abandon such a government,
would do well To consider in Difference to what
q. Ia. Int g. La
likely to get in its stead. Whether the substi-
tuie will give or bc intrusted to give SO much of
food to the people. There are some foreshadow-
ings on this subject. Our adyersaries have adop-
ted some declaration Of independence in which,
unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson, they
omit the words All men are created equal ~
Why They have adopted temporary national
constitution, in the preamble of which, unlike
good old one signed boy Washington, they omit
eve, the people and substitute 'wc the depu-
ties of the sovereign aud Independent States ~
Why Why this deliberate pressing out Of view
the rights ol men and the authority Of the people
This is essentially peoples contest. On the side
of the Union 10 is struggle for maintaining that
/ form and substance of government whose leading
object is 20 elevate the condition OF men, 20 iit ar
/ tiGcal weights from all shoulders 10 clear the
paths of audable pursuit for all, Co Afford all
unfcttercd start and a fair chance in the race Of
| life, yielding 10 partial AMI temporary departures
from necessity This is the leading object of the
government for whose existence We contend. l
am most happy to believe that the plain people un-
derstand and appreciate this
1t is worthy of note that while in this the row
ernment's hour OF trial lar.re numbers of those in
the army and navy who have been favored with
/ offices, have resigned and proved false to the
/ hand that pampercd them, not one common sol
/ dicr common sailor is known 10 have deserted
his flag. Great honor is due to those officers who
remain true despite the example of their trcachcr-
] Gus associates, but the greatest honor and the
most important fact of all is the unanimous firm
] ness of the common soldiers and sailors To the
last man so far as known they have successfully
resisted Tho fr,ito, efforts of those whose CONF
mands but AN bour befor. they obcyed As absolute
law This the patrioue instinct OF plain people
They understand without an aris,rnent that the
destrurtion of the Government which WAS made bv
/ Washington means no good to them
/ Our popular government has often been called
! m exnerinent 'T,vn uonts in IL our peoplr have
settled The successful establishment and the
successfu administration of H. One still remains
its successful maintenance against formidable in
terual ,ttrmpt 10 overthrow IT, IL is now for
/ then, 10 demonstrate 70 the world that those who
can fairly carry on an election can also suppress
/ A rebellion That ballots are the rirhtful and
peaceful SUCCESSORS of bullets, and that when bal
lots have fairly aud constitutonally decided there
can he no successful appeal except to ballots
themselves at succeeding elections such will be
a great lesson of peace, teaching men that what
they can not take by election, neither can they
take it bv war teaching all the folly of being the
I beginners of a war.
/ Lest there bc some uncasiness in the minds OF
candid men as to what is TO be the course of the
Government towards the southern states after the
rebellion shall hive been suppressed the Executive
deems il proper to say that ID will be his purpose,
then as ever 10 be guided bv the constitution and
the laws and that he will probably have no differ
emf UNDERSTANDING of the bowers and duties of tine
federal Government relative 10 the RIGHTS of the
states aud the people under the constitution. than
that expressed in the Inaugural Address. lie de-
sires 10 preserve the government that il may be
administered for all AS IL was administered bv
the men who made it, Loval citizens have the
ri.ht to claim this of their government, we have
no right TO refuse or neglect it. It's not percciy-
ed tlnt in irving il there is anv coercion any con-
quest. any subsection. in any lust sense of that
term. The Constitution provided, and all the
States have accented the provision. that the L.
nited States shall guaranty 20 every State repub-
Iean form of goyernmcnt. but if a State may law
G,lly ,o out OF the Union. having done so il NAV
also discard the republican form OF government.
So to prevent its going out it is indispensable
means of maintainin,s the Guaranty mentioned
nensable means TO il are also lawful and obIiga-
tory.
II was with the deepest regret that the EXccn-