The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-07-12

dents OF the complete dCHtrucbun OF he ]
Union. The sophism itself is that any /
State Of The Union may consistently with [
the Nations constitution end therefore /
lawfully and peacefully withdraw from
the Union without the consent Of the
Union or Of any 9th State.
|. The little Disguise, that the supposed
right Is to DO exercised only for just cause,
themselves 10 be the sole judges Of its
Justice, u too thin TO merit any notice. 49, /
With rebellion thus sugar-coated, they |
|. have been Grugging the minds Of their /
section for more than thirty years, until
at length they have brought many good
+ men 20 a willingness to Ike up arms
against the Goytfnment he day after
some asscmblage of men have enacted
the farcial sentence OF taking thoir State
out of tho Union, who could have been
brought 10 no such thing the day before.
This sophism derives much perhaps tho
whole, Of lis currency from the sssump-
ton that there is some omnipotent aud
sacred supremacy pertaining 10 each
State Of our Federal Union.
Our States have neither more or less power
Than that reserved 10 them In the Union by
the Cjnatituton. No one Of them ever hav.
log been State out the Union. Theorigin
ones passed Into the Union even before thov
cast oU their British Colonial dependence,
and the new ones came into the Union al.
rectly from a condition Of dependence .exoopt.
. log Texas, and even Texas Ia ita temporary
J In dependence, was never dcsiguated a.
, State. The new ones only we're designated
states on coming into the Union, while that
name was only ti-st adopted for tho old ones
w aud by the Declarat'o1 Of Independence.
I, These, In the United Colonies, were deela
q red frc1 and Independent Statoa but even
. then the object plainly was not 10 declare
q their independence Of one another Of the
= Union, but directly the contrary, a. their mu
p tut pledge and their mutual action before.
at the time, and afterwards AbuniAntly
i show. The express plightlng Vf faith by
i each aud ali VI the original thirteen States IN
the articles OF Confederation, and later that
the Union shall BE- perpetual, Il most oonolu.
9 sye. Having never been States In either
9 substance or name outaile the Uaiou, whence
u ia magical omnipotcnee Of States' rights.
4 asserting claim Of power TO lawfully destroy
. the Union itscl1 Much 10 said about the
sovereignty Of States but the word even. l.
= not IN the National Constitution, nor na 1,
believed, In and Of tho State Consttutlons -
Q What is a sovereignty with thu particular
+ ser 90 Of the termi Would Il be Ear wrong
s 70 declare II a political community without a
!, pluitioal superior' Tested by this no one Of
our States, except Texts, was a sovereignty.
and even Texs gave up the character on com
ing iuto the Union, by which act she aoknow.
! lodged the Constitution Of the United States
aud laws and treaties II the United States
= made 10 pursuance Of the Constitution, 70 be
y for her supreme law. The States have their
Q status 10 the Uuiou aud they have no other
o legal status; if they break lrim this thsy onIy
Il do 80 against law by revolution. The Unior
ID and notthemsclves separately, procured tholi
"A independence aud their liberty by conquest o.
~ purchase.
's The Union gnve each Of them whatevcr o
= independence aud liberty Il has. The Unior
II s older than any of the states, aud in fact i
Is created them rs States originally. Some de
q pendent Colouies made the Union, and Ia re
p turn the Union threw or their old dependnne,
~ for them aud made tho states such a. thev are
a, Not one OF them ever had State Constltntio,
y independents Of the Union. or courae, Il \
y not forgotten that all the new States formeC
70 their constitution before they entered Tn,
Dt Union, nevertheless dependant ON aud ore
r. parntory 10 coming into the Union.
10 Urquestonably the States have the powefi
Dr. aud rights reserved 10 them by tho Nationa
h Constitution, but among these surely are no
u included all elneoivablo pOwors however mis-
chievous or destructive, hut at most such onl,
ne were known In the world at the time Al
J. governmental powers; and certainly a powel
's to destroy the Government itself, had mover
l. been known as governmental as merely
IL administrative power, This relative matte
i Of National power States rights as prin
ciplc Is no other than principle Of generaht,
+ aud locality. Whatever concerns the who'll
n should be o)ntlded 20 tho whole General gov
Il ernmenti while whatever concerns tho Stat,
y Should be left exclusively to the Sta'oI.-
hisis Ill there Is oitIe original principle abou
I, Il whatever.
= Tue National Convention in defining IN,
boundaries between the two, as applied 70 Ia,
II principle with exact accuracy, 10 not 90 b,
n questioned We are all bound by that def
. lnition without question. What Is now com
!, bated 10 the position that secession Is consis
"a tent with the Constitution, Bnd is lawful an,
al peaceful. It's not eontended that there
B. any express law for il, aud nothing shoul
n, ever be Implied as law which leads to unius
r and absurd consequences The nation pur
"a chased with ts money the countries out o
/, which several OF those States were formed. =
!. L. II Just thet they should 60 of without leay
V or without refunding2 III . nation paid yer,
10 large suma-in the aggregate | believe near
ly SlOO 100000 to relieve Florida from N
he aborignnl tribes.
n Ia H. just ths, she should now 20 on with
nv out consent or without any r,turif The ma
,e lion Is now in debt tor money applied for m
nj benefit Of these 30 called seeded States /
!, common with che rest. is il lust either tina
:, creditors shall 80 unpaid or tho remaining
~ States pay tie Whole1 A pait Of the nAtiona
debt was contracted 70 pay the old debts .
le rexas Is Il just that she shall leave an,
a pay no part oft herself7 ARainifone Stat,
It may secedc, so may another, and when al
Ie shall have scceded none Is left TO pav thl
\ debts. IL this quite Just 10 etedtors7 d.,
We notify them Of this sage view OF ours whel
we borrowed their money! Ii we nov recog
?, nize this doctrine by allowing the seceders d
10 90 Ia peace, II Is difficult 10 see what We eal
n do. Oilers choose 70 60 or to extort term
m upon which they will promise 10 remain. Th
= seoeders insist that our Constitution admits o
m secession. They have assumed 10 make
\ national constitution Of their own, ia whiel
, OF necessity they have either discarded or re-
! tanned lbe right Of secession az they insist /
y exists 10 ours.
y II they have discarded Il. they thereby ad
10 nit that 90 principle 10 ought not 70 erist II
10 onrs. II they have retained II " their Owl
10 construction OF ours, that shows that TO b,
n consistent they must seoede from one another
u when they shall find Il tho easiest way OF set.
Ting their debts Or efsoling other selfish OF
. unjust objects. The principle itselr b one OF
y disin,egIation and ono on which no Govern
" nent ctn nodflply endure,
i lfall Tie states save ono should affect the
= power 10 drive that one out OF the Union,it Ia
o presumed that the whole class Of the seeeded
= politicians would at once deny the power and
e denounee the act a. the greatest outrage upon
! State rights. Bdtsuppose that precisely The
/, same act, instead Of beng called driving one
: out, should be called the seeding Of the 9th
. ers from that one. Ii would be exactly What
the seeFders claim 10 do. uhless indeed % make
D the point that the one because il Is q minority
G may rightnily do that which the others be-