The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-07-12
! Of mrn ,b, question, whether a Consti

NY Ut fnrn The question, whether n CODsti
y 'utlunnl Republic ot Democracy, a govern
i men, OF tie people by the same people. can
= " cannot, MAINTAIN its territorial integrity
against its OwniomeSuc foes. ltrepfeseni
], ,he qaestiou, whelher iisconienied indi
' yilnsis, TOO few IN numbers ~ cnntroi tn
. administration, according to tie organic lnv
b. m any case, nnl always upon the pfet, nsr
/. made in iits caSc, OF any u'h,t pteienses. o
, arbitrarily wIihunt any ptctensr, can bfeai
.up thr gOyttnment, nnd thus practically pu
Pn cul to free government upon the earth
III II t,rf,7 f'p n V. ~ fu'rc "a Ai Republic
this inherent and fatal wsakncssi Must
government. ul necessity, be- too strong fn
The liherirs NJ us own people, ~ too veal
- maintain rs own eSts'enc'' So vicwinl
~" issue, no choice was left hnt 10 call ou
. w" waf pIwef oi the government and ~ ~
aist the lpfce employed for us destruction b,
force lrt its prcsrfvn',on. The call wa
moSi gfaiilyins, surprising ~ unanImiiy an,
spirit The most Sanguin, expectation. We
none Of the states commonly called siaV,
states, except D"ltw0tc, gave regimen
through regular state otfani2i'ion. \ frU
r,.slnrnis have hcen orranizrh within som,
uihcis ol ihUSr states 10y Individual en'e.
prise, aud received into The government
srivic,. Of c1urS" the srcri"i states, 81
called, and 10 w'nclI Texas had been juinet
about The iimr Of the Inauguration, gave M
troops To- the cause at the Cuion. tn,
/ border states, 50 cailcl, were not un form
. ~ ,lieit action, SoHe ~ thcm being almost
for 'hc Unlun. while IN others rs Virginia,
. Morn Caruina, Tennessee AMI Arkansas,
,hr linton sentiment was nearly reprrSscd
aud slrn",d.
The ronts" taken IN virginia was lhcmost
/ remarkable perhaps ihe most lmpprlu'. A
/ convention .',r'ri hy the people at IL.
! s'H'" 10 rbneid-, this very question ~ dis.
mpiiu, The f,rl,fai Union was In session nj
! ',c capital pl Virginia when Fort Sumter
/ ic'i In ,t.i h'ly 'i' prppl hal chosen
o lf.. m1iHr.'y Vt prntrssrl iniun m.n.--
/ Almost ilmrdiatclv after the fall nf Sumter
many fnrmlrfs nf HAT mHipfliy went over in
/ ih, ORIGINAL dtsSuuinu minority, and, with
| ''u,lu, 81 Ip'rl m ordinance withdrawing
the Stat" from the Union. Whether tins
c'.,nc,. was wrought hy their approval oi the
. .san,t uuua sumter. ~ 'hcrf"at atttSen'mCni
ai irc GOV. n urI,'F rrFifiauc. ~ tia, as.
aruI', ia not definitely known. Although
ia,y yubuit'cd ''rutdinluc' for rliiiira'iOn
'o vote NJ the people, 10 hc taken On day
then somewhat WIfr than = month distant.
'hr convention - ih" Legislature, winch
was al'r 90 session at The SAME tim" and
plar". with I,'aiu, 'ui1 of the stat" not
mcnhrIf uf cI.uer. rmmyd at.iy commenced
1r'ins ~ it M. state wctc already ont ~ the
Drru Tu"y pushed military preparations
vigorously forward all over the state. Tury
."izrl tha United States atnITy at Harper :
Ferry and the navy yard ~ Gpspott. near
Nntlolk: they received, perhaps invited,
into ihc state, large bodies Of armed unops,
with their wutlIk" appointments, rom ihcsu
called seeded states; they lotHa'ly entered
iu'r - treaty %! temporary n.ii1nc" and 20.
operation with the Sn.callel confederate
states. and sent members to tn"ir Congress
1l Nlp's1urry; and fHil.y, they perm,tt"d
the iusufr..ltpuary government 10 be- trans
G-,r,d 20 'hclr capitol at Richmond. The
people of yifNu'a hav" thus allowed tins
giant inyurr,ctiUu to max" It's nest within
l"r hlf',r., a1I tff -rvc'nnrr' has no
choirr LEFT hlt 80 deal with II where "
Glds u, aud n has TIC less regret, rs the
lIya, u.:'ZrnS hHy" IN due form claimed It's
pf0,rc'ton. those ibvai citizens tins govern
m,ut ig bound 20 trcHnulc AMI protect, as
'.iny IN VIRGINIA, rs rn- Of tie 'u'dcrS.atcs,
60 Gated; 10 tlr', ~ i'r ml!d e. states ,urf,
arr ilps" wup 'aypr q pp.lCy winch they cali
afm'I u,u'rnll'y--'huile, nNHt'n'nr OF those
states 20 prevent thu Union forces passing
lur way, ur the dIsunipn fut cs the other,
over the suri, tllS would be disuniun com.
plclcd Geura'iycly speaking. it wurlI hr
M" hntldlnIoi an impasSnh,c wal along the
line OF s,para''on, and yet not quite an N.
pa.slh'. one uulgt 'hr rrisrp! neutral.
t'y o. wu3 '' the a0n .,'' 90. l"jua men,
nd II. 81, pc. supplies il,H amnnl them to
'hr tu,urI,,''ors's. winch Il corII not d.
De 31 open rneuy. %, a stroke. II would
lAkca tLr'fnyhl-uT 'hr haud. o5 secession,
rycrp, only what p'ucr,'s i;uu tie Vrfnn!
tlockaI,.: A would do for the t!SunlOnlSIS