Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-07-12

national constitution, in the preamble of
which unlike our good old one. signed by
Washington, they omit 1--WE, the people,
and substitute 1--WE the deputies of the SOW
ereign and independent States" Why?
Why this deliberate pressing out of view
the rights of men and the authority of the
people? This is essentially peoples con-
test. On the side of the Union it is
struggle for maintaining that form and
substance of government whose leading
object is to elevate the condition of men
to lift artificial weights from all shoulders,
to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for
all; to afford all an unfettered start and
fair chance in the race of life, yielding
to partial and temporary departures from
necessity. This is the leading object of
the government for whose existence we con-
tend. am most happy to believe that
the plain people understand and appreci-
ate this.
1t is worthy of note that while in this
the governments hour of trial, large num-
bers of those in the army and navy who
have been favored with Offices have re-
signed and proved false to the hand that
pampered them, not one common soldier
or common sailor is known to have desert
ed his flag. Great honor is due to those
officers who remain true despite the exam
pie of their treacherous associates but the
greatest honor and the most important fact
of all is the unanimous frmness of the
common soldiers and sailors. 10 the last
man, SO far as known. they have success
fully resisted the traitors efforts of those
whose commands but an hour before they
obeyed as absolute law. This is the pa
triotic instinct Of plain people. They un-
derstand without any argument that the
destruction of the government which was
made by Washington means no good to
them.
Our popular government has often been
called an experiment. Two points in it
our people have settled. The successful
establishment, and the successful admin
istration of it. One still remains its sue
cessful maintenance against formidab bic
internal attempt to overthrow it. 1t is
now for them to demonstrate to the word
that those who can fairly carry on an
election, can also suppress rebellion.
That ballots are the rightful and peace
full successors of bullets, and that when
ballots have fairly and constitutonally
decided, there can be no successful appeal,
except to ballot themselves at succeeding
elections. Such will be a great lesson of
peace, teaching men that what they can
not take by an election, neither can they
take it by war, teaching all the folly Of
being the beginners Of war.
Lest there be some uneasiness in the
/, mind of candid men as to what is the
course of the government towards the
southern states after the rebellion shall
/ have been suppressed the Executive deems
) it proper to say that it will be his pur.
/ pvse, then as ever to be guided by the
! constitution and the laws, and that he
will probably have no different under
standing of the powers and duties of the
federal government relative to the rights
, of the state and the people, under the
t constitution, than expressed in the Inaug
ural Address. He desires to preserve TIT
: government that it may be administered
to all as it was administered to them whc
, made it. Loyal citizens have the RICH
e to claim this of their government, We hav'
e no right to refuse or neglect it. 1t is no
Y perceived that in giving it there is an,
v coercion, any subsection in any just sens
: of that term. The Constitution provided
v and all the States have excepted the pro
a vision, that the United States shall guar
e anty to every state a Republican form o
e government but if State may lawful.
s 60 out of the Union, having done so j
IS may also discard the republican form 0
y government. So to prevent its going Out
; it is an indispensable means of maintain
d ing the guaranty mentioned, and whe
d an end is lawfully obligatory the indis
d pensable means to it are also lawful an
l. obligatory.
l. 1t was with the deepest regret that tn