Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-07-08


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Action befoss q shs time, and aftsrwasd, sbun-
dainty show the sxpssss plighting Of faith b
! sach and ell II the original thirteen States.
in the articles Of confederation two yss.s later.
That the Union shall b psrpetaatsd . most con-
elusive, having never been states either in sub
stance or name outside Of the Union, whence
this magieel omnipotssoe Of States rights, assert
| ing clain u powers 70 lawfully destroy the
Union itself. Much il said shout the sovereignty
| Of the States, bat the word ever 10 not in the
National mr. Is IL believed to b. in
| sny Of the state Consultations. What 10
sovereignty worth in the particular sense Of the
term? Would IL BE- for wrong to declare it polit-
lcai community without political superior
Tested ~ this one Of oar Ststes except Texas,
Vas . sovereignty, and even Texas gave mp the
character ON csming into the Union, by which
oct she acknowledged the Constitution Of the
United States and laws and tsesties Of the United
states made in pursuance of the Constitution to
be for her Supreme law.
The States have their status in the Union, and
they have no other legal status II they break
from this, they only do 20 against Law BY revolu
~ Al - A.
Cd procured their Independence asd their liberty
by conquest orspurchsse. The Union gave each Of
them whatever Independence and liberty il has.
The Union is older than any sf thu States, and,
in fact, it created them ~ States. Originally
.ome dependent colonies made the Union, and 10
return, the Union threw ctf that old doteuieaee
for them and made the States such rs they are.
Not one Of them ever had state constitn'
lion, or independent oftho Union. Ofcourse, it is
not forgotten that all the now States formed their
constitution before they enter.d the Union
neverth Gloss dependent on preparatory t. coming
int the Union, unquestionably the States have
the power and right reserved to them by the Ma
tional snstituti0n but among these surely are
not included all cosceivable powers, however mis-
chevious or destructive, hut At most such only as
were known in the world as Govern
mental powers. and cartainly power to destroy
the Governmsnt itself had never beea known Is
Gov ernmentala s merely administrative power.
This relative matter Of national power and States
rights IS q principle, is no other than principle
Of generality and locality. Whatever
concerns tho whole shall be
while whatever concerns the State should be
left exclusively to the State. This 10 all OF the
original principle about it. Whatever the
National Convention in defining the bounds
ries between the two - applied to the prioci-
pie with exact accuracy, 10 not to be quee-
toned. We are ell bound by that definition
without question. What is now combatted is
the position that secession 10 consistent with
the Constitution-is lawful and peaceful. II
is not contended that there 10 any express law
for it, and nothing should ever be implied as
law which leads to unjust and absurd con-
sequences. The nation purchased with money
the country out Of which several of these
States were formed,
without rcfunding the nations money paid every
sum in the aggregate. believe nearly $780, Co.,
900 were paid to relieve Florida from the aborig-
nal tribes. Is it just that she should now go of
without consent or without any return. The cosn-
try is now in debt for money applied Tor the ben
eft of these so called seeded States, in common
with the rest. Is just either that creditors shall
20 unpaid, or the remaining States pay the whole.
part of the present national debt was contracted
to pay the old debts Of Texas? Is it just that she
SD all leave and pay part of this herself again? ii
one State may secede, why not another? and when
all shall have seccoed, none is left pay the debts
L. thi, quite just creditors? Did we notify them
Of this sage view Of ours when we borrowed their
money
Ii We now recognize this doctrine by allowing
the seceders to go In peace j. 10 difficult to see
what we can do Others che ose to 90 or to
ext .rt terms upon which they will promise to
rs'urn The seceders insist that our Consti
tuition admits of secession. They have assumed
TO n rake a national constitution of their own
| in which. Of necessity, they have either dis
cartlsd or retained the right Of secession. Az
they insist it exists in ours, if they have dis
| carded it. they thereby admit that on princi
pie IT ought not to exist in ours. Ii they have
retained It by their own construction Of cure
that shows that TO be consistent, they must
secede Il ON one another when they shall find
| It the easier way OF settling their debts or ef
fec,iug another setish unjust object.
| The principle itself is one Of disintepration.
| and on which no gO0d government can possibly
endure. II all the states, save one should affect
the power to drive that one out OF the Union, it
Is presumed the whole class OF the seeded politi-
clans would at once deny the power, and denounee
the act as the greatest outrage upon State rights,
But suppose that precisely the same ACT.
instead OF being called driving one out, should
be called the seceedng of the Others
| from that one, it would exactly be what tbe 40.
ceeders claim to do, unless indeed to make the
point that the one, because 1t is a minority NAV
rightfully do that which the Others because they
are the m jority, may net rightfully do. These
politicians are profound in the rights of minori-
ties, but they are not partial to that power which
made the Constitution, and speaks from the pre-
amble, calling itself eve the people," 1t will be
questioned whether there is to-day n majority 81
the legally qualified voters of any State. excent
perhaps South Carolina, in favor of dsunion
There is much reason to believe that tho
Union men are in major ty in many if not all of
the seeded States. The contrary has not been
demonstrated in any one Of them 1t is yentured
to alton those even Of Virginia and Tennessee
for the result Of election held in military
camps where the bayonets were all on one side Of
the question vot ID nIoL scarcely be considered
as dem nstrating popular sentiment such an cleo
lion all that large class who are at once for the
| mon and against coercion would be coerced 10
vote against the Union.
| 1t may be affirmed without extrav.pance tho.
the free institutions which We enjoy have deyel-
oped the powers and improved the condition &c
our whole people, beyond any example In tho
| world. VI this, We now have . striking and i'm
Fressive illustration. So largo an army as tho
| Government has now on foot, was never hefors
| known without a soldier in it who has taken ~
place there Of his own free choice But mora than
this, there arc many single regiments whose mem.
Ders one and another posses q full practical
knowledge OF all the arts and sciences professions
what ever else whether useful or elaQant IL known
to the Whole world, AID there is scarcelv one from
which there Gould not be selected President a
Cabinet, Congress and perhaps Court abun.
| iantly competent to administer to the Governmen,
nor do say this Is not true also in the army ,f
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