Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-10

II the dominant party had accepted the
Critieuden compromise. or the border S'a'e
compromise, or some other plan OF conpro-
mise ~ thus shown disposition to rrdress
the admitted wrongs OF the southern peopI"'
aud they had then persisted in rebellion, we
Won have been the FIRST to justify The GOV
ermeut n the resort to force.-E1~reSs
The ~eceesonists have al lways been loud
in their prote-t.tious Of admiration for the
almost perfect Constitution under which we
live. They have never. until since they were
defeated in the last Pre-idrutitl election, eH-
pressed any desire to see it changed or amend
ed. As so,n as they were likely 10 be bum
died out of the Federal Offices, they suddenly
a@crrtained that ii was m-erably inPerfect
instrument. Collector Washington tells It's
that the dreadful evils attendant upon re-
movals from office con only be eradic'trd hy
constitutional amendments We believe that
if an amendment could be maae whereby
}"chaEan B nppontees could te reinstaIed IN
their old places. the Crt'uden and other
compron!i es would never again be heard of
Those who have always assumed to bc the
especial guardians Of ;he Constitution, as is.
are cutting a rdjculons figure in now insist
ing upon over,urring it if it cannot he
amended to suit their newborn whim5. BE
sides ifamendpd at all. it must be done in ac-
cordance with the forms Of the Con-tii ution.
That instrument nowhere propidrs that
amendments shall he made upon HE Grmand'
of orued eonsprators in seven ar more
STATES. The way provided is Il peaceful one
Not one ffth, but three Jo"rthS Of the States
may amend the fundamental law Of the ma
ton.( See Article V. of the Constitution The
Secessonisls are MT wrongel by reason of
the decision that the Constitution shall re-
main as it is. If they are, they have never
had their rights and this they do not claim
Upon what preteXt does the Express justify
u rebellion. " hich vas commenced before the
Republicans ever had Pr,sidentora aior
ity in Congress? Rebellion IN alvanco was
! necessary for the purposes of the consrirntois,
for they feared that the Republican admins
trGlion would not. either from the want If
power or inclination, do anything to "prrcip-
ilate the Cotton ~taies into Il revolution"
THE TERMS Of THE REBrFF-fhe folio wing
is the resolution adopted 10y Il vote of 81 to s.
10y the Democratic State Central Committee,
in reply to the insulting proposition Of the
Srcrs>ion,ts for a fusion:
Resolyed. That the Chairman Of the Demo-
cra,c Central Committee Oe Instructed 10 in
tom the subcommittee of the Committee
presided over hy the Hon. Chrs Lmdley.
that the State Central Democratic Committee
decline to enter into any negotiations with
the Committee over which Mr. Lindley pre-
sides
The Morning Call states that J. w. Me-
Corke stoutly insisted upon Il fusion We
understand that Mr. McCorklc was one of
the representative Douglas men" alluded to
hy Lindley in his call for a second meeting
of his committee. A subscription should be
Joseph His old friends with whom we meet
are filed with sorrow and anger at his I'm
accountable course.
SUDDEN DEATH-On Monday last, work
man in N. Nogss' tunnel, in American lliil,
Nevada county. named Patrick Kelly, sud
denly fell dead while engaged in his labor.
In the morning, and up to the fatal moment.
he appeared TO be in his usual health. Cor
'ner Henry held an inquest and found the
cause Of his death to he disease of the
heart The deceased was, says the Trlu,-
'ript au industrious, peaceful, and worthy
nan. His aye was about forty. An ouy
hid, daughter resides at Taunton, Mass
TIA MES WHO CARRIED THE MESSAGE Tie
iyc Committeeman, who were rpointed ly
HE Ljndley Committee to beg for admission
into the Democratic party, were Mrssrs Ben
ham, Wise. Randolph st yrrs and Mitchell
ers rzz57rgs~a
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