, 1861-04-09

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= >>~@~ TUESDAY, APRIL Q, 1851.
~ ..sc';s}@f ssssfF 1SERHB2! 1HSaESRHB2R1 o. snr
=. ,ec:r. When Mr. Lincoln7entered upon the ad.
ministraion Of the duhes of his Office "a
! :. President, he said In his inaugural that III
I 80. recognized no right in any State to seeedk
49, from from 1he Onion, He also aYoged his in
@sa* etent'on to enforce the laws and collect the
: - r .xeFenne. We hare no :idea,that he las
degiated an hairs breadth from this DE-
clafed Intention It Is only with hin a
Question Of p6#er. Has he: tie power 3D.
&c sas pEsssRt laMa ia collect therevenues
seceded Stztesf - 3~'7:':: =: g
The enforcement oftheF revenue laws is
about the highest daty that devo1yes upon
the5 AdmintsfratoGt. SThde" revenue il Tia
food upon which it exists, and if hostile
parties are allowed to seize and convert;
: !: 70 their own useA tho Federal Gov v
ernment will shortly find itself in the laws
~ Of st4ky+tion- any government that W;i1i.
not defend its own bread aud butter. ought
'f ID stsfe& : The conduct Of ofc the th insnrra,,ts
u con1scating Federal, revenues. \ e: Il,
more lawful than the act Of, The freebooter
seopss .naa:onthe etreeton satur7a3
n1ght and robs him Of his weeks Hapes. +,
aud II TIC man should draw pistol ana
- shoot the robbsr IN his tracks he would be
perfectly justified; The forms and cere.
monies m amndnsages ofpolite society are-not
:. y be Needed Oh. n.sueh occasions: !:
= Since the control Of the lcustom-bou.es ~
ano 4#asehonses in Southern ports have:
oeen usurped under alleged,Siate autth.oiTi;.. s.
~ =!s,:andtae Federal: revenue officers b63,,s
s.'7 been foscihly excluded, .it has become a..
practicable 10 collect the imposts on shore.
on goods shipped 70 those ports. But the: |
place where The, e,ewnner of the goods navs
sae ausytis no part Of the substance OF The
4aYIt gqea !l merely 70 the form. The re. e !
etPt Of the Go7ernmrlent, given on the iiecl;
* >of~a revenue cutter will be Just Ias yali1
as if':g1Ven In Gle custom.h o1ae M, IN.
: = shore :"Bat Saysan ally Of the ssces.
Hiou1sts,, where does Lincolnz derive r.
authority for receiving duties On board Of
~ " :. q Pan:of}sa19 Fl Wenenag that he obtains
1tom stt. Inc necessities Of the situation:
La~dAs men have seized upon the custom
houses N ports, expelled the collectors and
usurPed the tqnetiiddns :o1> The Goiy1ernment
a 39re]gn @ vessel arrives: with a!cargo Of /
goods; Government officer on,board ofs
man MAJ, ct var anchored in the harbor, boards
the m21erehantman: 2 and informs the esaptxa3n
and party p +; charge of:the goods that the
!: town is IN state Of inEurrect1on and The
:; SossrnmeHt at tpresent Is not prepared to
receive the dues On shore, but will
J.. On ship board- " hat Inference does it
:: - n1aAG rs 70 The o#nar Of the. goods whether
-; ne pays them in the cabin Of an American
.-s: Ne1EEssetmes, or in the office of the custom
/ aaeses But it may be objected that he
= " desites q to place his goods IN bond. The
reply to this is, that for The present the
:*1 a.. warehouses at The port in question are ii
the hands Of. The enemies Of the Govern
mem, and that it is not prepared to receive
:, Them that Legal bond could neither be
executed nor enforced, as the United states1
So District Court has Teen roerced into I'll
is'gaing, Is, by1 the insurgents: Ehe owner Of
the goods would be told to sail to the near
4 est loyal port, and there land !and ware.
horse lis fabrics. But even this slight
:=.tro'1tde. to=thes 1fhlHaertrr~need not occur:
i S!secanse.as soon as the Administration has Il,
determined upon IT'S line of policy notice
Will be given to American Ministers and
Censpls. at all foreign shipping ports and
unless the owner OF goods was yillfullv
:. peryerse, he would not send them to mort
!: IN rebellious State. If he! did, his Coy
8 ernment would not interfere in his behalf
as It would have no right to. do. co..
The foreign exporter. cannot object to
: paying the duties oa shipboard. He has
no legal right to escape payment of in
posts; nor has, he right to acknowledge
..- the Independence, Of the mob on shore ,
=, which may, be il . state Of insurrection
against The Government: 2The revenue g
rlghts,of theGoyernlment are of paramount :
consideration, and importers may not im,r f.
pair OF destroy them. ~. .:,; j,
Can The insurgents object to the calec4d ;,
: tion Of inposts on shipboard? Certainly.kss -
mol; because if there be any :irregularity 6
a., or want Of fo1n,ality IN tile: execution Of
:. The revenue law, they are the sole cause of =
it. "A, man is not allowed to shelter him
self behind .. technicality caused by his
OWL wropg4doipez: uor.i he nerrbi1Ye5 to z
take adyantage,of Consequences that may
:. ,inure 70 his own benefit, brought dbout by
his unlawful conduct; nor can be hold
another, to 1le literal performance of on !.
- a aa+eer;;ent 10; 49, "14f ~ ~ 1 tt
!" 4ea liz nas thro"h obstacles tx
; IN the way pt It's execution <.=so of the -
usurping insurgents; they cannot object :,
to the collection Of the rgvenue f{n board
:: ofa;man- of+wer N the :ha1bor. when thew =
: themselves hare seized upon he custom :
!, houses and. driven away the collectors. :,
j It Is ;t,1a. i1,,tr.of t1s no1..a.,o,.s