The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-07-13
WHOLE No. l.04l

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upon State rights. But suppose that pre-
cisely the same act, instead of being called
driving the one ont, should be called the
3, Ceding of the others from that one il would
he exactly what the scc,d ers claim to do,
unless, indeed, they make the point that the
one, because it is a minority, may rightfnlly
do what the others because they are ma or-
ity may not ,ightfully do. 1hess politicians
arc snbtle and profound on the rights Of
minoritics; they are not partial to that
power which made the Constitution. and
speaks from the preamble, calling itself The
People" 1T may well re questioned
vile there is to day majority Of The
legally qualified voters Of any State except.
perhaps, South Carolina, in favor of disunion.
There is much reason to believe that the
Union men are the majority in many, if not
IN every Other one, of the so.call"d seeded
States. AS the contrary has not been
demonstrated in any one of them. it is ycn-
tnred to affirm this. even of Virginia and
Tennessee, for the result of an election held
in military camps, where the bayonels were all
on one side of the question. voted upon, can
scarcely he considered as a demonstration Of
popular sentiment. At such an election all
that large class who are not at once for the
Union and against coercion would be cocrc,d
to vote against the Union.
He discusses our national developments
and prosperity under our form OF government
and tells
WHAT VIE ARE FIGHTING FOR.
This is essentially peoples contest. On
| the side of the Union it is struggle for
maintaining in the world that form and sub
stance of government whose leading object is
to elevate the condition of men; to lit arti-
fetal weights from all shoulders to clear the
paths OF laudable pursuit for all to afford all
, an untcttered start, and fair chance in the
race of life.
Yielding to partial and temporary drpar-
| lures from necessity, this is the leading
object of the Government for whose existancu
we contend.
am most happy to believe that the plain
people understand and appreciate this. 1T is
worthy of note that, while in this, the Crow
| ernment's hour Of trial, large numbers of
| those in the army and navy who have been
favored with the offices have resigned, and
proved false to the hand which had pampercd
them, not one common soldier or common
sal !ur is known to have deserted his flag
Great honor is due to those officers who
remained true despite the example of their
| treacherous associates. But the greatest
honor and most important fact of all is the
! uncommon firmness of the common soldiers
and common sailors. To the last man, so
far as known, they have successfully resisted
| the traitorous efforts Of those whose COM
mands but an hour before they obeyed az
absolute law. This is the patriotic instinct OF
plain people. They understand, without an
argument, that the destroying Of the Govern
ment which was made by Washington means
no good to them. Car popular Government
has often been called an experiment. Two
points init oar people have already settled
the successful establishing and the successful
| administering OF IL. One still rcnans-its
successful maintainance against Formidable
! internal stttmpt to overthrow it. 1t is for
| them to demonstrate to the world that those
| who can fairly carry an elec't.pp can also sup
| press a rebellion-that baiilo's are the right
| full and peaceful snccessorS Of bullets, and
that when ballots have fairly and constitutions
ally decided there can be no successful
appeal back to bullets, that there can be no
| succeeding elections. Such will, be a great
| lesson of peace, teaching men what they cam
not take by an election, neither can they take
it by war; teaching all the folly of being the
| beginners of war.
| In conclusion he states the
POLICY OF TIE GOVERNMENT.
| Lest there be some nneasiness in the minds
of candid men as to what is TO be the course
of the Government towards the Snurhprn
States after the rebellion shall have been
! say it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be
guided by the Constitution and the laws, and
that ho probably will have no different unC.tr-
standing of the powers and the duties of the
Federal Government relatively to the rights
of the States and the people, under the Com
stitntion, than expressed in the Inaugural
Address. He desires to preserve the Gov
ernment, that it may be administered by the
men who made it. Loyal citizens, every
where haun ba riuhf tn cl.p 1f.
Government, and. the Government has no
right to withhold or neglect it. 1t is not per-
ceived that in giving it there is any coercion,
any conquest or subjugation, in any Just
scn>e of the terms.
The Constitution provides. and all the
States have accepted the provision, that the
United States Shall guarantee to every State
in this Union a republican form OF Govern
ment. But ifa State may lawfully go out Of
the Union, having done so, it may also dis
card the republican form OF Government; so
that: to prevent its going out, it is all-indes-
pcnsable to use every means to the end OF
maintaining the guarantee. When an end is
lawful and obligatory the Indispensable
| means to obtain it are also lawful aud obliga-
tory.
1t was with the deepest regret that tho
Executive found the duty of employ ing the
war power in defence of the Government
this duty or surrender the ex;stanee Of the
Government. No compromise by public
servants could in this case be made. Not
that compromises are not often proper, but
that no popular government can long survive
a marked precedent, that those who carry an
election can only save the Government from
Immediate destruction by giving up the mnin
point upon which the people gave The cleo
ton. The people themselves, and not their
servants, can safely reverse their own dehhrr-
alto decisions. AS private citizen the
Executive could not have consented that
these institutions shall perish; much less
could he, in betrayal of so vast and so sacred
a trust as these free people had c0niidcd to
him.
He felt that he had no moral right to
shrink, nor even to count the chances of his
own life in what might follow. In full view
OF his great responsibility, he has, so far.
done what he has deemed his duty. You
will now, according to your own Judgment,
perform yours. He sincerely hopes that your
views and your actions may so accord with
| his as to assure all faithful citizens who have
been disturbed in their rights, of certain
and speedy restoration to them under the
Constitution and the laws.
| And having thus chosen our course, with
out guile and with pure purpose, let us renew
our trust in God, and go forward without
fear, and with manly hearts.
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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