The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-06


ay the eebts Is this quite ~. 10 crsjitorsf
DID We notify them Of this rage visv Of ours
WHEN We borrowed their money! HIVE now
r.ooguizs this doctrine by allowing the
~csdsrs 70 60 10 Pesos, IL din
cult 10 So what We eau 40 II othsrs
cNoose 20 20 or TO- sxtot terms upon
Witch ,Sy Il, ,s ps.%Cs :. r. ssn .s
accession. They have assumed 20 make Ma
tional Constitution q thsir own, In which OF
thsy have either described Or retained
the riRM Of secession, - they insist IL exists In
ours. II they have oiscsrdsd Il thsy ther.by
admit thst on principle Il % rht not {, exist IN
ours filthy have retained II BY their own con-
struetion q surs they show that TO Be consistent
they shall hnd Il the easiest way OF settling
their debts, or .fsotiog any o.h.S ssl6sh or un-
just object Tia principle itssH Ia one Of die
integral on and upon which no govern msnt can
possibly endure. II all states save one should
avert ths POWER N drive that one out OF the
Union II 10 presumed the whols else Of seoed,d
politicians would ct otcs deny the power
and dtrobnos the act as tho greatest
outrage utoa state rights. Bat suppose
that preois " the same act, ins,ssd Of bstpg
called orivirg the one out, should be called
the seeding OF the Others from that ono. IL
wtuld DO exactly vhst the ssceders claim TO
do, unlsee indeed, they mako the point that
the one, bsosuss II 10 a minority, may right
fully do what tie Others, because they are
ma Jori,y, msy not rightiully DO. Those poll
ii lens are subtle and profound In tn,
rights Of minoritiss. They are not partial
70 that power which made the o. nstitution.
ard spSaks from the preamble calling itsslf,
1--WE the people may well be ques 10 oed
vhs'hsr thar. u today a majority Of the
legally qualified votes Of any sta'e
sxopt, pmhSp'. South Carolina In favor o. DIS.
1. I'LL. ekaNN L..
Union men are the majority In the
n any, If not in every other ono Of
the 10 called ee~s'od stats. 1hp en-
trarY has not bean dem )nstr A'ed In any ono
~ them. IL |, vontbrsd to 1ffitm this evan Of
Virginia and Tennessee. for tbs result OF an
election bad 10 mil az oappi yhefe thor
bayo, els sre oil Oh ono side OF the ques.io
voted upon, can scarcely be considtrei ~ de;
monstTa'ip popular sentiment. At gyph an
election, all thai large class Who are - once
foi the Union. and sgsinst eAo;oicn w1h,d .
co,rood ia vote az inst the U liou, II may Q
affirmed without ssStatf,anet that thp
hss in,titu'tces ~ dqoI hsv. daytSpst the
pOw.rs ssd ipebysd Sisttaae dis. osr
W SsG ,,ip :Spl. hey Sss fsy so AZ %,
ave illustfstion. 30 large an army sfBhs
government bas now on foot vas nsvrs t>fere
knc. \ without solder In Il but who hhs
tksu his place there OF his own free chOics.
Bat moro than thiS, there are many single ~
g,msnts whose members one AID smother,
possess full pisctical knowisdgo OF all
the arts sciences, professions and whatsoever
tlss, whstbsr useful or elegant, IL known In
tho whole world, and theIs is scarcely enc
from which there could not lie selected q Pr
sident, n Cabiret, . Congress, end parhap, q
Couit. abundanily competsnt TO ad minister the
Government ttelf. Nor 60 say this Ia not
true also in the army Of our late friends, nov
-. L. kaaZ -aN n..NG l.
better the reason why the Government which
has conferred such bensfts on both them and
us should not he broken up. Whoever IN ANY
section proposes 10 abandon such q Govern
ment would do well 10 consider In difference
10 what principle Il is that he does IL, what
better he Ia likely 20 get in its stead, whether
the substitute will give, o, be intebcs
pls. 1hsre arc sono forsshaaos ings on
Ills iubject. Our adverSa,iss hsvs adopt
cd tomo declarations OF indsp ndencs
In which, unlike the good old one p-nno1 by
JEIFKhsoH, they omit ths words "all men
are Great, equal" Why7 They have adolt-
cd atmporary National Cons tuition, in the
PREF mtle q which, unlike our good old one,
signed by WAspIsoToN, thay omit, We, the
pccp's, and substi ute " we, tho deputies {
ID. sovereign and indetendsht states" Why 2
Why this deliberate pressing out Of view, tbs
rights OF n on, and the authority Of the pc plo.
This is, essentially, . peoples contest. On
the side OF the Union. II Is q struggle for main
tsining In the world that form and substance
Ct Government, Whose le'ding object 10 to OLE
vAte the condition Of nan; TO life artid isl
Weights from all shoulders; TO clear the paths
oflsudaSle pursuit for all, to AffJrd all an un-
fsttered share and fair chance In the race OF
life, yielding TO partial and temporary dspsr-
tures from necessity. This IL the leading OBJ
Jet Of the Lovernmsnt foi whose sxis ,enoe We
contend.
am most hippy - believe that III, pain
PEOPLE understsnl and appreciate this. II is
worthy Of note that while in this, the govern
the army AID navy, who have bsn favored
with the ofscss, have resigned and proved FALSE
u Tho h and whlcl Pamperod them, MT ons
osnmCn solcisr or common BAilor Is known to
b I'VE d serted his flag. Gieat honor is due TO
these C1itep Who remained true despite Tho
Example OF their roach rous as Ocia ss but tn /,
& oatost honor aud III, most inpo' tant fact II
all Is the unanimous frmness OF the common
sIeiers and con mon sailors. To ths lat m N,
30 far as krowp, they have successfully re-
sisted tina traitorous efforts of those whose
oOmG ands but an hour bsfore they oboy.d 40
al; olute Law. This IL ths pstriOtic instinct
Of plain pope. They md arstsnd without an
that the de toying the ,varnmsnt
which was made Nv WAsu,NorJS lnosns no
Ia. oftsn been c'll,d an experim'n'.
Two points in IL cur people hlva
so'toS. 1hi successful o.t'H'sSint Rnl
tho iucc,sful AL in sterink Of IL one still
reppins It's src 'css'ul msin,cEa1co against
tur0 liable inter al alto optic overthrow It II
IL n " flt the - Co demonstrststOth - wor d that
tho., WI u can fairly carry 'u' an election can
also suppress rsb io'. Tbat ba'l1ta arc tho
IiIhtful AMI pc coful -ucco'sp Of Gull IL ard
hat Nh,n ball Is hsvs fairly end coltitu-
q, nally decided, ia re can DC no successful
Rpp'sl Ia k u bullets, that Ito can bs no sue
cefsful appeal except 60 hal lis themselves at
succs ding elections Such wi be great lesson
Of peace, teaching men that what they cannot
take by al elo,t,O either can they taka /, b.
a wsr-tsaching all the folly Of lo!ns the bo6in-
nerh OF a war.
Last there be come unoaslu,ss In the min de
of candid men as 10 what is 10 he hs courto II
tn, Coy eminent towarCs tbe SJu'Lcrn States
a. er tina rebeli, shall have beer suppressed,
the negative ctems II proper TO saT a. will bs
hs purpose then, ~ ever 70 bs gGIded by the
Cons tuition ard TIE laws and that he probably
have no different understanding u the powe .
q vi dates Of the FEDERAL u Jvernment re.A.
lively 10 tie rights Of this sAtss and the %
lie, undsr the Constitsthn. han that expires ed
la the inaugural address, lie desires 10 pre-
ssrve the Govsl nment, that IL may be admin
cred for all as II was ad mir istsred by the men
who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have
the right u claim this OF the government,
sld the Gyvernmsnt has ne right TO withhold
or neglect II IL Is not perceived that in Civ
ing Il there Is any coarciJn, any CONQUEST, ,r
any subjugatlon In any just senro Of th's,
terms Tho Contribution provided, AMI all
the states have accepted tho pro ision
that tho United Safes shall guarantee
TO every state In this ELion a repub
can form Of government but il a state may
lawfully 20 Out o. Ihs Uni,r, having done 60,