Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-16
AscArHlSa EXPOSITION os tsSOOLSs ABSURD


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Prom re Lad 70 Telegraph Jaiy -
Besides the s;arng measures announced oy the fres-
d,uf of the Uned States for the prosecutor OF tne
his message 70 Congress, on opening THIS e1uAoreinA
- session coprise- historical glance AZ the origin OF
* .;vI war an e1olana ion az argument in favor Of
6s o.n poicy aud announcement for the future :
Ths b,ori,a retrospect Is chiefly remarkable Tor the
bosi adnis DOGS which Involved though they are not
Intended The express obec IS 20 $40" thAt tne SAtes
go rrof s.pd 20 hSye zee did have "rebslSd" If
sv srt i, us.d in me composition, II u futrey empioy-
"a in the e. ds4yOe % diminish the s0oS oi huno.rs
power resou.ion and unaniniy amongst me Oos'so'
er,ie Safes six safes are named as having J'iusu
C,ofedsrae7; Virginia Is spoken Of as It she was sui
h,lsncios between secession and UnOn consuming 70
r,,s bessef' ne for invaders IRON the dng Aes'
NJ vbo have been n the federal government or c5s-
etue or in the dera army, and have joined the Coz
isdsraton arc impsily described "a knot oil eo9SPE
Aors aim ne 90 carry of nuskes belonging 10 me eet
trl government and 10 put pressure uPoa tnef 0Sn
individual SAFES 10 order 10 sabosn pubic opinon' 40
short the ain of the mesags 70 Fepfesen, tae con
fadsrson as limited 20 a small territory, minority OF
mtconents within that territory and etqne assemoee
around Prrsisn; J,fsisOn DIv's at Richmond the SAID
Rihtnold being mentioned II Il we're siI With TIE
listed S,aes TITS q by far the - part OF message
which reminds "a Gllucky, Of he ia1rst compositions
fklf Aa-, spqaaatsd froa the Wade HUss at bdsAiH9-
fs recent OccupSnt OF the Presidential chair naa
restored som thing OF the correctness and eieNanoh
yrass Some few pr siisnts before sr Buchanan ae'
esiei 10 odce had no: been very haTp7 IN their syR
bu. Ee must cotfss that the least telcitous OF them
neTerbOrsred upon the very unsatisfactory charaeer
OF the document nov before Us
Tue second portion u a volunteered explanation OF
thsN,ssons Why the Federal Cover meat defended Fort
sSamler. I'VE do Dot remember that NJ. Lineoia and
his friends have bcen assaulted oy the charge
against which they are 50 anxlousy defending
themselves and her "a siiDg Is as Gu ous 81 Their thus
a. H n. kaA M
defended the fOrs they SAY, she act might have beea
ralstrUed By many a psrt O. voluntary pohcy,
Wills &C home sopd q scourage the friends OF zoe
Uui1u emboldsn is advestrie-, sRi far to lnsFs 10
tha gtsr rseosni,iOn sbrosd-thst In TACT lt would
be our agionl destruction eonsummIted IL Is cih
Quito imlgine any more eIaggeTaed or unpisrotie ad
mission thaa the ole have here-tbAt II any portion
Of Ire Cuion could be Recognized en- ndcpeni STATE
"Our Sstiona destruction would De col IN IA et so,
ca th, strength tina; fear PissilenI Lincoln cid veL
ture 70 dete0d Fort Sumter,
The third and longest section Of tie messsg' is the
pleading agAus5 the right Of secession conducted 10
fashion Which would not obtain much credit IN any DIS
tret attorneys eli g there or in the Old Bailey heIe
TIE fcesson Of the States COMMONLY called the save
States IS az ain msr toned Csnes which Is begging
the whole Question at issue. and a, the time
iesng how Incapable ih' fed ta government hes Shown
isssli Of retaining ~ hold upon the southern msmbefs
.og the s'a Uri01. Yet our readers are vi aNare,
Ire southern States have been Only too an x5us 10 keep
a
wh eit il the federal government which has broken oh
c, mnu icAons and has rccdered The secession 20
q oroughOing and upste As Is One argument upon
which M LacOl aad his ds appear strongly 70 rely
is that he stat existed independently and that
therefore they cannot lawfully aud peacefully vhtrAS
ON the Cuon "shOut the consent OF the nion or OF
ary other States This l. srJioa directly ia the teeth
o. the Constitution, which provides fer any amerd-
ne even Of tue Constitution Itself on vote taken oy
tie Legalures Of the States, or by Convention 20 be
~. A. -
m4nt Of tbs Constitution would become Las Il we're
affirmed by specified maj ir.;y eith,r Of the : ate Legs
l,tures or OF Nations 70 vention. Yet Mr. Lincoln
mikes The astounding assertion that 10 stae can With
draw from the CaOl, IL the ~ -hdraHa De vetoed by
~ enc gate PshAc ne does not mean what his Sorcs
,tore Tor We must al SAYS make aOSane, the
o. s manifest neHpsreuee and nAph.uds in welding
tle pen.
Tie Argument, however against the independence Of
the States ay period OF their political growth Il car
RED 70 the p,ea OF the sublime, and the proverbiI
tr hsbsyoud Il Mr. Lincoln bad read toe history OF
" ginia for mssI ne would know better than TO pat
on record this ludcrous for the rid eoe of pos'eriy
The personal id1synerscy Of the EN eutiye, as the
President Gale himself ou; IA u 10 the concluding
and slort,, secca Of the sssge shere be prof Sses
20 announce NhaI il be the course OF the government
after isyclory IN toe present civil Ssr II there Is 70
be coercion aud cO7gI-st or slbrgI on he dbes 20.
reeve" that there IS 20 be any such thing in any
jus' sense Of these terms
l. il md ed impossible TO folo~ the Presidential buug-
ling through all intriclces, fjr, shile Me- Lincoln
u,tsrng for each ate This broad aud orc al d right
Of dictaiou be aoSs that the people themselves, aud
not their servants safely their ce,iber
ate deciaoc;r which ia prcisDly What the seeding
Sate. procla.m. if H. = NJ LilcOlls purTO5e TO
Mitigate the misIust and hns % which biz adui,
ton s1s raised 10 the SCIih-rI safes by cap aiming
what course he should pursue after the conclusion Of
pescp h. hss m 81 llicr1usy failed d carry out Lis
osn purpose o. ne contrary, he has just alluded to
the subj ct su isnty 20 show coac 0usless that sat
isftciiou ought % be given 20 the pUoc both sds
% he Potomac While irriaipE a, least the Southern
Sa.rs BY Withholding the information which he PROM
sss.
We can imlgi-e one reason fer this reserve-!rOu a
latent sense that u il At dscOrd Ei;d the msi oriy in the
Northern a. vel a. the Southern States. Mr.. Lncou
rnrty has done is hes. suppresS the iready
furas OF the COUfedsrate Gov, rcnent and q -
sads0eoring 10 cOnrsoi fran he tya3ing ~ he
Sgti Uis grgsisg deposition ~ hs NtrthsrR S'dss
d reopen ne creation Of Bsdes 'gotia ions. Heuce,
undoubtedly The as-0undi gly vague and prevaricSt-
ing language which he ploys the very time that be
preSae1 70 alleviate the asiness Ia the mind Of
aid men, BY inlmatEg What Is 70 be tie course Of CIV
eminent toward the southern SaCs a the conclusion
OF the var Bl b. premises that she shall be done
ehelpy, he all contrtc, ~ get D. 6oiihed of htud At
only four hU. led millions Of dollars" only two
ta g. Of the exp incurred BY the whole Of In
dependence Aud be tligks that his subjects sl
drly believe their oracle sni auto-rai the ETeel've
u qls5torabv mAkj1g up ;ir minds that the bill offer
ed % them osiora he beginning OF the will precise
" ta'y win the bill to Do p- : nted at the end The
Ysakees may he WY o0ed q; people, bl: doubt
Il they quite much easlyei Hr Seward and bis