The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-07-18

srnnsat while whatever concerns the
Dsses shculd b left exclusively to the
Dsasa This 10 oil there il Of the origin.
n psiacipls about it Whatever the
National Convention, IN defining the
bosndariss between the two, as appli-
"a 70 the principle with accuracy, is not
. - questioned, We are bound by that
definition without question. What is
now combatsd il the position that sc.
ssssion u consistent with the Constitu-
don. II lawful and peaceful. It il not
contsadsd that there i any express law
Cor II, and nothing should be implied as
Law, which leads 70 unjust and absurd
consequences
The nation purchased with money
the country out Of which several OF
these States were formed. II it just
that they should 60 OF without leave,
q without refanding the nations mon.
y and paying every sum in the aggre.
estsI I believe nearly Sloo.oo0,o 900
vs. paid to relieve Florida from the
aboriginal tribesL e it Just that she
should now 60 OF without consent or
without any return! The country is
now in debt for money applied for the
benefit of these so-cslled seeding States
III common with the rest. IL it just
either, that creditors shall 60 unpaid or
the remaining States pay the whole?
4 part Of the present national debt
vas contracted to pay the old debts Of
Texas L it just that she shall leave
and pay no part Of this herself? Again,
II any State may secede, % may anoth-
CT, and when all shall have seeded,
none i. left to Pay the debts. Is this
quite just to creditors? Did We notify
them of this sage view Of ours when We
borrowed their money! IfLow we re-
cognise this doctrine by allowing the
the secedcrs to 60 in peace, it is difficult
70 ace what We can do. Others choose
70 60 and extort terms upon which they
will promise to return.
The seceders insist that our Constitu.
ton admits Of secession. They have
assumed to make national constitution
IT their own, in which, of necessity they
have either to discard or retain the
right Of secession. As they insist it ex.
lists in ours, il they have discarded it,
they thereby admit that, on principle,
it ought not te exist in ours. If they
have retained it BY their own construc-
sion Of ours, that shows that to be con-
sisten4 they must eecedo from one
another, when they shall find it the
easiest way Of settling their debts, or
sffscting Arother selfish or unjust OBJ
jeet.
The principle itself is one Of disinteg
ration, and on which nc government
can possibly endure. If all the States
save one, shall affect the power to drive
that one out Of the Union, it is presum-
Cd the whole class of the seeded poll
ticians would at once deny the power
and denounoe the act, IS the greatest
outrage upon State rights; but suppose
that precisely the samo act, instead Of
being called driving ono out, should be
called the seeding Of the others from
that ono, it would be exactly what the
ssceders claim to do, unless, indeed, to
make the point that the one, because
II 10 minority. may rightfully do that
which the others, because they are the
majority, may not rightfully do. These
politicians are profound in tho rights OF
ninorities, they are not partial to that
power which made the Constitution,
and sPeaks from the preamble, calling
itself. W. the people.
It will be Questioned whether there
j. to-day majority Of the legally quail
lied voters Of any State, except perhaps
South Carolina, in favor Of diaunion.-
There is much reason to believe that
the Union men are in the majority in
many, if not al, Of the seeded States
The contrary has not been demonstrat.
ed in any one Of them. It is yentured
TO affirm those even in Virginia and
Tennessee, for the result Of an election
held in military camps, where the bayo-
meta we're all on one side of the question
voted upon, can scarcely be considered
- demonstrating popular sentiment
At such an election all that large class
who are It once for the Union and
against coercion, would be coerced to
vote against the Union.
Il NAV be Affirmed without ertrava.