Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1861-01-02

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Now how does the present case stansf-
The time has come when men should spea
out. Duties are mine consequences ar
Gods. | intend to discharge my duty
and I intend TO avow my understanding O
the Constitution and the law -iof the coun
try. Have we no authority or power to ex
ecuts the laws in the State Of s Carolina a
we'll as in Vermont or Pennsylvania
think We have. Now, sir, what Is the Gov
erhment TO do in ! Csrolina7 Ii s Carolin
undertake to drive the Federal Courts on
of that State, yet the Federal Governmen
has the right to hold those courts there. :
She may attempt to exclude the mails. ye
the Federal Government has the right Il
establish post Offices and post roads and /,
carry the mails there. She may resist tb,
collection of revenue at Charleston. or am
other point that tbs Government has provi
ded for ifs collection: but the Government
| has the right to collsct il and to enforc'
the law. She may undertake TO take pos
session OF the property belonging to tht
Government which was originally cedec
ny the State, but the Federal Goyernmen
has The right TO provide the means for re
aiHing possrssion of hat property fish,
makes an advance Ell her to dIspOsses th,
Government Of that which il has purchased
or To resist the execution of the revenu,
laws, or of our Judicial system, or the car
ryIbg Of the msils, or the exercise Of an,
plhes power conferred on the Federal Gov
-rument, she puts herself in the wrong
aud 1t will be the duty Of the Gavernmsnl
Z" see that the laws are faithfully execu
ted.
sourH cARoLIsA's pREn OF cEssIoS.
Mr.. johnson read the deed OF eessien h y
South Carolins to the General Government
Of the land on which the forts OF Charl ston
are erected. Mr.. johnson said:
Here is a clear detd Of eession. The
Federal Government has complied with all
he conditions, and has, in its own right /.
the hand on which these forts are construc-
ed. The conditions OF the cession nave
been complied with; and the Government
mas had possession from that period to the
present time. There are Its forts; there is
IT'S arsensls; there are its dock yards; there
IL the property ofthe Government; and now,
under the Constitution, and under the laws
in pursuance thereof, has South Carolina
the authority and the right TO expsl the
Federal Government from its own property
that has teen given 10 her BY her own ACT. i.
and Of which il IS in possession? By re-
sistiDg execution Of the laws; by attempt
ing to dispossess the Federal Government,
does she not put herself in the wrongl-
Does she rot violate the laws of the UnIed
,Iates? Does she not violate the Constits
ton? Does she not put herself. within the
meaning aud purview of the Cons itutIoH
the attitude of leSying war gaipst the
United Statesf The Constitution def nes
nd declares what is treason Let u tai
about things by their right nsme-. know
that some hotspur or madcap may declare
that these are no: times for government
Of law; that We are in a revolutions. / know
that Patrick Henry once ssi6. "If this be
reason make the most OF It," IL any hing
an be treason in the scope and puryisS Of
he Constitution, Is not levying war upon
he United States treasob7 Is not an at
empt to take its properly ireasonf Is not
an attempt To expel its soldiers treasO"2-
is not an attempt 10 resist the collectiOs of
ne revenue, or TO txpel You mails. or Ia
,r 10 drive vouS courts from her border !,
t.. ont Are not the.s powers clearly NJ
fsrred IN the Constitution on the F. de al
Government To be exercised7 What j. -,
then, / ask in the name Of the Csnst futon
in the meauing of the term as the {
isnueOf IL IS LieaSon, auu nOtulng nut
reason; and if one State, upon It- own
volition, can 90 out Of this Uonfederacy
without regard to the effect it is To have
Ipon the remaining parties to the compact,
what Is your Government WORTH wha. Will
II come TOT and in what will IT sndi 1t is
no Government AT all upon such construc
IOn.
WHAT DARE vE PERMIT A STATE TO DO!
Suppose this doctrine to be true. Mr.
President that State can Withdraw from
his Confederscy and suppose South Caro-
| ina has ssceded. and is now out Of tn,
| Codiederscy; 10 what an attitude does sh,
place herselIf There might be cireum-
| stances under which the States ratfyinJ
| the compact might tolerate the secession o
State, she taking the consequences Of tn,
act. But there might be other circumstsn
ces under which the States could not al
low one to secede. Why do say sol Som
snppose-and it is a well-fOunded suppo-
-ition that by the secession Of State, a!
ne remaining States might be involved il
i-a.traus consequence Tley might b
uvolvrd in war; aud by the secession q
ne Staie. the X xi-tence Of the remaining
states might he invalved. Then wiiho 4
| AgarI I'd the O0usLllullOUt uAFt tilb OLnt
| .t.- permit one To seced- when IL -ndsu
ers and iav1lve- all tho rpmalniig SIates
ihr Question arises 10 This cOunec iOu
| neither the States are condItIon u tol
| ate or v i'll tolerate the secession of SOut
arolint. That is mstler TO b. determlT
4 when IL comes up. It's questIo
rhich must be lsft open to he determine
~ the surrounding circumstances, whe
the occasion arises.
TIE MONROE pncrRINE.
But conceding. for arguments sake, II
ioctriue o. secession. aud adnitting ih'
TIE State Of South Carolina is nov up
yorr coast, foreign Fower. absolved fro
all connection with The Federal Gsyeri
nent, out Of che Union: what thent Thel
vas doctrine iucuicsted in 1923, by VI
Monroe, that this Government, keeping
view the safety Of the peopls aud the e'
tstence Of our institutions, would perm
no European Power to plant any more co
onies on this continent. Now, suppo
that South Carolina is outside OF u
; Cosfederacy and this Government -
possession of the fact that she is formiI
an alliance with foreign Power-w
France, with England, with Russia, wi
3 Austria. or with ali Of the principal Pc
a nrs OF Europe; that .bsre - 10 be gre
naval station established there; an immsn
rendezvous for thsir army. with a view
making advances upon The rest OF the
states: let me AK the Senate, let me a
!, the country if they dare permit i'll Und
:. aud In complIsncs with the great Law
" elf preservation. we dare not let her do
aud il she ware a sovereign Power tod
outside Of the Coniederscy. aud wa fort
:, lsg an alliance that We deemed immicsl |
! our institutions, aud the existence OF Q
= Government, We should have a rightto &C
: qusr and hold a. q province.
:, TIE MEXICAN WAR.
IN After having expended si2O. 900 900
A. the war, after having lost m any of our b
- vest and most gallant men: after nv
re paid 8 S 600 900 20 Mexico for the terri
h ry, aud admitted Into the Union as 81
now that the people Of Califordia have
into the Confeieraey and can stand ale
according 10 this modern doctrine, y
Mt Government was Just made 10 let them
u and then to let them step out. Is not
We conclusion iilogIcalf Is II not aOsure
sr say thai, now tnsI California is in. she
N. her own volition-withou out regard 10
'rs consideration paid for her; witnout
hIs gard to ,he policy which dictated her
by QUESTION by the United States-can v
no out and bid you de6ancef Is it no
lat ahsurdftv IL YOU take the reason and