Smyrna times., 1861-07-18
o r A 10 N
Delivered by Hon. Edward Everett,
On the Fourth.


The Academy of Music, New York, war
6llcd to oVeraOwing on Thursday, the 4th inst.
On the occasion OF Hon. Edward Everett's ora
ION on " The Issues OF the Day." The orator
vas escorted TO the building by the Veteran.
Of lSi2 and received with most uproarious
SencOslratiOns of welcome. The veterans
Ress likewise we'll received. Judge SIosson
presided, and the opening prayer was uttered
81 the venerable DR.. Spring. The stage was
qsi:s filed with distinguished guests, the Vet.
srsns, and the pupils from the Institute of the
Bui. The patriotic songs ofthe latter elicit.
ed unbounded appreciation, while the singing
CT Df. Holmes Army Hymn by the entire au.
iIenee, was most impressive.
THE GRAFTON.
Mr.. Everett commenced as follows:
when the Congress of the United States,
On the 4th of July, 1876, issued the ever.mem-
srasle Declaration. they deemed that a decent
respect for the opinions of mankind, required
= formal statement of the causes which i'm.
pslled them 10 the all-important measure
The elghiy-6fth anniversary of the great Dec.
srsIiOn finds the loyal people Of the Union en-.
gagged IN a Tremendous conflict to maintain
and defend the grand nationality, which was
asserted by our Fathers. and to prevent their
'sr Crea'i0n troiS crumbiiHg into dishonorabl bic
Ch'os. \ great People, ga!lantly struggling
70 kee7 noble frame work of government from
n'l'ng Into Wretchet fragments, needs no ius.
ntcaiIol at the tribunal of the public opinion
o. mankind. But, while our patriotic fellow
e'izeas, who have rallied to the defence of the
taIOn' Faarshaled by the ablest Of living chief
TAGS. are rlskllg their lives in the ield ;while
'Ae precious blood of your youthtul heroes and
'nd oars IS poured out together in defence OF
'ai' precious legacy OF constitutional freedom.
"a F'iI n't think it misl ppro priatlon Of the
a'ar' It employ it in showing the instice Of
t'e cause IN which we are engaged. aud the
t'-aeY OF the arguments employed by the
s'a'h, 10 VindicstiOu of the war. alike mur.
csrous and suicidal, which she is wapinp
's''ns; tue Constitution and the Union.
After depicting the prosperous state of the
c'iniY up to the period of the Preside cleo.
''on and showing that the secession of South
'af0'ina vas an imPOssibilIy in law, he con.
aued
SECESSION Is REVOLUTION.
va ther the present unnatural civil war is
~aged by the South in virtue of supposed
constitutional right to leave the Union at plea.
sure; or whether it is an exercise of the orea,
Aaa Ultimate right of Revolution, the existence
o. Sh'eh no one denies, seems to he left in un.
certainty by the leaders Of the movement. Mr..
Jefferson Davis, the President of the new Con-
'rdsraey, IN his inaugural speech, delivered on
Tue 18Th OF February, declares that it is Gan
sssse OF language" to call ait revolution"
NJ wee President Stephens, on the 2Ist of
March, pronounced it one of the CREATES,
revolutions IN the annals of the world"
Ih's assumed right of secession rests upon
'as doctrine that the Union is a compact be.
'-een independent States, from which any one
: 'hem may withdraw at pleasure in virtue Of
!" sovereignty. This ina aginary right has
eea ias subject of discussion for more than
'a'T'y years. having been originally suggested.
'a%esb not at first much dweli upon. in con.
'''s''0n with ibe kindred claim of a right. on
''e part OF al individual State, 10 "uulIify''
a Aet OF Congress. II would of course. be
IN 1Possioie, within the limits of the hour. to re-.
Nv 'nese elaborate discussions. ] Will only
'''A' on this occasion, that none of the
premises from which this remarkf Bile conclu.
''0a A ofaWn, are rcosnized in the Constitution.
a"o 'na' The right Of secession, though called
e''ed night, is not expressly reserved
:" - mat instrument does not purport 10 he
Compact" but a Constitution of Govern.
4saI II appears 10 its first sentence not to
ave been entered into by the States. but n
nave been ordained and established bv the Deo.
PIE OF TIE United States, from ",bemselvos and
their POsterity." The States s,s not r.m.d
IN II; nearly all the characteristics nowo,. IS
'oEereign'y are expressly granted to the Cen.
a'ai Goverament and expressly prohibited ,o
Tee States, ahd so far from reserving a riubt
d secession TO the latter, on any ground or
a'der any Pretence, II ordains and establishes
"a explicit terms, the Constitution of the Unit.
60 States as ihs supreme law Ofland, anything
= 'ls constitution Of Laws of any State to the
notwithstanding. [Applause.l
I@'' Everett then at some length shaved
AO@ ridiculous we're the claims 10 State SOW.
-'''sa'y pot forth in the South, aad how that
eA : coercion ID be perfectly legal 20
-D'Psi Their Submission TO the General Gov.
'4a's0'' On this point he said 4
.g,r EyFs eOrRcroS rs CONSTITUTIONAL.
"a, D'a aay one imagine in 1903, when General
:. washington called oat Il, 900 men 10 suppress
Sas : 'nsoFreesion in the weslern counties of
ennsyivsnia. that the insurgents had hap.
meg 70 have the control Of a majority of fihs
eess:aiase, and thus clothed their rebellion
s a Pretended fern of law, hat he would
--ss been obliged to disbsnd his troops, snd
'''afn h6nsalf baflsd aud discomti.,ed, to -si,,
- ~e@ns - tasalsrs hat. - 8