Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-17
NUMBER 227
monw9iltil, mud especially to offences
lngntnst the sovereignty of tue statei Chaps

trr 100 of.thc Code
l. Tre&aor shall consist only 10 leYyInE war aspy,
the State or alherinK tOitS EneIues giving EhPai,
al aud eV'nirt or establishing Yitilput authority
~ tns tegFlsInFc any G'veFnnlc ciIt within ita liIa
seras5 fIOni the eXis Ing government or lrJtlihR
or eSecutiuE In ucli usuTpel unIent any OEice
9 PruteNiuE SlltELlce pt fidelity Il. or resisting
nv eNSeuttbn Of tile laws under enor Of tts anthVr.
tSi and such tre INOn hprUyet Uy the te-tinony Of
tN0 ~ins.st. t'' the SsllRe by e0uEsssOn
ia S.lItrt Elln hs puuiserl " It'll te1Oth.7
:! II q Tree l'eIsnu, knowing Uf any kuch treason,
snt not ~ sOin as may be give tnt1rnItiUn there
OI tile Governor, s1fIIe Of the Ttlre
e shall lis Puni he by fine MT exeee ding one tou.
s9nl dollars or by confinement in the pPnitehttary
nut lst, than three il0r M ire tlrin uve years.
y IL list, terSOn attempt tI e,tRbltsh any such
.lanrped R9NSsnmeht niid oEnnt any Overt ret
ilisTSire Sr ly writing or speaking. eudeavar To
SIM TIE eophneIl Ia lan not exceanR twelve months
and duel n9s eEsesltns one thoasaal dVIlars,
A+t thestirst section, it,nmy be obser-
we'd Ns esnrcvssarS ietluriivu from hat T
have sail, that the Government of the
VnlttlI States, in the discharge of ITS cQu-
sllthttOn"i fdurtipDs, in inaintniuinx thv
sDPTsuhry of the Gon4titusiou.i.in tile en-.
t1rreuent fits laws, aud in tile pr0tpc-
'IVn40tits property cIniOt lie committing
any wrong ag'inst any sovereign State
whateVer, ami atiyHntlIoritv prii erIy eS :
rxcisctl tor this purpose. is Ilut =. /. rec ex-
erciSed5nRaimst the State. but against ii,.
diritlnals, under whntevvr. cnlorl vi nutlior-
lty they nhH profess to act. who are in
arms against the Government; aud nuy
snrh art under tue nnihUrtty ct the Union,
cIumUt hv treason against tng. States.
bnt whoever attempts and mn kvs any
overt acts towards establishing. without
HuIlluritS oflhc Legislature, amy GuverIl-
Inent aWLthin IiIe limits of the Sinte. srDa-
rate from the. existing Government, or
shall hold or execute any Office in such
usnTptd Government, ar shah prIleSJ allie
gianee ar fidelity il, or sIIIil resist tile.
rexrrniinn Uf the laws. Idrr cOlOr of its
Hnthnrily, IS guilty Oftre.tSun lie WIN
would not be gully of trenstMl against tie
uulOn. should not he guittV uf tre.i:;iIt,
against the State. Ia both their jnrisdic-
tions they are sovereign. in Theory, aud
should he sIreKirtle,l in the lives hn,i con
duct "i hun"st and upwright men, 0r rl,c
we are "t SerI without law tar the prOieey
tinn of iIe. liberty lrud lr"iwrty.
No iiIan can strike NJ tile sOTrrcigHtv Of
th" State without sIriSing at the w-lf.rc
aud sovereignty OF tlIe UniUa Destroy tile
Suites aud the l.niou is gOue forever, aud
central drspnttsru ! is established ON their
rniTs Declare ilmt i Statv5is without the
pale OF the Constitution, and that each
one pf its citizens lIeArs n waIfs head.
which may ba struck duwn las those who
VIII do II, lhh lHwsesSnCss, aud rMpi:.r,
au'l nnnrcliy. which niu end in ,fgs,,t,ifsm
Is the sure consequence Violate iLis law
"i EirgIniI and.Ili This is the natural IUrir
Which conducts sur people to ri!,n, Those
who sire in haste u show tI!eir loyalty to
the Constitution of the Guiun hy setting I'm
u 'brOkrn aud divided sovereignty rE lust
Int State, d" nnt see, or will noL mninIaIn
Their true loyalty to the Constitution whigl,
they so nr'tentiY SnppUrt nui - earnestly
Inatut9iu, but which they Violate in t:irir
very zeal for its nlaiurHiuanct. This law
al treason lIT the Commonwealth, is IntSs,,l
IN virtIH of ttTt suverriguty winch, ,I,,,s
Always been accorded tO the SmIrs; in
virtue of TINT Sovereignty hy witch cnci,
10 ehuh'e ed i'ud emitted tU take caro-
OF IT'S own t-l'reservatinn; and is ia 'Attft.
Mceor'lance with the Constitution ofslbe
uultei States. The power at the Stale To
m"'ni"'n it%nnity nun Integrity il but tho
counterpart Of that tIltg at the General
Gnvernment expressed ia the srctiop
ufiic fnurlh article, wilirh saws, ~, nv
State shall be iurnIrcl nr erected within tnv
jurISdtvtinu 0ENnY other State. witl,ou, the
consent of such SlAieely its Legislature q
In SIrtue Of its uwni1nnte savprsienfv AMI
10 yirtWr, Of this constitutional prnvision
"nd dznn'i"r the prOterticn of this pir,lpc nWi
guaranty in thai instrulIient, this inw ia
Just nnd constitutional, AMI must IL! en-
i"rred, until the amtmgOmitniS oE reeaIutinp
sIFli Justify. hrfUrt God nnd tn onr own.
c"nseieureEy for our own SrunGS. rebellion
aud revolution nEain<t the Suite.
as TO the llIirI scrtiIi, il wls not. it;ter
ded I" prevent free and full ii&rnssidn of
the relation wiiirh my one i,lrt ,,f iIt,.
State bears iO another, and n show ,i,af
those relations are !mf sIrll u character tint
hrfurthrrc0ntinuhmcc cOrthetw0Undtr;, ;,nN
E"TrFnmentiS nnlGi1cr idlprtlIIe. or tIn,t
tor'nny- other reason they slOuI,t ht sentri-
ted or that they are Incompatible. in srnif
IItent inr"ngrunus sinintereet, ,Nrthat ti,r, it,T,
Will hc better able tOsattain in some Other
connection The en'l Uf..il e .0d government.
namely. the cnjnyins'I,t of ltf.- aud sibrr;y..
withthr mei'ns of acquiring ard o3scssitI,.
nr.tperty nnd pursuing .ln,i5nHtIiuin,, i,.,i,-
ninrss and sWtety.r Chill Of lsIg!lr5, n
M'ien this law was passed it mnst l,p nm.
= 'SeI to have tpen framed in view nf tlitti
public policy aud Ssnsrnh dfaiF State i,yl
which rs Is'orltsup"n open diSrnssiun and
nnu"r the freedom HifO6r rspuhlicin insli
t9tlonS' ilsrussrd the eviis at former con
sGia''"hs anu 'ten1u"cFd their eiiiIr pros
risiuns, and secured their nvertLrpw anil
the establishment of mnutifpr c,rStituti,,n
with their tvniltncies To- ..infiuite r,tIfctt.
ism Ou thcirnins .f sllp old. Aud most
surely :Hn-t he understood a< bJins r65
nrie,l in rstriTnve ia thin other provision
,nf the Dill of Rights which gives gfiarl
hniee ot irrednnl and a measure of wrung
hy which the ps"pie my certainly know
when y gosrrnnl'nt is hrcUIiue tvranni-
ei'i and 'iespniir. ilflniel, .'tl,t the frrpd0in
OF the pr:ss u nne of the gre ii bitIySlrks
nt liberty aud l.nh never Iie resfrdifipsI bnt
my aestullr governments. tBill.or gtIs,
This gt-ea yonltEo full view 0f the lIvy
o. treason against the Utdbn hnIi the State.
There still may ren1in,i in yri1r minds mn
impression that there Is some rnnflI..t ne.
t%ssn them This is nNtan. III the rtyl
u"F and proper working NJ tltsse two in.