The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-09


m Hd ihr rief adeaae 49,
t iny Hy conquest 81 rlrehsa
tbe naH naEo tNh ihem vhalet 5
sdpenisHe aal 6sut3 81 las IT,
lum oli ihsa aay 81 Use States. an.
Z r. la b tra'od fhfa Sale 0aa
3D. dependant colonies maaq lH
taaH al Is 'aW the fal0n iiloU "
iatlf ell lor i'em and mad.
I s @ dies m Noi na 3
lHn ser Hl SaU Consultation iud
aa3.ui q B laIoA 0f eaur ii a8
tafc9ea ila 80 ne uea States foma
thef Com tHa beio lie, catered 4,
[ MOS, nruhel dependent uI,0n and
preparatory d coming into tac Onion
lrtgQe .aulaly tle Statcs have lhc pou.
q Hd H reserved 70 llrm, md On
.ibem aHa IS iao National Constitution.
bul among .lu urely ara noD included
all conceivable however mscactou 81
'ls iraaife but 81 mos such only IS wee
known 10 thc worll n ihslimc. a. soycn.-
meWiaI powers and certainly a power to
destroy ihe Government ITSELF la3 never
becn knpNn d q governmental, amera.
Is administrative power
lif' Hlait, matter 81 national power
anl sm' r,IIa 80 principle i no other
than The Panriple 9. generality and local
itY Whatever CONFORM tbe whole should
hs confined 20 Cd whole Government /;
While whatever concerns only The Srate
h0ull rs leH eNgnhely Is do State.
lal all itrrc i~o ORIGINAL principle
about IL Whether tle Naaui Con, Is.
ton. % defining boundaries between thp
two, has applied lIe principle with exact
accuracy, IS not 10 be questioned. We
are all bonnl q tIld defining without
question, VIM n0w combulcl Is the
position that scc. Ten Is consistent with
the Constitution, II lawful and peaceful.
! i not coniendcl lhai there is any cx
press law ior H. ana nothing should bc
.,er implied as lnw which lcals to unjust
mI absurd consequences
The nation purchased wish money tho
Countries ont ol which several Of these
States were formed. ] 80 iaH th8t the,
.hall 20 10 without rciuuatue. The na.
ion paiA scg LARGE ums IN the aggre
ate,-l belle nearly i hundred million
aalrs-to relieve Florida oi the Aborig-
ual tfihc il Just that she shall now
q III wihouI consent OF without any re
HnI The nation IS now in debt for
aoacy aplIicl e !hc bench, Of these so-
alli aui,s, Il COMMON viii |
I rest + , that either creditor !,
bah 50 8apa.d o. tllu remaining State.
IS lie whole a part Il The pcesnt
atioul lsbt wa contracted 10 pay tie
"a debt 81 .l'cNas. lsu iu that ,cshalI
ave and PAS no part Of tbs herself I
g,in ii ono State may sgcedc, so may
mother, aal when I'D shall haze seeded,
one IS loll iopay the debts. Is this quite
ist 10 creditors? Did We notify them Of
b. sage sicW 81 ours whcn We borrowed
igir money II we Low recognize tl.is
uctrnc hy allowing tIc seceders 70 90 in
cacet il Is difficult % soc what we can do.
'thcrs may choose 10 q or 10 eNiou
rms upon which they will promise tore
riia The ecclcrs insist that our Con
linton admits 81 secession. Tlcy have
ssumcd to make Il national Constitution
tlcif own, in which, Of necessity, lry
lsc elherdstagdcd d. retained thc rigIl
scce ion rs they insi-tit exists in ours.
they have discarded it, they thereby ad
Il illat un principle il ought pot 10 exist
ours. Il they have retained il, by thcir
Fn construction o. ours. That slows thai /
be eonssie4itley must 5ccclc from one /
io;lcr, wien they -hall find i iltc easiest
- Of settling illair debts, Or clltc.ing any !
har selfish Of uuju- Object. I
The principle ITSELF Is One d disinicgra- {
IN, and upon which 10 Government cln /
] lilly cudac. II all the States save ,
S should assent 70 drive that orc out Of /
q Union, il IS presumed the whole elas &
scceicr politicians would at once deny q
6 power, and denouncc the act as The d
ea.rst Outrage upon State Rights
but suppose that precisely the aai, d
sirad q beng called drnipg tie one ont, y
aald 81 called tie seeding 81 tie otheis il
~ that one il would BE- exactly what T.
6 scccdcn claim 70 DO. unless, indeed, a
sy max lhc point tlsu the one, because Il
b minority may rigiaiully do what <
6 others, because fcy are majority, q
y mol ti4huuliy DO These politicians .
{ profound IN tic rights Of minorilics
iey are Hol partial 20 that power which s
tde the Cog ii.atiou, aHd speak trom II
{ Preamble, calling itself /" We, tie Il
.ople" Z,
IL may wen be questioned Wheeler i
ere i To-day a majority Of the legally II
5iAed voter q amy State, except pcr- s
q South Carolina, in fayer Of di,union. Il
nrC j. much reason 10 believe hat the M
non men are ii the majority in every <
ier ono 81 the so.called seeded States. NJ
The contrary has not been demonstrated FL
any ono IL them. II Is ycnlured Is at
d ti6s otrn OF Virginia and Tenn. f5r +
result q au ciec,ian, held in military 81
nps, where It's bayonc,s arc All on one j,
Z Of abe question voted upon, can scarce Il,
&c considered rs demonstrating popular G
iimeni Al such IN election, an THAI +.