M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-01-17

! tablsh q great Confederation otrepub.
lies, the greatest, lreeest and most
useful the world has seen"
Onthe occasion Of my Inauguration,
II ielt it TO be my duty to warn my
Icountrymen of these hostile designs
Iagainst the federal Union. But thon
they were in speculation only. Now
thoy are in act. Shall they he con.
sunmatedl Shall the national gov.
ernment be degraded into a mere
league between Independent States,
existing only by their sutfersnce, sub
ordinate to them and subject to be de-
Istroyed at the pleasure OF any State of
the coutederacy Or shall it contin.
ne, to be maintained, as a governor
proper sovereign within its prescrib-
Iee sphere as the States are sovereign
within their prescribed spheres-foun-
ded on the adoption Of the people as
ware the States, and creating direct
relations between itself aud the indi-
Vidual citizen, which no State author.
lily has power to impair or disturb,
and which aothing can dissolve but
revolution. '- u ,ol .1'aa s-
! Nearly twenty.eight years ago, the
people Of Ohio, speaking through the
General Assembly, declared what in
their Judgment are the constitutional
relations between the federal and state
4 governments quote but one OF a
series OF resolves OF the General As,
SembIy on this subject: ro .,.
That the Federal Union exists in
a solemn compact entered into by the
voluntary consent OF tho people Of the
i United States, and OF each aud every
State, and thar therefore, no State can
claim the right to secede fIUn. or vic.
late that compact, AMI however gricv-
Gus may be the supposed or real bur
thens of a State, the only legitimate
remedy is IN HE wise and faithful ex.
ercise of the elective franchise and a
solemn responsibility of the public
agents"
This is the Judgment OF Ohio to-day
There never WAS people 80 thor
oughly bound together as u nation as
the people OF tho United States. The
founders OF the government took pos.
session OF the country under the au.
thority OF the parent State, acknowl.
cdging its sovereignty as binding al
the colonies together as a portion OF
5 the same realm When they resolved
upon II separation, against the consen
r iot the, supreme power, they eutere,
D upon II war to establish a republican
I government, embracing the confed4r
Atrd- colonies, to take 'their place,
7 among the natiuns Of the Garth as on,
9 aud an independent people. constltut
. my another nation, OF which the Ar
ticlcs OF Confederation, establishing
p ION the basis ul perpetual union, IVA
q the evidence to the world AMI the GOV
r enant among themselves The Con
. stituiion Of the United States was tn
! repetition Of this grand national ACT
fand, heing more emphatically the ac
'lof the whole people, they declared il
the preamble, I'VE, the p.ople, or
! dain,p &c, Giving the scope Of tn,
. nations functions proclailning one o
the main o5iects to be to make "morC
5 perfect" the union already established
, as "perpetual." What nation eve
tpresented So perfect a record of its OK
: istence as a national government, anC
!, Of the indissoluble union, cementet
among the municipal commonwealth,
in charge otthe local, internal afiairt
. Ola people, as the Constitution OF IT,,
4 United States! Every new State is
!. brought into the Union by an act o
" the national government, and no MAJ
a tof foreign birth car become a citizel
). without swearing allegiance to it.
t tIrequires territory, provides IL will
+ population, nurtures them in infancy
and introduces them as States at ma
:. turity. 1t has authority TO annll sucl
+ constitutions and laws OF any Of tn
e States as contfavGne the provisions q
a the Federal Constitution. All Stat
|, Executives, Legislatures and iudicia
v ylribunals have accepted it from tn
d day it was proclaimed as the suprem
:, law Of the land The Constitutio
dIgives theright ofeminent domain eve
ii over the soil Of the States, the sea
/ coasts harbors, for national and con
d Stimtional purposes, through whic
}. to establish post Offices and rontes
, custom houses, navy yards, arsenals
d armorIcs, everything necessary Tor tn
IS national defence and to the admins
n tratior of the government Can
10 State secede and main the power an
u right OF self preservation, Inherent i
tie system, which pervades the gov
,t ernments, State and National, and ac'
:. Ing by its officers directly on the cit:z-
re- Shall tle artery that gives life
Is the great valley Of the West be at til
y. mercy of hostile commuLitie All
~ subject to be severed from the gu
Stream thruuuh which fhe intpri,