Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-07-02

ever else, whcthor useful or elegant,
is known TO tho whole world; and
thore is scarcely onefrom which there
could not be selected a President, a
Cabinet, a Congress, and perhaps u
Court, abundantly competent to adj
minister tho government. Nor do
j say that this is not truo, also, in tho
armyo our lato friends, now advors-
arias, in this contest; but it is 80 much
tho bbttor reasonwhy tho government
which has conferred such benefits on
both them and us should not DO
broken up.
Whoever in any section proposes
to abandon such q Government, would
do well TO consider in Difference to
what principle it is that he does il,
whether tho substitute will be to give
or DO intended to give so much good
to tho people. There is some fore
shadowing on this subject.
Our adversaries havo adopted some
declarations of independence, in
which, unlike the good old one pcnncd
by Jefferson, they omit the words
"are created equal" Why, they have
adopted n temporary national Con-
stitution, in the preamble of which,
unlike our good old one signed by
Washington, they omit, 1--WE tho peO-
plo," and substitute "wo the deputies
OF tho sovereign and independent
States"
Why this deliberate pressing cut of
view tho rights Of man and tho au-
thority of tho people? This is ESSEN
tally n peoples contest on tho ,ido of
tho Union. 1t is u struggle for main.
tanning in tho world that form and
substance of Government, whose lead
ing object is TO elevate tho condition
of men; to lift artificial weights from
all shoulders; TO clear the paths OF
laudable pursuit, and to afford to all
an untettored start and a fair chance
in tho race of life, yielding to partial
and temporary departures from neces.
sity. This is the leading object Of
the Government for whose existence
we contend. l am most happy to
believe that tho plain people under
N NV "ppA NNlHb bblos
1t is worthy of note, that while in this tho
Governments hour of trial, largo numbers OF
thosein tho army and navy, who have been f.-
yored with offices, have resigned and proved
falsc to the hand that p%ampered them, not one
common soldier or common sailor is known to
have deserted his flag. Great honor is due to
those officers who remained true dcspitothe ex-
ample of their treachcrous associates, but the
greatest honor ard most emphatic fact ofnll, is
the unanimous irmncss Of the common sol
dier5 and common sailors. So far as known
they successfully resisted the traitorous efforts
OF those whose commands within un hour be.
fOro they obcyed rs absolute law. This is Il
patriotic instinct of plain men. They under
stand without an argument that tho destroy
ing ofthc government which was made by
Washington, means no good for them.
Our popular government has often been call
ell an experiment. Two pointsinlt our people
have settled. Thc succesSful ESTABLISHING aud
the successful administering Of it. Ono still
remains; its successful maintenance against
the formidable internal attempt to overthrow
it.
II is now for them TO demonstrate TO the
world that those who can fairly carry an cleo.
ton. can also suppress n robellion: that bal.
lots are the rightful and peaceful successors
of bullets and thai when ballots arc fairly
and constitutionally decided, there can be no
successful appeal buck to bullets, that thcrc
can be no successful appeal except back TO
ballotst themselves, Mt II succeeding election.
Such will be q great lesson of peace. tpnch
ing men that what they cannot take by an
election, neither can they take it by n war;
teaching all the folly of being the beginners
of a war. Lest there be some unoasincss in the
minds of candid men rs to what is TO be the
course of the Government towards The South
ern States after the rebellion shall have been
suppressed, the Executive deems il proper TO
shy 1T shall be his purpose then. rs ever, TO be
guided by the Constitution and the laws. and
that he probably will have no different I'M
derstanding of the powers and duty of tina
Federal Government relative 10 the rights of
the States and the people under the Constitu-
ton than that expressed in the inaugural Ad-
dress. lie desires to preserve tho Govern
ment that 1T may be administered for all as
1t was administered by the men who made it.
Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to
claim this OF their Governments. Tue Gov.
ornment has no right to withhold or NEGLECT
it, and it is not perceived IN giving it that
there is any coercion, any conquest, or any
subjugation in any just sense of these terms.
The Constitution provided and all the State
accepted its provision that tho United State
shall guarantee to every State in this Union
II Republican form of Government; but if n
State may lawfully go out of the Union, hav.
ing done so, it may else discard tho republi.
? can form of government, so that to prevent
its gong out is an indispensable means to OBJ
tanning the guarantee mentioned, and when
an end is lawful and obligatory, tho indis.
pensable means to il arc also lawful and obi
gatory. 1t was with the deepest regret tina.
the executive assumed tho duty of employ
ing tho war power in defence of the govern,
mont. Forced upon him, he could but per
form this duty, or surrender the existence o
tho government. No compromise by public
soryan could in this DO IL cure. Not tina