East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-07-11


else. whether useful or elegant, il known in the
whole world : and1herc is scarcely one from
which there could not be selected president
a cabinet, a congress, and, perhaps, court,
abundantly competent to administer the gov
eminent itself. Nor do say .tiis is not true
also in the army of our late friends, now AL
versaries, in this contest But il 1850 much
better the reason why the government which
has conferred such benefits on both them and
us should not be broken mp. Whoever IN .any.e..~-
section proposes TO abandon such government
would DO well to consider in defcrepce tnwhat ID
principle it is that he does it, whether the sub
stitute will give, or be Intended to give so
much of good to the people. There are, some, =
foreshadowincs on this subject. Onr ndver-' !
saries have adopted some declarations ofindc.'
nendence. in which, unlike the good ALONE
pcnned by jefferson, they omit the wordst:;-
aAll men are created equal" WhyY They
have adopted a temporary national constitu-
ton, in the preamble of which, unlike ourgo9l ~
old one signed by Washington, they omit fsls
awe, the people" and substitute eve, the
deputies of the sovereign aud independents y
States" Why this deiberete pressing out OF,
view the rights of men and the authority OF
the people? This is essentially peoples con-
test. On the side of the Union it is strug. ~
gle for mantaing in the world that form, AMI
substance of government whose leading oljcct
is TO elevate the condition Of men; to lift arti-
fetal weights from all shoulders; to clear the
path of laudible pursuit for all to afford all an
mfettered start and fair chance in the race
of life, yielding to partial and temporary de-
partures from necessity. This is the leading
object of tho government for whose eXistenec
we contend. alt...s5.f no.
am most happy to believe that the plain
people understand and appreciate this. 1t IS
worthy of note that while in this, the govern
ments how of trial, large numbers OF those N
the army Md navy who have been favored with
the offices have resigned and proved false 70
the hand which pampered them, not one
common soldier common sailor Is known to
! have deserted the flag. Great honor Is due to
those officers who remained true despite the
example of their treaeherous associates, but
! the greatest honor and most important fact OF
! all, is the unanimous iirmness oil the common
soliicrs and the common sailors. TO the last
man. so far as known, they have successfully
resisted the traitorous efforts of those whose
commands but an hour before they obeycd, as
absolute law This is the patriotic instinct az
plain. They understand, without an argument
! that the destroying Of the government which
was made by Washington, means no good To
them Our popular government has csgt
! been called an experiment. Two points M "
our people have settled-the successful estau-
fishing and the successful administering of IL
! One still remains. Its successful maintenance
against formidable internal attempt to over
throw it, 1t is now for them TO demonstrate
to the world that those who can fairly carry
an election also suppress rebehoni that
ballots are the rightfu ami peaceful successors
of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly
and constitutionay been decided there can be
no successful appeal back to bullets; that there
can bc no successful appeal, except TO ballots sr
themselves at succeeding elections. Such wi
be great lesson of peace, teaching men that,
what they cannot take by au election nether,
can they take it by war--teaching all the folly
of being the beginners of war
Lest there be some uncaSiucss in the minds
Of candid men as to what is to be the coutse
! of the government towards the Southern States
after the rebellion shall have been suppressed,
the executive deems it proper to say it win De
lis purpose then, as ever to be guided BY TIM
! Constitution and tae laws, and that he proudly
viii have no different understanding OF tho r,-
powers and duties of the Federal governments
relatively to the rights of the States and too
people under the Constitution than that eX- ga
pressed in the inaugural address. lie desires POI
to preserve the government, that it may be
administered for all, as il administered hy
the men who made it. Loyal citizens every
where have right to claim this and their gor
ernment has no right to withhold or neglect Il.
1t is not perceived that in giving it there is
any coercion, any conquest, or any subugatca
in any Just sense of these terms The Con
f sttuton provided, and all the States have ac-
cepted the provision, "that the United States
shall guarantee to every State in the Union
f republican form of government" but If State
may law fully 90 out of the Union, having done
so, she may also discard the Republican form
of government, SO that to prevent It's going
out is an indispensable means to the end OF Il
maiy attaining the guarantee mentioned, and
when an end is lawful and obligatory, the IN
dispcnsable means to it are also Lawful AMI OF.
ligatory.
1t was with the deepest regret that the eH
ecutivc found the duty of employing the war
power in defense of the government forced
upon him; he could but perform this duty, OF
surrender the existence of the government
No compromise by public servants could IN
this case be n cure; not that compromises arc
not often proper, but that no popular govern
ment can long survive a marked precedent
that those who carry an election can only sayo
the government from immediate destruction
{ by giving up the main point npon which the
people gave the election The people them
selves, and not their servants, can safely re-
verse their own deliberate decision. - = ii.a--
AS private citizen the executive could not
have consented that these institutions shall
perish, much less could he, in betrayed Of so
vast and sacred trust these free people
had contided to him he felt that he had no
moral right to shrink, nor even 10 count the
chances of his own life in what might follow q
3 In full view of his great responsibility, he