Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-03-22

! iht' very eve NJ the i'rpsrIeit, and r,sVealCf
tihraasH III Exrcutive Department. The
/ Arm, wa disfer9ed n tlisfaui Terriiari I,
Iatl llm NstF IN d nni seas !; tiir loyal
\ Nor h was disarrnra arm he dsloyai
I Solth; and 1he Treasury WAS depleied to
/ Oh tie Government itself II the means of
det-use. TIE prcfiraiions for sscessic1,
rebellion and treason, wcfc eaNively made,
and no where more tf'c,ive's- tllas "a ,he
/ Executive Department. .qt this capital.
I State af,cr State has cedrd Our forts.
arsenals, magazines, haspi,al', posi-eiflces.
custom hppses, mlds shd money have hren
seiz d the CONSTITUTIONS and laws Of .ths
I Uuit,d States have been violated, and tho
| power OF the nation defe1.
| II brcomes us first TO inquire whether
these States are really cut Of the Union OF
IN il. II they are out, our daties are rlx'n.
We are at once to put them on iae footing
OF foreign ratons, and will say OF the
most favored foreign nations for neither
passion nor prejudice shall ever extinenish
the generous sympathies and charities due
10 children Of cammon ancestry. ii they
are out t-of the Union, by a separation that
is perfect, complete and perpetual" then
are we absolved from all obligations due ia
bean rs members Of the Union---to project
them against foreign invasion and domestic
insurrection and rebellion, and to respect
| and defend their rights as States, and
The rights and interests Of their inhabit.
ints "a eli zeas Of he United States. Our
paliiitc'Ah commercial postal, and otleT
laws, have TO va idity lh..e; our cnurls.
AID cuslom-ho.ses, and pos AID landniFees
are 10 BE- clio ed. the mails suspended, and
aar aud their ennmeree PIT upon an en;irss
y different loa'iug Weassume new pow
rs as to them the tfeaty-making pewer
md powers of pelce sud war. To be sure
il has been ateurd again and again that we
lave NJ Iower 20 make war npon seced-
ing STATE, tut nobody will deny our power
70 make war upon fgreign state; and il
tehoavs all eanrrrnrd t1 REMEMBER that
th-r~ j. net kta,d5mi IN the world against
Wllch we ever had. or ever can have, strong.
er or more gtievou. causes of war than with
this ertempore king .om OF cotton. The
lures Of forts, aisrnal>. magazines. AID
other property of the Uli;td Srates, by
armed men, under the Authority of the Sc
ccding States, were OVER acts Of war. The
sufvriance b. arms over The navigation
nt the Nj ssissipI,i, and the robb, ry of the
national TrtStsr1 bs Louisiana. are OUT
ray upon our aloaal right f,r whirh in.
slant a'oncmnt would b. demantied from
any other nation backed if need he, by a
thou af'tl C 'nu8n and ii million bayonets.
The Cuns;iiut on was d-sgued not only
rs perfect Union il was designed also
f,r . loserily," and therefore a perpetu.
al Union. Scc.ion tn ei adicle one is,
throughout, prohibition Of secession, be-
Cause It i a prohibition 10 every State. Of
powers essential TO an independent nation.
The abrtg zion Of the Constitution snd lnws
OF the United States il rebellion, and re.
sistaaee 10 them by iofce is treason. A
PEI sisience, however hong, u but continued
rrbrion and treason. So far then. as this
Government is concerned until tile new
power of leeoluiziag the iidepeudrnce of
a rebel ious State shall have been c institu-
tonaliy conferred. We are TO refuse sucl,
recognltlon; 10 refuse to recognize the
agents OF Speeding or rebellious States TO
refuse TO enter INTO u settlement of any OF
thos, grave a., siions TO hich have al
ready aluaal; ami; ,othg best ofanr iudg-
ment aud ability, ws are TO niiiulan The
soy ereigniy Of the Uni~d States, to execute
the laws, and bring baek the rebelIious
States 10 heir Allegiance 10 the Consliiu-
ton. and TO their late and madly lost estate
Of librrty, secdrty. prosperity, aud prace.
| in all The seceling States / find that
! their constitutions can be amend, a OILY by
| enactmrnls Of two Legislatures in success
1 sion. with from three 10 six months n3tice
/ previous 10 the election of The second Leg.
/ slature; or bv enacttnent Of the Legisla-
ture, three 70 ak mo tbs pal licaiion, and
ratification by tie pope. Yer these con-
ventions. which erautd secession and alb
r"galed the laws Of The United States, did
also alroeafe il pat, tr change. the con-
rtitution OF their States.
Thus, the revolution Il two fold; II il
revelation in the States against their consii.
tutioRs, and a revolution intas United States
and against thei: igance to tie Fedrral
! Constitution. il j. douhle-disilled rebel
ion. d in no State has il been raj fled by
a ao'e Of the people. Ry the canstifniions
of their. own States, and o. The United
States, they are moi out of the Union yet.
/ Bytlc patriot SIN and prudence Of their
! people on calm review of these rerolu-
iionafy proceedings. nnl the sad results
already suffered; BY their regular and con.
1 stiiufi7nal acIipn, LEI us hope that these
States yet viii be declared to be within the
/ Union redeemed from, the usurpei power
OF asp ri edrmasoga aud purified from
their polluihs fatch. Surely, We may re-
fuse TO acknowledge lhr independe O. Of
States which have not yet ced d. Afleast
until the pcople o. the,esedplg States hava
ratifird o. aeq .iesc d we caluot recognize
their ind pendencc.
UsELEss coScEssIoss pEx4SpEp.
Concilia ion. conprnmise. eonressioas--
for more ihAn sixty days hese hav- heeu
pressed npon u powerfully and persistent.
iy; pressed upon u from wiibo1i ly tinid
aud mistaken ifeinds aud bold anll avowed
enemies pressed upon us By the first not
more 70 preserve the Union than bysiis last /
10 annrl the lat-vee,lct Of thp cenliry and
destroy the Republican rWty; iut worso
han these. pr.sse ppoa ~ for tefnpora,J
psace. or aismporary po.isy. al the'expsnSs
o. principles which nevTrcan te surrrsaers
I'd /; pressed upsn Inio keep he Cettoa
States within she Union, at ths risk ofs
driving the northern Staie. ont of il: press d
for the Cancellation Of rebel to = d not be
cenciliaied. al the risk Of aisasFectinz ihs