Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01

| Union; they viii dee ID the Governu. a, /:
they will defend the Capital and they wiz
defend our glorious flag as long as they hav, .
loaf of bread TO eat or a gun, to fire.
/ Peace and harmony we all desire; but we
will never purchase them with dishonor aud
the surrender Of selfrespect. Those who make
war upon the Government without any just
cause must bear the responsibility aud pdti-
ishment which belongs to rebels and trait
ors
1t has been supposed that the people of the
West ate divided in sentiment on this subjcct,
and that large number OF them side with
those who are now seeking to destroy the,
tioVernment. This, however will b; found to
be great mistake. The resolutions oT the.
Legislature of Ohio, as read from the Clerks
desk this morning, show that the peonle Of
Ohio are all but qpaninious on the subject OF
ma n aiming the Government These rrsolu-
tious passed the Senate unanimously by the
votes Of both Democrats and Repu6IicsnS,,-
Sir, when the question comes OF fidelity 70 This
Union, and when the Government is IN dan
ger, we Of the West win never stop tqtPlk
about names. We win overleap all party
lines. We will if reed be, sink al party names
''1erp than dd plhnmet over sound. ..
We will come in solid pllalanx. We.Nin
rally as one man todefnd the Union and main
tain our glorious flag. which gives prot .etiou
TO onr citizens in all lands 1t now floats
proudly, Jtriumphantly over this capitol, and it
shall never be struck down by rebels at homs
or eiiemies abroad.
MR.. cox, OF OHIO
] call this secession revolution. viii not in
AN American Congress, with an oath on INV
eqiisence to support the Constitution, argu4
the right to sccede. No such right can ever
be had, except by an amendment Of the Coz.
stitulion, legalizing snch secession. Il isas,-
lccisnl to speak of the right of secession IL is
revelation; and the burden OF proof il on hjns
who begins it, to show why he socks tn change.
The combined reason Of the ages has Rxsd jn
its maxims of thought, rules TO govern the &C.
tions Of men and nations which no One,cAa
overrule without great criminality. These
rules require first that revolution must haveRa
light and transient CAUSE. To overthrow
desPotism, such causes must be Of grave weight
Il fOrtiori, what must be the grievance to jns-
tily revolt against o government 30 fres A.
ours! Besides, there must be reasonable hops
Of happy and successful termination. OH
erwi5e history, with her judicial prescript,
will ban those who begin it to an eternity VI
retrbutiun.
There must be in every State some power
to which all others yield, competent to st
every emergency, No nation can be conSign-
ed to anarchy by some absurd contrivance, eli
ther in the shape of personal liberty bills or
'cession ordinances. In America, we have
rational Constitution: Under it, we have
United States citizenIhip. To it we owe aud
wear allegiance. It may be compact; bit
: is governm mt also. 1t may be eayqs;
out it has authority, operative as Mr.. NJ ldi-
Jon holds, directly on the people It may
each States as States but it does more il
caches the people Of the States through Exe-.
,utive, judicial and legislative departmentS.-
4 it cannot declare war against a State, il is
cause a State is a part Of ITSELF and not,
no ad hoe, a foreign and independent State.
is constitution is the supreme law of the land;
I'd though; as Chief Justice Marshal says a
Wheaton, 304.) the sovereign power vested in
he State governments by their respective con-
ttucncies remain unaltered and unimpaired
ret they remain SO. except SO fur as they WIRE
lranted to the Government of the Untel
;tates 1 could cite Marshal, Jefferson. n cd
son, Jackson, Story, Duer; and Webster, AMI
.ufOst every student, expOuHder and exeeu'er
# the Constitution, to show these conclusions
O be irrcfragable. 1t is an absurdity to con-
end that States, which voluntarily surrendered
mch portions of their sovereignties as were RS
iuisite for a national government can be the
qual in power of THAT national government,
n the name of the people, the Constitutions
sserts its own supremacy and that of the laws
made in pursuance thereof. 1t is supreme, by
he consent of South Carolina herself, 'oveT
he constitution and laws Of the several Statcs!'
-et South Carolina, then, attempt as she has
" her ordinance, to annual her connection
With tlfis national system; does she not usarp
power of the General Government? Docs
he not infringe on the rights of Ohio? Is it
lot a plain violation of the permanent obiigs-
ion she Is under as one of its members? Nay
,he not only breaks her oath OF fealty to the
United States Constitution, but she breaks
cr oath to her own constitution, which re-
Ilires that oath.
Mr.. CLEMENS, or VIRGINIA.
Patriotism has become a starveling bird.
ing, clinqing with uuhedged wings around the
est of twigs where it was born. A statcs.
nan must not only narrow his mind and giye
rp to party what was meant for mankind, but
e must recede submissively as blind horse
n a bark-mill to every perverted opinion
which sits, whip in hand, on The revolving
haft at the end of which he is harnessed.-=