The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-07-13

luton The Union and not themselves sep
arated, procured their independence and
their liberty BY conquest or purchase The
mon gave each Of them whatever inlepen-
dencc and liberty it has The Union IS older
than any Of the States, and in fact, it crea-
ted them As States originally Some depen-
dent colonies made the Union and in turn,
the Union threw otf their Old dependence
for them, and made them States such Is they
are. Not one Of them ever had State Con-
Stltntion independent Of the Union.
OF course i IS not forgotten that all the
new States framed their constitutions bcfor@s i
thes entered the mon, nevertheless dcpe12
dent unon and prcparatory...to coming into
the Inion JnqaeStionahly the States hav1
the power and rights reserved to them II
and hs the National Constitution but amor
these surely are not included all conceivabl6S
powers, however miSchievous or destructivc,H
but 4 most such only a are known in tho
World At the time Is governmental powers3
The governments itself had never known cow
rnmental Is merely administrative pn vcr -.
State rights, = 4 principle is no other than
the principle Of generality and locality. what
eNsr CONCERNS the Whole should be confded
a h. whole and the General Government,
WaIle whatever concerns only the State
Shssla y" LEFT exclusively to the State
lia al there i Of the original principle
about il. Whether the National Coustitu-
ton ia defining boundaries between the two
has applied tn principle With exact accuracy
i not u be questioned We are also bound
~ the deficiency without question. What il
HOW cnnihattel Is the position that secession
i, consistent with the Constitution, and is
Lawful and peaceful 1t Is not contenelcd that
there is any express Law fur ID and nothing
should ever be implied Il law which leads to
unjust or absurd consequences The nation
purchased with money the countries out Of
which several 1t the States were formed. Is
il just thai they shall 70 off without leave
anI without rciunling2 The nation paid
very large sums IN the aggregate bceyea Il
hundred millions to relieve Florida Of the
Ahorivines tribe, Il il lust She shall now
20 oft without consent or without making any
return h. nation - now III debt for mon
/ s. applied for the benefit Of these so called
seeded States III common with the rest. Is
II just either that creditors shall go unpaid.
Or the remaining States pay the whole Part
ot the present national deb. was contracted
70 pay the Old debt Of Texas L. It lust thgt
She shall leave and pay us par. Of this her
self? Again, if onr Stat. may scceic, 20
may another ani:whcn all have seeded none
Is eti n pay the debts. i this quite Just to
creditors Did we notify them Of this sage
will Of ours when ne borrowed their money?
II ~ now recognize this doctrine BY allow
ing the hr-eeeslcrs - 50 in peacc, il Is difficult
to See What We can 30 If others choose 10 20.
Or to extort terms upon which they will pro-
mise ID remain
The Seeelers insist that our Consultation
admitsof SECESSION They have assumed to
make / national Constitution Of their own,
IN which Of necessity they have either dis
carded or retained the right Of secession, rs
they insist il exists IN ours. II they have
discarded il they thereby admit that in prin-
eirle II ought not to be in ours. IF they
have retained il by their own construction of
ours. they show that to be consistent they
must -rcede from one another Whenever they
shall find il the easiest way of settling their
debts or affecting any other selfish or unjust
object. The principle itself i ore of disinte-
grafton and upon which 10 loyernanent can
possibly endure # all the States saye one
should as~er; the poser t. drive that one out
of The Inon it u presumed the wAole c3am
Of ~eceder politicians would AZ once deny ~
power and donounee the act a. the greatenk
outrage upon State Rights; but suppose that
precisely the same aes instead Of being calle1
driving thorn oat should b. called the secc<
ding pf tic others from that ono il would b
exactly whaf the seendess claim to do, unless,
iflved they make the point, that the one,
yeea4.s4 il i. minority. Inay rightfully do
what sha Others. because they arc majority.
may not rishtfally do
| These politicians are subtle and profound
in the rights Of miaoritie-. They are not
partial to tha: power which made the coDsti-
tution and speaks from the preamble calling
/ itself We, the people. II may well Be
questioned whether there Is oday. a msjorty
Of the legally qualified voters Of any State,
except, perhaps, South Carolina, in favor Of
di-union There is much reason to believe
that the Union men are the majority il
many, if not in every other one ofthe social
ed seeeeded States. The contrary IL not
been demonstrated in any Of them. I'll
ventured TO affirm this even q Vim = ~
Tennessee, for The result o. - eleel1 ~