The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1861-03-13

UU8 COU0T8Y.
Ten years ago there could not have
been . dozen msa in the Union. Of any
considerable nolc, who would have
risked their reputation as patriots and
statesmen BY - much IS even intima-
tin: the doctrine Of these latter days,
sisat a. State has ske r9.as 70 secede at
plsssxss!! lsaeed. sseh . monstrous
aoetiss could ONLY have its growth in
the time Of the reign of corrupt dema-
ESguss-wl,en . fuil national treasury
isemp,ied and debt Of eighty malions
~ asose saddled upon the nation in tho
short space Of four years and less =
EBusi ONCE uhe claim Is SET up. and We
6nd hssaceds Of Interested politicians.
wbs- have personal ends to obtain. fall
ing in with the new faith and support
iag a'e suicidal demands Of those who
proclaim IL lo.aif ~
II, tbs doctrine were 10 become the
Enle Of ac,iou all government would at
once come 10 an end. Appropriations
for improvements would never be made,
unless the State in whose territories the
improvement was proposed to be made.
should pledge itself never to leave the
Union; for the other States would never
consent to invest tie common funds
where they might be at the mercy Of
stlsisou in six months or year.
.sdSnch doctrine established and made
sAe rule. and the way would be open
.for. States ~ seek largo aid from the
ageneral government in the shape Of
shssbor Improvements. forts, and other
0atters pertaining to commerce and
defense and then seize them-ihat is,
Il. the inseFes,s Of commerce we're lock.
ed aficr a all. But. his would not be
the case. aud appropriations would not
Be made at all. Commerce would
sulEsr, aud our coasts would be Hnde-
ieadsd. as'saa
To illustrate: Would the States Of
Abe Great West consent to e1psnd mil
iees Of. dollars 70 improve the Atlantic
coast. when u a few months or years,
lAe Eastern, Ssatss-t.ose east Of the
mountaiss-mights secsds and cut them
ut from I'll the free advantages to be
dsnied from these Improvements? Ger
taialy nos. Tney onght not and would
enos consent 70 sqaander the public
funds in that way. OF course, then.
asothiag eoaId BE- done Of national
character. unless it could be accom-.
plishel snd kept outside Of State limits
md State authority. ga-. sahlif-
Who does not sec at a glance that
this would at once end the government?
The notion is one which was Matched
9 Of treason. and eau, only be held and
defended BY the enemies VI the Unioa. |
n, In consradistinesion to this disorssn-
izing and treacherous doctrine, is that
Wholesome are, That no State can. ab- |
solve It's connection " it'll the Others. un. I
less by lhe common consent of oil the
"cnbsrs ofthe Coafederacy. lfother-
wise. the Unioa has not even the bind. |
ing force Of q common partnership. but
is = mere agreement 70 live together a,
the pleasure Of each State, and no long
or than each one shall see tit of itself,
without consulting the others, to stand
By the Union! =
II cur fathers formed such Confed.
Grafton a. this, heyr were more 1T for a
'aaasic asylso than toreeeivs the praise
Of the nsiion and the world. But the
charge IS : libel upon their acts and an
insult to their memory. They did
ns6ls work. and in the preamble to the
CONSTITUTION they expressly state that its
objece was to form \ "xoRE PERFECT
UMox"-:liat Is. more perpect than the
pId COufeelerncv of sl,o R.rr,l,,,;,r