The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-07-17

having been called on to protect loyal cit-
zens there whom it is bound to sustain.
Other Border States favor an armed neu.
trality /; that is, arming to prevent Union or
dsunion troops from occupying their soil
This would be disunion complete fgura.
lively speaking. Il would be building an i'm
passnble wall along the line Of separation.
This right, under the guise Of neutrality,
would tie the hands of the Unionists and
feed the insurreciiOnists !; taking all the
trouble from the secession hands, excep,
what arises from the external blockade. 1t
would give the macontents disuDion with.
out any struggle Of their own. II recop.
nizes no fidelity to the Constitution, no OBJ
legation to maintain the Union. While
many loyalists favored it, it is very injuri-
| GUS.
Recurring to the action Of the Govern
ment. 1t first called for $4,000 troops, pro.
claimed blockade Of the iusnrrectionis,s
denounced privateering, and made call for
three years troops and large additions to
the army and navy These measures were
ventnred upon under the popular demand
and public necessity trusting to their ralii.
cation by Congress. Soon after, it was con
sidered duty to authorize the commanding
several to suspend the writ Of habeas corpus
wns necessary to the execution Of the laws
| The continuance OF the law made 10 sue h
extreme tenderness Of the liberty of the
citizen, practically relieved more Of the gull.
ty than the innocent. TO state the question
more directly: Are all the laws but one to
bo unexecuted, and the Government 90 to
pieces lest one be violated d? But it was be
licved that the suspension of the writ of
habedS corpus was not unconstitutional.
The forbearance of the Government had
been so extraordinary and long con iinuvd
as TO induce foreign nations to shape their
action on the suppOstlOn of an early disso
luton. The Administration was concerned
about this but Is now happy to stale that
the sovereignty Of The Union is now every
where practically respected, and a sympathy
with the Government manifested through
out tho world
The reports of the Secretaries will give
detailed information, aud the Executive aud
Departments are ready to supply any omiS-
si"ns necessary to guide your deliberations.
] recommend the adoption of measures to
make the contest short and decisive, and
that you place ut the Governments disposal
nj least four hundred Thousand men and
four hundred millions of money. that mum
ber of men being about ne.tenth of the
available men within the willing region ami
that sum Que twenty third Of the " eallh ur
the men who seem willing 10 devote their
property to that object. The whole six
hundred millions would involve less debt
per head than the proportion in the revoiu-
tionary war.
Surely the motive now is as strong AS
then. Might the result now be worth To
The world ten times the number Of men and
ten times The amount of money. Leg:sla-
tive sanction is only necessary, the material
for the work being abundant the greatest
perp!exity OF tue Government 10 to avoid
receiving men faster than they are prepared
The people will then have II Government,
it the Government do its part of The duty
While perceptiby there is but little diff
ference between secession and revolution ,
the movers knew they could never raise
their treason to responsibility 3s n name
impl, ing n violation oe law l.; they could
only advance indirectly 10 the teeth of the
noble sentiments Of the people.
They commenced with an insiduous pub
lie sentiment, and invented ingenious s0ph
isms, which, if considered logically, follow.
ed all incidents to the destruction Of The
Union. The sophsm is legal, peaceful
withdrawal, without the consent Of The
Union. This sugar coated rebellion drug
ged the public mind during thirty years, aud
placed good men in arms against the Gov
ernment. The sophism derives currency
from the assumption of some impotent su
premacy pertaining to State. The States
| have neither more nor less than reserved
power-nU one Of them being State OF
the Union. The original ones passed into
the Union before casting off the British co.
| Ionial dependence, and the new ones came
in from condition Of dependence. Even
| If 1t was during a temporary Independence
| il was never designated State The word .
| Sovereign State are not in The Con nstitulion
nor, ns /. is believed, in any State Consti
| tuition.
Here follows an elaborate argumen,
against the right Of secession. 1t il
| ques ioned whether the people Of every
Stale, except South Carolina, are not in ia.
vor Of the Union /; the contrary has not
been demonstrated, though our adversaries
have adopted it.
Some passages in the Declaration Of IN
dependence. in which IL is said "all men are
created equal" are omitted. Their C0nsti
tuition, instead Of 1--WE, tho people," has,
"we, the deputies Of the sovereign and inde
pendent States" Why ignore the rights
Of men the authority Of the people This
is essentially the peoples contest am
happy to believe the plain common people
| appreciate this II is not worthy that, while
10 the nations trial, officers have resigned
no common soldier or sailor has deserted
The flag.
lt remains to be demonstrated that those
who can carry an election can also repress
| a rebellion ballots aie the rightfu|
and peaceful successors Of bullets--and
that when ballots have fairly and Constilu
| tionalIy decided, there can be 60 successful
appeal back To bullets no appeal except
to ballots themselves, mt the succeeding
election Such will be the lesson Of peace,
teaching mon what they cannot take by any
election they cannot take by war.
Least there be any uneasiness regarding
the course Of the Government towards the
Southern States, after suppressing the re-
bsilion, il is proper to say II will be guided
by ths Constitution and laws. The Execu-
tive desires to administer tho Government
~ administered by the Government makers
and rs loyal persons everywhere have the