The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-07-12

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its part only indifforently well.
IL might seem at hrst thought to DO OF
little difference whether the present move
ment ct the South be called secession or re-
bellion. Tho movers, however, well undor-
stand the dinerence. They knew at tho bo-
ginning that they could never raise thor
treason to any responsible magnitude by
any name which implies violation OF law
ihey knew their people possessed as much
devoion 10 law and order, as much prloo
ana reverence 10 the history aLd govern
ment OF thelr common country,as any other
cNhlzea ana patrlotic people lhey khe"
tney coulu make no advancement unectiy
IN the teetn OF these strong ana Dooie sen
timents.
Iney accordingly commenced Dy an inslu-
lous deoauching OF the pubic mind' iney
invented an ingenious sophlsm, wnicn, "
conceded, was followed oy perfectly logical
steps through all the lncldents OF tno com
pete obstruction OF the Unlon' inc s"ph'
ISM Hson IS, tnat any otate OF tne unloh
may consistently WIN me hatIoh Oons'mu'
''ou' hnu 'nereioro Ia"iu'y ana Peaco'u''y'
wlthoraw from tho On'on' "'thont inc con
sent OF tne Union or OF any o'nor otate.
,'ue uIsgu'se, that inc supposon r'gn' Is 10
DO eAorc'scu ou'y ior just cause .ne'hse'Nes
ooing tne so'e Juogo: Oh Hs Jus''co' Is TOO
INN H,,,' W me,t any npVcc'
""u Io1eI'on tnus sugar eo",eu' noy
nayo INV. oeou urusg'us 'uc "'n"s VI 'no'r SIC.
,'oh ,or Ihore 'uan 'hirty yoArs, untn AT
,eng'n tney nave Drought many goou men
10 Willingness 20 'aKe up arms against inc
government, the Gay ai'er somo assomoIage
VI ,hen nave enacteu 'ho inrc,"' sentence OF
taxing 'he'r state OUT "t inc Union, VINO
| cou'u naVo oceh nrought 10 no such thing
inc day Octore ms sophism derives much'
perhaps tho who'e ot Its currency from the
assumption thnt there IS some omnipotent
ana sacred supremacy pertaining to each
state OF our federai Union. Onr states
haVo nel'her moro nor less power tnan that
reserved 10 mem IN tho Ohlon oy 'he Con
! sututIo", no ono OF them ever ha'lrg Ooen
state OF the umion. Tho original onos
passed INTO the Union eVon before they
cast OH their br'iiSn colon'n, depemdcnco
ana new ones camo INTO tho Union directly,
from condlt'on OF dopondonco' excepting
ieSns anu eVoh icxas IN lts temporary III
aepehco was never dos'gnatod as statc'-
lhe new ones ohIy were designated states
on coming INTO the Unlon, whlIo that name
was only hrst ad"ptco Tor tho ola ones IN
ana oy the Declaration OF independence. -
fhorein the united colonies were declared
Tree ana indeponpcnt States but oven then
the object plainly was not to declare their
lhdePehuehce OF each other, or OF tho Union
ou' u"eo.'y 'no contrary, as ,ce'r niutuo'
p'ooso a'u "I'io'; ooio'o' Nv '"o
Inv, nv ""u a''o' 'I: ry,
ny 'AP'o'' .P.'sn"us Vi 'S'." ~ '"S"
ana an oi lne or'g',ial 'nir'ccn o'"'oS III VIZ"
ar'o.Gs VI colIGuera'Ion TWO years 'a'ol,
'nat .nG oh'oi e"",, oo , S,. 10 lis LIE
conotus'o' ""''ns no'ot uco" S'",u' ou'o'
III ~, suoe'"nco , VI 'un9 ou's,uc 'no os'ou.-
Wncnco '''s "'"s'on' "'n.'po'ono VI S'S,o :,
I'gnls ussuI''ng u c'",n pu p"|uI 10 'a"'u',1
destroy lno on'ou l'se'. S mucn sn.i
ao"u' '"o 'o'o'o'en'S VI '"o o.n,os. Wv NV wv
woru even Is not m m tnt nauona, Tons;ou ,h S,ar
Con.,i.m,iona s,on. '
Wha: il a sovercipnty ? With par,icula,
sense of tho term. would it DO far wrong Il
declare it a political community, without !
political superior Tested by this, not on
of our states except Texas was sovereignty
ana even lexns gave up 'ne characesr es m o'
cog ,ho "o mI "S ,hn % Iv ro,", u"
, S,atos aSJ Iaws md tre,ties of ,he IJnite,
States made in pursuance of the Constitu
ton, to be hor supreme law. Tho statc
have their statutes in tho Union-they have
no other legal statutes. If they break from
this they only do so against law by reVoiu
'ion.
The Union, and not themselves separ
a.oiy' ploeuIeu NOR 'nueponnence Tn' Tne
.no,e npo..y ~ pouq.es. .s ., pu,o."So @ ;aJo
annJorSa wuJ" Ca and J Iihor,v IL has The ITnion r. i
oldor than anv Of tho Statos--in foct il Gro
ated them ns States originally. Some do
pendent colonies made tho Union, and ii
( return the Union threw off their old de
, pendence for them, and made the State
snch as ,hey are: NOT ono OF .nem eve we
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