, 1861-03-30

ton States, which may beTevoked by th
principals at any moment, when the Who'll
thing would vanish as vapor. ;.
Who, in his senses, will venture to leni
money to a Government based On suct
principles? In the nature Of the case he
can have no security for his investment
There is no public faith which can be
pledged. No body owes allegiance to it
The States claim all the allegiance OF the
citizens, and the agency concern which
JEFF, Davis administers may go off like 81
e1halation some fine morning, leaving NJ
sign behind. !.
The United States Government is con
structed on different plan altogether. i
is created By the citizens, and not by tht
States. Direct relations exist between i
and the citizens. Every man owes allie.
glance to the Federal Government for all
purposes specified in the Constitution, and
the Government, IN return, owesreciprocal
duties to him, The relations, therefore,
between the citizens and the Government
are direct, and permit no go-betweens. This
Federal Government is the agent Of the
people individually, and not the. agent o.
the States, as is the case with the Mont
gomery contrivances: Hence, the people
are responsible for its acts, and are bound
by its agreements They are obligated to
pay the debts contracted by this their agent
The Government and its franchises and
property belong-not to the States, but to
the citizens. Every voter owns an undi.
vided interest in its assets, and is bound az
fully as # he had signed bond, to pay his
due portion of it running expenses and
debts, and to defend it and fight for it.
Every rnan has an equal voice in the man
agement Of this National property. We
are all stockholders in il, and each Of US
has one vote in the election of officers and
agents to manage it The glorious old
Stars and Stripes are common property,
belonging to all the citizens, and not to the
States States are merely convenient par
GELS OF territory, organized for the purpose
Of administering matters pertaining to
domestic or home affairs. They are sub
divisions of the Nation, created for con-
venaence sake agencies for the perform
ancs Of local and internnl duties, which
the public good requires. States are indie
pendent Of the General Government, to
certain degree, within their appropriate
spheres, and the latter is equally indepen-
dent Of them. They are both agencies of
the people, and belong to them, aud have
direct relations with them. They are IN
tended to be good neighbors to each other,
but State governments have no legal right
or authority to usurp the powers Of the
Federal Government. The conduct of
the seeding State Governments is usurpar
ton, and every State ofice-holder engaged
IN the work Of secession is playing usurper
as well as traitor '.: ~ -
From this hasty view Of the subject, it is
clearly demonstrated that the Southern
Confederacy can never have any cred;t,
because il is not q nation, and nobody owes
allegiance to it. No citizen is legally re-
sponsible for its acts. It is merely the
agent Of other agents. The right Of seces-
sion and the ayowal that man is properly,
are the corner-stones of the fabric. Unlike
any other government in the world, it pro-
vides for its own annihilation, and its chief
end IL to wait for its demise. It is a toy to
be thrown away SO soon as its creators
tire Of It a. -.
p II is grayely proposed by the Union
savers to reconstruct the Union by having
the loyal States adopt this Cotton Consti-
tntion- The free States are invited to an
nsx themselves to JEFF Davis's Confedera~
cy-with the exception Of New England.
which Is to be excluded from the Kingdom
ofDavis The States are expected to per: |
form the snake explo loit--which slides out
Of It's old akin into new epidermia. They |
sre TO s1ide out Of the old Constitution
made by the fogies into the new one man- |
ufaetured by the fre-eaters- The Wash.
lngton Constitution contains two funda-
mental heresies: allegiance to the General
government and the equal rights Of man.
fhe new and improved Constitution of
faneey & Co. rests on the two Doric piI-
lars Of secession and property in man.
The Republicans are 20 foasiIfxed and |
Iogylsh that they stick to the old instrument.
while the faster and more progressive De |
nnocrscy put their trust IN the new patent,