Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-07-13
LONGREss..ExTRAs SESSION.

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inst The House was organized without
delay by the election of Galashss A. Grow,
Of Pennsylvania, Speaker, and Emerson
Etheridge, of Tennessee, Chief Clerk.
The Presidents Message was read in
both Houses On the 5th. The following
synopsis of it is furnished by the telegraph:
The President commences by setting
forth the causes which impelled him to
convene an extra session of Congress, and
reviews at some length the action Of the
seeding States. On assuming tho duties
of the executive office he found The fu &c.
tions Of the Government generally sus'
pended by the action of the rebsllious
States the treasury had been robbed by
dishonest men entrusted with power the
public arms had been ssut south to
strengthen rebellion; the navy scattered
80 as to be of little or no service the
forts and arsensls Of the South had been
seized aud fortified 80 ~ to be almost i'm
pregnabls The purpose to overthrow the
Federal Union was openly avowed, and
treason stalksd boldly over the land. The
OOy OAtCi tuO L iCSluCuS OulCTCo upOu SuO
duties Of his office, letter was received
fron Maj Anderson. commanding At Fort
Sumter, informing the War Department
that it would be impossible to reinforce
tina. Fort with less than 1000 men. That
number of men could not then be spared,
and although the necessity Was deplsred,
the War Department decided to reinforce
Pickons anu o..aer Southern Forts but
to evscuate Sumter for the time being
This purpose was about to be carried out
and feet was on its way to Fort Pckens,
when Information Was received that tie
garrison At Sumter ives actually 10 q starv
ing condition. Out of humanity towards
it's bravo defenders, the government deter
mined to make one more effort to provision
Sumter; but before this could be done the
Fort was attacked and bombarded TO its
fall, without even awaiting the arrival OF
the provisioning expedition. The assault,
upon Fort Sumter was by no means in
self defence on the part Of the asssilahts
by this act they have forced the destrue
tive issue, immediate dissolution or blood
and this issue embraces moro than the
fate Of these United States, it presents to
the whole family Of man, the question
whether constitutional republic or democ'
racy; q government Of the people by the
same psople, can or cannot maintain its
territorial integrity against its own domes
tic foes. 1t presents the question whether
discentented individuals too few ia num-
ber to control the administration accord
ing to organic law in any case and always
,,rn tla d.. ~,
on any other pretence arbitrarily without
any pretence, break up their government
and thus practically put an end to free gov
ernmsnts upon earth. 1t forces Us to ask.
is there in al this inherent and fatal weak
ness, must a government Of necessity be
too strong for the liberties Of our people,
or too weak to maintain its existence
The President is Of opinion that the gov
eminent - strong enough to maintain its
existence and put down rebellion of any
kind, he has invoked the power of the
government for this purpose, and by the
great uprising OF the people in response to
his call, he thinks the people will aid him
in crushing rebellion.
The President reviews the course of
Virginia in seeding, and pronouncss it
without show Of Justice or regard for
the voice Of the people. He says the gov
eminent is bound to recognize Us Virginia
only, that portion which has rema ned
loyal.
The doctrine Of armed neutrality as A.
tempted to be practiced in Kentucky aud
othsr border States, he characterizes o.
only arother species Of resistance to the
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i'm passable wall between rebellion and the
federal power and yet this wall is not i'm.
for through it the means are
for keeping rebellion alive.
In regard to the suspension of the right
of habeas corpus, the President believes
he has acted in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Constitution, AID shall 80
continue to net.
He takes up the dcctriae Of State rights
and criticses it sharply. The doctrine is
dangerous, a. it overrides and supplants
the power of the Federal Government
The States are not sovereign, as they only
become States on being admitted into the
Union. They were not sovereign ~ Ter.
ritories consequently they have nc SOW.
ereigaty to resume. Those States which
have seceded-or some Of them-wsre
purchased BY the Federal Government,
and the debt is not yet paid. All they are
or possess they owe to the Federal Gov.
ernmsnt. They cannot absolve their ale
glance without committing tho dishonest
act Of leaving their debts unpaid Suppose,
says the President, all the States should,
one by one, back out in this way7 There
would be none left 20 pay the debts.
The President calls for fo1r hundred
Thousand mon to aid in putting down the
rebellion, and four hundred millions of
dollars.
He has no doubt but that the people
will sustain him, and as far as in him lies
the power, there shall DO no cessation of
warfare, no compromise, until rebellion 10
sifsc.ually killed. This hs thinks can be
done at ne distant day. In combustion,
he says it was with the deepest regret that
the executive found the duty Of employing
the war power in defense Of the Govern.
lnent forced upon him. He could but per
form his duty or surrender the existence
Of the Government 70 compromise. The
public service would in this cass be
crime. net that compromises are net often
proper, but that no popular govern ment
can long survive marked precsdeA, that
those who carry an election can only save
the government from immediate destruc-
ton by giving up the main point upon
which the people gave the election. The