Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-07-12

ne mon gave rdCti VI ttGCEi " h1tNsS4'
Independence and liberty it has. The
Union is older than any OF the States.
AM in fact Il created them as States. Of
ieinaliv some dependent colonies made
rha UnIoa and in return the L mon thre"
o their old dependence for them and
made the States such Is they are NJ
one If them had ever had a State Con
ei.utio1 Independent If the Union. VI
ca1~-e il Is nnt forgotten shat all the new
SAFES Ormad their Constitutions before
teag entered the Union, nevertheless de
zen lenr upon and preparatory 70 coming
;o.a she Union. Uuquesti0nably tn
States have powers aud rights reserV-
a3 70 them b7 the National Constitution
hqs anDng these surely are not lncludei
MI conceivable powers, however mis-
.,4iagau5 or destructive. Bat ~ most
81 n only a. were known III the world al
tlat rine rs governmental power, and
ca~5ainly q power u destroy the uJVefh
mont itself. ha3 never been known n a
governmental, or IS a merely admlnlstra-
rye mower. This relative matter ct \ atom
N mower and States rights - Il principle,
i no other than principle of generality
:. III locality.
L
Re - iaal to the who.e general GDvern>
ueut. while Whatever concerns the State
shnal1 be left exclusively to the S.ate
Tnis Is all there is lett of the Original
nrinCiple about it. Whatever the nation
al con stitutioa says IN defining the b0undt-
RES bet seen the TWO as applied TO the prln-
ciple- with extc5 accuracy, Is not 10 Oe
questioned We are all bound by tina
definition without question. " nat /
now c0mbated Is the position that seces-
SION il consistent with the Constitution
is lawful aud peaceful. 1t is not con
tended that there is any express law Tor
it. AMI nothing should ever be implied a
law which leads 10 unjust and absurd
Consequences The nation purch lsed
with money the countries out OF While
several Of these States wert formed. i
i6 Just that they should 20 OF wlthou
leave or without refuniing? Inc nation
paid very large sums, in the aggregate, |
believe. nearly 100000 600 TO relieve
Fla. from the aboriginal tribes Is II
Just shat she should now 81 off without
consent or without any return Inc
nation is now in debt for money applied
flr the benefit Of those sO-caliet sece nag
States in common with the rest. i Il
Inst either that creditors should q un-
paid or the remaining States pay the
whole ? \ part of the present National
debt was contracted to pay the old debt
Of Texas. Is it Just that she shall leave
and paw no part OF this herself? Again,
If one Sac may secede, 50 may anoth
err. and when all shall have seeded
none Is left 70 pay the debts. Is this
quite Just to creditors2 Did we notify
them of this sage view of ours, when we
borrowed their money? If we NOW rec
pcnze this doctrine by allowing the sece
ders to % in peace it Is difficult To see
What we can do If others choose - 90, OF
- extort terms upon which they will
promise 10 remain. The seceders lnsis
that our Constitution admits OF secession
Taey have assumed To make natIOna
Constitution of their own in which, OF ne
casstv, shey have either discarded or re
aimed the ri ght of secession as they IN
sat il exists IN Ougs Ii they have dis
carl4d it they thereby admi5 tnat "a
p.in eiple it gu III not To exist IN oGr5. l.
rhey have retained It, by their cJnstruc-
ton Of ours, it shows that u be consistent
rhey must seeede from one another when
they shall find it the easiest way OF set
ting their debts or eHscting another sell
fish or uni ust object
The principle itself is one Of disinteg~
ration add on which no government Can
e1dure. Ii all the States save one should
affect the power to drive that one out 0!
me Union, it i presumed the whole class
Of the seeded politicians would a. once
deny the power and denounce the act us
the greatest outrage upon State rig hts.
. It SGQpbSa precisely the sam3 ae5, la
stead Of being called driving tne one Gus,
-louid be called the seeding Of tne 9th
e'S from the one, 1t would be exlcLly
what the seeader5 claim 10 do IN .ess IN
decd they make the point that the one,
because IL Is i minority, MY ri4h fully
- that which the others, because they
are mlinrity. may not righrtuily do
These politicians are profound in the
rights of minorities. They are not par
tai ID that power which maize tue Con-
etitutiOn and speaks from the preamble
calling itself = We, the peonle" Ir IN ~
we'll be que-tione whether tn ere Is to-
dly IN aiority OF the legality qualified
voiers OF any State, except perhaps.
South Carolina. in iavor OF disunlon.
There Is much reason 10 believe thar
the Union men are in a maj 1rity IN many
ii not IN MI the seeded St.tcs. the
contrary has not been demon -trated IN
any one Of tnsm. Il IS yeucuret To
ah,m even those Of Virginia and ZEN
ne-,ea tor tnc result Of cl-clons held
a. IuhJrAry camps, where the bnvouete
we're All on one side If tur question vote /
NON tan > lrcsly be cons, tered a. ,Ieul-
oa~ta.Iat tne popular sentiment AZ sucu
"a election.
Al tuat large class whp are y, one
iar ,ne Union and against COERCION ~uutu
a' caerceI q votc agaInSo the Union. |