The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-01-19

,ths when you are to rcsihf the quar-
s..slt, ar ne temple ~ American liberty
n which You we're fo0lishIy inirnstetI
n N I'D pull down is pillars and bury d
IA rs r,,ias! + shall not attempt 10 con
y ihe transparent sorhistry ~ whieI
Y. Is yoir niessnge, aud the Attorney
.asyai Of the United States--.I meal
Attorney OleHral o. games Bwrhaaa,
,.ould deceive All outraged people. ii
\ nan % foolish as 10 suppose that yot
ssiye. voarself BY your false issues 81
.Tar against a State and other sncl
suGiplionsg
yoa have nothing 70 do with States
an arc required ID punish traitors
m pot only would yog try 10 persnatle
,bat You have no authority 20 punish
,sson. bat, doing as much as in you lies
5estrOy the last ll0peof Ire nation
= courage and energy Of Congress you
rs ID eInascllInte our National Repre-.
atatires BY terrifying them into the
,,tal ttemor which c0nynlses your own
tGst person Nor do yuu stop here!
Fsaaing q ..Parthian DART behind you,
your ignOminious flight, aimed at The
II administration, by declaring that IN
Z those States which are alleged 70 haye
sed Iaws deemed BY some unconstitu-
oaaI, shall repeal these laws, the South.
states will he justified II resisting the
.agrai GoyeFrmentl Monstfois doc
keg As II every well.instructed school
N ala not know that il Is The provinces
tie Supreme JudicatGre, not that Of
|, partictlar State, TO decide whether
4 are OF are not unconstitutional And
\ almost il the same breath, You tell
despite these local laws, that in every
y which has occurred under your adj
iuis,ration the Fugitive Slave Law has
~ snforcedl II Il be right for two or
s,ee hands to contribute to the mannfac-
6re II document signed BY one person;
,.ly il is not unreasonable TO ask that
4, sicner shall At least read what has
I'm inherited into his sperlal !" Message
4, others otherwise strange contrasts,
ftsbric, texture and eolour viii be apt to-
tiks anpIeasantIy the public eye. Sirt
Ne yoa not lent yourself-I should say.
~ high office+-to the purposes Of one
b,tiaa Of the eonfederacy in antagonism
The 0therg Have you not demanded
rain concessions by the North, with the
rat Give them this, or they will de-.
Ia your country, and I will let them
,Iroy itlp But not TO enter into con-.
Galioa Of this phase Of the question,
MI be permitted to ask Who is III
n with Pharisaical scrnpulosity refuses
Use an item Of power with which, as he
.ruly asserts, be Is not clothed BY lawli
,tent ye disciples OF Grotius, OF Wheat
and yatteIl It's the same man who
ths famous i mean infameus) 0stend
anfesto, openly advocated the robbery
Cuba from Spain, provided that rob
b. we're deemed by the United States
tatiaI to their intereStsl lie would
kak all laws, divine aud human, national
International to steal territory, but
would not deYiate from the eede--iiu,
inthe estimation Of a; hair save
FtF millions of his fellow.citizenss from
peril Of anarchy and civil wart But
ok no tise ofunlaYful authority. Not
are you fully invested with authority
punish traitors, but you have solemriiy
Drn that you will do so. When, utI.
epily for yourself, yoHr country, and
cause Of liberty throughout the world,
sere raised to the, Presidency of
Ne United States, ypn took this oath:
n do solemnly swear that i will faith
u execute the Office OF President Of the
lted States, aud will to tile best of my [
liz, preserve, protect and defend the /
haitution Of the United States /
4 pretty defender, forsooth, you proved
ufself to be on the only, or certainly /
most important, occasion which has
b called for yonr active interpositioni
loa ask for your warrant to repressI
Rebellion: which is now raging inf
uth Carolina? Here it Is In language |
aE as a snnbeanl s - .,s..:.:
The President shall be Commanderin- |
IL Of the army and navy Of the Tiited
YES and OF the militia Of the several
htessl when called into the actual service
the United States Consttt. u. States,
~ II Sec. 2. ~: r: >.,, Fl .... s.. i
Therefore, he has power to call upon
army and navy Of the United States,
militia Of each State, and every man
every State, to aid him in Furnishing Of !
ss against the United States. =. /
What is the intended offence of South
rdiaa, aud perhaps Of other States2
tason-aceording TO the explicit tiefini.
o. the Constitution Of the United
hteS:-- r.: II e. Pr. =, Z !
Art. H., See, 3. Treason against
United States shall consist only in |
Ing war against them, or in adheriag
IT. &c. :. -. = 80. 81. -. - :.
New, is il not certain that I" Trsasonl
''R's tas limited States, i. o that Isrpiagii
qgatast Tia URittd Staies, has oc.F
Itea ~ nqath Carolina, and that, trat
%s opealg ealisted TO resist the laRs .
4s United StateSi And is il not /
w certain that II is the duty or the !
Isiaeat Of the United States twho is /
y leaving a few hundred Of bis ewnE
a'sIs % be murdered by a mob!) to t
@lesaiateiy despatch an armed force tot
lasyery traitor 10 that State, or IN any
- stales Do you tell Us that it is for
asiess TO decide when the time has ar. |:
s@ use force in suppression Of trea-
answer that the Constitution aud
supreme Court Of the United States
you otherwise -. -. :; : :.
Article Section VIII, Clanse Is: |
! mo'lae Tor calling forth tie Militia |.
ssIeete the laws of tho Union, sup