The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-06
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strumsat intsndsd, that In .vsry case the !
deng.f shculA run lie course, until C1ngrsss
ecan Be o.llst tegsthsr. the very ASSEMBLING
. e. !: p.. =. v., .ss.as
"a argument h nov afforded, ~ an opinion At
tome lsngth WIN psobsb y be pssssntsd ~ IN,
Attorn.y Genera. Wbethsr th,re shall
Be any l.giiauOn on Ii: snblso, s.d
a. Z, St., ws.s !, - .q S,"sr.. '1
anos % thls dcvernmsut bed ben 90 .xtrasr-
binary and 20 long continued ~ " lsad some
foreign nations 70 sbaps thsir action - II thsy
supposed ths early destruction Of oui NsiJnsi
Unioa vss prob,bls. While this on discovery,
Esvs the Executive some encsrn, he 10 nov
happy 70 say that the tovsrign'y and rights
o. the Usited States are nov svsrywssre
practically respected by fefeign % Nerd. and .
general sympathy with the cyua Try IL mani
Tested throughout The world
Tbs reports rtt. Sscr.'arips Of II, Tr,au.
~, War, and the Navy, will give the Informs
tion in det ell de-, med s.sty ard convent mt
foi your elaboration and Ao'ion, Will The Exc
clt.vs and all the Departments will stand
reaey 20 supply omissiops OF 10 communicate
new facts oonsilercd important for you 10
kntw.
IL ia now recommended that you Civ. ths
loyal means for m akibg this COntss' = sh ,rt aud
deciiive ono; that you place at the control Of
the government for thai work At least 406, 90
men and 800 000, 900, that rumter ~ msn Il
about OF otenth Of those Of I1opsr .g,s W thin
the regions where apparently Ill Or, willing 10
epgagA aud the su IN Is lees than = twenty. thiro
part OF the money value ovnsd by the moo,
whs seem ready TO devote the whole.
dsbt a SIX hundred millionf OF dollars now
u lsaa sum per had thao wss tho soJt OF our
Rsvolutionists when We care ou' n thst stfu
gio, and the money vaius IN tins country bsars
eysn Rroater proportion ~ shsl Il ~as thsn,
than docs the population. surely each man
has ~ strong a motive nov to prtsHVs our
hbertisa % each had then 10 stfaAiIh them.
A right rehult al this upe vii Is worth
moie 70 the world b'n Zen urss ths msn
AID TN timss he monev. rae OXIDE ca
reaching US from tho coutJy lssv@ 10
doubt that The m ite,isl ior it, V)ik sbun
dant, ard that n,ss- orlv tla land - Iit j.
latien 70 give l'gl s.nc Jon on toe hanr
Of tbs ENeIu ivi 10 civ IL p t'tits' sh-p
AID talcieuey. One Of tho lsrsatq't psrolok-
ties d thu GJverbGnnnt ~ 100 py I IL ~tJ-iying
troops ster than II provide COR them IN
aword the 4. Opls viii save t1Dir Government,
ftbe GovsrnHoLt n.'lf will or tie p,rt only
indinsrshty we'll IL - ht Sah al 1rtt
thought to be OF litls oiGrsn5s VIII sthst ;he
present movement NJ the SiHil hs cal
secession or 70 ,ull on; iho uoyers hors,er,
wall understand tho eifrT-ncs IL tn b.Sin
mug, they kne ~ they could never rAbs their
Treason TO any rspsc'abs N 8, niiuJ@ w any
name which iJp'ies vio'I.on u lfIy, sn.v
tner the people pcsses,od ssd-th Of moral
senss, A. mreh Of deyat.cu 20 ln- and order,
and ssmHeh PRIDE IN its reverence FOR the
h'st0ry and government Of tn -ir com mo- coun-
try. % any other civiliz'i ana patriodc
people They knev they could make
no advancement directly a. 'he tooth
Of these strong and nobls ssn'imsu 3. Accor-
DINGHY they ocmmeloed by en- ina,dipus de-
biuohing Of the pail mind, hey invented an
iDgenous sophism which N con 'sdsd was fol-
loved by Parfectly logi al steps through ali the
incidents OF the compl.ts ds-trHc ION Of the
Il Ill -. l.. -.
stths Union may co ii'tsnty with the cation
ocnstitutiou. and Therefore ,. vu'ly AID p,acs-
fully withdraw from tbs Union sit ,out tho
coIsent OF the Union or OF my other state.
Tbs lite disguise ira, the supposed right
i,to be exercised only for just cause, them.
.sivss TO be ths sUls judges o its justc., L. too
thin to merit any notios with rsbslion. Thus
slkar Q and they fsys besn orugKipg to
public mird Of their section for more q an
thirty. years, and until ~ length tssy hcs
brought many good men 10 -illisgu'@ o
take up arms against tie Government the dsy
sitter some asse nblags Of mn have en-
acted the hrcical or.t-uc. O, taking
thsir stats out Of the Union, who could have
bean bfought TO no such thing thu day before.
This ssphisn derives much perhaps the who's Of
IL currency, from the assumption that there Is
some omnipotsnt and sacred supremacy pertain
iagt attats, to each ttlt, OF our Federal Union
our states have neither more nor less power
than that reserved TO thsm la the u atom by tbs
Cousti sution, no one Of them having been
ate out OF the Union. T.. o,itinsl ones
Pass,d int tho Union even before thoy
cast OF tn r Br tish T. lonial dtpsnd on 80. ana
the new ones ime into the Union 70, ly from
condition q deTeLdsnce. excepting Texas
and even Texas, In it, Temporary ilosp' ndsnce
was never designated rs .t,te The new
ones only took the designation OF states on
coming into the q MOS While that rams ~as
hrSt adopted for the old ones ~ and BY the De-
clAraion Il lIdspendenc.. The Elm tho United
Colonies were declared to DO Jreea ID and pendent
states. Bat even than tue object plainly
was net 70 declare their na~n,I oce OF one
Anothsr Of the u II, but directly tie
euuAy. a. th,ir mu uh p.d.e aid
thar mutual action bsf',a at tho
time, aud afterwards, al dsniIy show.
Ths exprsss plghung If IA En- by each ard
Oh Of tho trinRal tn rt,eu s,,'es in the
articles Of on',torRion tso NsArA later, tn t !
the USicn shsll bs ptrps;ual =, most couclu-
ave having lovtI bsao ia - 'iIu r in gu
0 anee q ia rams outside ~ ." Uniln, wbaute
this nIgiol onnpot,t CO ui ia .irL's d..
HrtlDg olslm o' 10 o. 90 la 10 ly destroy |
thu Union itsef. Mach l. sl.i .b,nt tdrs- |
v,ruiRnty ~ the STAGE bu, tno word, evc~, II |
MT in The Naticusl Const tuti ~, nor, AZ o.
lisved, IN an OF tho ~ ate consti utiof T. Vast
l soVsfeigutv In tho po,iii,l senss OF the
lsfm2 Would It la fs' wrong 20 d0iro
H2-s political com ruLity Wit out poll
uca supsrio-. Tested b. III \. no enc Il
eur states, except Texas, waa a = voregu,y,
and even T'xaq gave " the ch ractsr N
coming into the Uaipn, by WI iuh act SIC az
knowledgod the Constitution Of me Uui cd
States and the laws and treaties Cf the Unite
States made ia porsuaucs Of ,bo Constitu.
tol, TO be for h,r the supreme Jaw. The
EtAtss have THU status In the Union, ami
they ava no Other local suatup J. tn. Y break
from ihir, They can only DO 50 against law AMI
by revolution. The Usiol, and not thsr-
baVas spirltely, pioc4td 'hei; iudopsad
- .rfs hs.
puichas Tht Ulion gave each Ct hem what
ever Of ILdepos u-ucs ,uI nnstty /, has. FL
Union Is older tna any uf 10 stss, and In
fact Il cnssted them as states, Originally,
some deTendsn' colonies made the u niOn, and
In tuIn he Union thew oH their old JepsId
stcs for thom, and made them states,
zach a. they nov ara Not Ont q. them
ever had state constitution indoper
dent OF the Union. OF course Il Is not forgot
tan thA all tbs rev stA;es f)rp1el their co
sutuurs before they entered the Union
RsveTthslsss de5sn 10 { upcn and preparatory
70 coming into tho Uuion. Unquostionahly
The states have the power aod rights reserved
TO them IA and b. tn, national c0nsti utioa.
Bat among thess surely arc r OF included all
couceiVnbio powers hOGevgr nlschevJus Or
destructive bat at most, tueh only rs We
known IN the world as [; governmental powe-s;
and oaftalnly poNe' TO Ctsuoy the 3uvCrn-
ment its II had never been known Is a govern
men'Rl LOWr Thi rel Iivs mater O .tioRL
power ana ttAte rights Gs principle
Is TO other than Ihs principle Of
generality and locsli'V; ~hat.vir COL
ms tie whole should be counned 70