The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-13

the question voted upon. can scarc.,
considered as demonstrating popuIar b
ment at such an election. all tbat sent
class who are at once for the Union 'AFs9
against coercion, would be eoerced 10 and
against the Union. % Vote
1t may be affirmed without ertr,u
that the free Institutions we enjoy bars
yeloped the powers and improved tho ds'
diIIon Of our people beyond any evan con
the world. Of this we now have 1,I,. IN
and IN impressive illus tratioH. s. iIa'IAins
army as the Government has now aa
was never besore known witbou, 1901
in it but who has taken his place ,L oo'aei
his own free choice: but more tbon n"e,S Of
there are many single regiments WHOSE I'll. 'ls'
oers, one and another possesses full nraaIi
cal knowledge of all the arts, science, a'"-
LESSONS and whatever else useful or =, p'O'
| Is known IN the world, and there j. ~ gan
one from which there could not ha "a
a President, IA Cabinet. Congress a.
haps Court, abundantly compete, Ff'
minister the Government itself N,.N,
say this isnot true also in the armr ~ :"
late friends. now adversaries.in the coa,s',
/ But if it is, so much better the raa.,-
the Government, which has conierrsl Wv, Wy
benefits on both them and us should ,r,tI
broken up. Whoever, in any secii,n ~,
poses TO abadon such Government wrnI,
DO well TO consider. in refe ence to wE,.
principle il is that he does it, what bs,,s.
he is likely to get in its stead; whether III.
substitute will give or be intended TO civ.
SO much of good to the people
There are some fereshadowincs on m,
subject. Our Anniversaries hure adon,.5
some declaration of Independence, in M
unlike the good one penned by: SefFerso,
they omit The words, .'All men are erss,aI
equal" They have adopted a Temporary
National Constitution. in The preamble Of
which. unlike our good cid one, signed nv
Washington, they omit We, the people and
substitute We; the deputies of the sovers;r,
and independent States. Why this deh.r.
ate pressing out of view the rights Of M,
and the authority of the people? This /.
essentially peoples contest on The siis q
the world that form a substance Of goverr,
ment whose leading object is to elevate n.
condition of men, 10 lit artificial Ws;,b,.
| from all shoulders, to clear the Maths IS
audable pursuit for all TO afford al uocertsr.
ed start and fair chance in the race q Mo
yielding to the partial and Temporary drp,y.
lures from Necessity. This the leairr Oh.
jet OF the Government for whose exirIence
we contend. ! am most happy to beley,
that the plalr people understand and apprs.
clate tn 5. It is worthy of note that Will.
II this. the; Government hour of irirl, large
numbers of those in the army and navy vho
have been ftvoed with the offices have re.
signed and proved false To the hand which !ri
! them, not one common soldier or common
s2.ilor is known to have, deserted his hg
Great honor is due 10 those officers vino re.
manned true. despite the treacherous exanp.
associates; but the greatest honor and most
important fact of all is the unanmty and
frmness of The common soldiersanG common
sailors, to the last man. So far as known
they have successfully resisted traitOrous
efforts of those whose commands but an
hour before they obeyed as absolute law
This Is the patriotic instinct of plain people
they understand without any argument that
the DESTROYING the Government whca was
made by Washington means no good 10
them.
r Our Government has often been called an
experiment. Two points in it our peopt
have already settled: the successful eslab
fishing and the successful administering OF
it. Ore still remains, its successful main
ten tnce against formidable attempt TO
overthrow it, It is now for them to dem.
onstiate to The world that those who can
fairly carry an election, can also suppress
a rebellion; that ballots are the rightlul, aDi
peaceful successors of bullets, and that
when. ballots have fairly and constitutions
Iy decided, there can be no successful ap.
peal back 10 bullets; that there can be 10
successful appeal except to ballots them
selves at sut ceeding elections. Such VII
be great lesson of peace, teaching NEE
what they cannot take by an election. ne,
ther can they take it by war, teaching all
the folly of being the beginners Of wa.
Lest, there be some uneasiness in lie
minds of candid me,s as to what is =
the course of the Government towards The I
Southern States after the rebellion shall
have been suppressed. she Executive deems
il proper to say that it will be guided By
the Constitution and the laws, and that be
probably will have no different underStat1
ing of the power and duties of the Fedora
Government relative 10 the rights Of I've
STATES and the people under the Conso'u
ton than expressed in The inaugural address
he desires 10 preserve the Government lD4
II may be administered for all as 1t was az
ministered by the men who made it. Loya
/ citizens everywh here have the right to clam
this of their Government, and the Govern
ment has no right to withhold or neglect IT,
it is not perceived that in giving it, lts'
is any coercion, any conquering or any sub
jugatIcn in any just sense of these lsfns
The Constitution provides, and all tie SaS
have accepted the provision. that the C'It
ed States shall guarantee to every STATE "
this Union republican form Of Cover
ment SO that TO prevent its going out 80
! indispensable means to the end of mainhf
| ing the guaranty mentioned. Where
end is lawful and obligatory. the iudEYse
sable means to it are also lawful and OoDs'
tory.
Il was with the deepest regret that thei
exutive found the duty of employing ~
war power in defence of the Govsrnns1.
forced upon him. He could but PeTl'..
the duty or surrender the existence oi u
Government. To compromise the PnoD
service would, in this case, be efDS
not that comp rises are not often proper
that no popular Government can long ~
vive marked precedent that those '
carry an election can only save the Go's,s
ment by giving up the main point W. u,
which the people gave the election.
people themselves, and not their seT''Is
can only safely reverse their delibet1rS
cisions AZ private citizen, the bAfe-