The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-07-08

the debt OF oer revolution when We cane out
OF that struggle, and the MONEY value ia the
country nov bear even greater proportion I
10 What it vas then than does the populations.
sarels every man has as strong motive
now 90 preserve oar liberties a. each had
then to establish them. right result at
this time wilikeep the North more N the
work than ten times the men and ter times
the money. And the evidence reach
ing US from the country leaves NO doubt that
the material for the work l. abundant and
il needs oniy the hand Of legislation - give e
legal sanction. an the hand Of tho Executive
90 give il practical shape and Efficiency.
One at the greatest perpieAties OF tie
government Is 10 avoid receiving troops I
faster than IL has provided for them. la
wori, the people will save their government !
If the governments Itself will do u part onls +
indiherently we'll.
| IL might seem at first thought OF but little /
| difference whether the present NOV emeat az
/ the South be called secession or rebellion
/ The movers, however, well understood the
differences at the beginning. They knew
they could never raise their treason 90 any
respectable magnitude by any name which
implies violation Of law. They knew then
! people possessed much OF moral sense. a.
much oil devotion 10 law and order as much
pride and reverence Tor the history aud gov
eminent Of their common country, as amy
other civilized and patriotic people They
knew they could make no advancement
directly in the teeth Of these strong and no
be sentiments.
Accordingly they commenced by an insid-
ious debauching OF the public MUD; they IN
vented an ingenious sophism, which, IL con.
celed. was followed by perfectly logical
steps through all the accidents. % the com
L.. L.. ~ Il. III. ...lf.r.
itself il. that any State OF the Union may con
sisteutly with tho National Union, and there
fore lawfully and peacefully Withdraw from
the Union without consent Of the Union or Of
any other State. The little dsguise-ihat
the supposed right j. To he exercised only for
lust cause because they themselves are to
|, be the sole Judges OF iis instice--is too thin
20 merit any notice. With rebellion thus su
gar coated they have been drugging the pub
lie mud Of their section for mare than thirty
years. until at len 9Th they hive brought
many good men 10 Willingness to take mp
arms against the government the day alter
some assemhlagc of men have enacted the
farcical pretencc Of taking their State out ct
the Union. Who could have been brought "a
ne such thing ths day bsfore This sophsm
= receives much, perhap- The whole ofits cur
rency from the assumption that there II
some omnipotent and sacred supremacy per
tanning to State--t0 each State OF our fed
eral Union. Our States have neither more
+ nor less power than that reserved 10 them ia
the Union by the Contribution; no one Of
! them ever having been State out of the
!, Union. even before they cast of their Brit
!, ish colonial dependence, and the new ones
u each came into the Union directly from n
i condition of dependence, except Texas, and
{ even Texas in its temporary independence,
e was never designated State The new ones
: only took the design alton of States on com
: Ing into the Union. while that name was first
n adopted for the old ones in, and By the colo
MES were declared to be free and independ
d ent States But even then, the object plainly
: was not 10 declare their independence of one
4 another. or of the Union, but directly the
: contrary, Is their mutual pledge and their
II mutual action before at the time and after
g wards. absolutely show. and the express
:; plghting of faith by each and all of the ORR
e ginal thirteen States ofthe confederation two
d wears later. that the Union shall be perpetu-
y al. is most conclusive. Having never been
v States either in substance or in name, out
II side of the Union. whence their magical ON
D. impotence of State rights, asserting claim
IS Of power lawfully 10 destroy the Union ITSELF
q Much il said about the sovereignty of the
e States. but the word il not in the national
l. Constitution, nor, rs = believed. in any O.
a the State Constitutions. What is sovereign
e ty in the political sense OF the termy Would
, il be far wrong to define il 4 political com
e munty without political supersers Tested
" by this. no one of our States except Texas
/ ever was sovereignty, and even Texas gave
d up the character on coming into the Union,
Il bv which act she acknowledged the COnsttu-
is ton of the United States and the laws and
4 treaties of the United States made in pursn-
- -, haf s,rh her
- preme law OF the land. The States have
their status in the Union. and they have no
other legal status. Ii they break from this
they can only do so against law, BY revolution
- The Union, and not themselves separated
procured their independence aud their liberty
- by conquest or purchase The Union gave
n each oil them whatever independence and
y liberty il had. The Union is older than an,
ie of the States. and in fact il created them a.
10 States originally. Some dependent colonie.
d. made the Union, and in turn the Union threw
y OF their old dependence for thea. and made
J. them States, such "a they are not one OF
n them ever had State Constitution indepsn
- dent of the Union. OF course il IN not Tor
n. gotten that all the new States framed theil
lc Constitutions before they entered the Union
At nevertheless. dependent upon aud prepsra
~ tory to coming into the Union. Unquestiona
:, Div the States have the powers and rights re
- served 10 them Ia and by the national Con
- stitutioD; but among them surely are not in
y tended all conceivable powers. however mis-
chiseous or destructive. that we're known IA
the world AZ the time as governmental pow
es. and certainly powerto destroy the gov
ernment itself bad never been known "a gov
srnmental. bat merely administrative power
:, This relative matter Of national power and
State rights principle. j. not other thar
l. the principle OF generality and locality -
~ Whatever concerns he whole should be COZ
fdej 10 the Whole. 10 the general govern
ment while whatever concerns ont, "a,
State should be lett exclusivcl, 10 the State
- This is all there is Of original principle abou
=. H. Whether the national Constitution. il
I. defining boundaries between the two. IN,
" applet the principle with exact accuracy. i
PC not TO te questioned. We are all bound b,
=. that defining Without question. what 4
- nov eombatted in the position that Secession
is consistent with the Conslitution-is Lawful
= and pcaceful-it i not oontendcd that Their.
= j. any express lau for Il. and nothing shoul,
- ever be implied a. AN which leads 10 unius
or absurd consequences. The nation pnr
chased wilh money the countries out of which
" several Of these State we're formed i 4
y Just that thav shall 20 OF without leave sns
- without refnndngs The nation paid vel,
= large sums. Ia the aggregate. believe ct :
= hundred millions. "a release Florida fnsm ia,
:" aboriginal sFihes i il just that she nos :,
OF without consss,t. o. without making AM
~ return The nation = nov In debt for mon
o. applied - the benefit ~ these 80 raiic.
= 1911 -f4fa. ia. f.sfnu.ns, "a.