Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-07-11

9ney are Not one OF them ever had State Constitution
slndependendent of the Union.
of course not forgotten that all the new States
before they entered the Union neverhe
Union. ~
the States have the powers and rights re
serVed 10 mem n and by the national Constitution butt
among these surely not included all conceivable mowers
however mchevous or desructive but at most such only
5as were known IN the world the
xpowers and certainly power destroy the Governs
ment itself had never been known governmental;
as merely administrative power This relative matter
of national power and State Rights, principle ia mol
ot4eT tan the principle of generality and locality
Whatever the whole should confded TO the
"nolethe General Governments while whatever conce
ony the State should be left exclusively the State This
an there IS OF original principle about it. Whether the
nalonal Constitution III defining the boundaries beweens
he two has applied the principle with accuracy isl
not TO be questioned We all bound by the defining
without question What now combaed is the pogiti6nI
hat secession Is consistent with the Contributions lawful
ssapd peaceful.
1t is not conendsd that there is any express law for it
ana nothing should ever lie implied law which leads to
The nation purchased with money the countries out of
winch several al these States formed Just tha
ey sha go OF without leave and WITHOUT reunGg The
natlon paid very rge in the aggregate believe
Aneary ore hundred millions, to relieve Florida of abo
d is it just that she shall be of without consent or
@Wthout making any return? The in debt oI
money applied the of these so called seeded:
47ates IN common with the Is just either that;
ced0rs shall 90 unpaid, the remaining States pay the
whoe? part of the national debt contracted
Ato pay the old debts of Texas Is just that she sha
SleaVe aud pay part this herself?
~ Again. one stats may seceCc may another and
swhen all shall have Seeded pay the BELTS
s this quite just to creditors? we notify them of ths
Usage view of ours when borrowed their money?
81 We now recognize this doctrine by allowing the seced
ers to go in peace, it is difficult we can do i'll
others choose TO go. terms up which the
Twill promise to remain
81 The srceder insist that Constitution admits of seces
3sOn They have assumed to make national Constitution
their necessity they have either discarded
or retained the right of secession they insist exists
5ours they have discarded it, they hereby admit that OIL
sapTiGci lie it ought not to be 10 ours.
they have retained by their construction of our
hey show that be consistent they must secede from one
sanotAer whenever they shall find it the way of set
81 uog he debts or e1ecting other selfish Unj7st
81 The principle itself is one of disntegration and upon
winch no Government can possibly endure
Ii all the States save one should assert The power to
drVe that one out OF the Union is presumed the whole
class OF seeded politicians would at deny the power
and denorncc the act the greatest outrage upon State
3hts But suppose that precisely the act instead
sof being called driving the one out should be called the
sccedng OF the others from that one it would be exactly
What the seccders claim to do unless indeed they make
@ne point that the one, because it is minority, may
rghully do what the others, because they maorl-
y, may not rghttuly do. These politicians are subtle
1and profound the rights OF minOres. They are not
Ipartal to that power which made the Constitution and
peaks from the preamble. calling ITSELF We the peo-
Eple"
d Il may wei be questioned whether there is to-day ma
ory OF the legally qualified of any State. except
perhaps South Carolina in favor Of disQnion. There
much reason to believe that the Union The majority
gin many not every other of the socaled seeded
Gone OF ITEM 1t venured to affirm this Virginia
and TENNESSEE for the result Of election held in military
camPS. where the bayOnets all side Of the Q1e8
voted upon can SCARCELY be considered demonsra
ng popular sentiment. AT such election all that large
cass who at for the Union against coercion
eswould be coerced to vote against the Union.
Fl 1t may be affirmed without extravag Ance that the free
CONSTITUTIONS eDjoy have developed powers and
roved the cOnduOn Of whole people beyond any
6pe the world Of this we now have striking and i'm
Expressive illustration
d So Large army the Government on
neVer before known, without soldier but who has
Ehen his place there of his free choice But
his there are many single regiments whose members
"a and another, possess practical knowledge lf all t
u elegant known in the world. And there's scarcely
Zone from which could be selected President Cabinet
pa Congress- and perhaps Court abUndauy competent t
a3admnIster he Government itself.
81 Nor do say this is in the army our late
atriends, now adversare7, in tbis il
H3much better the why the Government which ha
E3cOnered such benefits both them u.s. should
Ebroken up Whoever in any secon proposes to abandon
uch government would 40 well TO consider in Difference
s3to what principle it is Goes il; what he
E3key to get in it's seadwhether the substitute will give
81 be intended to give, so much OF good to the people,
s There foleshadow gs subject Our ad
adopted Declarations OF independence
n which, unlike the good old penned by Jefferson the
,EOmit the words, All created equal" Why?-
They have adopted temporary national Constitution,
he preamble Of which, unlike our good old one signed b.
Washngton, they omit, We, the people,, and s.bstltu
e. We the Deputies of the Sovereign and Independent
states" Why Why this deliberate pressing out Of view
klhe rights Of men and the aothor Of the peope?
III Tins is essentially peoples contest. On the side Of tn
NUnon it is struggle tor maintaining the world thai form
gland substance Of Government, whose leading object
Sevae the condition Of men, to lift arhcal weights iron
fhoude clsar the paths of uiabIe pursuit for all
O ford unfetered start and fair chance IN the rae
esof Ito Yielding to partial and temporary departures on
Hnecessity this Leading oject the Government TO
swhose existence contend. most happy to helleV
the plain people appreciate this 1t is worthy Of not
eEhat, whs in this, the Governments hour Of trial. arg
numbea of those in the army and navy who have been IA
vOued with the offices have resigned and proved false to tn
Inland which had pampered Them not solder
nlcommon sailor is known to have deserted his flag.
81 Great honor is due those officers who remained true
despite the example Of their aitorous associates But h
greates honor and the most important fact OF all Is I'll
E5unanmOus Tmness of the common soldiers and c0mmo
esaors To the last man, far known, they have sue
cessny resisted the talto0us efforts OF those whose con
amands but hour before they oOeyed absolute law
This is the patriotic instinct Of plain people They undel
and, without argument that destroy ing the Govern
ment which was made by Washington means no good
Ethem.
a Our popular Government has often been called expe
ment Two points in 1t our people have settedhe sue
cesuI establishment and the successful administering Of
One still eans It's successful maintenance against lo
Emdabe internal attempt TO overthrow it, Ii Is now tc
hem to demonstrate The world that those who fairl
carry election also suppress rebellion. The ba
ots rghtul and peaceful successors OF bullets
hat when ballots are fairly and constItulonaly decided
can be no enccess1uI appear PACK 70 baets 1h'
There be successful appeal except to ballots then
elVes at succeeding elections such Will be great eSso
election, neither they take by teaching all tt
u Afoly CT being the beginners OF
IN Lest there be some uneasiness the minds Can
Smen to what is to be the Of the GOVcrnme1
otoward the Southern States after the rebellion shall hay
suppressed the Executive deems proper say
aviU be has purpose then, ev to be guided by the Constitute
a,sd the lars and that he probably will have dfere
understanding Of the powers and duties Of the Feder
relatively to the rights of the States and
peope under the Constitution that expressed in tt
Enaugural address. He desires preserve the Cover
ment, that it may be administered for all it was a
k administered by the men that made it.
epM Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim th
of their Government, and the Government has rig
s ito withhold or neglect it, 1t is not perceived that
lEgivng there is any coercion any conquest any
to- jugation in any just sense of these terms
IA Constitution provides and all the States have acceL
the provision that the United states shall guarantee
every State in this Union "a Republican form of Cover
"a ment But if State in this Union may lawfully out
Union, having done 1t may also discard the Repub
form OF Government that to prevent It's going out
indispensable the end of maintaining the qua
men0ned and when an end Is lawful and obgator