, 1861-01-15

suaded that great error hes been COMMITTED
by such election, but for relief IN such ceFsun-
,cncy, the Constitution looks to the cGcasy
of 1rcuucnt elections, md has placed It an the
mower Of the people to remove their agents !
and servants at will The working q our
Government Is based upon the p1iuciMes OF
tte indisputablc rights OF matorlnes*s 70
deny the right Of those who have coSssatu-
succeeded, by ballot, to sta'lons on.s
to be SO occupied, is not merely uaisle aa4 IN
just hut revolutionary; and foE a PARTY T$hteh
has coustitutIonnlly triumphcd, to surrender
the powers it has won, would be an lsaoolc
submission, {. degradation OF u1anhood, oaSc
dcscrtion Of the peoples service, wu!cn,saoplo
tcndo,n and the lnfamy Of history. TheAmer-
lean people need no assurance that the EsPub.
lican party, yaluing Us 1t ought the tsla3Pn u
has won, viii never be disposed to 5ieid Its
honors or avoid its duties:
They no. only claim, but intend II have
the administration for The period q, hIac
alottcd to them By the Consultation. T6sste
sLapc and form to their purpose Of rcsist1nrr,
the dissatisfied leaders Of the South
movement haye revived the loctrinei tong
since exploded, that a State may null.issss NV
Of Congress and secedc from the uniftn a. |
pleasure. Such doctrfue can neyerAsbr II
moment be permitted. Its admission would |
be fatal to the existence of goseELtnent-
would dissolve all the relations which bind the
people together, and reduce to anarchy the Or
tered into t,y the people Of the whole eanutry
III 1hei7 sovereign capacity; and although It
have the sanction nlso Of 4 compact ustTeen
sovereign States, docs not receive its cll:f suE-
mort from that circumstance, but IRON the
.rlginal and higher acton OF the people1hem-
selves. This Union cannot be dissolved BY
Que State, nor the people Of one Statta nor OF
dozen States. This government was designed
10 be perpetual, and can be dissolved oply by
revolution. Secession Is disunion. eoucede
to South carolin;, the right to release q 1gr reo.
nle from the antes hna oGS 9an nSib;:
late the sovereignty Of the Union ox pros
trating the ability to secure allegiance.
| Could government which could NOT Yind.-
cate itself, and which had c1biEited35rch
sign OF weakness, command respect 4F:loug
matntain itself? II that State eecede, Why may
reason, because they are remote from the cap
ital and scEarnted by uninhabtated wilder
| ncsscs 0rd VAST Irounta..- ~
have an independent commerce WIN v.~
shores and Islands Of the Pacific, and tafmarts
ofthe In,l!oa. Why may not Penneyl{an Sc
eeJe and dispute our passage to INC fs4ooas:u
through her territory: Why may n{4onlsl.
ana constitute herself an tndepenaeH. nIt9n ,.,o
and dictate TO tlic people Of the Northt!cst INC
ouerous terms uron With her mil1iorF q as
ricultural and industrial products might tnd
transit through the Mississippi and be r. elLscf*
cd to the commerce Of the worlds lStSlu "
admitted Tint the Territory Of LoussHna, ae-
the reoulc Of the United States the irrG hari-
ration Of the Mississippi, could never navs G. Sc
ccilcd; vet IL is pretended that when that tcr'
r;torr his so perfected Its municipal Sfganlza
ton as TO he admitted into the un&on a
a Stale, with powers and privileges eana
rco,,fiatc tile Unibn and forbid.to IN
other States thc free navigation whichwas pur
rhescd at TIC cost of all, not for Ioulsiana!
hut for ali lie pc5plo Of tho United stStcs. :
. | claim so prestmptuous and absurd lotc neSe
bc acqniezced N. The blood Of taq ea.t,n earsr1
suen. to defend New Orleans and tn allssis
. .irpi River from foreign foe, and IT'S meu
ora,,le that the Cnieffain who rescued Ina
:. city from sacktng, was the SANG vAos = la!s
| date. hy lis stern and patTlntic rcN:se, q:
;; pcrscd ihc ranks Of disnnionlsts In ti.tbordef
! ppfsouth Carolina. Can it be for a;pcmes
;, snprosei that the pc3plc Of the Valley OF II
y Wiss;ssinpi will ever consent that tho gre:
- River sua,l flow for hundreds Of na!ie7 throus
-. foreign Jurisdiction, and they be essapcie'
IT not 70 tight th cir way In the lace oatls Tor
fro~nins rnon It's eanSs 70 otfsr suent H. e se u
" :, ,yorb;taut duties to bc le1icd my ta:ls c9r
- r-co t},cIi.ya ~: .t--:- t--:-tie..aT-3y as tx a1l
- - on,. either shore Of the Father Of Waic
81 81, will hc a scpulchre Of the slain: nnt, With
-. It's cities in ruins and tue cultivated ne!us npt
!, ita slo,,iuz sides laid waste, 1t sball roll
-, roaminr tide IN solemn grandeur as
~ Tho lawn Of creation. kuow.l speak 1or
- M | ,nn:s md. I believe, for the northwest, VII
y, declare them : INIT in the unaltetable
., termination Of the millions occupying I
|w great basis drainod NJ the M'sa'sslpW, ~ F
=, nit no portion ot rnar stream 10 be col1tro!l
-: ty foreign jurisdiction. II wearled ny :
-, rrcscnt clauors and panics accompany
~ ~ these ccasclcss threats Of secession, any 60
~. | citizen ras suffered himself to entertain
it, thought that The peaceand unlty o. INC >as;
- T. dissatisfied State or States, let him rcu,cm
y" -. That this Union is an inheritance from {
~. c,thcrs to he transmitted by US to our post
H., ~. ard that the grcat hope OF downtrodt
~. humanity throughout tbs world, is in itS 1
III. ,naucnce. Let ns never !orget tne sole
- "a .hou1d accustou ourselves to think and Ep
~ of,hc Union rs the palladium Of our p"Ilt,
In: ! safety and prosperity, dscountenanelng vi
= ever may sng-cst even suspicion that It {
md in any event. be ahondoned. 80 deeply
nj dressed were 'Eacsfon, Neos.er ama clay n
NJ. ~. ,;oncy Of our free institutions dcpcn
sns .n;' unon ncrpc,ual unbrokcn Union. that
,nt, have let, upon many page OF the nat''
T. history, most Eloquent warnings that
no ttought, even, that the Union ceula ~ nc
H.. H. solved, vas never to he entertained. The
70 erap Cass has said that the man who belis
in th's Union c,na oe -! =, 1:.t,nr rn"r,,osa ]
@ nn. :.,ye our common country in all its :lesS
III of climate and c!ture is monntatns n, va
DRY, ana ttlean =" yssh;n1ton. ~ ne lEyc
~. ~, crsrd old llar-e1yu Of the free hearts
~, | l,one-that ts checrcd and hailed IN ever.
i,r, and haven of the world. let us swear tbs
=. .-}ories shall never be ltmucd, TINT ftere
t;ns! no no s'e'se.Gn' ~, ~ ~ o,'a: ~ nufted
.,u ,a.l and forever hcleyc and trnst it Is t9 b
ther | 'uss''u " tnoe9 - .s:,d tha irtcrc<
tI,c th;s ration, to administer public ntt,!rs
1<si, TIC theory o: the reFpctu!ty ct thi Goni Ion
tha, ,ion md the Government olSap,zeu 'lHo
,st.. No matter how vocif,rous1y South Cas
~ ~ may declare that the Union Is dissolved
~ ~ :lat she anu o.hrr States arc out Of the
,r,s ;t,}eracy, no rrcognitiaa TsFatcvcr Is q
,r;"a her sclfa=sumed independence III ss!'s &c
tr ~ lttcok seven years to establish our mos
.t|nr "nce The precious boon pufcnaseo .! ?
>.AAe ,,,oo;, and fre.s.:.. ~as committed 10
49,, endowment, to he transmitted to our Ios
lu:'1 .r;t,; fhc most solemn ininnctlotis that
i'm; i'.v .,as thc rower to 1ay on. By the Graeo
49,: a..c: VIZ will he faithful to the t:uzt. for
nd j. years yet to come, at least VII " 81 ~
,,eor!e in ono nation. under cne Consth
-,an .ns The question is, what is TO sr Acne:
ueo''- ,.omnrnmfsc. II It means that sc mus
10 10 W r,". tbc scntt1ngnt Of Tic eiy!lzed No9
y ~ ,,onccJine that slavery Is o1esS;us, th
uus tho INV not l1opc for its ultimate e1!inc:to1
y !. ~. IL NAV 70 into the free tcl!?I'''e r.
- tas Inc protection Of The Consihnslon,m:gn !: ~,
,,r.r. arc the grounds nron which INC III aln'
itself | arc 10 ~, stu.saf f..s +~th rpnuir. MS
I may >cu' i -. III eaf;hr IN which the
h the tlat the on!y l..,5 sa.edc vorfd BE- ur
cmies oi ths Stass soa.I rh;n,, sTr T.,ncoln x1s
'!noou =. that the Constitution must be ohcye
~ s ia. all its provisions enforced accosalE
rising :a'1 ana nnues. ~ ~ focal and Stats
~ eon finn. and nothing else. It is time "e
= ,aTr i,cttcr understanding with OUT soatncmsn ~
-, ~ ycu, II there arc aSgrcsslons ey the ~
s.s.sa STATES, let them be shnwn. and VIC P.Gn
s,n,; :ai:hlul cndcavors Of the pcople o. ~ ~
'm and 'o teotese tns M srch .,rIcyanccs
which iltlon ~ -. t..e ,rovc7 before wc
ie1d. 10 po4n.ea oat !. :" ,,xn nust be ucknoV
T. must, I9ess tnela' .,..aa,o,nts coma n
'puy " i,ad rraco ftura those States whe[n "
man ,;on5 That citizens Of the Free states
rnst daily exposed to insult, imrIls
llsatea- md otfen death from the violence o. II
states sih1e Individuals, That clause ol our
IN snc ,u,ion granting to the citizen, oa y:
sutu iii the privileges and inmnnt1es az, ~
j.. ~ of tho sovcrnf States, Is 1uss " Al; Al
- ~ binding as is the clause tor thS ,;o>s
Asl :,itiye Alayes, and the same ~ .s Il
leeaoM IN Congress- to enforce the one ~, -
nud be t.,as;n3n citizenship affords 10 niM
and the Ahe1letnn lna hnnn e1Acicpt protection
ol1lntary :s.S,;.nd t:,reiru nation in the *os4u,
the be- ~ ~eH't.aeH ~ :riaos. The faintest ei5
nch was smoag " -: 'zcn, on the most dls
thirteen, ~ aaupeu ~ sc ~ ~ Martin Kosta, Is t1e
olnelaFy "9,rotsct;nn md AUSTRIAN LnaogT ~