The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-08


fore known, without a soldier in it but who
had taken his place there Of his own free
choice but more than this. there are many
single regiments whose members, one and
another, possess full practical knowledge Of
all the arts, sciences, and whatever else use
ful or elegant is known in the world, and
there 3 scarcely one from which there could
not be selected a President, q Cabinet,
Congress, and perhaps a Court abundantly
competent to administer the Government
itself Nor do / say this is not true also in
the army Of our late friends, now adverse
ries, in the contest But if Il Is. so much
better the reason why the Government,
which has conferred such benefits on both
them and as, should be broken up. Who
ever, IN any section, proposes to abandon
such a Government would do well TO con-
slider in Difference to what principle il is that
he does it what better lie is likely 70 get 10
its stead whether the substitute will give
or be intended to give so much Of good TO
the people.
There are some foreshadowings on this
subject. Our adversaries have adopted some
declaration of independence, in which, un-
like the good old one penned by JEFFER-
son, they omit the words, 90 All men are ere
ated equal. They have adopted q tempo
rary National Constitution, in the pre6m-
BILE Of which, unlike our good old one, sign
ed by Washington, they erase, we, The
people, and substitute we, the deputies Of
the sovereign and independent States
Why this deliberate pressing out Of view
the rights of men and the authority Of the
people This is essentially peoples con-
test on the side of government whose lead
ing object is to elevate the condition Of men,
to lift artificial weights from all shoulders to
clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all
to afford an uniettered start and fair chance
in the race Of lite, yielding to the partial
and temporary departures from necessity
This is the leading object Of the Govern
ment for whose existence we contend. 1
am most happy to believe that the plain
people understand and appreciate this. It
is worthy of note that while in this, the
Governments hour of trial, large numbers
of those in the army and navy who have
been favored with the offices have resigned
and proved false to the hand which had
pampered them, not one common soldier or
sailor is known to have deserted his flag
Great honor is due to those officers who
remained true, despite the example of their
treacherous associates; but the greatest
honor and most important fact of all, is the
unanimity and frmness Of the common sol
diers and common sailors to the last man.
So far as known, they have successfully re-
sisted traitorOus efforts of those whose
commands bat an hour before they obeyed
as absolute law. This is the patriotic in
stiuct of plain people they understand,
without any argument, that the destroying
of the Government which was made by
Washington, means no good to them. Our
popular Government has often been called
sv.# d
pie have already settled, the successful es-
Iablishing and the successful administering
of it. One still remains, its successful
maintenance against a formidable internal
attempt to overthrow it. IL is now for
them to demonstrate to the world that those
who can fairly carry an election, can also
suppress a rebellion that ballots are the
rightful and peaceful successors Of bullets,
and that when ballots have fairly and con-
sGtutionally decided, there can be no sue
cessful appeal, except to ballots themselves
at succeeding elections.
Lest there he some uueasiuess ia tine
minds of candid men as to what is to be the
course of the Government towards the
Southern States after the rebellion shall
have been suppressed, the Executive deems
1t proper to say that it viii be guided by
the Constitution and the laws, and that he
probably will have no different understand
ing Of the power and duties Of the federal
Government relative to the rights of the
States, and the people under the C0nstitu-
ton, than expressed in the inaugural adj
dress. He desires to preserve the govern
ment that it may be administered for all as
it was administered by the men who made
it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the
right TO claim this of their Government, and
the Government has no right to withhold or
neglect it is not perceived that in giving
it, there is any coercion, any conqueriug, or
any subjugation in any just sense. Of these
terms. The Constitution provides, and all
the States have accepted the provision, that
the United States shall guarantee TO every
State in this Union a republican form Of
Government; but if a State may lawfully
90 out Of the Union, having done So it may
also discard the republican form OF Govern
ment, so that 10 prevent its going out is an
indispensable means to the end Of maintain
ing the guaranty mentioned. Wherein end
is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable
means are also lawful an. obligatory.
1t is with the deepest regret that the
Executive found the dIty Of employing the
war power in defeEse Of the Government
forced upon him. He could but perform this
duty or surrender the existence of the Gov
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in this case only be a crime. Not that
com promises are not often proper but that
no popular Government can long survive "A
marked precedent that those who carry an
election can only save the Government
from immediate dissolution by giving up
the main point upon which the people gave
the election. The people themselves, and
not their servants, can safely reverse their
own deliberate decisions. AS q private
citizen, the Executive could not have con-
sented that these institutions shall perish
Much less could be- in betrayal Of so vast
and so sacred a trust rs these free people
had confded to him. He felt that he had no
moral right to shrink, nor even to count
the chances of his own life in what might
follow. In full view Of his great response
biity he has SO far done what he has deem
ed his duty You, viii now, according 20
your own Judgment, perform yours. He
sincerely hopes that your views and your
actions may so accord with his, as 70 assure
all faithful citizens who may have been dis
turbed in their rights, Of a certain aud
speedy restoration of the laws and having
thus chosen our course with pure purpose