Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-10

years ago, and received verdict which
was supposed had set it at rest forever. B,
Gen. jackson, and the men who surrounded
him, il was pronounced delusion, and ut
terly disruptiye Of all Governments. Yet
mere II is to-day, blooming and fresh. Mr.
Calhoun, even, held to the doctrine that ",
have power TO make war on State. You
will find this doctrine in his long letter d
Gov. Hamilton. l acknowledged to the
fullest extent the right Of rcvoltion, If you
30 call it--a right to destroy the Govern
ment and erect another on its ruins more in
accordance with your wishes. But when
you undertake it you undertake il with this
provision: fyou are successful, all is right.
You are heroes But, ifyou are defeated
you are rebels.
This Is the character Of revolutions, ifsuc,
ccssful all well, If unsuccessful the Govern
ment treats them as traitors. He did not see q
cause to apprehend that any party intended
to make war on the seeding States; he only
asserted the right to do 50 if they saw fit
He would not, however, counsel or advise
any party to do it. He would be very tender
with the rights of the people who we're about
to break up the Government under which
they had deliberately come to the conclusion
that they could not ive-but he apprehend-
ed that the position Of the Republicans would
compel them to take austere ground. Al
though State secedes, they cannot recog-
nize her right to go out Of the Union until
she gains the consent of the Union. The
duty Of the Chief Magistrate is to execute
the law in every part Of the Government -
He cannot be released from this obligation
Nothing on the Constitution Of the United
Sfates will warrant his saying thxs ziagie
star has fallen. He is sworn not to know
that State has seeded, and to pay no re-
spect to resolutions that declare she has done
80. In doing this it does not follow that he
must make war upon her, but he should ex-
ercise every Federal right ever hsr, thsmost
important of which is the collection Of the
revenue. There are many rights for the
benefit Of the people Of State which might
be dispensed with. If they do not want the
mails carried the President could abolish the
Post Offices. They might not perhaps elect
officers to send here, bnt they could do as
they liked about that. They have right to
be perfectly represented here, but if they
choose.to forego that privilege it is not in
cumbent upon the President to force them
to send representatives here But the Chief
Magistrate must collect the revenue precisely
/ the same ss in every other State. No State
can be released from that obligation for the
Constitution demands it. What follows P
If the seeding State shuts up her ports of
entry, SO that ships cannot discharge their
cargoes, then ships will cease to go there; /;
or, if the Government blocksdes her ports to
collect revenue, she will not have gained her
independence by secession. If she will feel
contented to live under this equivocd state
of things, all will be will, but she cannot do
so. What will she do? She must take the
initiative and declare war upon the United
States. Then force must be met by force,
and she must hew out her independence by
violence and war. There was NO other way
under the. Constitution that he knew. of if a
State secede and declare war. He did not
suppose that there was lawyer ON the floor
but who will say that the act Of levying war
is treason against the United States That
is the result, and We may as well look the
matter in the face. The Senator from Texas
says that the South viii force ap ignominous
treaty from us in Faneul Hall To this he
would answer, swell, you may; we know
your bravery; we do not want to fight with
you, but nevertheless if you drive US to the
necessity we will use all our powers to main.
tain the Government intact, in all its integri.
| ty. If we sre overthrown the Government
will be subyerted as thousands of other Gov
ernme ents have been. If you are the weakest
then you must go to the wall. That is all
there is about it That is the condition in
which we stand. can see no power in the
Constitution that will release the Senator
from this position. He did not taxa The oath
to support the Constitution unless one State
seeded. There was no such immunity for
him. There was no way, then, for State to
go out of the Union, but she could demand
equal justice under the Constitution, and in.
dicate her grievances while the flag of the
nation waved over her. Thers was no way
for State to go out of the Union, except
by making war and vindicating by force Of
arms her right to independence, and if she
did this, he had prophecy in his mind. Nc
man would regret more than himself the
disruption of any portion of the United
States where the people think themselves
aggrieved, if there was any honorable re
lease from It. But all this trouble is mat
ter Of prejudice superinduoed by listening
to the enemies of the Republican party. =
We are looked upon in the light of enemies
we are branded as traitors; we are style
John Brown men; but if the South wi
secede we will preserve the Union and awai
the glorious future. Mexico owes Englan
eighty millions Of dollars, and asks Of u
! protection, and she has all the elements I
build up glorious Republican Empire. Th
!, Republican party will do anything for th