, 1861-01-29

The following good points are from an abl
article entitled E Pu7ibus {T;,u,n. In the Eet

The following good points nre from an able
article entitled E Has,1bus Unu,n, in the Feb
zuary number Of the A0a7.tic NoatHy:
The country is weary Of being cheated with
ptays upon words. The United States are
nation, and not q mass-m eeting; theirs is
government, and not CAUCUS, ,--I government
that WIS meant to be capable, and ia capable,
OF something mora than the helpless p{a1x
don't Of village constable; they hayc execu-
tive aud administrative officers that arc not
mere puppet.1g togo through the motions
Of an objectle6a activity, hut arms and hands
that become supple to.do the will Of the peo-
pic Us soon as that will becomes conscious and
defines its purpose. is time that We turned
up our definitions in some more Trustworthy
dictionary than. that Of avowed disunionists
and their more dangerous because more tiuid
accdmpGces. Rebellion smells no 6weeter be-
cause it is called secession, nor does order lose
its divine precedence in human affairs because
6nayc mag nickname 1t coercion. Secession
lneai chaos, aud coercion the exercise Of lcgiti-
mate authority. You cannot dignity the one
nor aegrsde the other By any vesbnl cbar1Atan-
ism. T'hn best testimony to the virtue Of CO.
ercion is the fat that no wrons-doer ever
thought we'll Of it. The thief in jail, the mob.
leader in the hauds Of the police, and tho muir
tercr Oh tho drop viii be unanimous in favor
of this new, heresy OF the uuepnstitutionality
Of Constitutions, with its NewEatc Calendar Of
= i .
famous regiment would have volunteered to
man for its propagation or its defence Hence
!orth let every unsuccessful liligant hare the
right to pronounce the verdict Of jury sec
tioual, and to quash all proceedings mud retain
The property in controversy By seeding from
the court room. : Let the planting Of hemp be
maize penal, because it tqunts toward coercion.
Why, the drst great secrssonist would doubt:
less have preferred to divide Heaven peactahi7,
would havebeen willing to send Commission
ers, must hare thought 3liclael's proceedings
inj,:liclous, and could probably even now dts.
nonssrate the i1egllity Of hcll,f to any i've
rear-old imp OF average education aud intcl]i.
gence. W!l.tni:ue world We should have, If
VIC could enly cvinc quietly toE~t:-r in con-
vcntion, ai.a lit cla1a by nnaniip, sfesclutiuu,
or even ty :: two-thirds' vnt., Il. Il eIge-tools
should he:Gaiier cut eyeryhody'e '.ngs77 but
him that Played with them,--tlnt, when two
men rlue on one lloEse, the liadmost shall al
ways st in tront,-aun that, when man tries
tn;:srust his partner out o: bed and geta kick
Cd oat himself, &c 81 III be deemed to hive
established his title to IN equitable division,
and shall BE- thencefortl his Us uf right, with
out detriuent to the others privilege On the
door!
II secession be right, then tho moment Of
IL exercise is wholly optional with those pos
ses6iDg it.. Suppose, on the eve of wur with !:
England, Michigan should vote he5seE out of !,
the Union and declare herself annexed to
Canada; what KIND Of reception would ler /
Commissioners be likely to meet in Washing
ton, and what scruples should we feel about
coercion? Or, to taae case precisely parallel |
to that Of South Carolina, suppose that Utah,
after getting herself admitted to the Union,
should resunc hEr' r'sovercignty, as 1t is pleas
unity called, and block our path to the Pacific,
underline pTetenco that 6he did not consider
her institutions safe while the other States
entertained such scrfptural prcjudices against
her special weakness III the putriarchal line? I
Il the only result OF our adu1ittin: Territory |
on Monday to be tho giving, it . right to steal |
ltselt and 60 out again Oh Tucsday?. Or do
oaly the original thirteen States possess this
privilege Of suicide?7 We shall |
need something like . Fugitive. Stare Law for |
runaway republics, and must geta provision |
that they shall help US catch any delinquent |
who lnay take refuge with them, as South /
Carolina has been trying to do With England |
and France. 1t does not matter to the aFgnA. |
ment, except SO tar as the good taste Of The
ia concerned, at what particular I
time: d State may make her territory foreign,
thus opening Onl gate Of our national delences |
md Offering ! bridge to inrasiun. The danger |
of the thin. Is In her making her territory |
[ore!gn under any circumstances ); md Il Is /
danger which the Government must prevent,
It only for sel-preserEati0nl" Within the lin:
It's Of the Constitution two sogereignties cau-
not coe1ist; and j ct what practical odds does
it make, IT State becomes sovereign by /
simply declaring herself sos The; Legitimate
OF secession is, not that State
becomes sovereign, Int that, SO far as tho.
General Governnieht,fs IS concern. i, she las ont
awed herself, nullilica her own existence
Is State, and become m aggregate OF riotous
men who resist the execution Of tho laws.