Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-07-11

tor the WORK at least 4UU .UVU men and
| $400. 900 900. That number Of men is
about one tenth Of those of proper ages
within the regions where apparently all are
willing to engage. and the sum is less
than twenty-third part of the money
value owned by the men who seem ready
to devote the whole A debt Of six hun
drcd million dollars now. is less sum
per head than was the debt OF our Revolu-
ton. when we came ont of that struggle.
and the money value in the country bears
even greater proportion. Surely. each
man has as strong motive now to pre-
serve our liberties as each had then to es-
tablish them. A right result at this time
will DO worth more tosthe world than ten
times the men and ten times the money
The evidence reaching us from the coun-
try, leaves no doubt that the material for
the work is abundant. that il needs only
the hand Of Legislation to give it sanction.
and the hand Of the Executive to give it
practical shape and efficiency. One of the
greatest perplexities Of the Government is
to avoid receiving troops faster than it can
| provide for them In word the people
will save the Government. If the Govern.
ment will do its part only indiffcrently we'll.
1t might seem at first thought to be Of
little difference whether the present move
mcnt Mt the South be called secession or
rebellion. The movers. however. we'll
understand the difference. They knew at
the beginning that they could never raise
their treason to any respectable magnitude
by any name which implies violation OF
law. They knew their people possessed
as much devotion to law and order. as
much pride and reverence for their history
and the Government of their country as
any other civilized and patriotic people.
They knew that they could make no sd-
vancement directly in the teeth OF those
strong and noble sentiments. They accord
ingly commenced by an industrious de-
bauching of the public mind. They in
vented an ingenious sophisD. which. con-
cedei. was followed by perfectly logical
steps through all the Incl 'ents Of the CON-
plete destruction of the Union. The soph-
ism itself is that any State Of the Union
may. consistently with the nations Con-
sttution, and therefore lawfully and
peacefully. withdraw from the Union with
ont the consent Of the Union or Of any
other State A little disguise that the
supposed right is to be exercised only for
Just cause. themselves to be sole judges. OF
its Justice. is too thin to merit any notice.
With rebellion. thus sugarcoated. they
have been lrugging the minds Of their
section for more than thirty years. until at
length they brought many good men to
willingness to take up arms against the
Government. the day after some assem-
blase of men have enacted the farce OF TIA
king their State out Of the Union. who
could have been brought TO no such thing
the day before. This sophism- derives
much. perhaps the whole. Of its currency
from the assum ption that there is some
omnipotent and sacred supremacy pertain
ing to each State Of our Federal Union
! Our States have neither moro nor less
power than that reserved to them in the
Union by the Constitution. no one of them
ever having been State out Of the Uuion.
The original enes passed into the Union
even before they cast off their British de-
pcndence, and the new ones came into the
Union directly from condition OF depend
ence, excepting Texas. and even Texas IN
its temporary independence was never des-
ionated az a State. The new ones only
were designated States On coming into Tue
Union. while that name was only first
adopted by the old ones in and by the Dec
laration of Independence. These the
United Colonies were declared free and in
} dependent States. but even then their OBJ
iect plainly was not TO declare their indie
pendence Of one another, OF the Union. but
directly the contrary. as their mutual ac-
ton before. at the time, and afterwards.
} abundantly show. The express plighting
; ing Of faith by each and all Of the thirteen
original States in the articles of confedera-
J ton. two years later. THAT the Union
shall be perpetual" is mos. conclusive
Having never been States either in SUBJ
stance or name outside the Union. whence
, this magical omnipotence Of Slate rights,
asserting . claim OF power to lawfully de-
stroy the Union itself? Much is said
about the "so9ereignty Of the States" but
the word even is not in the national Con
stitution nor. il is believed. in any Of the
|, State Constitutions What is sover-
eighty? Would il be far wrong to declare
/ it political community without polite
, al superior? Tested by this. no one VI
, our States except Texas was sovereign
E ty. and even Texas gave mp the character
t on coming into the Union. by which &C
she acknowledged the Constitution Of th'
' United States and laws and treaties Of thu
: United States. made in pursuance of tn
e Constitution. to be forever her suprem
: law. -.
Q The States have their Status in the Uni
on and they have no other legal Status
If they break from this they only do S,
: against law by revolution. Tho Union
: and not themselves separated. procure'
their independence and their liberty. d.
conquest or purchase the Union gave eacl
{ Of them whatever of Independence AM
b liberty it has. The Union is older thai
Q any of the States and in fact it creates
: them as States. Originally some depend
t ent colonies made the Union and in return
i the Union threw of their old dependence
s for them and made the States such rs the.
: are. Not one Of them ever had Stat
Constitution independent of the Union. :
OF course. it is not forgotten that all tn
new States formed their Constitution be
= fore they entered the Union. nevertheless