Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-18
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The Presidents Message.

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The President commences by setting forth
tbe causes which impelled him to convene an
extra session of Congress, and reviews at
some length the action of seeding States.
On assuming the duties of the Executive
office. he found the functions of the Govern
ment generally suspended by the action of
rebelieus States The public treasury had
been robbed by dishonest men vested with
the power The public arms had been sent
South to strengthen rebellion; the Navy scat
tered so as to be of little or no service The
forts and arsenals of the South had been
seized and fortified so as to be almost impreg-
nable. The purpose to sever the Federal
Union was openly avowed, and treason
stalked boldly over the land. The day after
the President entered upon the duties Of his
office, letter was received from Major An
derson, commanding at Fort Sumter, Inform
ing the War Department that it would be
impossible to reinforce that fort with less
than 20 900 men, That number Of men could
not then be spared, and although the neces-
sty was deplored, the War Department de-
CluSu W ItIulOICS anu OllCl IOuluSiH
forts, but to evacuate Sumter for the time be
ing. This purpose was about being carried
out, and feet was on the way to Fort
Pickens, When information was received that
the garrison of Sumter was actually in
starving condition. Out ofhumanity towards
its brave defenders, the Government deter
mined to make one more effort to provision
Sumter, but before this could be done the
fort was attacked and bombarded to its fall
without even awaiting the arrival of the pro
visionng expedition. The assault upon Fort
Sumter was by no means in self-defense on
the part of the assailants. BY this act they
laNe forced the destructive issue-an imme-
date dissolution or blood-and this issue EN-
braces more than the fate of these United
States. 1t presents, in the whole family of
man, the question whether constitutional
republic, or democracy, or government Of the
people by the same people, can or cannot
maintain its integrity against its own domes-
tic foes. itPresents the question of whether
dscontented individuals, too few in numbers
GO control the Administration according to
organic law, in any case or upon the preten-
ses made in this case, or on any other pre-
lenses, arbitrarily, without any pretense, may
break up their Government and thus pract-
cally put an end to free Government upon the
inherent and fatal weakness? Must Gov
ernment OF necessity be too strong for the
liberties Of our people, or too weak to main
Gain its existence? The President is of opin-
ion that the Government is strong enough to
maintain its own existence and put down re-
belion Of any kind lie nvokes the power
and the Government for this purpose, and by
the great uprising of the people in response
TO his call, he thinks the people will aid him
in crushing rebellion The President reviews
.he course of Virginia in seeding, and pro-
nounces it without show of Justice or re-
gard for the voice Of the people He says
the Government is bound to recognize as Nir-
ginia only that portion which has remained
loyal. The doctrine of armed neutrality, as
attempted to be practiced in Kentucky and
other Border States, he eharacterxes as only
another species of resistance TO the Federal
Government. 1t is building an impossible
wall between rebellion and the Federal pow
er, and yet this wall is not impossible, for
through It the means are conveyed for keep
ing rebellion alive In regard TO the suspcn-
sion of the writ OF habeas corpus, the presi-
sent believes he has acted il accordance with
the provisions Of the Constitution and shall
so continue To act. He takes up the doctrine
of States Rights and criticizes it sharply
The doctrine is dangerous, as it overrldes and
suppants the power of the Federal Govern
mcnt. The States are not sovereign. as thev
only become States on heinp admitted into
the Union. They were not sovereign as Ter.
r:tories, consequently they have no sovcr-
eighty to resume. Those States that hive
seeded or some of tbom vcro n,,nLaso1Lv
thc Federal Government and the dnIt i rnt
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there would he mana Iof - IVA d"I;,
The President has called for f,,,r Lrnd,oJ
thousand men 70 aid in nn,,iro dawn rni,eI.
lion, and four hundred millions eff dollars
lie has no doubt but that the nronIe viii sus-
tain him. and as far as in him lies the nower
there shall be no cessation of warfare mo
COMPROMISE. until rebellion is efrectunllv
killed. This. he thinks. can be done at no
very distant dav. In conclusion. he saws it
was with the deepest regret that the.Execu-
tive found the duty of employing the war
power in defense of the Government forced