Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-17

men have long entertained the belief that
. the Union were dissolved. the North would &
into anarchy and despotism. Il has been our prid
that out Of the seVrnty-tgo wears Of the exister
Of the Government under the Constitution it has be,
iCr SKY der The control of Southern statesmen. hi
has secured whatever of property and greatnessgrow
snd development has marked the country durin
its past history. Tae Northern masses generally agree
with SOuhcta stacsmen in their pclicy, and -ustans
III m. Thess were the Dcmoca Of that section. Ar
J,ferscn said they G3es. Washfngton's admins
traon lasted eight Years. Il was Scutherc, aud in th
hne Of Southern policy. Their came the elder Adams -
He vas from Massachusetts. Opposite ideas shaped hi
policy Al tie end Of four years, the people indignant,
turned him aud his ccunseors out of power. Thel
came Jefferson Madison and Monroe, each eight years
all Southern Here had thirty-two year
of South administration to four Northern. Tber
came the younger Adams from the North
He the great embodiment of those idea
which now control Lncolus administration. At the
OF four years be turbod out Of power snd Jackson
a Southern man came in for eight years. Teen came
Van Bur II, Northern an, for four years Then Har
ron, Tyler ard Polk, which added eighty years more
Of Southern ccntfol Next, Taylor aud Fillmore -
Fillmore was q Northern man, il is true but bis at
miuisration sustained by the South and was
Piercts These may be called Souhern Administrations
and Buchsran's-ttus making sixty out cf the
seventytwo years Of tbe governments existence uuder
tho Constitution. All the important measures whick
have marked the history Of the Government, which
have made it what t ia was before the c;smemb5G-
meui and mad, il the aGmira ion OF the world the
fruits Of the policy OF Scu bern statesmen The party at
the North IL power have been against the country
in all its leading features Of pubi; pOhcy which nave
marked ia hIsjoryCspecsy has it been against Ri is
wars Stree the Constitution formed. Iu the o!
1872 Massachusetts, would not send her troops beyond
borders though the mainly for tie prot ctOn
of the rgh;s OF her seameu. That State opposed tie
Mexican var snd her people did not there light tho
couatrys battles Ii is Caleb Gushing got up reg;-
mcut and went there, but it not composed OF many
| native Massachusetts, men. Is ranks 10 greet
ill ed up with the chivurous Irish This is the
81 HAT has taken plca ince the Revolution, that
she has sent many OF her native Of the State
/, can be accounted for only bciu'e il ~ fa1hcGl
wat Every thing in past history tha belongs to the
nstion's glory the Iesu!. Of Southern policy and
support.
the naue, not or the hull bu, for the sprt the life
and soul Of it, securing it did, equal rights to ell ec-
ti0ns.
We have thrown of the Union but we have preserved
the Constitution The revolution ia this country il really
| at the North. From Constitutional Government, they
are RAPIDLY advancing 10 despO;ism. Southern men, in
the hour Of Danger aud peril have rescued the work OF
tLeic Fathers They have taken the Constitution OF
,pd ipsepd Of laying violent hands upon IT, they have
mace such Improvements o. time ID experience lave
shown 10 De proper he changes are not many but OF
hem tins az said Every cha e made in it Is Of
con =eryatye characerIO. OF rad!cll nature in
IT, They el look a better security Of Ile liberty and
property They al lock 10 the better security of the
lic- 0 the people iust the egoroachGents Of power
| or the corruption Of ,heir rulers.
rLiucolu says la makes to protect the public
property and YET under him the puoc property has been
| des,ruyCd bv mliioH7 immense amounts we're burned
a. Hlrper's Fer and at the Navy Y'rd at Norfolk
This is 20 protect the property Of the Government
out 10 and suijuga.e What Lev ss be execu
ing when lie Issued BIS roc6uat;on calling for 5000
volunteers |. Sas IN open papabie yioi-non vi Ia y
ltat he dia IT, II without authority of law or the
shadow Of Jaw. No usurpcr entered upon e mere
unconstitutional carer by p-o.llmt0l he has i1Jget--
ID the 4rmy % 600. Wh@t lag thi in .-cu,ion II
1t w-s law c his own =. hi'g. By proclamation he
i.4 increased H." navy - 900. Wtd Law this IN
execution Off law cfbs o~n making in.p,nlbe viola
,u TIE Constitution which hG 10 fuppCrt.
The Constitution The iouudston--the soul sld
.lo ;ha - 8d,rCl that Constitution that our fa:hesg
from the impending dC-!fpel,on of hI5 bsud4 aud roe
hold shield gyef You ard yUGr posteti.y, gives ht
ooge. t,pr..s and nat 20 the President to rsise
armies ard nh1i.s. The President hes no su;h roSer
auj people sho submit 10 such ghrag usurplliOns
my have 10 be free but IN fact they uOth-
ing but eerf- end yass5ls war 20 execute the laNa
BY Nhst las does he issue bic e-5e, e.
men and innure them in a!!9 81. dungeons without
Information o. y,est vdt:ol By what law has be as
s.,aed 10 Suspend The writ OF hoJeds corpus? BY h7
Constitution Of fathers and by the Copsiltuliol ..
the Confederate Sa;e sress aonc :ln suspend this
| great writ Of liberty, which was extor;ed even rom
British King IN betal! OF bis subjects. war to
execute the laws Toe wsr from tlo beginning mas
been aeei st law. end ia violation Of LAWN utter
viola ion oi .te lauGsm nal organic lsw-the Con.
stu,ioa itself AID II uQs checked and stopped by
toe paorls Of In North, Il will inevitably end and
az no distant day, Ia an utter overthrow OF every
| thing lko Constitutional liberty. Already to courts
the c1poundcrs Oi toe law have ts-a AleEced-the
decisions of the judges g',eriy dsrsgird.i and con-
dsmled Free OF l-Is are seized rpsonld aud posi-
biz NAV be executed without any other hearing except
such as G military satfsp may be wiling to award. AL
this dJne under the preieucc of executing the 1ws 10
,ae face ard teeth OF the highest aw Which declares that
THE right of the pcGpo De secure in their persons
houses pagers 61d effects against unreasonable arches
and se.IrJs shall be sOated and wGIrSat shall
issu but upon upon probable supported by oath
or eHrGaiOu sad partlcGla describing the place TO
be searched and the or things TO be seized And
thai obcr clause which declares thai, "in all criminal
prosecutions tho accused shall elOy tie right speecy
and publ5 al by an impartial ny of the Safe and dis
trct whereia the crime shall have beea committed which
dist,iot shll have hae previously ascerialned by law
and TO be oced of tne nature aud cause OF the accu
salon; to be confronted with the Sae's against him. "a
have compulsory process Tor obtaining witnesses in
favor aud TO have the assistance Of counsel for his de
fence"
Such are the provisions Of the Constitution he was
sworn 10 support but he puts himself above the Con-
| ution aud asove the decaoas 81 he venerable fancy
he 1rstitutos hpss Gto aw-IBaksr issues his edc,s
ani then executes them at the point OF the bayonet
Such are the Gos Of the whose prspOstcrous puT
oose as now avowed is to preserve the former laou o
the States by sui ilgaiion OF clever Of them Toe full
lest success of his purpose would be the comp test fail
ure of the object and y,t strange to say, the multitude
of the North SO far from rising up and vndicatng oon
sutonal princi; s, give almost unanimous shouts 10
these most glazing usurpa lors OF power which tort
shadow thar es'y doom. It these things be done
IN the green tree what will not be done in the dry Al
re dy the keynote hes been given bY leadg Journal
IN New Yo.k--the Courier and qulrer. Stie laes
are TO be obeateu, State leg slatures a5Cished and
S.cta esurts done away with. The Government Is to
become consolidated, and constitutional barriers are
| all 10 be swept away. Another paper the Tribune
gives out tha. the Congress- TO assemble on the o
Idiy-what mockety to the memory oil that glorious
d.y in cur past history that such Congress viii NJ
senbe on it, arniverFary-will prObsa'y st more
than two days. Everything ia arranged for them, cut
and dried They ase bdI TO be the instruments CT regis
te,n4 ,re edics CT the cabinet however unccnsutons
| and monstrous
Sons of the South of the lard oi Madison Of Jef-r
son of Washngton-os Il ose who knew what the prin
pes oc self ovefumen were the prc less value OF con
s,itusons liberty and peed ryihng in their achieve
ment did cut loose too soon FROM snese your oil,
confederates The utmost i1sntioaness Of the brepcl
J,cobirs in their sost anbrided fury and Fhrerz' dt
not hi greater exiravagauce and reckessness IN to
disregard of law and order, and everything; ia Il
good government than these avepe at the North bsv
exhibited in this Wild unnatural irrational and ianaca
crusade against US. Should they succeed, this whol
country North as we'll South will present ius, sue!
scenes as France did during the Reign CT Tersor
constitutional liberty is to he maintained tAen lot
repeated it must ep ,icne bY US
Tais preacnts some OF the outlines of the magnitud
OF the issues involved IN ibis II not only tn
preservation Of our soil from the pouling step Of eI
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