The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-01-11

: ,hor;,v whether a State is 10 be coerced, or
,..r male upon IL, by the general government
H., ~hs,bsr the laws Of the land can be and
sbsII he faithfully executed. In other wOrls
n h whether We have a government or not.
The President is bound by his oath Of Office TO
enforce the laws Of the United States-those
laws extend into every State in the Union,
and are operative upon all the people thereof
There Is no power In the government to release
the President from the discharge Of his eonsu-
tuiional duty. lie Must I" see that the avs
are faithfully executed" and that he may W
military and naval forces OF the country ~. ~,
been placed at his command, and ne gan 10
excuse for the nOn-perfOrrnanSe u ~, I, ha.
any State, although IL may allesv 49, ,s;,hi,
retired from the Union. and y no lohsvr,
the Jurisdiction of the United states. Inc AN
a., ~ s.ccssinn !. without foundation either
ogsn,ho,i,y ar reason. IL was denied by Mr..
lea IN a;,l Mr. Madison Ia the earlier, and
Nv Zen. Jackson, Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Webster, and
even Mr.. Calhoun, in the later time. There i
no slch right la the Constitution, the Presi-
den, cannot permit il Congress cannot grant
n the States cannot concede il (; and only by
the people Of the States, through change IN
the constitution, can IL be conferred. The laws
then must be executed, or this, the best, De-
cause the freeeSt and most heneheent govern
meut that the world has ever scents destroyer
IL the people Of any Of the States shall resist
the laws by force, and thus make war Against
thu United States or IL. in the maGnSss OF the
hour, they shall attempt 10 prevent the 'nSu-
gurItiOn OF the incoming President AZ the Ma
tionll capitol, let there be no doubt that all
such REASONABLE eudeayors will utterly and is-
nobly fail: for the laW-abiding, UniOn-loNing,
courageous people, not Of the free states alone,
but of all the States will rally 10 the execution
OftLe laws, the defence Oi the Constitution, and
the maintenance ufthe UuiOn, imbrued with the
spirit Of that patriot President, who, In an EN-
ergCucy not unlike the present, uttered the
memorable words, " TnE UNioN-r MUST
~ PRESERVED
Ia any such contingency, We know that our
own State whose attachment to the mon mas
been ayOuchcd not only by wOrts but Oy MorAs
by sacrihces such As she alone OF All the
STATES has been called 90 make, even to the us
uleniberInent Of her territory that the hatluh
mig ht have peacc-wili renew her claims upon
the gratitude OF the country by the alacrty
NTH which she will furnish material and eiii- |
Gent prpOfs Of her fidelity and virtue Then
the divisions OF party will disappear trOm a.
mnng US, aul the names by which We have
bsen recognised will be forgotten, AMI all viii
be known AS Patriots aud defenders Of the
Union
Bu 1 will not indulge IN spcculaticns as
10 what will happen when civil war shall have
been begun. yet believe most hrmly that the
mo Grafton aud stealttstness of the Free States
an the good sense aud patriotism OF all, will
b. sufficient Tor this hour, aud that Col, who
was with our father, will be with Us, also, ia
I'M. crisis Ot our country, To guide. To- strength
en-, 10 chastise, Il may be, but Ia save. hNen
the dml and conservative men Of the country,
ami the political opponents ut those who have
been elected to the highest offices ot the gov
,rn nent, and who NJ first were inclined To dep
rp.,tte the result which has been made the &C.
cAs.Jn Tor these manifestations OF disloyalty
and violence, will see that there y In u great
cane for graduation and encOuragcmcut.-
Foe who is there but will acknowledge that
recent events and iii closures have demUnstrat.
cl that the changes in the policy OF the gov
eru uent, and in the persons appointed Tor IT.
administration, which the people have willed,
have been made not an hour too sOOnt Now,
res Get for the Constitution, devotion to the
Un.on, aud the love Oiliberty yet burning IN
tine breasts Of the people may, and believe
will, carry the country safely through the
perlls which encompass IL, while few more
wears like the past, with its heresies and demOr-
al,ations, would have bound il without RENE
Dis, 10 the car ola grinding and relentless oil
gl.chy. Now, the cOrruptlOus at an aimlns.
trt.iOn which become national scandal
-ralversatons. peculations and frauds, which
ia single term have dwarted the aggregate OF
the wrongs and cOrruptions in the govern
at from its formation to the present time
may be fully exposed, anil the progress arrest
ell, before they have become 80 fixed upou our
sys temas 10 De ineraliclble AMI fatal, and be-
for, the contlgion Of their example has reached
the homes Of the people.
tiENrLyNEN. In all your enleayors for the
public good, whether looking to the preserya-
ttun of the constitution, the integrity OF the
Union, or the promotion Of the varied interests
of our own State, you may rely upon my
prompt and cordial cooperation.
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