The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-07-10

/ Now it is insisted that Congress, and not the
/ Executive, is vested with this power, But Vie
Constitution itself is silent as to which or Who
J is TO exercise the power, and as the provision
was plainly made or dangerous emergency II
cannot be believed the fraWers OF the lnstru-
ment intended that in every case, the dagger
should run its course until Congress could be
lcalled together, the very assembling OF which
might be prevented, as was intended IN this
case by the rebellion.
4 No more extended argument is now offered,
I as an opinion at some length will probably be
presented BY the Attorney General, whether
there shah be any legislation upon the subject,
and ifsny what, is submitted entirely 10 the
better judgment Of Congress.
TIE forbearance OF this Government had
been so extraordinary and so long continued
as 10 lead some foreign nations to shape thelr
&C ion as i they supposed the early destruction
OF our National Union was probable. While
this, on discovery, gave the Executive some con-
cern, he is now happy to say tnat the sovereign
ty and rights Of the United Ststes, are now eve
ryW here practically respected by foreign pow
ers, and general sympathy with the country
is manifested throughout the world.
The reports ofthe, Secretaries Of the Treasu-
nv, War, and the Navy, will give the iniorma
= tien in detail deemed necessary and convenient
or your delibe,auon and action, while the exc
cutive and all the departments, will stand rea'
dy to supply omissions, or 10 communicate new
facts considered important FOR you to know.
1t is now recommended that you give the le-
cal means for making this combat "a short and
decisive one; that you will place at the control
Of the government for the work at least four
hundred thousand men and lonr hnndrnd mil
lions of dollars That number of men
is alout one-teRth OF those OF proper ages with
inthe regions where apparently all are willing
, to engage, and the sum IS less than a twenty
, third part Of the money value owned by th'
e men who seem ready to devote the whole.
0 debt Of six bundled millions Of dollars
e now is a less sum per head than was the deb
n ofour Revolution when we came out of tha
c struggle, and the money value in the coutT
+. now bears even greater proportion 10 what
was then than does the population. Surely
It each man has as strong a motive to now 20 pre-
serve our liberties as each had then to estahlis
,, them.
e A right result at this time will be worth NOR
II to the world than ten times the men and te
times the money! The, evidence reaching u
= from the country, leaves no doubt that the ma
T teriaI for the work is abundant, ard that
: needs only the band of legislation to give il le
: gal sanction, and the hand of the Executive
" give il practical shape ard effic ency.
One of the grea tCst perpleXites OF the Gov
r ernment is to avoid receiyi troops faster tha
n provided ior; that in word, the people wi
!. save their government, fthe government itse
!. will only do its part ndifierenlly well.
" might seem at first thought 10 he Of little differ
n ence whether the present movement attho sout
h be called secession or rebellion. The movers
e however, well understood the difference. At til
d beginning, they knew they could never srais
their treason to any respectable magpi' ude b
g any name which applies violation of law.
l. They knew their people possessed as muc
y moral sense, as much of devotion to law an
ORDER and as much pride and reverence for tn
1T history and government Of their common couT
rt try, as any other civilized and patriotic peopl
d They knew they could make no advancemet
h directly in the teeth Of these strong and mob
d sentiments. Accordingly they commenced b
an insidious debauching Of the public mind
N They invented an ingenious sophism whic
Mt if conceded, was followed by perfectly logic
I'd steps. through all the incidents 10 the complet
' destruction OF the Union. The sophism itse
at is that any State of the Union may consistent
with the National Constitution, and therefor
ID lawfully and peacefully withdraw from the
in nion without the consent OF the Union or ar
lie other State.
it The little Disguise that the supposed right
in to be exercised only for a just cause, becau
al they themselves are to be sole judges Of IFS ju
&c tice is too thin to. merit any notice with 7
beuron thus sugar coated, they bavo been drn
he eing the public mind OF their section for mo
l. than thirty years, until at Length they ha
IN brought many coed men to willingness
on take up arms against the government, the q
h after some assemblage men have enacted t
farccal pretence Of taking their State out
ra. the Union, who could have been brought to
an such thing the day before. This sophism {
IN; rivcs much perhaps the whole, OF its curren
Ter from the assumption chat there is some omn
ids otent and sacred supremacy pertaining to ca
ON State OF our Federal Union.
It Our States have neither more nor less pov
e it than that reserved to them in the Union
Sc the Constitution, no one OF them ever hav
ON been State out of the Union. The origi
ones passed into the Union even before II
ich cast off their British colonial dependence, Q
ell, the new ones each came into the Union dire
OF ly from condition of dependence, except II
on as; and even Texas in its temporary indepel
snd ence, was never designated State.
bt- The new ones only took the designation
in States on coming into the Union, while I
name was first adopted for the old ones in
,nt by the Colonies, which were declared to be
adc and independent States but even then the
this iect plainly was not to declare their indepe
,rts frnce ofone another or ofthe Union, but dir
ngs y the contrary, as their mutual action bef
was at the time, and afterwards, abundantly sho
The express plight of faith by each and
ICED Eoi the original thirteen in the Articles OF
nri. federation, two years later, that the Ur
Inn. shall te perpetual, is most conclusive,
d,s. ing never been States, either in sutsts
re or in nome, outside Of the Union, whence
tbpr magical omnipoteuce Of State rights, asser
,aer a claim Of power to lawfully destroy the Ur
4 = fitseL Much IS said about the sovereignt
that the States, but the word even is not in the
be. tonal Constitution, nor, as is believed. in
the of the State Constitutions. What is so
eighty in the political sense Of the term
was Would it be far wrong to detinn it as a po
n;nc cal community without political superior
dis Tes, ed by this, no one of our States, eX
e Of Texas, ever was sovereign, and even IL
and gave up thecharacter on coming intathe Un
cess by which act she acknowledged the Const
ipht ton Of the United States and the laws
ar treaties ofthe United States made in pursui
verv svf the Constitution, to be for her the supr
law Of the land
The States have their status in the Tn
and - ,,,r, 49,, NV oo,, orI,, aoso o,,,;,,s.
q 10 law by revelation. The Union and not tt
|. 5 70 selves separated, procured their independ
i'eo' and their liberty by conquest or purchas
ns Of eonaonoa nnd l;tort,, Il hos
was The Union is older than any Of the ST
. and in fact it created them az States. Q
lired nally some dependant colonies made the VI
stcd and in turn the Union threw off their old