The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-06-05

governed by mere party considerations WEI
IRE willing to unite heartily with all who are for
he Union and the Constitution as they exist, and
20 in for putting down the rebellion progress
sing in a portion of this country. But in so do
ing We cannot permit gross calumnies to be putt
in circulation against the Government, State o.
Observation-Disclosures evidently originated from
base and sinister motves-without giving them
q justly merited rebuke.
On taking up the Journal OF last week, almost
the 6rst thing We noticed was the following head
ing: LINCOLN A SECESSIONIST." Appen-
|ded to the startling announcement was the fol-
lowing extract from speech delivered in Con-
|gress, in ls4s, by Abraham Lincoln:
(See Appendix to the Congressional Globe
|of the Both Congress, LIST session, page 81
"Any people, anywhere, being inclined and
having the power, have the right to rise up and
shake of the existing government and make q
new one that suits them better. This is most
valuable and most sacred right - a right which
we hope and believe is to liberate the world
Nor is this right confined to cases in which thej
a hole people of an existing government may
choose to exercise it. Any portion of such peo-l
ole that can, may revolutionize, and make their
orn Of so much Of the territory as they inhabi'
More than that, a majority Of any portion oil
such people may revolutioniz-, putting down a
minority intermingled with near about theu
who may oppose their movements. Such minor
ity was precisely the case OF the Tories OF our
Own revolution. Ii is Ia quality OF revolutions
not to 90 by old lines or old laws, but to break
up both and make new ones"
So far as this extract is concerned, there is not
sentiment found therein, the truth of which is
not universally Acknowledged. Bat any Ounce
can see that the argument il simply as to the
right of Revolutiom,-a right which al concede,
and which is distinctly asserted in the Declaration
Of Independence itself. But this doctrine is as
wide as the poles from that of Secession. The
latter doctrine is this:
/. The Confederation of States, known as the
United States, is simply partnership of the
several States, entered into for merely unimpor.
tant and temporary purposes.
9. The authority Of the State is entirely su
preme over its citizens who owe entire allegiance
to the State and no allegiance whatever to the
Federal Government.
8. Any State has right, OF its own motion
n and at any time when it chooses, TO SECEDE
and any attempt on the part of the Genera
, Government to compel obedience TO its authority
is an unwarrantable and unconstitutional act.
This is secession in a nut.shell Everybod
az knows that the President athurS ths doctrin
3 with all his soul. Everybody knows that he
10 day summoDing the entire strength of the ma
stion to crush out this detestabe doctrine, which
j ii acceded to, would rob US OF every vestige @
IA government. Yet. in the lace of these facts
the Journal has the baseness to charge the Pres
ident with being secessions''
d Turning to the next page OF he Journal, W
e. find the following in its editorial columns:
e "PITcHING INTO THE ADsINIsTRArioS.-Th
a Pine and Palm, Mr.. Redpath's IIsyti paper,
j n representative paper OF that class OF politics
anti. slavery agitators who agree with Gov. Bai
in the wish that the present war may result i
q the total and speedy destruction of the slave
4 holding despotism, and. fearful that the admin,
tration is not disposed to go into a work of des
OlatiOn, turnsits batteries upon the administration
and Mr.. Seward in particular. How long befor
Gov. Blairs organs will follow suit?"
The Journal then proceeds to quote from tina
paper one of the meanest and most unjust TRAD
q of abuse against the President and his admin.
tration that We have read anywhere. But it
not fhis narticularlv with which have tn do
The meanness of the thing, SO far as the jon,
nal is concerned, is chiefly in the remarks prefac
ed, which We have just quoted.
In the first place we will correct false state
ment made in this paragraph, viz: that Gov
Blair expressed in his late message the rish
7 that the "speedy destruction of slavery nigh
result from the present war. Gov. Blair ex
pressed 70 wish with regard to it, but simply ut
tered prediction of what, we will add, man,
quite as good patriots as the editor of the Jour
nal, believe will be the result. But this is mere
y a matter OF opinion about which men ma,
honestly differ. This is the Governors language
=" They who have taken the sword will perish
by the sword, and this war, inaugurated to es
tabish save-hOlding despotism forever on th.
continent, will result in its total and speedy de
structOn."
II the Journal wishes our views upon thi:
subject, We will favor him. We think the de
struction Of the 'slave-holding despotism" which
ha-~ co. '~-c -,'oa .n;- -~.;,., = ~'-,.a- ~----
piished. SO far as the question OF negro slavery
is concerned, We are not now prepared to ex
press an opinion, though We can plainly see tina,
this war, if it does not hasten and insure its ult
mate overthrow, must have a very deleterious
effect upon the peculiar institution" by very
materially injuring its cotton and sugar interests
and by rendering slave property extraordinarily
insecure.
We now revert to the charge that the paper
KNOWN as the Pine and Pain sis a representa-
tive paper of that class of political anti.slavery
: agitators who agree with Gov. Blair" &c. In
order that our readers may appreciate the un.
speakable malevolence and meanness of the edi
tor Of the Journal as exhibited in this classified
ton, it will be necessary to show them what kind
of paper the Pine and Palm really is The
paper is issued in Boston and New York, by one
James Redpath, and is devoted, among other
things to the. following objects, set forth in its
salutatOry.
at will expound programme OF associated
action, having for its chief object the complete
and abiding triumph Of the Democratic Idea on
this Continent, and its Islands; and with it, the
elevation of the colored races inhabiting Ameri-
ca, to position of perfect social, political and
National Equality and Power with the whites
"Thi> programme will embrace:
81. The immediate eradication OF slavery from
the soil Of the United States, by the authority OF
the Federal Government; or, failing in that, by
John Brown expeditions, and Simultaneous and
extended Negro Instructions.
al The calling of National Convention for