New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-26

Southern States any State from seeding IRON the OhoA
# the United States Language to that effect Now Sir
hsvc been constant reader of Tny " Y TRIBUNE Tor the
past eight years, and hsye denied the foregoing assertion
My.sN Republican OF wha, The Herald calls Radics you
will much obse your patrons by giving an answer to the
above assertion affirming it if true snd denying If false
Iremsin, Sir, respectfully Jour,,
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Response.
Orgrcg or TRE TRIBrSZ. }
NV YORK. Sept. Is. lf6B)
MY DEAR SIR: think you put yourself and
mel to very unnecessary trouble What Is 1t to
YOU if have held and taught erroneous doctrines
with respect to Secession Your proper response
to any one who asserts that have, is, that you
are responsible only for Jour own opinions, aud
accept mine only 30 far as they seem to you
sound and just
1t is certainly untrue that | ever taught, or
held or countenanced, the notion that State
may at will secede from the Union. | believe
that as absurd as the notion that your county
NAV, by vote OF her Board of Supervisors,
secede from the State OF Newfork. Our
whole history proves the alleged Right Of
Secession a fAllscy.
What / have taught, aud beloved, and still
maintain, is the right Of People to form
and modify their political institutions without
the necessity of fighting for such change. IN
other worde believe our Revolutionary fathers
had right, for reasons which were cogeut and
seemed to them conclusive. to termute their
connection with Great Britain, and that the
Brilsh were wrong in resisting their claim to
do So And the right which l claim for our
fathers aud for ourselves, will not deny to others.
In other words. | insist that radical as well as
subordinate changes in political institutions might
and should be effected without war aud blood
shed.
OF course see that this, Ike every other
jus, and salulary principle, may be pushed to
evil results. II, for example, the people of
Nantucket, of Long or OF Staten Island. be-
lieyng that they could make more ii independent,
by smuggling goods nto the United States than
by remaining our fellow citizens, were 10 claim
independenc do not hold that it should
be conceded On the contrary, | would resist
such q clam. But ii the people Of our Pacific
States and Territories shall at some future
day have very generally attained the conviction
that they could do better as an independent
nation than as 4 part Of this country, and
should kindly, frankly, firmly express that con
I ok.l tn A.. \ tria fo
TO the Southern conspirators, Z" BE patient;
give VA time; let US have fair chance to dis.
cuss the matter with your people; aud II they
shall deliberately and generally decide ia your
favor, | viii urge our people TO unite with
yours in calling Convention, which alone can
have power peaceaby to Dissolve the bond.
which bind US 10 each other This IS tae
doctrine | tried to promuieaie in the Winter
Of i5G0-6l-it seems with i'll success But
still insist that, if it had been proved that The
pc plc OF the Slave States--Or even OF the Cot.
ton States aone-had really desired TO dissolve
the Union, and had peacefully. deliberately and
authoritatyely expressed that wish, we should
havo assentei to it. NJ all events, should
Bat they chose another method. The leaders
assumed their right peacefully and summary
TO Dissolve the Union without the consent OF
their clow-citizens-at least their close allies.
their equal coplrtners, Of the Free states. |
They at once inauguratcd the robbery Of forts, |
arsenas, armores, custom houses, mints &C.,
which were the unques.ionable property OF the |
United States-not of any single State or Of
tho people of any STAG. Before Il shot Lad
been fired, or even a writ issued, in behalf of the
Union, they had c0nsunmated at least hundred |
OF these gigantic thoits. Nay: they had, through
the treason Of its chief officers, made prisoners OF
the chief military force OF the Union-that oc-
cuped IN guarding the frontiers of Teias-and
turned over all its arms, munitions, &c, 10
the service Of their pirate Coniederacy.
Hence | hOld that the traitors began this
It without proyocation or other
necessity than the reluctance OF. the Southern
people to unite in their treafon--that the real
sentiment of That people (eyen ii you restrict
ti's designation to tho Whtes) was aversc 10
dlsunion; and that it was found necessary to
rush into conflict aud bloodshed in order So
- fire the Southern heart for courage aud
IIence | deny that the South il
fighting for the inalienobe right Of man to self
government, and insst that they are fighting
against that right III favor of Slavery universal
aud eternal, aud should be crushed at whatever
cost.
But, Mr.. NJ, ii is idle for mo to make this
rxplanation, aud for you to require 1t. have
made it Tin substance) repeatedly already, aud
TO no purpose whatever. Those who seem 10
yvu to require it will pay no hced TO it, and
Ln two Wceks persOns as well.meaning as Won