M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-03-20

Il national Crisis which cal Is for exeT,
else OF powers not contained in that
instrument. ] deny this proposition,
and assert on the contrary thattlic res.
toration of the Union will he accom-,
plished by and through the instru.
mentality of the Constitution and
strict observance OF its provisions, or
not at al.
Under date Of April 10. 1851, Mr.
Seward wrote 10 Mr.. Adams, tho
American minister to England; and
in his official instructions to him
spoke as foil 1--WE: IN
You will indulge IN no experience
of hSrshness or disrespeet, or even i'm.
patience, concerning the seeded States
their agent, or their people, but you
will, on the contrary, all the while re.
member that these States are now; az
they always heretofore have been, aud,
notwithstanding their temporary self
defuslon, they must always continue to
he, equal and honored members Of this
Fedora! Union, and that their citizens.
throughout all political misunderstood
ngs and alterations, still are and al.
ways mast be our kindred and country.
man.
On tllis doctrine, sir, | take my
stand. ltemoraces the deliberate con.
clusions Of my mind, and the senti.
ment ofmy heart. | believed in The
principles laid down by th Secretary
ofthe State, on the 10th of April,
when they were written, ond | believe
in them now. II others have charged
since then, ] have not. The Union
which seek to have restorei is the
old Union, as it was made by our an.
cestors; not a nsw and different one,
shaped and fashioned to suit the cap.
acious not ions of moderh politicians.
| long to see the States once more re-.
uni tad rs "equal and honored mem.
bers Of this FEDERAL Union," with the
Constitution unchared in letters orin
spirit, extending its protection and its
blessings alike to them all. have
no wish, however, for the kind Of a
Union which now seems to meet the
app rotation o! many Of the distin.
guisbed leaders of the dominant par.
l. ty. Rome had her subjngatej prov.
inces reduced to sqnald wretcbeduess
by her vast standing armies. Ilep
trembling tributaries walled and bled
beneath her cruel power. Her Con.
suls went forth to govern, tc rob, to
plumber, to scourge aud cruelty. She
reduced independent sovereign States
to territorial vassalage. She received
their enforced homage as a couqueror
She confiscated their lands and their
substance. She filed her lap with
extorted wealth. But does the sad
sequal to her history commend her
policy to MS for adoptionP Standing
armies preyed upon her vitals and
smote down her liberties: Unwilling
unequal, and dishonored States arose
against her whenever the opportunity
otf1rded. The Gaul, the Brison, the
Tartar, the Hun, the Goth, the Vau,
dal, all
Dealt upon the scvsn-hill.d city's pride"
ri6ed her Of her glory, and repaid her
a athousand fold for tie bitter humilia.
lions which her arrogance had inflict-
ed. All history repeats the same teach.
Ilngl
England, in modern time has con.
tributed her axample to this great les.
son of history. Her whole existence
as been one protracted struggle to
hold within hcr grasp conquered and
yassol COLONIES. Her success has in.
deed, thus far been great, but her ex.
IperImcnt is not over. She has form.
ed many unions with weaker powers
whose soil she has laid waste and
whose people she has murdered; but
what sOrrowfnl spectacles they are |
she has a union with Ireland, but who
wants to behold one like it on this con.
tinent, filled with blood, with bitter.
ness, with tears of grief, with cries Of
hate, with charging armies, with re.
volution following revolution in quick
and horrid succession, and with all
those repulsive crimes which forever
attend such events and over which hu.
nanity has shuddered and wept iu all
ages No, Sir, let us labor for no
such Un:oh as this. All history, all
ages, and every cline contain VOL
umes OF teaching on this momentions
subject. 1t becomes the American
statesman TO heed their warnings.-
Give us back the Union as it always
heretofore has been, consisting of
"equal and honorcd MEMBERS
Fail to do this; strip the States of
their attribats as States under tho
Constitution and rednee them to terri
torial bondage, measure already in-
troduced in into the other branch Of
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