The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-27
Union Neutrality-suspicious. Union Men,
Conditional Union eMen---The Flag Of
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To the Editor of'ths Cincinnati Eaquirer:
Please allow me space in your columns to
discuss, briefly, the ideas suggested by the
words placed at the head of this communica-
ton.
| suppose state a tr,,isrn when I say that
there is no. Disunionist in the bounds of
the thirty four States and the several Terri
tories upon such conditions of union as he
light name; or. in other words there is not
an unconditional Disunonist within the
bounds of the Union, these bounds were
twelve months ago. A union of the States
and Territories for certain purposes-such.
for instance, as those named in the Constitu-
TOMS SO obviously for the interests of all
that he mi ght well be considered dcmented
who should deny it. and advocate disunion
upon its own naked merits and dem merits
OF the % 100000 of white men composing
the nation when the last census was taken,
not one, arrived at the age of mani God ,
could be found opposed to the Union IN ade
by our fathers, as hs understands its obi e cts
ard purposes.
The Abolitionists are all Union men, if
you will allow them to violate the Constitu
by abolishing slavery. he rullitiers and
Secessionists are all for the Union, if they
can get what they claim as their Constitution
al rights in it.
1t is safe, think, to say that tn ere are no
unconditional disunionists in any State or
Territory North Or South. But hear Of
unconditional Union men," L don't be-
leve there is one 20 be found any where
There may be men in the free States who
think it would be batter to allow the Fro
slavery men of the South to force slavery
into every State and Territory of the Union
than to dissolve it / don't think so.
We know that the entire Abolition wing
r. arty lar hat
it is desirable to abolish slavery to preserve
the Union, and we know that there are
thousands of Republicans who disavow
Aboliiionism and think il a INDUSTRIOUS mis-
chief maker, who think it would be better
to abolish slavery than to dissolve the Union.
1 don't agree with them. There arc also
doubtless many Republicans of the Alexan-
der Hamilton stamp, who agree with the
President in his ideas about State subordi-
nation and Federal grants to the States, who
would be glad to see State Sovereignty ig
nored and this Union made a constitutional
consolidated empire, with President. elect
ed by Congress, for life. But this class,
though respectable for talents, are lot numer-
Gus.
Our fathers were conditional Union men,
and they put their conditions into the Consti-
tuition, and upon, and with these conditions,
least "a 100000 of the 81 100000 Of the
ruling race.
But rather than abolish negro slavery,
recognized by the Constitution and protect
ed by law; rather than abolish the right
Of habeas corpus and a trial by jury of my
peers; rather than place the military above
the civil thorties; rather than destroy the
sovereignty of the States and the rights re-
served to the States and the people;' rather
than turn the Federal Union into a monarchy
with President or King, would go back
to the independence and sovereignty of the
States as they existed at the close of the
Revolutionary War. Then there would be
q door open for "a more perfect UniOn,' based
upon such amendments of the present instru
mept as our fathers provided for in it.
The Constitution never contemplated its
violation. and consequently never provided
for revolution and the destruction of the I'm
ion: hence the legal right Of secession or
qualification have no place in that instru-
ment. But the right to revolution is 'one
of the reserved rights of the States and the
people, This right is one of the inalienabe
rights of the sovereign people, and can never
be abolished by King, Emperor, President,
Congress or military chief.ain. 1t may be
denied, but it can never be abrogated. In
fact, it has always been denied and resisted
whenever Claimed ana asserted by any peo-
pie who considered their inalienable rights
invaded by existing ruling powers.
Bat the people never change their form OF
government, or rush into revolution for
light and transient reasons. On the contrary.
all history shows that they prefer to suffer
many and greivous wrongs, rather than in
augurate revolution and war, the end of
which 20 seer, however wise, can see.
l DO not rem embcr a revolution, unsuc-
,essfu or seccessiul, or the birth of nation,
hat was not baptized in blood.
Man loves power, and holds il with tho