East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-05-13

duty to have il suppressed Is most owing /
10 those that are most injured by il. Mr..
President, have we put down that insur-
rection? Have we relieved that people
from the incubus which is upon themY-
Have we dispersed the insurgents who
ride rough shod over them? We have
not done il. You may say, SOAR duty of
protection is to people that are loyal, and
we still protect them" sir, If the PEG
pie are all the while loyal they do not
need any projections; they stand IA peace
of course. Ii We have any obligations
to the people Of the States as members OF
this Republic, IL is to protect them from
violence. When we guarantee them
republican form Of government IN each
state it implies that we have the cNer-
else Of power over them, at least TO SCI
cure 70 the body OF that people the on.
portunty 10 have, Mt nominal aud
usurped, but an actual government with
the constitution of the United states. -
That is what we owe them.
THE REBEL GOVERNMENT \ DE FACTo GOV
ERNMrNr, AND THE PEOPLE COMPELLED
TO OBEY IT.
will remark another thing. These
men have established de fteto govern
ment over that people, II a mau finds
himself ia DO fdoto government which
he cannot resist and has no power 20 cou-
trsl, what are the limits and measures OF
his obligation? 1t requires a brave man
TO say that he will war upon IL becaus"
he thinks il is a usurpation. 1t would be
bold man who should say now, The
United States made a rebellion against
England, and all the present power you
have national aud State, is itself bat a
usurpation; I do not owe it any obedi-
ence, and J viii not obey III How idle
IL would be for an individual, weak man,
70 talk in that way. just so it is with
the people in these States. However
loyal their feelings, government dstdcto
is over them, they cannot get away; they
have nowhere TO 90; they have nothing
20 90 with. What would you have a
man there to do? What has this ration
riuht to demand Of him? What right
have we TO demanded these people 10y
atty, allegiance, and obedience to tins
government, and 20 war on the govern
nent do fzcto which is established over
them. when we do not relieve them, fur
nish them with arms, dispense the armies
that are there, or disarm the men who
are their usurpors, but leave them in that
condition?
Mr.. President, when / look ut things
in this light, it seems 70 me 1t IS a very
questionable policy, and still more cues
tionablo ethics, for us to ST here day
after day, before relieving that people
and Willie they arc thus trodden on, max
ing laws by which we declare that they
have taken their States out Of the Union
and annihilated them, that whatever
charters they hold under their laws are
gone, 10 unhousc them, stlip them, and
eonGscate their property, taking advau.
tage of their absence when they are not
represented here, and have no power t.
do otherwise. 1t may suit the notions o
equity and right of some, but, to my
mind, it looks more like taking counse
from our resentments than from oul
judgments.
But it is said, "Men have actually
taken Offices there under that govern
ment: they have had the audacity TO dc
that since that government has been es
tablished over Them / do not profes.
to be highly versed in the ethics OF poh
ties, but am fond of looking to exam
pies that are bright and high. At tn,
time of the rebellion under Cromwell
which had established government d
factO over the people of England, aud hat
put down the existing government, appi
cation was made to Chief Justice Hale =
man whose character stands as high
perhaps, as any in the annals of Christian
iudges-to take the place of Chief Jus
tice, he being opposed 30 that gentleman
Justice Hale consulted with couple O
his friends, (bishops), and after a full dc
liberation came 20 this conclusion Gus
tice mu3t be administered; the rights be
tween man and man must be adjudge
upon; somebody must hold courts; ca
consider il no sin TO take an Office IN lie
De fa0to government, though it is
usurra,.on." He took it; aud that ma
was not adiudgod guilty Of treason upo
the restoration OF Charles III. He con
tinued in position ever afterwards. /
all the troubles between the house &
York and the house Of Lancaster, in tn
wars Of tho Roses, when revolutions wer
constant and frequent, one day man {
this family upon the throne, and the neS
day one Of the other, as early as tn
period Of Henry VII statute was passe
which has abided in England through a
the revolutions afterwards, that no ma
should be aljudged guilty of treason b.
cause he was obedient 10 tue reignin
king, no matter if his was a usurpatiol
Such, sir, is the respect paid by the worlc
aud especially that part Of the world fror
which we sprung, to de facto govern
ment; and the nations of the earth de,
with them as governments, no matte
what the usurpation.
THE SAFEGUARDS OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. President | have already remark
el that in whatever we do we pust kee
fairly within the limitations of the COZ
stitntion. 1t will not do to say that b
cause we need to do this thing, becau,
it is necessary in our Judgment we wi
do it for that reason. The Limitation