Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-07-15
VOL. 90 NO. S.

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tions OF great and growing nation. I,
that constitution after defining the ;,r;s
dietn and powers expressly Delegated +
Congress. it is provided That no STAT
shsi enter INTO any treaty, alliance or ron
federation" In another portion. !, 10 -
vIded that "full faith and cresi, sboli =.
gwen IN each State 10 the public acts ,ac
ords and Judicial proceedings of eyerv 9TH,
or State. and in another the citizen al
each State shall be entitled to all rrivileoo,
and Immunities Of citizens in the ssrs-sl
otates. A clause giving full iurisdir,;or
20 the national government is in ,bsse
oroad words. This constitution and -
OF Tue United States which shall be made
III pursuance thereof, and all treaties mad
VI "hieh shall be made under the autboritv
o. me United States, shall be the Suprens
law OF the land" No other rational ,;s,,,
and transfer Of soSsrs;s,;,,f,;
respectively TO the national government,
with respect TO the ject matter erum-
Grated IN the constitution, hut no further
Among these subject matters one il en-
/ ptatically expressed ito f1T.a more ner-
| fect uniOn.' ID es il not fellow. then loo.
/ ically, that with respect To the uri,,n of t5a
/ States each seuarate State has parted with
]
ton the sovereignty is in the unity of the
I States? | car see NJ room for anv otbar
conclusion. If this conclusion is crrrec,
then no State has the sovereign rovar 70
/ withdraw from the Union. This view il
| rendered imperative when We consider Of
| :he powers absolutely essential to tho ex.
istence of nation. 0ne of these is the
/ power to make treaties. This power was
expressly surrendered by the States. mo
| State shall enter into any treaty. alliance
/ or confederation. With the snTrendar ~
! this right each State surrendered its ma,
tionalIty and became only a portion of the
/ greater nationality composed of a uoioD of
/ States. Another national power is the
I power to make its own laws and Zeal With
| its PEOPLE according to its own unbridled
! discretion. Yet they bound the mselves to
! give full faith and credit to the publjc
/ acts. records and judicial proceedings of
every other State" ard t. give to the citi-
zen OF each State "the privileges and i'm
muDites OF citizens in the several States -
| These provisions seem to sween from the
States their last vestiges Of nationality. so
tar as the question of being perpetuaI
members OF the Union is concerned. The
same instrument also imposes RESPONSE
bic duty upon the national government. %
guarantee t" every State in this union A
! republican form Of government and pro~
/ tect each OF them against invash n AMI do
messc violence" Now if we should admit
! the argument OF the secesSi miss that the
! States are sovereigLties TO the u.m 81 ex
/ tent claimed, and that the constitution and
{ Union were mere compact, contract or
/ treaty between different naIiuuallies. unon
/ what Ilea could the zee led States claim
| exemption from the principle recognized
| wherever civilization extends III It nIIi ms
/ are bound to keep their treaties faithfully?
/ In all history, no act has been looked upop
and denounced with more severity than
national faIthies-ness to treaty siipuiatiops.
How could they avoid the same bitter exc
! cratiOns? They have entered into confed-
GRAFTON IN drfan Q IF their solemn compact
They have formed alliances ampne them
selves and proposed to furm alliances bv
! treaty with European Toxers. They no
! longer give full faith ami credit r. our
! public acts and Judicial proceedings and
they refuse 10 our citizens The privileges
and immuDities they stipulated for Thev
no longer respect our constitution our laws
| OF Congress or our treaties as the supreme
law OF the land. According to their own
! argument they start :hoir national career
upon the foundation of broken faith. Tbev
mar the first page of their national history
! with violated treaties.
But am not willing 20 leave them n q
fame So execrable. | insist upon the Il ar.
est logical principles that haviny surren.
! dered their nationality in the comnact NJ
| Union, DO State has any power 10 with.
! draw from that condition without the rre-
vlous consent Of the whole. The very
term Union means q harmonious consolida
tion OF all the integral portions. 1t is an
interest to be held in comm n. each indi.
| vlduai having an equal interest in the
whole. 1t is united and common inter
est in which all the acquisitions, are for
tue good Of the whole aud no, of ary in
tegral portion in severely, and n-ce,sa-
rIiy follows by the most obvious ruIrs Of
! logic, 10y the sOundes. principles In moral.
and by the clearest deductions o: phiIaso.
phy thai no individual har the righ, fo-cj-
lily t. Withdraw any specific porti N of
this entire ioterest, and there cannot iusfIv
! be such thIng as the dissolution OF his
/ Union without the consent Of the Who'll
Ii may In its character be Iikened I, the
marriage vow, which is held both in law
and IN morals in oil countries 80 sacred
that when once taken it may not be wan
tonly broken at the caprice Of either party.
nor hy the consent # both The institiT.
Ton OF government Is one in which not
only each individual under IL has a vitoI
interest but all the surrounding nationali-
ties, and II Is one of the first great princi-
! pies entering into every civilized govern
ment that 1t shall be permanent 10 ia ex.
/ lstence, however 1t may change in It's
forms. Can we suppose the eminent state.
men who framed our Constitution ilieuded
any thing less than perpetual uniJn Of
these States. FJF more than eighty years
we have been celebrating this day north
| and south, and east and west, and every
where claiming it as day on which wa,
laid the perpetual foundation Of a great
and fee nation. In no section have we
seen painted more glowing hopes for the
lasting and permanent glory of this nation.
/ than IT the imprisoned language that has
| fallen from the lips of eloquent orators m
| those States now seeded, as they anpuslir
| celebrated this memorable day ia our his,
/ tory. Did they then give any other inter-
I probation to our system Of g0vernme mt than
/ that IL was Intended t. last and Llsss n,
! neOple TIL time should be Do lunyers nv
what magic haze they now discerned new
| principier In all charity t. them fear
/ the magic exists in over heated prejudice
and misguided energy.
But the right Of secession is comba,ted
/ by other considerations Of commandiuz
importance. Ii was the opinion If the
! abiest statesmen when Louisiana was pur-
! chased that Its possession By our govern-
ment was necessary and highly important
! to our national defence. When Texas was
/ annexed statesmen and military mtD agreed
! upon the same thing. These may truly
/ be affirmed to be the great ADD leading
Considerations which induced these addi-
tiOns 10 our territory at great experss to
our nation treasury. These rnsiierati,ns
are as Imperative upon our government