The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-10-22
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Tho Constitutioa - is i, d the principle for
which the nation Of loyal men and the Govern.
msat have from the frst eontsndsd, are nov
contending, and with the help of God, will con-
tend to the bitter end Of this bitter var. II ID
against this very principle that the South ere
contsnding, and because Of this, that the rebel
lion was raised. They did not like the constitu-
ton a. il il. They and their Northern allies de-
manded " additional essssisssionsI gxsys.tiss,"
and because they did not receive them as the
hands Of the ever plant Nsrth, they rebel
against the Government, refuse to live any long.
o. under the protection Of the constitution, and
rise up in arms and attempt the overthrow and
destrucsioa Of both. But the constitution - il
ID. they sssst have, whether they will or not
The decree has gone forth from united and
determined North, and viii not, nay, ean~os be
recalled. that the constitution, a. the fathers
Of the Republic made it, must and shall be the
supreme Law of the whole land, and must and
shall be obeyed By South q well a. North. Moth.
ing more have We asked, and nothing less viii We
accept from the people of the South, than i'm.
plicit, unconditional obedience and respect to the
great charter Of our liberties /" The Constitution
- it it,"
But The Union - it was" NEVER! That
has been rendered impossibls by the rebellion.
Never can the rebellious States again take their
place in the family Of the nation, upon the same
terms, under the same conditions, and with the
same privileges which they enjoyed, before they
broke peace in and sought the destruction o!
the household. Never again can Southern
Shareholders demand the right to carry their hu
man chsstels into Territory solemnly dedicated
TO freedom. Never again shall the slave. driver's
whip, or the slave auctioneer's hammer be heard
in the Capitol Of a free people. Never again
shall the insoient Southern Senators or Members
Of Congress, strut through the streets Of Wash.
ington, attended BY their human chattsls, to the
great scandal Of our free Institutions. Never
again will Northern Senators, for the expression
Of their honest convictions in debate, be struck
down like dogs, in the Senate Chamber Of the
nation. with bludgeons welded by Southern
slave. driving bullies. Never more will Northern
doughfaces turn pale. ard their teeth chatter,
and their knees quake at the sound Of the whips
of thsir Southern masters. Never more shall
Northern industry be crippled by Southern tar
rifls No longer shall the country be ruled BY
Southern principles; no longer shall cotton be
King
Revolutions never 60 backward. Henceforth
no more union of light and darkness, Of truth
and error, Of civilization and barbarisn, of free.
dom and slavery.
Henceforth, through the efforts Of the rebels
70 overthrow the Government, and through the
interpositiOn of Divine Providence, who max
eth the wrath Of man to praise him, and who
overrules the evil that men think to do, and
makes their designs contribute to accomplish
his own good purposes. The Union shall be
such Union a. the wise and good founders Of
che governments designed it to be. I, shall be
that " more perfect Union under the Consstu-
ton, by which justice shall be established, do
mestic tranquility insured, the common defence
provided for, the general welfare promoted, and
the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and our pos.
terity secured