Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-28

which, If we understand him rightly. he would
see deprived Of their slaves because, forsooth,
the ciiizens---slavehold some other
States have rebelled against the General Gov
eminent, and denied their allegiance to it,
He does not even set up the claim that the
Government needs the services Of those
slaves, but it has a right to take them, never
theless, by compensating the owners, and
for the sole reason that because Shareholders
in some of the other States arc in rebellion.
every STAKEHOLDER in the Union is culpable,
and must be made to walk the chalk This
may suit the fanatcal notions Of ct. A."
but we can see in it neither reason nor com
mon sense.
The State Of Tennessee is as yet the only
State where the General Government has in
teiiered for the overthrow Of the rebellious
State Government and the establishment Of a
loyal Government Here not only the Gov
ernor but the legislature were traitors, and,
without regard to the wishes Of the people Of
the State, voted the State out Of the Union,
raised troops under their rebclious State
government to defend themselves against the
Union armies which were advancing to put
down the rebellion But the traitors are
overpowered and forced to fee; the State
government is abandoned and the Union
mcn-the loyal citizens of Tennessee--ask OF
the General Government profession and aid
in establishing new and loyal State govern
ment, which il was the duty Of Government
to furnish whether asked for or not. The adj
ministration responds to the call by appoint
ing Hon. Andrew Johnson military Governor
Of the State. In exercising the duties Of his
office, Governor johnson cannot alter the Con-
stitution Of the State, or enact new laws
lie simple brings the military power to the
aid Of the loyal men Of Tennessee who are
seeking TO restore the State to its integrity in
the Union by selecting another and loyal
State Government. lie is ito give the pro-
lection Of law, actively enforced, to her citi-
zens, and, as speedily as may be, to restore
her government to the same condition as be-
fore the existing rebellion" VIII IT A."
refuse to allow Tennessee to resume the place
which she occupied at the outbreak Of the re-
belliou, because in the process Of restoration
her State laws are not changed and her local
Institutions overthrow: As well might
Vermont rebel against the General Govern
ment and break her allegiance, because all
the other States have not local laws similar
to hers.
The same course that is being pursued with
Tennessee, will be adopted in each Of the
other seeded States, as fast as the rebellion
is put down and when the Union is restor-
ed it will be with each State under the same
laws as before the rebellion broke out, unless
the states themselves through the newly
chosen and loyal legislatures should see fit to
alter the same
The great difficulty with :" T. A - and
the radical class which he represents, is the
confounding Of State with State Goger7,-
mHt. No State Can destroy itself because
OF instruction within its borders. " In spite
of such instruction. a community still re-
mains which is entitled to all ths. rights and
privileges Of State in the Union Whoever
assails the Union is raitor personally and
individually and when the authorities Of
State Government take up arms against the
Union it IS not necessarily the State which is
in rebellion, but e body Of reasonable indi-
vidnals, whose act does not destroy the rights
or alter the position or annul the existence
Of the States. This latter still remains, in
contemplation Of constitutional law, a mem
Der OF the political organization of the Union"
And although the State Governments Of the
seeded States, as at present administered
by traitors and rebels, have ceased to exist,
the Off ials being civilly dead, the State is not
dead. The New York Euepiag Post well
illustrates this point as follows:
"a destruction as sudden as that which fell upon the
hosts " Seunachcrio might befa Governor Morgan. all
the Stetc officers, and all the members Of the Legislature
aud vet he state Of New York would continue be-
Onthalf uineeuths Of the people might he carried
off By pestience and yet the remainder would oonst-
tute the stale Of New York Nay, foreign conquest
might disperse the Government at Albany. and prevent
the people frcm assembling in any mode for consider
able time, and yet the State of New York would revive
the conqucror withdrew Nothing short Of a
perpetual su1ugaton, or the entire Of the poll
tcal society in another, would destroy the existence Of
There is no such thing known to the Con-
stitution as the secession Of a State from the
Union, or its humiliation as a State, except
with the consent of both the General Govern
ment and the State Government. The Gen
eral Government is bound to defend the in
tegrity OF the States against reasonable COM
hnations Of all kinds, and that is just what
it is doing in the suppression of the rebellion.
Another difficulty with IT. A." is in claim
ing for slave property for he does not deny
the existence of property in slaves under To-
cal laws that which is not applicable to 9TH
er property. Government may take proper
ty for its necessities" he says, by compensat-
ing for it; but to what particular use can it
put the four millions Of slayes-in the United
States, or even the slaves of loyal men, 1t
does not enroll them as soldiers to fight the
battles of the country, neither are they used
in the subsistence or clothing of the troops.
What need then has Government, OF them
None at all, save to crafty the sectional ca
prices of such men as 1T. A.
But, says IT. A." slavery is doomed
From the day it commenced war on the con-