The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-09


must bama Afore this expectation can be,
fully xsalizedg -A- IL :
In the meantime, the monstrous heresy
thatgthe Union exists to-day as lit did in.
1860, Ohe expression Of the doctrine in
Fourth of July or off. hand speeches may
sound well and be proper enough too,)
contrary as it is both to notorious facts
and to rational legal views, should not be
tolerated for moment; and the equally
deceptive doctrine,-now so persistently
and impudently endeavored to be forced
upon the public mind by the "Democra-
cy"-that the rebels must but merely lay
down their arms for the old Union TO burst
forth in its former glory, and extend its
blessings over their accursed heads, Lis
likewise to be secuted. There must be
some terms, and it takes two to make "a
bargain; and any agreement we may
hereafter make with South Carolina and
Florida, 1--WE speak of them by way of IL
lustra,ion,) is a bargain de novo, they hav-i
ing themselves nullified the old one. In
treating with them.. of course we must
eeonsideriour duties to their loyal inhabi,-
ants, few at best, but not on that account
the less entitled to protection. These we
maintain are our privileges, rights, sup
posing the war closed at the present
time. How it may be next week, or
next year, no man can foresee, but to-day
the very worst way to quell the rebellion
and protec, loyal Southerners, would be to
re-invest the bloody and desperatesfaciions
which rule them, with the powers and at.
tributes of State sovereignty. % Tol ia'sf
With this view Of the case how scnseiess
is the talk of certain pretended Union
men when speaking. Of the management Of
the war and re- construction Of the Union.
Propose. effective measures and you are
eneered at as radlca lor 7disturher CT the
,peace. ga patriotic Congress may labor
uutiringly for, the best interests of the.
country, and receive from these /" union-
istsp abusive and bitter denunciat;on, and
,he-to them-opprobrious. epithet OF
HAbolitionist." 3 In short, take any active
steps towards establishing the Union to
its pristine glory, and your hear, as an ar
gument against. such steps, repeated IN
hypocritical mournfnlness, the Union as
it was.p Out upon such .palaver! q =.
GRopINe IN THE DARk.-We are grave
y told by a Democratic paper, not far
distant, that "The extra session Of the
Thirty-Seventh Congress adjourned on The
the 18th of July;" and further ore, that
"when Mr.. Lincoln took the position as
President, seven States had already
opened hostilities against the government
by bombarding and taking Fort Sumpter."
And as a sort of gradation or climax to
these assertions, we suppose. it says: "Nev.
er have we had Congress which done SO
| little when so much was required" We
presume the world will be glad to be SO ac.
curately posted in these mattersl But zoe
were under the impression that. the extra
Session of Congress adjourned sometime
in 1861 and we are also as strongly i'm
pressed that the Congress which has just
closed was the first regular or second sess-
ion of the Thirty Seventh Congress-, not
extra. There is Law, known as the
Constitution of the United States, which,
We are sorry to admit, has been basely ig-
nered and trampled upon by our Demo-
cratic friends for years past,-that ex-
plicitlv says that Congress shall annually
convene on the first Monday in December;
and our Congressman, not being govern
ed by the "rules and regulations" of
Dixie" met according to that law in the
land where the Constitution is loved, hon
ored and obeyed, "as it ISL And on the
second point, we beliepe there is certain
day fixed in March on which the Presi-
dent is inaugurated. Sumter was not
bombarded until abont the middle of