Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-10
TIKI .SEQEESTWATIOE ACT.

Brigad,rT Irne,al.
TIE SEQCESTUATION ACT.
". cunc.utc this morning tbs puoiicetiNn
If the iuhai" III The Senate, Oh the aIIi 20 EN-
tend tie provisions oil tho Sequss;rat!on ACT
TO person, within the Confederate States:
Mr.. HlLl.-liyou can do that, then the
| United States bad Il right to hang Buckner,
\ and YOU r.capu from the conclusion.
The l.. tied : a..s would h.ro hung Buckner
In ~yeo,inl- f,!sr T.: the niir;iGucu be oace 0%"t
fu. hang Ariv Johnson Tor violating 81 ale
u:sgc- IL IT,. ,.V,u; nflent ~ which he never
ai.ulG!=d ie owrt allegiance. Now, sir, gen
t;ernun may max; tier hra,s 81 tie E, 1poel-
| S;0n aS Iii, =: aS Ilcy p!sase, bet when they.
,cuy it, tary deny L l~undaucntli principle or
:Ie GuTvrn.rent, snd inc pccp!p who accept
| ne c3ntcs..y rule oi action are drifting on a
..piL currsa: into Mnna:chy. You COM. to
! III. oil rxrindr,; d]nctriue, that n mnn who
; once owrs allegiance. ~siTIrs ow, 5 hiie.i,llcc !;
7ou deny the principle OF ex Jatriatlnn in 0t9;
| YOU SAY a man shall +, nde allegiance to Il
government even BET, i'e La promist ! II;
! ,h.l 80 utan has l right to ,ho"ae his GoTrin-
u .n.,.nd finally, hat e varnnaht does not rest
! lpon the consent Of TIE governed. This Is
monarchy | rtruy you eau take 3 man oy
The nap. OF the neck and force Il citizenship
down lbs throat. Citizenship ia made up as
we'll Of IT,. consent Of the individual a. of
IT," sor=."mert. Neither party has Il right
t., violate i! nsa!us: the consent Of the other,
and i.v tbs. violation bind the other, uule! S it
DO uyon to,ms before agreed upon. You
cznnvL therefore, hang a man as q traitor to
& ovarpueot that has been made without bis
.unsent. [ DO nor knGH what particular acts
ANDY johnson MAJ ha9e done which would
nnp:v he lG;ruGed 20 become i citizen Of
this g~ovarnmeu;. When, I siy, his State 80
coded IL hsd = rigtt TO aha:don his State !;
and If he dii, il ipu:l iN!n, abandon tia; Slate,
ns j. an 0l.c, ei.c,ny, and rot a traitor
How ~ nis specific at goe', of attempting
t. Ieol eseiit I. nnrSs, e i'll the United Stats
Senate, tina, is aaoth2r question. am
aot putting i. upon that ground. ray
this: d. you ho.d Andrew johnson, who
absrdaued The Sts:s Of Tennessee end never
carle under obligation 10 the Confederate
! c;oysrnment, can be \ traitor? ] am
discussing Tho general proposition. | say
this: the nan VIM held allegiance 10 the
United Suites originally, while he had q right
To ada.,a to that allegiance, there was DO
power on Garth could bronx his allegi-
lncs against his consent. This proposition |
us .ert, and when a gen,le:nsn druies it, he
need not talk about State rights and indi-
r!dusl rights. lie erects The government in
;, u sieSpotisin, ~het;,sr it goes by the Mans
ri monarchy, aristccracy or democracy. Il
gu can lay hold o! a ciLlzen and tear ii II
looss against his vii. from his a:knoS lodged
500. nrn, oh. 700 4. .
power a ty-an; is capable Of exercising. |
say again, that no power can rightly force Il
man to break his allegiance. The very viola
ton OF all glance ilaplieS a consent OF the will.
Nov | reply to he Senator upon another
proposition. He says there are no citizens
Of the Confederate States. But the Constitution
says there are. Thu eiector in each State
shall be citizens Of the Confederate Sta!rs.'
The gcutlemaI sass It docs not roean that.-
| should suspect that theory that drove me
o destroy or change the language CT the
Cou titution itself. ii;rs 1t is plainly written,
and because / shide ty it tho gentleman calls
ms IL & Nationalist" God ssy. the mark!
Mr.. WiGrA,L,--l hope h VIII.
Mr.. ltiLi have always understood tbs
fundamental principle of State rights is that
| The power shall be found i'll the grant, and it
IS to be defined by the words used, and that
"construction" was the old theory If tn
| N.auongl,sts. We will take the doctrine Of
S:ste rights, ii We go by the letter. The
words are,"Gl IZ"n Of The Confederate, S ates."
The gentleman, to save State rights, steps In
and begins t. co!,struc. at did not mean that.
| graut lt says II, bur it lid not mean IT,
Who CONSTITUTES | thank thee, jew, for that
! wor! "ns,iolai.' "a laugh.) National 20
| Nationalist" lie not o2iy applies words
not used, but chingtS words used, puts IN
words. reads new meaning, and talks &c ms
shout construction and ''naeionaliSIu-" II is
not question:; it. ID not used in that une single
sense, but hele II is again. No person shall
lie q Representative who has lot attained the
age CT twenty-five yesIs. ami been Il cit
azen of the Coafeierste States" Ii did nc:
mean it, Of course. Bat it says, furthrr-
moe, 'no person s;mll he / Senator who
shall not have uttaint tbs aye Of thirty
YEAS, and been a citizen Of tie Confedr-
rate States NV, anle>s my friend will
xdmit he is Il citizen vi the Confederate Sales,
no ought TO bp ouatrl lr"m his sea. IN this
rody {; ne Is Incompetent 10 hold it IS the
Constitution, t''at is, by tao Constitution
III 1t reals. Uf course il my friend j.
allowed to decide b? 'nAt!onai' and SELL
eral" rul"s. 10 cons.:uc the constitution. 10
paw no attention TO wuat il says, bat orly
t. what he thinks Ut desire. il to mean.
h. ell h. s1ti:'ed TO his sea,. hope
he will fske this view OF it, aud remain il, his
sat.
Mr.. S-MMss.-I would like To ask the Sena-
tor one question. This Constitution says, "tha
peollo Of the Confederate States" Do you
suppose !, ,ueans others !nan the ~~iriZ,:,ts Of
the S:ates.
Mr. Alr.-I certainly do not. They be-
come citizens Of tbs Confederate Stats
trr'igl' tho States, except they be Atoms. (
grant 40 person caa be & cliizaa of the Con-
feder re States, who is not o citizen Of some org
of the Sta as; out t docs not follow that II citi-
zen OF a State Is necessarily a citizen
at the Confederate States. Gcntiemen
may endorse suh!!natrd theories that
| define our Constitution after the u,su-
| ner of the interpreters OF the will, in Dean
SSift's "Tate Of a Tub" Tiry wanted To
const,ue it, not according IL what it said, but,
| according to the measure of their own wishes.
! The text did not suit them, 20 they took
sentences: but sentences would not give
the meaning, 30 they took words. They could
not find the right consecutive words, so they
took sylables, and finding they would not
do, they selected letters, and putting them to-
gether, made a will to suit their tssts. Cen
Ilemeu upon tho same principle may dsstroy