New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-16
MIR. OzxON,s RESOLVE.
The following is the resolve submitted to
the Senate on the 1lth met. by MI. DIXON vi
Connecticut, which lies over for consideration:

Connecticut, which lies over for consideration:
bsy. been sdoped by any stature Convention u n'
peopie any State rs TO tie edera Cnlon
add wLe such acts may ana 40 hoyece
the therein to orieures and rense, they
not any degree affect the relations OF the state wherein
thew rurpo have bs-n sdoped 10 the Government OF e
United ae, but are to such Government acts Of reos-
hon. surrec,ion and hostility on the part OF the diVas
thereto giving assent thereto aud thai ouc state
aie .gch and ordiDanc"s nrnnefs oil
the Federal Union aud such sro subject 10 al ho 9og
ton. and duties imposed upou them by the OF
liz limited States and the LOYAL crrDs Of such States are
entitled the rghs and privileges thereby guaranteed OF
conferred.
Error is rarely dangerous when unaccom-
panied by large admixture OF truth. Inc
above is an illustration of the general truth.
MIR. Jefferson, in his "Notes on Virginia,
calls slaves "citzeas" Mr. Dixon, IN the
above, evidently does not include them among
his 4" LOYAL citizens" South Carolina, by her
Constitution, risidly confined oil political power
to that minority OF her people who are White'
regarding tho residue as no citizens, but, Tor
the most part, mere cha.tels. We thought thi'
pretty rigid but Mr.. Dixon eliminates from
this minority the ninety nino hundredths who
havs plunged headloug into the Shareholders
Rebelop. and asserts for the residue of the
Wbites-yhose adult males can hardly be
be so many as a thousand-all the rgtts, immn-
mites, and privileges of State in the Union.
This thousand more or less, who have not dared
TO call their souls their own for the last eighteen
months. are regarded and treated BY Mr..
Dixon as the sovereign State of South Caro-
linn. entitled to two Senators and four Repre-
sentative, in Congress, ak Electoral Votes for
President and On equal voice with TIE State OF
New.Yorh in choosing a President BY The
House. We want to be liberal to 'our South
ern BRETHREN" especially the loyal Whites
among them. even though they onIy exhibit
their LOYALTY ne st. Peter did his fidelity on n
irving occasion; but, really, this is little
further in the rotteu-borough direction than
we are prepared to go. We must think OF 1t.
If Mr.. Dixon were informed that one Of his
neinhbors or friends had just killed himself by
pistol or poison, and, running to view the
body were stopped and button held by logic
chopper who should say, Mr.. d., will prove
to you that your friend is not dead, he would
naturally request that the demonstration be
brief one "Wby, prove it thus" responds
Logic; 81. No map has u right to take his
own llic; 2. All Illegal acts are null and void;
3. Your friends suicide, being in plain viola
ton Of law, is Of no effect; 4. Consequently,
he is still alive"-he might possibly, in his
haste, accuse the hair.splitter OF triaIng with i
very grave subject Now, we are sure Mr..
Dixon is not trihing, but no fails TO convince
us that South Carolina is at this moment Il
State in the Union. We are quite clear that
she once was, now ought TO be, aud again Will
be-; but just at present, facts, to our mind,
outweigh casuistry. II the loysllsts on the
Sea Islands should tomorrow improyise a
Legislature and send two Senators to Con
gress, we thiak NJ. Dixon would consider
well before voting them into seats AT all
events, We are quite sure he ought to.