Litchfield enquirer., 1863-03-12
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 5 THE REALPURPOsE.
 h our last issue we showed by extracts from Coppsrhead oracles that the inevitable effect ifnot the plain intention of their doctrines is to transfer the civil war from Virginia to Con necticut. We ask now the question, uhat hidden design urges them to this atroch us position s N .s.',..s r %....i.'s .. z. . Ne arc net st the outset by a wide discrep- aucy between their prQfsssed motives and their qcs,.at acts, threats, aud promises. They pre- tend to yearn for peace, but threaten war in our pwa state; to love the Usion, but would let our Southern Brethren destroy it if they will;9to adore the Constitution as the bulwark of Popular Liberty, but put themselves in hos tilitysto some of its most fundamental provi- sions, FIT a @t "
 Let us examine carefully the chief pretext of the CoRperheads for trying to make Conncc ticut rebel against the National Govern msnt,--the wrongs alleged against the- latter in the Hartford Resolutions, All these va- rious charges may Dc camprehended in one term lUsurpation. V -Assumi,.g that Usurpa- has been committed against the Constitution they propose resistance that is Rebellion and War as remedy. v rse f
 But the Constitution does not permit par ty Stata Convention to decide when it has been violated, not to apply 2 remedy in case ofsuch' decision. It provides an oficer-the Attorney General ito examine and report to the President upon all doubtful measures be- feFe they are consumInated; tribunal-the Supreme Court to decide upon the constitu tionality of public ats and rectiey all griev- anccs; and makes the House of Representa- tives Court of Impeachment to try the Pres ident for any breach of the Public trust. These are the Constitutional checks upon Usurpation, oneto guard against it, one to enre it should it occur, and one to punish the usurper. Besides these, before any la,o can be made, it must be approved by the House, in which every voter is represented by the Senate inwhieh everyState isrepresepted and by the President. who in his peFson represents the people and ip his office the Government of the United States,
 All the bulwarks and guarantees of liberty are provided by the Coastitation, which de clares itself 'sthe supreme lap of Me land,' ,' the same for which the Copperheads profess sodeep reverence. Yet these same men usuRr the functions of the Supreme Court threaten to OVER RIDE the Supreme Legisla. tive authority of Congress. and openly DEFY the Supreme Executive, the legally chosen gaardiaa of the Constitution, and invested with thaeemmand of the army and navy to enforce obeiense,sO it. By their very Mreats there fore, to rssiss what they assume to be-" Fed eral 'Usurpations," thei Coppcrheads show thsmsslyss guilty of the-most fragrant usurpa ton and contempt for the Constitution, and prove beyond casil that their professed regars forit is. 1. .pipcs of arraat hypocrisy. Desplsiul thus and defxipg the great charter and palla diam of our popular lberties, they show tha their preteadsa selic:tude for them is, also transparent sham, trumped up to conceal thei real motisaA and to delude the credulous .an' ignorant all ja dssl7g X
 His nat te defana Popular rights, nor th' Consultation which gaaraIntees them, thel that we are called upon to rsbe! against th Government. On the contrary, all this hu and crY about abusos" and < usurpations. got up against measures meesssa,y to protee the Constitution and tho liberties of the pee pie against the assaulss of armed sebclliioa. an honestly deaigned for that end only.
 Thers | 10 denying that there is Robe lionj that ths rsbsls wsrs first to assault th, Government that tlsy dssen by force, o arms tos break tho Union, ovsrtnrn the Cont; tuition and the Republic, md erect upon it ruins slavesholding AFistocracy; that the avow nothing leas, intend nothing less, an 'piu tdks noshipg leas, having recently Feise ted the most humble overturea made to the. by Democratic poIiticisns in short that th, Goyernmsnt is grappiing ina death -struggl pith trnitors to defend IL o,On boundaries as osen land. iis oson existsnce :--Yet in th |<os of all thsse facts, the Coppefhsads cr oot to sive up svsythhg rather than prosecut fte xsr Thee Fl ths men who profsss | Iors shs Unlon aad ihs Con,sitution so dearls ssd vho so asout yit1 slstant boasts ofpst