Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-05

10 whom th.' tfEfted Stafes stands plsdged tr
sIanee them forever, must also have per.
Nassi and that Cong ress OF theiother States
M"I ep III and take Hbeofute auth srity over
.Le Whole rsgion as vacated States and Terri
~ sniHs fnd lrSis!aie for it, founding this ne y
usnrpa ION u ron ftetions as absurd az those ON
"r,'h the rebellion touRds itself
Inc Abolition -rroErainme ascribes all our
E;h E;ihiiss ''to the. pesrient .protectionof State
~ isnIs. The discomfort with the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, called
Rishts." The famous resolutions OF Virginia
Ena H,.oa nose OF Kentucky, usually known as the
STATE Rights the Missouri controversy
"Sou, the prohibition of slavery the first South
SaIoiEa cuthr-ak-the contest in Congress-
aoont "bout abolition petitions, about the rec
efhiaoh OF Hayt', about Texse, about the Viii.
Mpt afoSiko, bout the admission of Califor-
M Mhis' 9e discussion Of the Compromise OF 1850,
ths hansHs Questionable thts auducity sras IN.
Lhs meme OF State Rights"
II We except from this aggravated list
charged TO 'pestilent Stas Rights the inc c,pient
treason ofthu South Carolina ordnance there
Was nothing beyond the wholesome discus-
siohs incident to parties in free Governments
In hich State Rights made no resistance I,
national authority. this dsnanciation OF the
psry influence derived through appeals TO
stale lights during this eventual and prospe-
Io.e period OF onf history, proves that 1t pro-
etees 1rcm party hos sile at heart to free de-
bate tn. eanyasses. the active employment of
'he cheeks and balances OF our compiicated
eysam Of National and State Governments
which are essential to the vltafisy of ali its
laiis, and enables all to take Just share OF
.Ee power which moves the whole machinery
In their view, our history is prs thence from
""shInkton's time ill Lhis logr, when il is
proposed 10 anpihiiair State Rights as the
remedy. e..
Nes,e told that Ibis is efsa,,ea srs,hv e,,t>
:ticdr" "Ihe States themselves committed
suicide so that States they ceaS. to exist
feSme their whole juris dictiOn open Il. the
OCCUPATION of the United States under the Con
Ea ts nm ntQdf 4 ft,Io
Pcstlon. :" hen men," says Burke, ssthe,e-
lore break up the original compact Of agree
mfnt which gives its corporate form and capa-
city 10 State, they are no longer a people
Ttey have longer q corporate form of ex.
lsieute, &C. The programme Ids ali that
great mas sr Of sloquence could be heard. who
can doubt he would blast our r. bel States as
srnfcless communities who have sacrificed
that corporate existence whica makes them
living component members of our Union OF
State p
Eulke might blast the Rebel States,' bu,
= ovid he blast Missouri, Arkansas. Louisiana,
mississippi. Tennessee. and All the rest Of that
EohIe sst'Ihood of States which, with their
lCyai rf Ople, have in Succes ion been tTOddan
nnd'r 7 foot hy military force Have tn. D o.
PIE WEo Tesist'c II the polk, ard who still re-
'lst III arms. tied v i'll their brethren under
ne nag CT tile Union wherever il Up. ar-, sac
rliiied THAT ollorate existence which Id M tIiia
1hs mselyts and their Sta tes as tIiuia1 coYpogrt
ntT,ttrS II OR mon
Is OF he Urion and it's Constitution itenti.
Siat's which mak's them aD-lhose troddrn
dow II and those landing up-component mem
htTs OF cur Union OF states How can the
niun, " hch is The guaranty of The Govern
mtnl OF Every republic OF which il c)nSiS IL,
admit, whilst ii lives, that any part OF il -
dead! ltdoes not admit 1t. II is at war in ey-
ely state of this Union 1t this moment, co op-
tlatlng with the 10y al in each entitled 10 its
pecIal sovereignty, TO crush the traitors wao
violate it, As members OF the Union, the Sttt-s
sailed ny treason may be said 10 he paralyz.d,
how ~ t4.1.N
ref E!It ction In the persons Of their loyal pao-
pie the moment the stone is rolled away The
tIai'ors only Will have committed political
suicide.
THE man recovered from the bite
The dog it Was that died.
] allow that",t is patent and uadisputed fact
The 1CrE.S Of Iatc,' and hat the States pretended
70 Withdraw bodily III their corporate capaci-
ties.' W hIcn is the ground work of the second
proposition OF the programme, viz: That the
States by their 1agrant treason have forfeited
lhtlr rights as States so rs 10 be ciyily dead"
But The Federal Government is very far from
admitting that 1.-THE forms of law employed by
tbe rebels, or the fact that the States pretended
10 withdraw bodily" affected In the least the
il gal status of the Suites in question Treason
was committed, not by any State, but by the
State governments, and attempted TO dismem-
ber the National Govern ment.
The suggestion that States, guaranteed by the
Csn stitution as under the shield VI the Union,
can in any way be held responsible for this trea-
ron and subjected to forfeiture Of their rights
&c c, nsequence, shows the affinity OF the alb
olrionists TO the nullifiers. Ualhoun's whole
seheme was based on the proposition they now
adopt, that the States "could withdraw bodily
in their corporate capacity" The true doc.
trina, as laid down by The Fathers Of the Oon-
Of tie State governments and the prstence of !
them in their corporate capacity |
out Of The pale of the National authority, does
q r,cp in thnF FAd It.t
Tie change on this point effected by the adoption
He tays: 1.-THE great and radical vice in the |
pi iinclpIs OF Legislation Tor Ssat]s or aovern.
cents in their corporate cole, tive pacitiss
and contradisting aishsd from The &ssdt-sd..ats
" whom they consist He emphasizes this |
in the strop sest manner BY the uEs |
Of capitals in order 70 condemn the policy Of |
acting on States instead Of criminal individuals.
The aim Of the abolitiohists D now to accom- |
tutiop. They demand that Congress shall |
alta ch the tre In the South plotted in secret
and sprups upon the nation By body Of oath. !
ssss TO in: people Or the whos
rights in their corporate and collective capa.
clues for the treason Of these individuals.
1t asserts the power Of legislation over the |
States or Governments. instead cf applying the
lay Of treason TO the guilty individuais to |
whom alone, IN tho very nature OF things, II 10
applicable. No learning is necessary to enabls |
70 6ee SbAto CANNOT De guilty OF treason
or any other crime; only common sense 10 |
wanting to comprehend that guilt cannot be |
impaired to any but q sentient being; and only
common honesty is required TO perceive the |
injustice OF disfran chising loyal citizens on
account OF the odenses committed by the dis. |
loyal.
but the manifesto am considering comes at |
last to the conclusion that these modes Of re- |
hning the States out Of ths Union are unsatis- |
factory. al discard (says the writer) all theory, |
wheher 1t be Of State suicide, State forfeiture,
or State dbdcdtion the side; State Riohts,
i'm mortal and uniu pedchable, the other eide;
such discussions are only endless in tghich
whole Senate may be lost" Verily, such con. |
temptuous fnging away of States and State |
Rights as OF no better stuff than may be over |
laid with cobwebs and dust-sueh fiimsy ar. |
guments Of State suicide State forfeiture, State
abdica,ion, might, If INDUCED in, reduce the |
Senate TO lost condition. And the process of |
this scheme shows how readily It might be- |
merged IN q consolidated head.
Mr.. Blair proceeded to deal with the next |
proposition OF the "ukase' under notice, which |
ls as follows: Z" And in discarding all theory, |
l discard also the question of de jure. Whether |
Tor example, the Rebel States, while the rebel. |
non is fragrant, are de ture States of the Union .
win all the rights OF States 1t Is enough lor |
the time being, and in the absence Of loyal |
they can take no part and per- |
lolm no function In the Union. so that thew |